No. 9 Maryland (2-1) vs. Denver (3-2)
March 1, 2025
Noon
Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex
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COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland finishes up its four-game home stand to open the 2025 season when it hosts Denver (3-2) on Saturday, March 1, at noon at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.
Where We've Been
- The Terrapins are 2-1 on the young season. After dropping its season opener to then-No. 6 Syracuse (15-9, Feb. 15), Maryland responded with back-to-back wins over Georgetown (9-7, Feb. 18) and Saint Joseph's (18-7, Feb. 22).
- Grad student Chrissy Thomas is the catalyst for the Terrapin offense and leads the team with 10 points on one goal and a team-best nine assists. Junior Kori Edmondson is the team leader with eight goals, while sophomore Maisy Clevenger is just one back with seven goals. Defensively, the Terps are holding opponents to 7.33 goals per game, which ranks 17th nationally.
Series history vs. Denver
- This will be Maryland and Denver's seventh meeting all-time, with the Terps holding a 5-1 advantage. The Terps and Pioneers first met in 2004 in College Park, and Denver came east again in 2005. After that, the series went on a 12-year hiatus but picked up again in 2018.
- Maryland dominated the first four meetings (2004-05 & 2018-19) with an average margin of victory of 11.8 goals. Denver picked up its first win over the Terps, 8-7, in 2023 at SECU Stadium, but the Terps rebounded to take the first game of the series in Denver, 10-8, in 2024.
- Kori Edmondson is the lone current Terp to register a goal in each of the last two games vs. the Pioneers. In 2023, she led Maryland with three goals and added another score in 2024. Chrissy Thomas had two assists in the 2024 victory with Maisy Clevenger also picking up an assist in the win.
Scouting The Pioneers
- Denver is 3-2 so far in 2025, with three straight wins. After scoring a combined 13 goals in its first two games (both losses), the Pioneers found their offensive firepower. In wins over Vanderbilt, Arizona State, and San Diego State, Denver averaged 19.3 goals per game and had a .453 shooting percentage.
- Offensively, Raegan Wilson triggers the offense and leads Denver with 21 points on seven goals and a team-leading 14 assists. Lauren Black leads the Pioneers with 15 goals (15g, 4a), while Olivia Ripple is one behind with 14 goals.
- Alex Dorr (29 draw controls) and Carolina Colimore (22 draw controls) are a formidable 1-2 punch in the circle. Emelia Bohi is a four-year starter in goal and boasts a career 8.07 goals-against average, including an NCAA-leading 6.43 GAA in 2023.
JJ Suriano, who has a .517 save percentage in Maryland's last two games, will be tested by the Pioneer offense, which is shooting .452 in their last three games.
Thomas Moving Up The Charts
Chrissy Thomas had two assists in Maryland's 10-8 win at Denver in 2024.
Hall Call
- On February 14, the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) announced the 2025 IWLCA Hall of Fame, which included Maryland head coach Cathy Reese.
- Reese has guided Maryland to five national championships (2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019), 11 Final Fours, and 20 regular-season and tournament championships across the ACC and Big Ten. She is recognized as a four-time IWLCA National Coach of the Year (2010, 2014, 2015, 2019) and a 12-time conference coach of the year.
- Reese joins former Maryland head coaches Cindy Timchal (Class of 2017) and Suzanne Tyler (Class of 2018) in the IWLCA Hall of Fame.
Dominance Under Reese
- Head Coach Cathy Reese is in her 19th season at the helm of Maryland women's lacrosse. The winningest coach in program history, Reese is 332-48 (.874) as head coach and has led the Terps to five National Championships, 12 Final Fours, and 22 Conference Championships.
- Reese is the fifth all-time winningest active head coach and the sixth-winningest coach of all-time in Division 1 women's lacrosse at 362-77 (.825). Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 580 wins.
- Reese has the highest winning percentage of any current Maryland head coach as a Terrapin head coach.
- Cathy Reese (WLax): 333-48 (.874)
- Missy Meharg (FH): 655-172-9 (.789)
- Brenda Frese (WBB): 602-167 (.783)
- John Tillman (MLax): 184-52 (.780)
- Sasho Cirovski (MSoc): 438-178-72 (.689)
- Maryland is 174-12 (.935) at home under Reese, with eight undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
winningest program in women's lacrosse
- Maryland is the winningest program in women's lacrosse, with a 790-162-3 record all-time. The Terps have won 82.8 percent of their games, the highest winning percentage of all-time.
- Maryland: 790-163-3 (.828)
- Loyola (MD): 590-284-8 (.673)
- Penn State: 586-310-5 (.653)
- Virginia: 579-269-5 (.682)
- James Madison*: 559-336-3 (.624)
- * includes 3 seasons at D-II and 5 season undefined at stats.ncaa.org
- Head Coach Cathy Reese is the fifth all-time winningest active head coach and the seventh-winningest coach all-time in Division 1 women's lacrosse at 363-77. Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 582 wins.
- Cindy Timchal (NU, Maryland, Navy): 582-162 (.783)
- Jenny Levy (North Carolina): 425-130 (.766)
- Amanda O'Leary (Yale, Florida): 405-126 (.763)
- Kelly Amonte Hiller (Northwestern): 374-92 (.803)
- Cathy Reese (Denver, Maryland): 363-77 (.825)
Maryland celebrates capping a perfect 23-0 season in 2017 with the program's 15 national championship.
