No. 5 Terps Outlast No. 11 Michigan, 14-12

Sunday, March 16

College Park, MD

11 AM

Maryland

6-1

Michigan

5-3

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Michigan	4	3	3	2	12
Maryland	5	3	5	1	14

3/16/2025 1:00:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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COLLEGE PARK, MD – No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse earned its second ranked win of the season, outlasting No. 11 Michigan, 14-12, in its 2025 Big Ten Conference home opener at Maryland Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex on Sunday.

The Terps improved to 6-1 this season and 2-0 in conference action, winning their sixth straight game. Maryland also improved to 12-0 all-time against Michigan in the two schools' head-to-head series dating back to 2015.

Maryland and Michigan (5-3) went back and forth, trading goals for the majority of the contest. However, the Terps established the first three-goal lead of the game — 11-8 — at the 6:09 mark in the third after back-to-back goals by Kate Sites and Kori Edmondson. The Wolverines later brought the game back within a goal, but scores by Maisy Clevenger and Jordyn Lipkin late in the quarter reestablished the three-goal lead. The Terps' defense and one final tally by Lipkin in the fourth were enough to escape with the win.

What a shot by Kori! 🔥

#5 Maryland 11, #11 Michigan 8 pic.twitter.com/nj0dIQYmdw
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) March 16, 2025

JJ Suriano, the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, made seven saves between the pipes, including two in the fourth quarter on free-position opportunities. The key stops were the difference in the game.

Sites posted a hat trick in the first quarter alone. She finished with a career-high tying four goals. She matched her scoring output in Maryland's NCAA First Round matchup last season against Robert Morris on May 10, 2024.

Edmondson, the Big Ten Midfielder of the Week, tallied two goals and an assist. She has scored multiple goals in six of Maryland's seven games this season. Emma Abbazia and Clevenger (two goals and an assist) also recorded multiple goals, each scoring two. Shelby Sullivan and Chrissy Thomas also scored goals.

Sophie Halus caused two turnovers to lead Maryland's defense in front of Suriano. Annabella Schafer, Kayla Gilmore and Lexi Dupcak also caused turnovers.

The Terps won 17 of 27 draw controls as a team. Sullivan (six wins), Gilmore (three wins) and Hailey Russo (three wins) led the team from the draw circle.

Breaking Down The Action

Maryland led 5-4 after the first quarter. Shelby Sulivan scored the first goal for Maryland, assisted by Kayla Gilmore. Followed by Katie Sites scoring three-straight goals for the Terps and securing her first hat trick of 2025. Emma Abbazia tallied the fifth score for Maryland. Michigan netted its final goal less than two minutes left in the quarter.
The Terps and Wolverines continued to go back-and-forth in the second frame, but the Terps led 8-7 entering the break. Abbazia netted her second goal, and Kori Edmondson and Chrissy Thomas entered the scoring column. JJ Suriano made three saves in the period.
Maryland went up by three scores early in the third with Sites' fourth goal and Edmondson's second. Michigan rallied to bring the game within one goal, but Maisy Clevenger and Jordan Lipkin stepped up to score the two final tallies in the frame, and Maryland led 13-10.
Lipkin scored the only goal by Maryland in the fourth, but Suriano stepped up with a few big saves to secure the win. The Wolverines outscored the Terps 2-1 in the frame, but their defense was the difference.

Hat Trick Terps

Katie Sites notched the second hat trick of her career and first of the season. Her other hat trick occurred last season against Robert Morris in the NCAA First Round.
As a team, Maryland has 10 hat tricks. The others are from Kori Edmondson (five), Shelby Sullivan (two), Jordan Lipkin (two) and Maisy Clevenger (one).

Kate's fourth goal of the day puts us up two in the third!

#5 Maryland 10, #11 Michigan 8 pic.twitter.com/nMmamEceqR
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) March 16, 2025

Multi Terps Update

Kate Sites (four goals) posted the ninth multi-point game of her career. All are multi-goal games.
Kori Edmondson (two goals and one assist) recorded multiple points for the 31st time in her career. She has scored multiple goals 31 times and multiple assists three times.
Maisy Clevenger (two goals and one assist) had her 10th multi-point game of her career. It was her third game with multiple assists. It was her fifth game with multiple goals.
Emma Abbazia (two goals) recorded her second career multi-point game. It was her second with multiple goals.
Jordyn Lipkin (two goals) recorded the 18th multi-point game of her career. It was her 16th with multiple goals.

Maisy's second goal of the day puts us up two in the third! 🔥

#5 Maryland 12, #11 Michigan 10 pic.twitter.com/oQZUW8g3M1
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) March 16, 2025

Home Cooking

Maryland is 176-12 at home under head coach Cathy Reese. It has eight undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013-19 and 2021).
The Terps have only lost two conference home games under Reese.

Dominating The Series

This marks the 12th meeting between Maryland and Michigan. The Terps have historically controlled the series, leading a perfect 12-0 over the past 10 years. The two teams first met in 2015, with Maryland earning a 14-9 victory.
Kate Sites is the only current Terp who recorded a goal against Michigan last season. In 2024, Sites scored one goal to help the Terps beat Michigan 8-6 in Ann Arbor.