No. 1 Maryland (5-0, 0-0 B1G) vs. Delaware (3-1, 0-0 CAA)
March 8, 2025
SECU Stadium
12:30 PM
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WatchCOLLEGE PARK, MD -- No. 1 Maryland (5-0) returns home to host Delaware at 12:30 pm. It will air on B1G+.
The Terps are coming off an 11-10 win over then-No. 1 Notre Dame in a National Championship rematch. The Maryland defense was fantastic all game and
Logan McNaney made a point-blank kick save with 23 seconds remaining to preserve the win for the Terps.
Eric Spanos and
Daniel Kelly tallied four points apiece to lead the way offensively.
This year marks the 100th season of Maryland men's lacrosse. The program has produced 525 All-Americans, 29 Final Fours, and four NCAA National Championships. The Terps have remarkably also finished .500 or better in every season.
100th Season of maryland men's lacrosse
- The Terps boast an all-time record of 898-290-4 (.755), dating back to the first varsity team in 1924 (a team was not fielded in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II). Maryland has finished with a .500 or better record in all previous 99 seasons. The program reached the 800-win milestone with a 12-6 victory on April 12, 2017, at Albany.
- Maryland finished the decade of the 2010s 134-42 for a .761 winning percentage, making it the winningest decade in Terrapin lacrosse history. Nine of those seasons came under the direction of head coach John Tillman, who has posted a 122-38 record and a .763 winning percentage at the helm for Maryland.
- During the decade of the 2000s, Maryland went 111-49 for a .694 win percentage. In the decade of the 1990s, Maryland posted a 95-47 record. The .669 winning percentage matched Maryland's win percentage of the 1980s when the Terps went 83-41 and also compiled a .669 win percentage.
Maryland wins the 2022 National Championship, capping a perfect 18-0 season.
Series history
- The two programs have met 9 times before, with the first coming in 1978. Maryland holds an 8-1 advantage.
- The two teams have not met since 2002, a 16-5 Maryland win in College Park.
This will be
John Tillman's first-ever game against Delaware in his coaching history.
Where we've been...
- The Terrapins are coming off their NCAA-best 21st consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 29th Final Four, tied with Johns Hopkins for the most by any program. The Terps returned to the NCAA Championship game for the eighth time in 13 tournaments and 17th time in program history. Maryland (11-6) won double-digit games for the 21st year in a row, the longest active streak in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse.
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This season, Maryland is 5-0 with four wins over ranked teams, including a current three-game winning streak over top-five teams. It marks the first time the program has won three consecutive games against top-five teams since the final three games when the Terps won the 2017 National Championship. It had not been done previously in three consecutive games this century.
Maryland's 8.00 scoring defense ranks tied for 10th nationally and second in the Big Ten (Rutgers)
Home cooking
- Maryland has won 30 of its last 34 home games and is 2-0 at SECU Stadium in 2025.
- The Terps are 87-19 (.821) overall in home games under John Tillman since 2011.
Maryland has won five consecutive home games, dating back to last season.
McNaney on the career charts
- With his first save at Loyola on Feb. 8, Logan McNaney officially eclipsed the 600 career save mark, becoming just the fourth Terp ever to do so. With 12 saves at Princeton on Feb. 22, McNaney surpassed Niko Amato (625). He made a season-high 16 saves vs. Notre Dame on March 1 and now has 649 for his career, just nine away from Brian Dougherty and second place.
- McNaney's 7.80 GAA ranks 11th in the country and his .621 save percentage ranks 10th.
- Maryland's career saves list: 1. Kevin O'Leary (1981-84): 705, 2. Brian Dougherty (1993-96): 658, 3. Logan McNaney (2020-pres.): 649, 4. Niko Amato (2011-14): 625, 5. Jake Reed (1974-77): 479*(Saves stats not available for 1975)
McNaney has double-digit saves in all five games this season.
100 for No. 10
- Starting with C. Rennie Smith, who totaled 128 career points from 1955-58, a total of 63 Maryland men's lacrosse student-athletes have reached the 100-point milestone for their careers.
- Attackman Braden Erksa is the most recent Terp on the 100-career-points list. The junior added a goal and an assist for two points to reach 100 in his hometown of Atlanta vs. Notre Dame on March 1.
Erksa is the only active Terp with 100 points that have all came at Maryland
