COLLEGE PARK, MD – Led by
Kori Edmondson's three goals and a lockdown defense, No. 8 Maryland women's lacrosse downed No. 13 JMU, 11-5, at Sentara Park on Saturday. The road win victory snapped the Dukes' 19-game home win streak that dated back to 2022. The Terps improved to 4-1 this season, picking up their first win over a ranked team.
The Terps began the game with five unanswered goals while holding James Madison (4-2) scoreless for 16:41, including the entire first quarter. The Dukes didn't get off their first shot on goal until there were 51 seconds left in the first quarter, as the Terps had already rattled off seven on goal. The fast start was their key to victory, and they never trailed at any point in the contest.
The Terps' defense dominated throughout the contest, preventing James Madison from scoring any goals in the first and third quarters. The Dukes turned the ball over 16 times, and the Terps were credited with causing eight of them. Maryland held Tewaaraton Award watch list nominee Maddie Epke to only one goal.
Edmondson delivered a first half-hat trick to earn her fourth hat trick of the season and 21st overall in her career. She's 7-of-8 in free-position opportunities and leads the Terps with 15 goals overall this season.
Devin Livingston recorded her first career multi-point game, scoring one goal and one assist.
Kate Sites (two goals and one assist), Shelby Sullivan (two goals),
Jordyn Lipkin (one goal and one assist) and
Maisy Clevenger (one goal and one assist) also had multi-point games.
Chrissy Thomas scored the remaining Terps goal in the contest.
JJ Suriano made 13 saves in her fifth career start as Maryland's defense forced eight turnovers. Edmondson also showed out on the defensive end, leading the Terps with two caused turnovers.
The Terps won 10-of-20 draw controls as a team. Edmondson (five wins) and
Kayla Gilmore (three wins) led the team from the draw circle.
Breaking Down The Action
- The Terps jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first quarter, with goals from Jordyn Lipkin, Kori Edmondson, Maisy Clevenger and Chrissy Thomas. Maryland capitalized on six James Madison turnovers to hold the Dukes scoreless on only three shot attempts in the first.
- Maryland continued controlling the contest in the second quarter, tallying four more goals to up the score to 9-4 at halftime. Shelby Sullivan, Kate Sites, Edmondson and Devin Livingston all scored in the period.
- The Terps scored the lone goal of the quarter, as Sullivan slung her ninth goal of the season, with an assist by Maisy Clevenger. JJ Suriano and the Terps defense led the charge in the third frame. Suriano made an impressive save to deter an Epke free-position shot attempt and later knocked away a James Madison shot at the buzzer.
- Suriano made more key saves and Kate Sites added another goal to her total in the fourth quarter. Maryland's unyielding defense only allowed one James Madison goal in the fourth quarter to hold their comfortable lead down the stretch.
Hat Trick Terps
- Kori Edmondson posted her fourth hat trick of the season and Maryland's sixth hat trick overall. It was the 21st of her career.
- Shelby Sullivan and Maisy Clevenger have recorded the other hat tricks for the Terps this season.
Multi Terps Update
- Kori Edmondson (three goals and one assist) recorded multiple points for the 29th time in her career. All her multi-point games have occurred with multiple goals.
- Kate Sites (two goals and one assist) posted the eighth multi-point game of her career.
- Shelby Sullivan (two goals) recorded her fourth career multi-point game. It was her third with multiple goals.
- Devin Livingston (one goal and one assist) recorded her first career multi point game.
- Jordyn Lipkin (one goal and one assist) recorded the 16th multi-point game of her career.
- Maisy Clevenger (one goal and one assist) had her eighth multi-point game of her career.
Dominating The Series
- This marks the 51st meeting between Maryland and James Madison. The Terps have historically controlled the series, leading 45-6 in the all-time head-to-head series..
- The two teams first met in 1974, with Maryland earning a 12-8 victory.
- Maryland dominated the first 31 match-ups, winning 30 of them, including a streak of 28 wins.
- Kori Edmondson, Chrissy Thomas and Lauren LaPointe are the only current Terps who recorded a goal against JMU last season. In 2024, Edmondson led Maryland with four goals in a 17-7 victory over the Dukes in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Thomas contributed one goal and three assists in the win.
Up Next
- Maryland will play at Penn State in its conference opener on March 13. The game starts at 1 p.m. and will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.
