No. 9 Maryland (9-4, 4-1 B1G) vs. Ohio State (8-5, 1-5 B1G)
April 13, 2025
1:00 PM
Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex
B1G+
COLLEGE PARK, MDÂ -- Maryland hosts Ohio State this Sunday for Senior Day, as the Buckeyes come to College Park with an 8-5Â record. The Terps and Buckeyes will square off at 1 p.m., with a special post-game ceremony to honor all seniors and graduates with their families on the field.
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Where We've Been
- The Terps enter Sunday with a 9-4 overall record and a 4-1 mark in Big Ten play. This season, Maryland has secured ranked wins over No. 18 USC, No. 13 James Madison, and No. 11 Michigan. Junior Kori Edmondson leads the offense with 43 points and 35 goals, while graduate student Chrissy Thomas leads the team in assists with 26. Defensively, the Terps are anchored by captains Kennedy Major and Neve O'Ferrall.Â
- Maryland was defeated by No. 11 Virginia, 13-9, at Notre Dame Preparatory School on Wednesday. Edmondson won a career-best nine draw controls. As a team, the Terps won 16-of-27 draw controls.Â
- This was Maryland's One Love game. Founded in 2010 to honor the memory of former Virginia women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love, the One Love Foundation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, empowering, and activating young people in a movement to end relationship violence and promote healthy relationships.Â
- Maryland went 2-0 on its West Coast swing after dominating No. 18 USC, 16-8  on Saturday. Their other win on their road trip was against Arizona State on April 3. This was Maryland's third win over a ranked team this season. USC got off to an early 2-0 lead by scoring twice in the opening 1:46. However, Maryland scored 11 of the following 12 goals, including a 10-goal unanswered run to lead 11-3 at halftime. Maryland remained in control for the rest of the game and cruised to victory. The Terps dominated defensively, holding the Trojans scoreless for 33:12 through the first and third quarters. Chrissy Thomas recorded a career-day with three goals and four assists in the win. It was Thomas's fifth career hat trick and first of the season. She matched her seven points on May 4, 2023, against Rutgers.Â
Maryland played Virginia in the One Love Game at Notre Dame Prep on Wednesday.Â
Senior day
Chrissy Thomas is just nine assists shy of breaking into the top 10 on Maryland's all-time career assists list.
Scouting the buckeyes
- Kate Tyack leads the way for the Ohio State offense, while Brynn Ammerman serves as the team's primary distributor with 36 assists this season—second in the Big Ten and 15th nationally. Ammerman's 3.0 assists per game ranks first in the conference. Tyack enters Sunday's matchup in College Park with 13 goals over her last six games.
- In goal, Jocelyn Torres anchors the Buckeyes' defense with a 8.20 goals-against average and an .520 save percentage. She was named to the Tewaaraton Watch List and earned Inside Lacrosse Mid-season Third Team All-American honors. Nationally, Torres ranks fourth in save percentage (.520) and sixth in goals-against average (8.17).
- This marks the 23rd meeting between Maryland and Ohio State. The Terps have historically controlled the series, leading 19-2 over the past 24 years. The two teams first met in 2001, with Maryland earning a 19-2 victory.
Thomas and Edmondson Moving Up The Charts
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 340-51Â (.872) 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 370-80Â (.824). 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): 340-51Â (.872)
- Missy Meharg (FH): 655-172-9 (.789)
- Brenda Frese (WBB): 607-168Â (.783)
- John Tillman (MLax): 189-54Â (.778)
- Sasho Cirovski (MSoc): 438-178-72 (.689)
- Maryland is 176-12 (.935) at home under Reese, with eight undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
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 370-79.
winningest program in women's lacrosse
- Maryland is the winningest program in women's lacrosse, with a 797-165-3 record all-time. The Terps have won 82.7Â percent of their games, the highest winning percentage of all time.
- Maryland: 797-166-3 (.827)
- Loyola (MD): 597-287-8 (.674)
- Penn State: 590-314-5 (.652)
- Virginia: 586-271-5 (.683)
- James Madison*: 564-339-3 (.624)
- * includes 3 seasons at D-II and 5 seasons 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 370-80. Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 585Â wins.
- Cindy Timchal (NU, Maryland, Navy): 587-165Â (.781)
- Jenny Levy (North Carolina): 433-130 (.769)
- Amanda O'Leary (Yale, Florida): 412-127Â (.764)
- Kelly Amonte Hiller (Northwestern): 380-93Â (.803)
- Cathy Reese (Denver, Maryland): 370-80Â (.824)
Maryland celebrates capping a perfect 23-0 season in 2017 with the program's 15 national championship.
