No. 7 Terps Sweep West Coast Swing, Dominating No. 18 USC, 16-8

Saturday, April 5

Los Angeles, CA

4 PM

Maryland

9-3, 4-1Big Ten

USC

8-5, 1-4Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Maryland	2	9	4	1	16
USC	3	0	1	4	8

No. 7 Terps Sweep West Coast Swing, Dominating No. 18 USC, 16-8

4/5/2025 5:00:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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CARSON, CA – No. 7 Maryland women's lacrosse went 2-0 on its West Coast swing after dominating No. 18 USC, 16-8, at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday. The Terps are now 9-3 and 4-1 in Big Ten play. 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 (8-5, 1-4 Big Ten) 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. The scoring run later ballooned to 12-0. 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.

Our defense held USC scoreless for 33 minutes 🔒⬇️ pic.twitter.com/FrqbbP53Ce
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) April 5, 2025

Chrissy Thomas (3 goals & 4 assists), Jordyn Lipkin (3 goals & 2 assists) and Lauren LaPointe (3 goals & 1 assists) each posted hat tricks. For Lipkin, it was the seventh of her career and third of the season. It was Thomas's fifth career hat trick and first of the season. It was her third career hat trick for LaPointe and second of the season.

Thomas tied her career-high for points (seven). She matched her seven points on May 4, 2023, against Rutgers. Lipkin also matched her career-best for points scored (five). She's scored five points multiple times in her career.

Goalie JJ Suriano made seven saves at goalie. She was helped by an elite defensive performance that limited USC to just 14 shots on goal. Neve O'Ferrall (three) and Maddy Sterling caused turnovers.

Outside of Maryland's dominant offensive and defensive performance, it was success on draw controls that contributed largely to the victory. Freshman Kayla Gilmore posted a career-high nine wins in the circle. Fellow freshman Reileigh McEnroe won five draws after entering the game with just one win all season. Overall, the Terps won 18-of-27 draw controls.

Devin Livingston (2 goals), Emma Abbazia (2 goals), Gilmore (1 goal & 2 assists) and Kori Edmondson (1 goal & 1 assist) were other offensive standouts.

Chrissy ties the game 🔥

#7 Maryland 3, #18 USC 3 pic.twitter.com/IOFVNp3bmm
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) April 5, 2025

Breaking Down The Action

Maryland trailed 3-2 entering the second quarter. USC scored two of its goals just 1:45 seconds into the game. But Jordyn Lipkin recorded tallies for the Terps. Maisy Clevenger and Chrissy Thomas assisted on the goals.
The Terps shut out the Trojans in the second quarter and poured in nine goals from seven different scorers. Lipkin and Thomas each had hat tricks, and Maryland led 11-3. Overall, Maryland was on a 10-0 scoring run.
Lauren LaPointe scored three times in the third quarter, and the Terps led 15-4 entering the final frame.
The Terps scored just once in the final frame, but the game was already out of reach for the Trojans.

Second goal of the day for Jordyn in the first.

#7 Maryland 2, #18 USC 3 pic.twitter.com/DGYgA0nnD1
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) April 5, 2025

Hat Trick Terps

Jordyn Lipkin recorded the seventh hat trick of her career and third of the season.
Chrissy Thomas also scored a hat trick. It was the fifth of her career and first of the season.
Lauren LaPointe joined the hat trick party with the third of her career. It was her second this season.
As a team, Maryland has 21 hat tricks. The others are from Kori Edmondson (eight), Shelby Sullivan (two), Maisy Clevenger (two), Emma Abbazia (two), Kate Sites and Devin Livingston.

Another rocket from Lauren! 🤯

#7 Maryland 14, #18 USC 4 pic.twitter.com/Ss7A0H4Smr
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) April 5, 2025

Multi Terps Update

Chrissy Thomas (3 goals & 4 assists) had the 32nd multi-point game of her career. It was her 14th with multiple goals. It was her 22nd game with multiple assists.
Jordyn Lipkin (3 goals & 2 Assists) recorded the 20th multi-point game of her career. It was her 18th with multiple goals.
Lauren LaPointe (3 goals & 1 assist) notched the fifth multi-point game of her career. It was her fourth career game with multiple goals.
Devin Livingston (2 goals) recorded her fourth career multi-point game. It was her second career game with multiple goals.
Emma Abbazia (2 goals) recorded her fifth career multi-point game. It was her fifth with multiple goals.
Kayla Gilmore (1 goal & 2 assists) recorded her fifth career multi-point game. This was her third multi-assist game.
Kori Edmondson (1 goal & 1 assist) recorded multiple points for the 35 times in her career.

Emma adds another one!

#7 Maryland 16, #18 USC 7 pic.twitter.com/5wwGUxQLTf
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) April 5, 2025

Numbers To Know

1: This was the first meeting between Maryland and USC in program history.
2: Livingston has two multi-goal games this season.
3: Gilmore has three multi-assist games this season.
3: This was Maryland's third win over a ranked team this season.
4: LaPointe has four multi-goal games.
5: Abbazia has five multi-goal games this season.
5: Thomas has five hat tricks in her career.
7: The Terps are ranked No. 7 in the Inside Lacrosse/Women's Coaches Association Top 25 Poll.
7: Lipkin has six hat tricks in her career.
14: Thomas has 14 multi-goal games in her career.
18: Lipkin has 18 multi-goal games in her career.
21: The Terps have scored 21 hat tricks as a team this season.
22: Thomas has 22 multi-assist games.
23: Thomas leads the Terps with 23 assists through 12 games.
34: Edmondson has 34 goals through 12 games to lead the Terps.