#2Â Maryland (12-3, 3-2Â B1G)Â vs. Georgetown (12-4, 4-1 Big East)
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
May 18, 2025
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
2:30 PM
ESPNU
Watch COLLEGE PARK, MDÂ --Â No. 2-seed Maryland (12-3) plays its 42nd NCAA Tournament quarterfinal game in school history when it battles Big East champs Georgetown at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Sunday, May 18. The game is set for an 2:30 p.m. face-off and will air on ESPNU.
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.
Where we've been...
- This season, Maryland has wins over No. 18 Richmond, Loyola, No. 2 Syracuse, No. 5 Princeton, No. 1 Notre Dame, Delaware, No. 18 Virginia, No. 7 Penn State, No. 2 Ohio State, Johns Hopkins, No. 7 Penn State again in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, and Air Force in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
- The Terrapins' losses came at home to Michigan in 3OT, 11-10, at Rutgers, 8-6, and vs. Ohio State, 14-10, in the Big Ten Tournament finals at Michigan.
- With the Terps' 13-8 win over Penn State on March 29, Maryland joined Johns Hopkins and Syracuse as the only three schools with 900 all-time victories. The Terrapins .754 winning percentage is the best of any NCAA Division I school and far outpaces the Blue Jays (.727) and the Orange (.710).
Scouting The Hoyas
- The Hoyas are 12-4 this season after upsetting No. 7 seed Duke, 16-12, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Durham, NC, on May 10. The Hoyas earned an automatic bid by winning the Big East Tournament and have won their last five games by an average margin of victory of 8.8 goals. Georgetown is 2-0 in neutral site games in 2025.
- Offensively, the Hoyas are led by graduate student attackman Aidan Carroll, the 2025 Big East Offensive Player of the Year and the seventh overall selection in the 2025 PLL College Draft, who has 74 points on a team-leading 48 goals and 26 assists. Carroll's 48 goals is the second highest of any player still active in the NCAA Tournament. Fellow grad attackman Fulton Bayman is the team leader in assists with 32, while also adding 30 goals for 62 points.
- Defensively, sophomore defender Ty Banks, the Big East Defensive Player of the Year, has 41 groundballs and 22 caused turnovers to go along with four points on two goals and two assists. Sophomore Anderson Moore, the Big East Goalkeeper of the Year, has started all 16 games in cage and has a 9.01 goals against average and a .532 save percentage.
- Freshman Ross Prince, the co-Big East Specialist of the Year, is second among all face-off men still active in the NCAA Tournament with a .637 win percentage and has a team-best 56 groundballs.
- Georgetown head coach Kevin Warne is in his 13th season as a head coach, all with the Hoyas. He has a career record of 123-74 (.624). Prior to taking over the Hoyas program, Warne was the defensive coordinator at Maryland from 2011-12, helping the Terps advance to back-to-back NCAA title games and an ACC Tournament championship in 2011. Warne also spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Harvard under then-Crimson head coach John Tillman. Overall, Warne spent five seasons on Coach Tillman's staff.
Series history
- This will mark the 13th meeting between the local schools with the Terps holding the 10-2 advantage.
- This will be the third game between Maryland and Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament. The Terrapins hold a 2-0 advantage in the postseason.
- The last time the Terps and Hoyas played was Feb. 24, 2012. The 7th-ranked Terrapins bested the host Hoyas, 16-11. Maryland led 7-4 at the half, but scored nine of the next 10 goals to put the game away midway through the fourth quarter. Senior Joe Cummings set a career-high with six points on four goals and two assists. Jay Carlson, Mike Chanenchuk, and Michael Shakespeare each tallied a pair of goals for the Terrapins.
- The last Hoya win in the series came in 2009 at Ludwig Field (due to rennovations to the then-Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium) No. 8 Georgetown came in and topped the third-ranked Terps, 13-10. Maryland had a 6-5 lead going into halftime, but the Hoyas outscored the Terps 5-1 in the third quarter to take control of the game. Jeremy Sieverts had a hat trick for Maryland and Bryn Holmes was dominating at the X, winning 12-of-16 face-offs.
- The series' intensity was turned up a notch in the 2005 NCAA Quarterfinals at Princeton Stadium. The Terps looked to have iced the game with 1:33 left in the fourth quarter, when Bill McGlone scored to give Maryland a 9-7 lead, but the goal was disallowed when McGlone's stick was challenged and ruled to have an illegal pocket. The Hoyas tied the game and sent it into overtime, where the Terrapin man-down unit killed the remainder of the three-minute penalty. Senior Andrew Schwartzman sent the Terps to the Final Four by scoring the game-winner with just more than three minutes elapsed in the extra period. Joe Walters scored four goals in the game, while Max Ritz scored a pair of goals and added an assist.
- In the first game between the schools, Maryland defeated Georgetown, 14-10, in the first round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament at Towson. The Terps jumped out to a 6-0 lead after the first quarter and never looked back as they began their run to the second of three trips to the NCAA championship game in a four-year span. The game marked Georgetown's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. All-American Scott Hochstadt, the school's 18th all-time leading scorer, led the way for Maryland as he posted five goals. Andrew Whipple added three for Maryland as the Terps outshot the Hoyas, 42-25.
Andrew Schwartzman scores the game-winning goal vs. Georgetown in the 2005 NCAA Tournament quarterfinals to send the Terps to the Final Four.
NCAA Tournament Notes
- This will mark Maryland's 47th appearance in program history and an NCAA-best 22nd straight appearance.
- Maryland's first-ever NCAA appearance came in 1971 when the Terps lost to top-seeded Cornell and former Terp Richie Moran in the championship game.
- Throughout the team's 47 appearances, the program is 74-42 (.638) all-time in the tournament with 29 Final Four trips.
- Since 2011 under Coach Tillman, the Terps have made every tournament, gone 32-11 (.744), and earned 10 Championship Weekend appearances with two NCAA Championships. In addition, Tillman owns the most NCAA Tournament victories of any active coach with 32.
- The Terps are searching for their 30th Final Four apperance in program history. Maryland has made 42 NCAA Quarterfinals in program history, including 12 in 14 seasons under head coach John Tillman. Tillman is 10-1 in the Quarterfinals.
- NCAA Championships (4): 1973, 1975, 2017, 2022
- Finals (16): 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024
- Final Four (29): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
- Tournament Appearances (47): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
As The No. 2 Seed
- This season marks just the fourth time since the tournament began in 1971 that Maryland is the No. 2 seed. The Terps are 5-3 all-time as the second seed after defeating Air Force, 13-5, in the first round.
- The last time the Terps were the No. 2 seed was 2006. The Terps breezed through Denver, 16-8, in College Park in the first round behind six-point efforts by Max Ritz (5g-1a) and Joe Walters (1g-5a). Maryland then toppled No. 7-seed Princeton, 11-6, at Towson's Unitas Stadium in the quarterfinals. Walters led the Terps again with four points (2g-2a), while the close defense of Steve Whittenberg (4GB-6CT), Joe Cinosky (3GB-3CT), and Ray Megill (4GB-1CT) held the Tigers' offense in check. Maryland's run ended with an 8-5 loss to UMass in the semifinals in Philadelphia.
- The prior time Maryland was the second seed in the tournament was in 1996. After a bye in the first round, the Terps lost to No. 7-seeded Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals.
- The first time as the 2nd-seed was 1979. Maryland reached the championship game with wins over No. 7-seed Syracuse, 16-13, in the quarterfinals and No. 3-seed Navy, 15-10. But the Terps lost to top-seeded Johns Hopkins, 15-9, in College Park in the finals.
Bob Boneillo had six points on two goals and four assists in No. 2-seeded Maryland's 16-13 win over Syracuse in the 1979 NCAA Tournament quarterfinals on May 16.
Trio of Terps Picked In PLL Draft
- Maryland men's lacrosse standouts Logan McNaney, Jack McDonald, and Bryce Ford were selected in the 2025 Premier Lacrosse League Draft on Tuesday night.
- McNaney was taken 11th overall by the Denver Outlaws, becoming the first goalie selected in the draft. McDonald followed at 16th overall in the second round, going to the Carolina Chaos. Ford rounded out the night, picked 32nd overall by the Utah Archers.
- With these selections, Maryland now boasts 76 professional outdoor lacrosse draftees and has had at least one top-12 pick in each of the last three drafts.
Consecutive 10-Win Seasons
Terps Represented in Big Ten Awards
- Will Schaller was named the 2025 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, headlining a group of several Maryland men's lacrosse players who earned postseason honors from the conference on Wednesday, April 23.
- Schaller was also named First Team All-Big Ten, joined by graduate goalie Logan McNaney and senior attackman Eric Spanos. Graduate long stick midfielder Jack McDonald was named to the Second Team, while three freshmen, attackman Jack Schultz, faceoff specialist Jonah Carrier, and defender Peter Laake, earned spots on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
- Schaller has anchored a Maryland defense that leads the Big Ten in scoring defense, allowing just 7.54 goals per game. A three-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, Schaller has collected 23 ground balls and caused 19 turnovers. This marks Maryland's fifth consecutive Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honor and the seventh in program history.
- McNaney has been a steady presence in the cage, posting double-digit saves in 10 of 12 games this season and breaking Maryland's all-time career saves record against Ohio State, eclipsing a 41-year-old mark. He leads the Big Ten in goals-against average (7.56) and ranks second in save percentage (.603). McNaney was also named a Top-25 Tewaaraton Award finalist.
- Spanos has powered Maryland's offense with multiple goals in eight games this season. He leads the team in points (31) and ranks second in goals (21), placing top five in the Big Ten in both categories. He has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week four times and is also a Tewaaraton Top-25 finalist.
- McDonald has been a consistent defensive force, recording a team-high 35 ground balls and causing 10 turnovers. He has also scored once this season and earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors twice.
- Additionally, senior face-off specialist Shea Keethler was named Maryland's 2025 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree.
100th Season of maryland men's lacrosse
- The Terps boast an all-time record of 904-294-4 (.754), 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 and became just the third school with 900 wins on March 29, 2025, with a 13-8 win over Penn State.
- 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.
- Midway through the 2020s, the Terrapins are 71-17 (.807), which is on pace for the second-best winning percentage for a decade behind only the 1950s when the Terps were 84-15-1 (.845). The only other decade with a winning percentage of .800+ was the 1970s, with a mark of 85-21 (.802).
Scott Hochstadt scored five goals and added an assist to lead Maryland to a 14-10 win over Georgetown in the first round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament, which was the first-ever meeting between the Terps and the Hoyas.
900 Victories
McNaney: Maryland's All-Time Saves Leader
Lockdown Defense
- The Terps have been excellent defensively in the 2025 campaign, holding its opponents to 10 goals or less in 13 of 15 games (and 13 of 15 in regulation).
- Maryland held its first eight opponents in 2025 to 10 goals or less. The last time the Terrapin defense had seven straight games allowing 10 or fewer goals was the final seven games of the 2017 season, when the Terps captured the NCAA Championship.
- Maryland's scoring defense of 7.93 is the third-best mark in the nation, first in the Big Ten, and second among teams still alive in the NCAA Tournament.
- The Terps held Delaware to just three goals. The last time the Terps held an opponent to three or fewer goals was on March 14, 2015, when they defeated Villanova 11-2.
- Maryland has held 13 of its 15 opponents to fewer goals then the opponents' season scoring average. Only Michigan (13 goals / 10.64 gpg) and Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament (14 goals / 12.69 gpg) have scored more than their season average against the Terps.
Scoring Average Differences
| Opponent |
Goals/Game |
vs. UMD |
Difference |
| Richmond |
13.76 |
7 |
-6.76 |
| Loyola |
9.29 |
7 |
-2.29 |
| Syracuse |
13.59 |
7 |
-6.59 |
| Princeton |
13.50 |
9 |
-4.50 |
| Notre Dame |
13.77 |
10 |
-3.77 |
| Delaware |
12.15 |
3 |
-9.15 |
| Virginia |
11.00 |
6 |
-5.00 |
| Michigan |
10.64 |
13 |
+2.36 |
| Penn State |
12.40 |
8 |
-4.40 |
| Rutgers |
9.00 |
8 |
-1.00 |
| Ohio State |
12.29 |
8 |
-4.29 |
| Johns Hopkins |
10.07 |
8 |
-2.07 |
| Penn State |
12.40 |
8 |
-4.40 |
| Ohio State |
12.29 |
13 |
+1.71 |
| Air Force |
12.18 |
5 |
-7.18 |
A Trio Of Teros On The All-Time Points List
