Historic Start Continues With 1-0 Win Over UMBC

Thursday, August 21

College Park, MD

7 PM

Maryland

3-0-0, 0-0-0

UMBC

1-1-1, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
UMBC	0	0	0
Maryland	1	0	1

8/21/2025 6:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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The Terrapins are 3-0 with three shutouts for the first time since 1996.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - Maryland women's soccer (3-0) did something it hadn't done since 1996 on Thursday night at Ludwig Field as the Terps recorded their third-straight shutout win to open the season, 1-0 over UMBC (1-1-1).

Ellie Egeland got the scoring started in the 18th minute with her first-career goal. A corner kick from Ava Morales found the head of Alyssa Abramson and deflected to Egeland, who buried her milestone goal as Maryland took a 1-0 lead.

FIRST CAREER GOAL FOR ELLIE! pic.twitter.com/aMSFzR3B9Y
— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) August 21, 2025

A dominant first half saw the Terps outshoot the Retrievers 16-1 in the first half and set up an easy first half for Faith Luckey, who posted her third-career shutout in as many starts on Thursday.

Maryland mainly dominated possession in the second half, allowing just two shots in the night, neither of which found their way past Luckey. Kelsey Smith, Morales and Egeland combined for 13 shots on the night and kept UMBC's defense busy as the clock wound down.

How It Happened:

Three games.
Three wins.
9 goals scored.
0 goals allowed

Match recap: https://t.co/ysneQgeL7l pic.twitter.com/i5rLfUErYN
— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) August 22, 2025

Abramson recorded Maryland's first shot in the second minute.
Gabby Larson recorded UMBC's first shot in the 11th minute.
Morales recorded the match's first corner kick in the 12th minute, but a header attempt from Abramson just missed the net.
Egeland scored in the 18th minute on assists from Abramson and Morales for the first goal of the night.
Egeland found the top of the crossbar in the 43rd minute, missing a second goal by inches.
UMBC's Justine Lamb picked up a yellow card in the 44th minute after slide-tackling Eva Mowery.

Numbers to Know:

3: Luckey posted her third shutout of the season.
8: The Terps are a perfect 8-0 all-time against UMBC at home.
9: Maryland has scored nine goals through its first three games of 2025.
10: Maryland won its 10th straight match against UMBC.
11: The Terps improve to 11-1 all-time against UMBC.
52: The Terrapins are outshooting opponents by a +52 differential (62-10)
265: Maryland has held its opponents scoreless for 265 minutes to start the season.
1996: Maryland is 3-0 with three shutout victories for the first time since 1996.
2011: Maryland has held opponents scoreless through the first three matches of a season for the first time since 2011.
2021: The Terps are 3-0 for the first time since 2021.
2023: Maryland has won three consecutive matches for the first time since Sept. 3-10 2023. All three of those wins also came in shutout fashion.

New Impacts:

Egeland's set piece was the first of her career in her 17th match.
Luckey has posted three shutouts in three starts as a Maryland Terrapin.

Marchiano's Message:

"I think from a results standpoint (the homestand) has been fantastic. Tonight, the game was a little bit closer and a little bit hectic toward the end, but I think while we want positive results, we want to be tested a little bit and I think tonight we had good exposure to that."
"A positive result for sure from a results standpoint, but we need to focus on performing at a higher level as we continue to go through the season."
On Luckey: "Stable from her. We got from her what we needed in specific moments and we're going to continue to need a lot more stability from her."
On taking to the road: "I would love to play at Ludwig every week. There's no doubt about that, but I think our team needs to figure out how to go on the road to a place where we're less comfortable."

Egeland's Excellence:

"I feel like lately I've had a lot of chances so I feel like this has been a long time coming. I got some minutes last year, but this is my sophomore year and I feel like I'm getting a lot more time on the field so it's more time to prove myself. I'm just very very happy that I finally got the result."
"I couldn't have done it without my team. The build-up to get to the goal in the corner was everything I needed to get in the back of the net. Alyssa's header was almost right to my feet. It was a given goal, basically."
"It's nice to have a goal under my belt before we head into some harder competition. It's definitely something I think will help me for the future."

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