No. 3 Maryland (7-0, 0-0) vs. Oregon (6-2, 0-0)
March 14, 2026
Papé Field
3:00 p.m.
B1G+
COLLEGE PARK, MDÂ -- No. 3 Maryland women's lacrosse will head west for its first-ever matchup in Eugene this Saturday, facing the Ducks for just the second meeting all-time. Maryland and Oregon will square off at 3 p.m. on B1G+.
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Where We've Been
- Maryland enters its eighth game of the season with a 7-0 record. The Terps opened the year with three ranked wins over No. 13 Syracuse, No. 12 Virginia and No. 14 Princeton.
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Offensively, the Terps have been led by Kristen Shanahan and Lauren LaPointe, who have tallied 17 and 22 goals, respectively. Fourteen Terps have scored through seven games, and four players have recorded 10 or more goals so far this season.
- Defensively, 2026 Tewaaraton Watch List member JJ Suriano has started strong in goal to open the year. The junior is 7-0 with 79 total saves, including 16 against ranked No. 13 Syracuse and 13 saves against No. 12 Virginia.
Maisy Clevenger recorded her first goal of the season against James Madison.Â
 lapointe's hot startÂ
- Lauren LaPointe has had a stellar start to her junior season. Through seven games, she has already recorded 22 goals and 32 points and is just seven points shy of surpassing her total from all of last season.
- LaPointe has scored four or more points in six of the seven games so far this year. Against Saint Joseph's, she recorded a career-high five goals in a 17–15 win.
- She followed up that performance with a career-high eight points and a career-high four assists in a 16–9 win at Hofstra.
tewaaraton watch list
- Kristen Shanahan was added to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, as announced by the Tewaaraton Foundation in the first round of additions to the list.
- Shanahan has made an immediate impact in her first season with the Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse. She is currently second on the team with 29 points and leads the team with 12 assists, while adding 17 goals. Her four goals against Georgetown Hoyas women's lacrosse helped Maryland erase a four-goal deficit. In her first home game with the Terps, she recorded a career-high six assists.
- Kori Edmondson, Kayla Gilmore and JJ Suriano were named to the initial Tewaaraton Watch List, as announced by the Tewaaraton Foundation before the season.
- Edmondson has been all over the field during her senior season and currently ranks third on the team with 23 points, including 17 goals and six assists. Edmondson is also second on the team with 25 draw controls.
- Edmondson was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year last season and was a 2025 Tewaaraton Top 25 finalist. She earned unanimous All-Big Ten First Team honors and led the Terrapins' offense during a standout season. Edmondson tallied 73Â points, including 59Â goals, and was named Big Ten Midfielder of the Week five times. She concluded the year with All-American honors from USA Lacrosse, the IWLCA, and Inside Lacrosse.
- JJ Suriano has had a stellar start to her junior season. She currently ranks first in the conference in saves per game (9.05), total saves (79), and save percentage (.560).
- On Februrary 6, Suriano was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and the IWLCA Defensive Player of the Week. She was also named to the Tewaaraton Watch List and earned a spot on the Big Ten Players to Watch List before the season.
- Last season, Suriano started all 21 games last season in her first year in the cage. She was named to the 2025 All-Big Ten Tournament Team and earned 2025 Inside Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention honors. Suriano posted a 9.61 goals-against average and recorded 180 saves on the season.
- Kayla Gilmore leads the team with 45 draw controls and ranks third on the team in ground balls with eight.
- Gilmore enters her sophomore season after being named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2025. She made an immediate impact for the Terps, recording 14 goals and nine assists, while playing a key role in the draw circle with 93 draw controls. Gilmore earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors, was named to the inaugural All-Freshman Team, and was ranked the No. 7 freshman nationally by Inside Lacrosse.
- Maryland has won eight of the last 13 Tewaaraton awards, with Megan Taylor becoming the first goalie in lacrosse history to win the award in 2019. Before that, Zoe Stukenberg took home the prestigious award in 2017, Taylor Cummings won three straight from 2014-16 and Katie Schwarzmann became the first two-time winner for Maryland in 2012-13. Caitlyn McFadden started the eight-for-13 streak for Maryland, garnering the award in 2010. Jen Adams won the inaugural Tewaaraton in 2001.
- In the 19 years of the award, Maryland has won nine times, the most of any school and has had 26 finalists, including at least one in 16-of-17 seasons under head coach Cathy Reese. Most recently, Aurora Cordingley was named a finalist in 2022, where she totaled 118 points (67 goals, 51 assists).
Kristen Shanahan was added to the Tewaaraton Watch List for the first time in her career.Â
Edmondson Moving Up The Charts
Kori Edmondson has recorded a point in 30Â straight games dating back to May 10, 2024.
Dominance Under Reese
- Head Coach Cathy Reese is in her 20th season at the helm of Maryland women's lacrosse. The winningest coach in program history, Reese is 353-53Â (.869) 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 383-82Â (.823). Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 600Â wins.
- Reese has the highest winning percentage of any current Maryland head coach as a Terrapin head coach.
- Cathy Reese (WLax): 353-53Â (.869)
- Missy Meharg (FH): 665-180-9 (.784)
- Brenda Frese (WBB): 630-176Â (.781)
- John Tillman (MLax): 197-59Â (.770)
- Sasho Cirovski (MSoc): 451-180-76Â (.692)
- Maryland is 181-12 (.936) 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 383-82.
winningest program in women's lacrosse
- Maryland is the winningest program in women's lacrosse, currently standing with a 810-168-3 record all-time. The Terps have won 82.7-percent of their games all time, also the highest winning percentage of all-time. With a win against No.8 Johns Hopkins, 13-11, in its regular season finale on Saturday. This was Maryland's 800th program win, the most by any women's college lacrosse program.
- Maryland: 810-168-3 (.827)
- Loyola (MD): 605-292-8 (.673)
- Penn State: 599-316-5 (.654)
- Virginia: 593-278-5 (.680)
- James Madison*: 573-344-3 (.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 of all-time in Division 1 women's lacrosse at 382-82. Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 598Â wins.
- Cindy Timchal (NU, Maryland, Navy): 600-167Â (.782)
- Jenny Levy (North Carolina): 450-130 (.776)
- Amanda O'Leary (Yale, Florida): 426-130Â (.766)
- Kelly Amonte Hiller (Northwestern): 393-95Â (.805)
- Cathy Reese (Denver, Maryland): 383-82Â (.824)
Maryland celebrates capping a perfect 23-0 season in 2017 with the program's 15 national championship.
