PERFECT 10: No. 3 Terps Move to 10-0 With 13-7 Win Over USC

Sunday, March 22

College Park, MD

12 PM

Maryland

10-0, 2-0

USC

6-6, 0-4

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
USC	1	2	2	2	7
Maryland	1	6	4	2	13

PERFECT 10: No. 3 Terps Move to 10-0 With 13-7 Win Over USC

3/22/2026 12:00:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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Maryland continued its best start since 2019 at SECU Stadium on Sunday.

COLLEGE PARK, MD — The No. 3 Terps dominated USC on Sunday afternoon at SECU Stadium to claim a 13-7 win and continue their best start since 2019. Keeley Block netted four goals while Kori Edmondson and Lauren LaPointe tallied hat tricks as Maryland started 2-0 in Big Ten play for the fifth straight season.

Back-to-back hat tricks for Kori 💥

4Q| #3 Maryland 12, USC 7 pic.twitter.com/iklSEBvMtb
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) March 22, 2026

Two goals 42 seconds apart from Kayla Gilmore and Lexi Dupcak early in the second quarter gave Maryland its first lead of the afternoon and sparked a six-goal quarter. Block scored her first two goals in the frame as Maryland took a 7-3 lead into the break.

Keeley is on the board!

2Q| #3 Maryland 5, USC 2 pic.twitter.com/BvF8HNpH3J
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) March 22, 2026

The Terps used a four-goal third quarter — that included a pair of goals from both LaPointe and Block — to put the game away and ensure they remained unbeaten as a program in home Big Ten openers.

That's a 🎩 trick for Keeley in the third ‼️

3Q| #3 Maryland 9, USC 3 pic.twitter.com/0jL3F9NLxU
— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) March 22, 2026

How it Happened:
1st Quarter:

USC opened the scoring less than two minutes in.
Edmondson's 25th of the season got the Terps on the board five minutes into the quarter.
JJ Suriano made two saves in the 1-1 opening quarter:

2nd Quarter:

Gilmore's sixth of the year opened the scoring in the second quarter.
Dupcak scored her 12th of the year to give Maryland a 3-1 lead.
USC responded with its second goal of the day.
Edmondson's second of the day extended the lead.
Block scored back-to-back goals to give Maryland a 6-2 lead midway through the quarter.
The Trojans cut the Terps' lead by one with 4:47 to play.
Jordyn Lipkin's eighth of the year gave her Terps an 7-3 advantage at the half.

3rd Quarter:

LaPointe's 30th of the season opened the second-half scoring.
Block secured her hat trick early in the quarter.
A USC goal snapped a 3-0 Maryland run.
Block's fourth got the Terps into double figures.
LaPointe's second of the frame gave Maryland an 11-5 lead to take into the fourth.

4th Quarter:

USC opened the scoring with the first two goals of the quarter.
Edmondsons's third of the day made it 12-7 with over five minutes to play.
LaPointe sealed her hat trick late in the quarter.
Maryland closed out the 13-7 win.

Multi-Point Terps:

Block (four goals, one assist) logged her 34th-career game with multiple goals and her 43rd with multiple points.
LaPointe (three goals, three assists) recorded her 19th game with multiple goals and her 21st with multiple points.
Edmondson (three goals, two assists) collected her 38th hat trick of her career, her 52nd multi-point game, and her 50th with multiple goals.
Lipkin (one goal, one assist) played in her 34th-career game with multiple points.
Dupcak (one goal, one assist) logged her fourth-career multi-point game.

Starting Hot:

Maryland is 10-0 for the first time since 2019 and 5-0 at home for the first time since 2022.
The Terps are 2-0 to start conference play for a fifth straight season.
Through 10 games this season, Maryland has scored 141 goals for an average of 14.1 per game.
The Terps have only conceded 86 goals through 10 games for an average of 8.6 per game.
Maryland has scored double-digit goals nine times this season and held opponents to single digits eight times.

Home Cooking:

Maryland is 183-12 (.938) at home under head coach Cathy Reese, with eight undefeated home campaigns in the last 12 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
The Terps have only lost two conference home games under Reese.
Maryland is undefeated in home conference openers since joining the Big Ten in 2015.

Adding to History:

Maryland is college lacrosse's all-time winningest program, and improved to 812-168-3 on Sunday.
Head Coach Cathy Reese is the fifth all-time winningest active head coach, and grabbed her 386th career win on Sunday.

Numbers to Know:

0: Maryland has never lost its first home conference game since joining the Big Ten in 2025.
2: Maryland moved to 2-0 all-time over the Trojans.
2: The Terps are 2-0 to open conference play for the fifth straight season.
3: Three different Terps logged hat tricks in the win.
5: Gilmore secured a team-high five draw controls.
5: Maryland is 5-0 at home for the first time since 2022.
10: Maryland is 10-0 for the first time since 2019.
86: Maryland has only allowed 86 goals this season.
141: Maryland has scored 141 goals in 2026.
386: Reese secured her 386th win of her career.
812: Maryland grabbed its 812th all-time win on Sunday.