No. 1 Maryland (12-0, 4-0) vs. Rutgers (8-4, 2-1)
April 4, 2026
SECU Stadium
12:00 p.m.
B1G+
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse returns home Saturday to host Rutgers for Senior Day. The Scarlet Knights arrive in College Park with an 8–4 record. Opening draw is set for 12 p.m. on Big Ten Plus.
Gameday Promotions:
Senior Day: Stick around after the game for a celebration of our seniors and graduates and their dedication to the program.
Testudo's Kids Club Day: All Testudo's Kids Club members are invited to SECU Stadium to attend the match for free. Become a member at umterps.com/kidsclub!
Where We've Been
- Maryland enters Saturday's matchup with a 12–0 record, including five ranked wins over No. 13 Syracuse, No. 12 Virginia, No. 14 Princeton, No. 7 Johns Hopkins, and No. 21 Penn State.
- Offensively, the Terps have been led by Kori Edmondson and Lauren LaPointe, who have tallied 32 and 43 goals, respectively. Fourteen players have scored through 12 games, with five recording 25 or more points this season.
- Defensively, 2026 Tewaaraton Watch List member JJ Suriano has been strong in goal. The junior is 12–0 with 123 total saves, including 16 against No. 13 Syracuse, 13 against No. 12 Virginia, and 13 against No. 7 Johns Hopkins.
Maryland is 11-0 for the first time since 2019.
lapointe's hot start
- Lauren LaPointe has had a stellar start to her junior season. Through 12 games, she has recorded 43 goals and 63 points, already surpassing her total from last season.
- Last week, LaPointe was named both the IWLCA and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, and she earned Midseason All-American honors from Inside Lacrosse.
- Against No. 7 Johns Hopkins on Thursday, she delivered the best performance of her career, recording a career-high seven goals and 10 points in a 15–12 road win.
- LaPointe has recorded four or more points in 11 of 12 games this season.
tewaaraton watch list
- Lauren LaPointe was added to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List in the second round of additions, as announced by the Tewaaraton Foundation, becoming the fifth Terp to earn a spot on the list.
- Kristen Shanahan was included in the first round of additions, while Kori Edmondson, Kayla Gilmore, and JJ Suriano were named to the initial Tewaaraton Watch List ahead of the season.
- Shanahan has made an immediate impact in her first season with Maryland women's lacrosse. She ranks second on the team with 46 points and 19 assists, while adding 27 goals. Her four goals against Georgetown helped Maryland erase a four-goal deficit. In her first home game with the Terps, she recorded a career-high six assists.
- Edmondson has been all over the field during her senior season and currently ranks third on the team with 42 points, including 32 goals and ten assists. Edmondson is also second on the team with 46 draw controls.
- JJ Suriano has had a stellar start to her junior season. She currently ranks first in the conference in saves per game (9.29), total saves (123), and save percentage (.530). Suriano currently ranks third in the country in save percentage.
- On February 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.
- Kayla Gilmore leads the team with 78 draw controls and ranks third on the team in groundballs with 12.
- 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 19-of-20 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).
Kayla Gilmore was added to the Tewaaraton Watch List for the first time in her career.
Edmondson Moving Up The Charts
Kori Edmondson has recorded a point in 45 straight games dating back to May 10, 2024.
midseason all-americans
- Kori Edmondson, JJ Suriano and Lauren LaPointe were named Midseason All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse, as announced Wednesday.
- Edmondson has made an impact across the field throughout her senior season, ranking third on the team with 42 points on 32 goals and 10 assists. She also ranks second on the team with 46 draw controls. Edmondson recently earned Big Ten Midfielder of the Week honors for the second time this season.
- LaPointe has enjoyed a standout start to her junior campaign. Through 12 games, she leads the team with 63 points, 43 goals, and 20 assists. She was recently named IWLCA Offensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career following a record-breaking performance. LaPointe totaled 11 goals across two games to help Maryland remain unbeaten, including a career-high 10-point outing (seven goals, three assists) against No. 7 Johns Hopkins. She followed that with four goals in a win over No. 21 Penn State.
- Suriano has also turned in an impressive junior season. She leads the conference in saves per game (10.25), total saves (123), and save percentage (.530), while ranking third nationally in save percentage.
- All three players have also been named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List.
JJ Suriano currently leads the conference in saves, save percentage, and saves-per-game.
winningest program in women's lacrosse
- Maryland is the winningest program in women's lacrosse, currently standing with a 815-168-3 record all-time. The Terps have won 82.8-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: 815-168-3 (.828)
- Loyola (MD): 610-293-8 (.674)
- Penn State: 600-319-5 (.652)
- Virginia: 595-281-5 (.678)
- James Madison*: 577-346-3 (.625)
- * 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 387-82. Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 604 wins.
- Cindy Timchal (NU, Maryland, Navy): 604-168 (.782)
- Jenny Levy (North Carolina): 453-131 (.776)
- Amanda O'Leary (Yale, Florida): 430-130 (.768)
- Kelly Amonte Hiller (Northwestern): 396-97 (.803)
- Cathy Reese (Denver, Maryland): 388-82 (.826)
Maryland celebrates capping a perfect 23-0 season in 2017 with the program's 15 national championship.
