Dodge to Johnson off the opening face-off!#BeTheBest pic.twitter.com/2LMgOl8LNV

— Maryland Men's Lacrosse (@TerpsMLax) April 25, 2026

Spanos nets his second!#BeTheBest pic.twitter.com/LXbfMCJsRD

— Maryland Men's Lacrosse (@TerpsMLax) April 25, 2026

Lyons gets on the board!#BeTheBest pic.twitter.com/PoYlJUsG5O

— Maryland Men's Lacrosse (@TerpsMLax) April 25, 2026

• Johnson scored his 26th goal of the season seven seconds into the game to give the Terps an immediate lead.
• Ruppel made his first save five minutes into the game.
• Spanos' 21st goal of the season gave the Terps a 2-0 lead with two seconds left in the quarter. 
• Ruppel made five saves in the scoreless frame as Maryland led 2-0 after 15 minutes of action.

• Schultz opened the scoring with his second goal of the season five minutes into the frame.
• Rutgers got on the board with 7:44 to play. 
• Spanos' second of the day came 13 seconds later to rebuild a three-goal lead. 
• Rutgers scored with 6:24 to play to cut the Terps' lead to 4-2.
• Larkin's seventh goal of the season gave the Terps a 5-2 lead.
• Rutgers crept closer with a pair of late goals.
• Ford scored with six seconds left to give the Terps a 6-4 halftime lead.

• Stobaugh's 14th goal of the season opened the scoring in the second minute. 
• Lyons and Whittier scored back-to-back goals as the lead swelled to 9-4.
• Rutgers snapped Maryland's 4-0 run with 3:05 to play in the quarter.
• The Terps took a 9-5 lead into the final 15 minutes of action.

• Lyons' second goal of the night opened the scoring in the fourth and got the Terps into double figures.
• Rutgers rattled off three straight goals to pull within two in the closing minutes. 
• Johnson's second goal of the night gave Maryland an 11-8 lead with 3:19 to play. 
• Braden Erksa's 13th goal extended the lead late.
• Rutgers scored with 93 seconds to play.
• Whittier buried his second goal with 45 seconds left.
• Rutgers scored the final goal of the night.
• The Terps held on for the 13-10 win.

• Spanos (two goals, three assists) logged his 40th multi-point game, his 28th multi-goal game, and his 11th multi-assist game.
• Johnson (two goals) scored multiple goals for the 38th time and collected multiple points for the 52nd time.
• Whittier (two goals) logged his 10th multi-goal game and his 20th multi-point game.
• Lyons (two goals) recorded his 41st multi-point game and his 35th with multiple goals.
• Erksa (one goal, one assist) logged his 48th multi-point game of his career.

• The Terps are a conference-best 13-6 (.684) all-time in Big Ten Tournament games.
• Since joining the conference in 2015, Maryland has won the Big Ten Tournament four times (2016, 2017, 2021, 2022) and is hunting its fifth in 2016. 
• Maryland has only missed the title game three times, excluding the 2020 tournament, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Saturday marked the 40th all-time meeting between Maryland and Rutgers.
• The Terps took a 38-2 lead in the series.
• Maryland improved to 16-1 against Rutgers under head coach John Tillman and 23-1 in College Park. 
• The Terps' largest win in series history was a 15-0 victory in 1943.

• Since Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 179 of the 204 games when scoring 10 or more goals for an .877 winning percentage. 
• The Terps are also 139-23 (.585) since 2015 when scoring at least 10 goals. 

• Maryland has won 37 of its last 45 (.822) home games, including a 5-2 2026 campaign.
• The Terps are 95-21 (.818) overall in home games under Tillman.

• 4: Four different Terps logged multi-point games.
• 5: Ruppel's scoreless first period marked his fifth black frame of the season. 
• 5: Maryland moved to 5-2 at home in 2026.
• 7: Larkin became the first long-pole Terp to score seven goals since Brian Farrell in 2011 (8 goals, 6 assists)
• 7: The Terps scored seven seconds into the game.
• 11: Ruppel made 11 saves in the win.
• 13: Maryland won its 13th all-time Big Ten Tournament game. 
• 10: Maryland won 20 of 27 draw controls. 
• 23: Rutgers didn't score until the 23rd minute of the game.
• 38: Maryland earned its 38th all-time win over Rutgers.
• 40: Saturday marked the 40th all-time meeting between Maryland and Rutgers.

• Maryland advances to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals to face No. 2 seed Penn State in Piscataway, NJ, on Apr. 30. The game is TBD but it will air on BTN.