No. 1 Maryland (13-0, 5-0) vs. No. 4 Northwestern (9-3, 3-1)
April 9, 2026
SECU Stadium
6:00 p.m.
Big Ten Network
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse returns home Thursday to host No. 4 Northwestern in a rematch of last year's Big Ten Championship. The Wildcats head to College Park with a 9–3 record. Opening draw is set for 6 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
Where We've Been
- Maryland enters Thursday's midweek matchup with a 13–0 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 34 and 47 goals, respectively. Fourteen players have scored through 13 games, with five recording 30 or more points this season.
- Defensively, 2026 Tewaaraton Watch List member JJ Suriano has been strong in goal. The junior is 13–0 with 133 total saves, including 16 against No. 13 Syracuse, 13 against No. 12 Virginia, and 13 against No. 7 Johns Hopkins.
Maryland recorded a season-high 18 goals in a win against Rutgers on Saturday.
lapointe's hot start
- Lauren LaPointe has had a stellar start to her junior season. Through 13 games, she has recorded 47 goals and 67 points, already surpassing her total from last season. She currently ranks third in the conference and ninth nationally in goals.
- Recently, LaPointe was named both the IWLCA and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after posting a career-high seven goals and 10 points in a 15–12 road win over No. 7 Johns Hopkins.
- She has recorded four or more points in 12 of 13 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 51 points and leads the team with 22 assists, while adding 29 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 44 points, including 34 goals and ten assists. Edmondson is also second on the team with 47 draw controls.
- JJ Suriano has had a stellar start to her junior season. She currently ranks first in the conference in saves per game (10.23), total saves (133), and save percentage (.530). Suriano currently ranks first 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 fourth on the team in groundballs with 14.
- 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 46 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.
- Edmondson has made an impact across the field throughout her senior season, ranking third on the team with 44 points on 34 goals and 10 assists. She also ranks second on the team with 47 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 13 games, she leads the team with 67 points, 47 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 currently ranks first in the conference in saves per game (10.23), total saves (133), and save percentage (.530). Suriano also currently ranks first in the country 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 816-168-3 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: 816-168-3 (.828)
- Loyola (MD): 610-294-8 (.673)
- Penn State: 601-319-5 (.652)
- Virginia: 595-282-5 (.677)
- James Madison*: 578-346-3 (.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 389-82. Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 605 wins.
- Cindy Timchal (NU, Maryland, Navy): 605-168 (.783)
- Jenny Levy (North Carolina): 454-131 (.776)
- Amanda O'Leary (Yale, Florida): 431-130 (.768)
- Kelly Amonte Hiller (Northwestern): 397-97 (.804)
- Cathy Reese (Denver, Maryland): 389-82 (.826)
Maryland celebrates capping a perfect 23-0 season in 2017 with the program's 15 national championship.
