The top-seeded Maryland women’s lacrosse team (17-0, 5-0 B1G) faces off against No. 4 seed Ohio State (12-6, 2-3) in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals Friday. Opening draw is scheduled for 8 p.m.
- The Terrapins-Buckeyes game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.
- Live stats will be available, and game updates will be provided on the Maryland women’s lacrosse Twitter feed.
scouting the terrapins
- The No. 1-ranked Terps are averaging 14.41 goals per game while limiting opponents to 7.06 goals per game. The Terrapins have the eighth-ranked scoring defense in the country and the seventh-ranked scoring offense in the NCAA. Maryland has allowed 10 or more goals only four times this season (11 vs. North Carolina, 10 vs. James Madison, 10 vs. Princeton, 10 vs. Ohio State).
- Junior Taylor Cummings leads the Terrapins with 28 assists, 81 points, 37 ground balls, 121 draw controls and 30 caused turnovers. Freshman Megan Whittle leads Maryland with 56 goals.
- Redshirt senior goalkeeper Alex Fitzpatrick has started all 17 games and holds a 6.68 goals-against average and .481 save percentage.
- The Terps are on a 27-game win streak - the longest currently in Division I - and have not lost since April 5, 2014.
- In eight games against top-15 opponents, Maryland has scored 94 goals (11.75/game) while holding opponents to 66 goals (8.25/game).
scouting the buckeyes
- Ohio State defeated Rutgers, 17-7, in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals Thursday evening.
- Katie Chase leads the Buckeyes with 46 goals while Jackie Cifarelli paces the team with 46 assists and 62 points. Ohio State has six players who have eclipsed the 30-point mark.
- Tori DeScenza has started every game in goal and holds a 10.15 goals-against average and a .452 save percentage.
terrapin-buckeye history
- The Terps are 9-1 all-time vs. Ohio State. Head coach Cathy Reese is 4-0 vs. the Buckeyes.
- Maryland defeated then-No. 18 Ohio State on April 12, 13-8. Brooke Griffin, Taylor Cummings and Megan Whittle each talled hat tricks while Alex Fitzpatrick made seven saves.
- Ohio State head coach Alexis Venechanos is a 2003 graduate of Maryland. She was a three-year starter at goalie for the Terps.
- The Terrapins are 4-0 against Ohio State in games played in neutral locations.
undefeated terps capture b1g title
- Maryland earned the inaugural Big Ten Championship with a 13-10 win over No. 8 Penn State last week.
- Taylor Cummings led the team across the field with four goals, four ground balls, 10 draw controls and four caused turnovers. Kristen Lamon and Zoe Stukenberg each tallied hat tricks while Nadine Hadnagy caused four turnovers.
- The Terps held advantages in shots (34-20) and draw controls (16-9). Maryland went 4-for-9 on free-position shots while holding the Nittany Lions to 0-for-4.
eight terps named to all-big ten team
four terrapins named tewaaraton nominees
- After leading the No. 1 Maryland women’s lacrosse team to a 17-0 regular-season record and the conference title, Taylor Cummings earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors.
- The four Terps are the most players from any program named to the 25-player watch list.
- All three upperclassmen were named Inside Lacrosse preseason All-Americans.
- Cummings is the reigning Tewaaraton Award winner, while Douty was a finalist last season.
cummings named b1g offensive player of the week
- Taylor Cummings was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Monday.
- Cummings is currently second in the nation with 81 points and third in the country with 4.76 points per game. She leads the conference with 7.12 draw controls per game. 1.76 caused turnovers per game and 2.18 ground balls per game.
- This is Cummings’ fifth offensive player of the week honors. She was named the conference’s top defensive player last week, and is the only player to have earned both distinctions.
think b1g
- The Terrapins joined the Big Ten last summer, and the conference will play its inaugural season of lacrosse in 2015.
- Big Ten programs have won 24 national championships, more than any other conference. Maryland and Northwestern have combined to win 19 national titles, including nine of the last 10.
- After the top-ranked Terps, three other Big Ten squads were ranked in the most recent Inside Lacrosse Media Top 20, including No. 7 Penn State, No. 9 Northwestern and No. 20 Ohio State.
b1g-maryland ties
- The Terrapins are familiar to a number of Big Ten lacrosse coaches, as five of the six women’s programs’ head coaches are Maryland graduates.
- The Terps are led by Cathy Reese, a 1998 graduate. Reese’s former teammates, Missy Doherty (’97) and Kelly Amonte Hiller (’96) lead the women’s lacrosse programs at Penn State and Northwestern, respectively.
- Jennifer Ulehla, a 1991 alumna of Maryland, leads Michigan, while 2003 graduate Alexis Venechanos coaches Ohio State.
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