The No. 1 Maryland women’s lacrosse team (12-0, 2-0 B1G) faces off against No. 15 Princeton (8-2, 3-0 Ivy League) Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
- The Terrapins-Tigers game will be live streamed on BTN Plus.
- Live stats will be available, and game updates will be provided on the Maryland women’s lacrosse Twitter feed.
scouting the terrapins
- The Terps are averaging 14.17 goals per game while limiting opponents to 6.17 goals per game, which is the fourth-ranked scoring defense in the country. Maryland has allowed more than seven goals only twice this season (11 vs. North Carolina, 10 vs. James Madison).
- Junior Taylor Cummings leads the Terrapins with 23 assists, 62 points, 27 ground balls, 85 draw controls and 21 caused turnovers. Freshman Megan Whittle leads Maryland with 40 goals.
- Redshirt senior goalkeeper Alex Fitzpatrick has started all 12 games and holds a 5.62 goals-against average and .533 save percentage.
- The Terps are on a 22-game win streak - the longest currently in Division I - and have not lost since April 5, 2014.
- In six games against top-15 opponents, Maryland has scored 81 goals (13.5/game) while holding opponents to 46 goals (7.67/game).
scouting the tigers
- Princeton defeated Yale, 12-10, in its last outing to move to 3-0 in Ivy League play.
- The Tigers are averaging 11.30 goals per game while holding opponents to 8.90 goals per game.
- Olivia Hompe leads Princeton with 27 goals and 38 points while Erin Slifer has 12 assists. Five different Tigers have recorded double-digit draw controls.
- Ellie DeGarmo has started nine games in the cage and holds a 9.16 goals-against average and .484 sace percentage.
terrapin-tiger history
- The Terps are 27-7 all-time against Princeton.
- Maryland has won the last nine outings between the teams.
#1 terps rout rutgers in b1g home opener
- Eight Terrapins scored goals as Maryland (12-0, 2-0 B1G) overtook Rutgers (1-12, 0-2), 17-5, last Saturday. RECAP | STATS
- Taylor Cummings led the Terps with five goals, while Megan Whittle tallied her sixth three-goal game of the season. Brooke Griffin also notched a hat trick and Kelly McPartland scored twice, while Erin Collins, Taylor Hensh, Shelby Scanlin and Lindsay Biondi each added one goal.
- The Terps outshot the Scarlet Knights, 44-8, while holding a 24-11 advantage in ground balls and 15-9 advantage in draw controls.
- Through two Big Ten contests, Maryland has outscored opponents 33-10.
Cummings, douty earn b1g weekly honors
- Taylor Cummings was named the Offensive Player of the Week after totaling nine goals and six assists in two games last week. She scored four times and added five assists against Georgetown while also leading the game with five ground balls, six draw controls and three caused turnovers. The junior midfielder netted five goals and notched an assist against Rutgers. She scored a hat trick in the first seven minutes of the game and added four ground balls and four draw controls.
- Megan Douty earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after leading a Terrapin defense that held the Hoyas and Scarlet Knights to eight total goals. She recorded three ground balls and caused two turnovers against Georgetown and picked up two ground balls and two caused turnovers versus Rutgers.
- This is the third straight week Cummings has earned conference Offensive Player of the Week honors and the fourth time overall. This is Douty’s second Defensive Player of the Week nod, and the sixth time a Terp has earned the honor.
PROTECT THIS HOUSE
- Maryland is 90-2 in College Park under head coach Cathy Reese.
- The Terps have won all seven games in which they have played an opponent ranked No. 1 or 2 at home in the past seven seasons.
- Maryland is currently on a 26-game win streak at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
- The Terrapins are 229-16 in College Park, dating back to 1990.
TURN TO TAYLOR
- Junior midfielder Taylor Cummings, the reigning Tewaaraton winner, has made her presense known across the field as she leads the Terps in nearly every major stat category.
- Cummings currently leads Maryland in assists (23), points (62), shots (80), ground balls (27), draw controls (85) and caused turnovers (21), and is second on the team in goals (39).
- The Ellicott City, Md., native is first in the Big Ten and fifth nationally in draw controls/game (7.08). She is first in the conference and third nationally in points/game (5.17). Cummings also leads the conference and is 23rd nationally in caused turnovers/game (1.75).
fitzpatrick makes statement with terps
- A transfer from Lehigh, redshirt senior Alex Fitzpatrick has led the Terps in goal. Fitzpatrick has started all 12 games and has played 598 minutes in the cage.
- Fitzpatrick boasts a 5.62 goals-against average and .533 save percentage. Her GAA is good for fifth in the nation and first in the conference, while her save percentage is ranked fourth in the NCAA and first in the Big Ten.
- Fitzpatrick allowed a season-low two goals against Towson, and kept the Tigers off the board completely in the second half. She also recorded a season-best 10 saves against Towson.
not so whittle
- Freshman Megan Whittle has made an immediate impact for the Terps in her first season.
- Whittle has scored 40 goals in 12 games, which ranks first on the team. It also puts her at 11th in the nation in total goals.
- Whittle was named to the Tewaaraton Watch List in March. She is the only freshman on the prestigious list.
- Whittle has been named the conference’s Freshman of the Week four times, the most of any honoree. She was also named ILWomen.com’s Freshman of the Week once.
- The attacker came to Maryland as the top-ranked member of her class by Inside Lacrosse.
maryland tv schedule released
- The Terps are slated to play at least 11 games this season on the Big Ten Network platform.
- Maryland will be featured on the Big Ten Network as the Terps take on Penn (3/18), Northwestern (3/26), Ohio State (4/12) and Penn State (4/23).
- All other Maryland home games will be streamed live on the BTN2Go app (BTN Plus), which is the official app of the Big Ten Network. Fans can access all Big Ten content on BTN Plus for $119.95 per year or a $14.95 monthly subscription.
- A Maryland School Pass for BTN Plus, which includes all Terrapin contests, home and away, is $79.95 per year or $9.95 for a monthly subscription.
- The Terps’ game at Johns Hopkins will be broadcast on ESPNU.
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