#1 Maryland
vs.
JAMES MADISON
March 25, 2017 || Sentara Park || 2:00 PM
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The top-ranked Maryland women's lacrosse team (8-0) takes on James Madison (6-4) in Harrisonburg, Va., Saturday at 2 p.m.
last time out
• Sophomore midfielder Jen Giles tallied five points as the Terps defeated No. 11 Penn (6-2), 11-7, Wednesday.
• Giles scored three goals and made two assists. Freshman midfielder Kali Hartshorn also had a hat trick while junior attackers Megan Whittle and Taylor Hensh each scored twice. Senior attacker Caroline Wannen added a goal.
• Sophomore goalie Megan Taylor notched 12 saves and two ground balls against the Quakers.
scouting the james madison dukes
• The Dukes have lost three of their last four games, including a 9-6 loss to Virginia on Wednesday.
• Five Dukes have double-digit goals, led by 22 from Hanna Haven. Haven also leads the teamw ith 30 points. Katie Kerrigan leads JMU with 19 assists.
• Emily Poelma has started each game in goal and holds a 9.46 goals against average and a .472 save percentage.
KIFT, griffin earn big ten honors
• After helping the Terps to a 17-4 win over then-No. 16 Johns Hopkins last Sunday, senior goalie Emily Kift and freshman attacker Brindi Griffin earned Big Ten weekly honors Tuesday.
• Kift was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week after posting a career-high 10 saves in her first start of the season.
• Griffin was selected as Big Ten Freshman of the Week after notching two goals and one assist vs. Hopkins.
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• Maryland is 110-2 in College Park under head coach Cathy Reese.
• The Terps have won all eight games in which they have played an opponent ranked No. 1 or 2 at home in the past eight seasons.
• Maryland is currently on a 56-game win streak at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex and hasn’t lost in College Park since March 10, 2012. The Terrapins are 248-16 in College Park, dating back to 1990.
four terps named to tewaaraton watch list
• Senior midfielder Zoe Stukenberg, senior defender Nadine Hadnagy and junior attacker Megan Whittle were named to the Tewaaraton Watch List last month. Sophomore goalie Megan Taylor was added to the watch list this week.
• Stukenberg, Hadnagy and Whittle were named Tewaaraton nominees last season. All three were named preseason first team All-Americans.
• Maryland has won six of the last seven Tewaaraton Awards.
terps selected as big ten favorites
• Maryland was unanimously selected to win the Big Ten Championship in the coaches’ preseason poll.
• The Terps have won the last two Big Ten regular season titles and are undefeated in conference play during the regular season since joining the conference in 2014. Maryland also won the 2016 Big Ten Tournament title.
• Following Maryland is Penn State (2), Northwestern (3), Johns Hopkins (4), Ohio State (5), Rutgers (6) and Michigan (7). Hopkins joins the Big Ten for women’s lacrosse this season.
six terps named il preseason all-americans
• Six returning members of the Maryland women’s lacrosse team were selected as Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans.
• Senior defender Nadine Hadnagy, senior midfielder Zoe Stukenberg and junior attacker Megan Whittle were named to the first team.
• Sophomore defender Julia Braig earned second team honors while senior attacker Caroline Wannen and sophomore goalie Megan Taylor were named honorable mention.
• Hadnagy, Stukenberg and Whittle are Maryland’s returning 2016 IWLCA All-Americans while Taylor was an all-region selection as just a freshman.
maryland welcomes top-ranked freshman class
• The Terrapins will feature Inside Lacrosse’s No. 1 freshman class in the nation next spring. This is the first time since 2011 Maryland has had the top-ranked freshman class.
• The 2016 class includes Lizzie Colson, Brindi Griffin, Kali Hartshorn, Victoria L'Insalata, Andrea McTaggart, Natalie Miller, Julia Salandra, Nikki Sliwak and Hannah Warther.
• The Terps feature seven Under Armour All-Americans, all of whom were ranked by Inside Lacrosse: No. 2 Colson, No. 4 Griffin, No. 5 Warther, No. 19 Sliwak, No. 23 L’Insalata, No. 29 Hartshorn and No. 48 Miller.
hadnagy, stukenberg named team captains
• The Terps selected seniors Nadine Hadnagy and Zoe Stukenberg as team captains for the upcoming season.
• The 2017 roster voted on Hadnagy and Stukenberg to be captains for the second straight season.
• Both Hadnagy and Stukenberg return as three-year starters and were named Inside Lacrosse Preseason First Team All-Americans.
