#1 Maryland
vs.
Boston College
March 8, 2017 || Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex || 7 PM
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Terps return to College Park as the No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse team (4-0) hosts Boston College (6-2, 0-2 ACC) Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• The Terps-Eagles game will be live streamed on BTN Plus. Live stats will be available here.
• Parking will be free in Lot 9b.
• Members of U.S. Lacrosse will receive free admission with a valid ID. All youth lacrosse players 13 and under will receive free admission if they wear team apparel to the game.
last time out
• Senior midfielder Zoe Stukenberg scored four goals as the Terps beat Hofstra 18-7 on Saturday.
• Stukenberg scored on all four of her shots vs. the Pride. Junior attackers Megan Whittle and Taylor Hensh each had hat tricks while senior attacker Caroline Wannen and sophomore midfielder Jen Giles scored twice.
• Sophomore goalie Megan Taylor had another stellar outing in cage, making 10 saves while allowing six goals for a .625 save percentage.
scouting the boston college eagles
• The Eagles are coming off a 20-11 win at Navy on Saturday. Kate Weeks scored six goals for Boston College while Sam Apuzzo added five.
• Apuzzo leads the Eagles with 45 points (25G, 20A) while Weeks is second with 34 (30G, 4A).
• Zoe Ochoa and Lauren Daly have split time in cage this season. Ochoa holds an 11.67 goals against average and a .452 save percentage while Daly holds a 12.74 GAA and a .404 save percentage.
terps-eagles history
• The Terps are 11-0 all-time vs. the Eagles. The last meeting came when Maryland was still a member of the ACC in 2014.
• Boston College head coach Acacia Walker is a 2005 graduate of Maryland while assistant coach Brooke Griffin graduated from Maryland in 2015.
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• Maryland is 106-2 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 52-game win streak at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex and hasn’t lost in College Park since March 10, 2012. The Terrapins are 244-16 in College Park, dating back to 1990.
terps trio 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 on Tuesday.
• 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.
six terps named to u.s. world cup roster
• Six former members of the Maryland women’s lacrosse team were named to the 18-player U.S. Women’s National Team that will compete in the 2017 Federation of International Lacrosse Women’s World Cup.
• Attackers Alex Aust ‘13 and Brooke Griffin ‘15, midfielders Taylor Cummings ‘16 and Katie Schwarzmann ‘13 and defenders Megan Douty ‘15 and Alice Mercer ‘16 were selected to the U.S. squad.
• The Terps have the most representatives on the 2017 U.S. team of any collegiate program. The FIL World Cup, which takes place every four years, will be in Guildford, England, from July 12-22. The United States are seven-time world champions.
