#1 Maryland
at
#15 Northwestern
April 27, 2017 || Evanston, Ill. || 8:00 PM
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The No. 1 Maryland women’s lacrosse team (16-0, 5-0 B1G) finishes the regular season with a top-20 matchup against No. 15 Northwestern (9-7, 4-1) Thursday at 8 p.m.
• The Terps-Wildcats game will be aired on the Big Ten Network.
• With a win Thursday, Maryland will win the Big Ten regular season title outright and earn the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament.
• If the Terps defeat the Wildcats, Maryland will finish the regular season undefeated for the 10th time in program history and third straight season.
LAST TIME OUT
• Senior midfielder Zoe Stukenberg had six points (2G, 4A) and freshman midfielder Kali Hartshorn had five (4G, 1A) as the Terps defeated No. 5 Penn State, 16-14, last Thursday.
• Stukenberg and Hartshorn each had four draw controls while Stukenberg also had two ground balls and three caused turnovers.
• The Terps captured at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title with a win over the Nittany Lions.
scouting the northwestern wildcats
• The Wildcats have won their last two games, including a 14-7 win over Rutgers last Saturday.
• Christina Esposito leads Northwestern with 39 goals and 49 points while Shelby Fredericks paces the team with 18 assists and 120 draw controls. Fredericks ranks third in the nation with 8.00 draws per game.
• Mallory Weisse has started every game in cage and holds a 9.98 goals-against average and a .450 save percentage.
terps-wildcats history
• Maryland is 12-6 all-time vs. Northwestern.
• Last season, the Terps defeated the Wildcats twice: 17-4 in the regular season and 12-9 in the Big Ten Tournament final.
• Northwestern head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller is a 1996 graduate of Maryland.
career watch
• Junior Megan Whittle currently has 195 career goals, which ranks seventh in the Maryland record books. She can move into sixth with 199 goals to pass Brooke Griffin's 198.
• Senior Zoe Stukenberg has 158 career goals and can move past Betsy Elder for 10th in program history with one more goal.
• Freshman Kali Hartshorn has 71 draw controls, which ties for eighth for a single-season in Maryland history.
in the rankings
• The Terps rank in the top-15 nationally in numerous categories this season.
| Statistic |
National Rank |
Value |
| Points Per Game |
6 |
23.50 |
| Saves Percentage |
3 |
.547 |
| Scoring Defense |
15 |
9.00 |
| Scoring Margin |
5 |
7.81 |
| Scoring Offense |
2 |
16.81 |
| Shot Percentage |
14 |
.467 |
| Shots Per Game |
4 |
36.00 |
| Turnovers Per Game |
1 |
12.50 |
