No. 12 women’s lacrosse routed by No. 9 Maryland

The Tigers are persevering with to slip.

On Wednesday evening, the visiting No. 9 Maryland Terrapins (12–1, 3–0 Huge Ten) took down No. 12 Princeton (7–3, 2–0 Ivy League) 19–9 within the Tigers’ final out of convention sport this season. Terrapin assaults Hannah Leubecker and Aurora Cordingley every scored 5 objectives for Maryland. Princeton junior assault Kate Mulham additionally scored 5 for the Tigers, who are actually 3–3 in video games in opposition to ranked groups this yr. 

Princeton began out robust, opening with a 3–0 lead 4:02 into the sport. Mulham scored first for the Tigers, adopted by objectives from sophomore assault Grace Tauckus and first-year midfielder McKenzie Blake. Three minutes after Blake’s objectives, Maryland assault Libby Could acquired the Terrapins on the board. Could’s objective began a three-run for Maryland, capped off by Cordingley’s first objective of the sport with one second left within the quarter. 

The Terrapins grabbed management of the sport within the second quarter. Mulham’s second objective of the sport gave Princeton a 4–3 lead, however two fast objectives 59 seconds aside gave Maryland its first lead of the sport at 5–4. With 9:10 to go within the second quarter, senior assault Kyla Sears tied the sport at 5, the closest the Tigers would get for the remainder of the sport. The Terrapins closed the quarter with 4 straight objectives to leap out to a 9–5 lead getting into halftime. Down 4, Princeton would want an enormous second half to attempt to erase the deficit. 

Maryland was decided to not let that occur. Regardless of some gritty play from the Tigers, they might not handle to go on a run. The groups traded objectives over the primary half of the third quarter, with first yr midfielder Nina Montes capping off the change with 7:25 to go within the quarter to make it 12–8. After two Terrapin objectives 46 seconds aside, Mulham scored her third objective of the quarter and fifth of the sport to make it 14–9 heading into the ultimate body. 

Maryland dominated the fourth quarter, holding the Tigers off the scoreboard fully whereas netting 5 objectives of their very own to blow the sport open and seal the win. The loss is the Tigers’ third in 4 video games after a 6–0 begin. They’ll look to bounce again Saturday after they host Dartmouth at midday. 

Ben Burns is an Affiliate Sports activities Editor on the ‘Prince’ who sometimes covers basketball, hockey, and soccer. He may be reached at bwburns@princeton.edu or on Twitter @bwburns5_.