No. 18 Penn State Women’s Lacrosse Takes Down No. 10 Maryland 12-7

No. 18 Penn State girls’s lacrosse (11-4, 3-2 Large Ten) defeated No. 10 Maryland (12-4, 4-1 Large Ten) Thursday night time at Panzer Stadium in its final common season house sport.

Penn State broke Maryland’s nine-game win streak and pissed off the Terrapins all sport lengthy. Emma Kelly, Meghan Murray, and Brooke Hoss reached hat methods and performed with the defenders all night time lengthy.

How It Occurred:

Maryland received the opening draw management and threatened Penn State, however the Nittany Lions pressured a turnover to change fields.

Possession was shortly traded forwards and backwards earlier than Maryland recorded a shot in opposition to Ashley Bowan, who was capable of cease it. The Terrapins had two pictures vast earlier than successful a free place shot, which Kori Edmondson bounced in to place them up 1-0 with 8:17 to play within the first quarter.

Libby Could received one other free place shot that she positioned over Bowan’s head to extend Maryland’s result in two. Kristin O’Neill obtained a yellow card for interference, although the objective stood.

The Nittany Lions sought their breakthrough whereas a girl down, and Brooke Hoss transformed a free place shot previous goalie Emily Sterling to present them their first objective of the night time.

O’Neill noticed a shot foiled by Sterling, and Penn State switched again to protection, forcing a shot clock violation in opposition to Maryland. The Nittany Lions’ pictures went vast earlier than Emma Kelly received a free place shot. Her shot flew over the online and she or he received one other free place shot within the course of, which she didn’t convert.

Neither crew might discover a breakthrough for the remainder of the primary quarter and ended it 2-1 for the Terrapins.

Maryland received the primary draw of the second quarter however misplaced it to Penn State. The Nittany Lions and Terrapins traded turnovers and pictures earlier than Bowan saved a free-position shot taken by Edmondson. Regardless of the save, the Terrapins stayed on offense however have been no match for Penn State’s protection, which pressured one other shot clock violation.

Penn State’s offense discovered Meghan Murray on the prime. She messed together with her defender and located an open lane to attain and tie the sport 2-2 with 8:38 left within the half.

The Nittany Lions carried their momentum to win the following draw and keep in management. They received a free place shot, and Kelly pushed it into the again of the online to realize their first lead of the night time.

Penn State scored its fourth unanswered objective to extend its result in two as Kristin O’Neill breezed previous her defender for a straightforward one-on-one objective in opposition to Sterling. A free place try was unsuccessful and stopped by Sterling who cleared it.

Maryland went a woman-up and Could discovered an open lane within the center, bouncing the ball between Bowan and the close to put up to chop its deficit to 1 to finish the primary half 4-3.

Penn State received the second half’s opening draw, and Brooke Barger rolled alongside the crease to sneak a objective in and improve its result in two. It received a free place shot taken by Kelly, however Sterling stopped it but once more.

Could secured her hat trick for Maryland via a free place objective. Eloise Clevenger adopted up and reduce via the center and slipped it into the upper-left nook to chop the deficit to 1 for the Terrapins with 3:48 within the quarter.

Penn State scored within the closing seconds of the quarter via Kelly beating her defender proper in entrance of the objective to simply hit the again of the online 7-5.

Murray opened scoring for the Nittany Lions within the first minute of the fourth quarter, leaving defenders within the mud and scoring with no pushback. Kelly quickly adopted together with her fourth objective of the sport to realize a four-point lead 9-5.

Penn State obtained one other yellow card and gave away a free place shot. Edmondson transformed it for Maryland on the woman-up alternative. With six minutes left within the sport, Edmonson transformed one other free place shot to place Maryland again inside two. The rating was 9-7.

The Nittany Lions’ offense pissed off the Terrapins’ protection and received a free-position shot. Brooke Hoss simply smashed it into the again of the online. Penn State received the draw management and ran it proper all the way down to win one other free place shot, which Murray scored to succeed in a hat trick.

In a last-minute try to remain within the sport, Maryland pulled Sterling out of objective and left an empty web. Hoss received the ball for Penn State and ran down the sector, simply bouncing it into the empty web.

Penn State saved management for the ultimate minutes to safe its win 12-7.

Takeaways:

• Gretchen Gilmore is out for the remainder of the season after sustaining a non-contact harm in opposition to Michigan. In her absence, there was trigger for concern over who would step up, however Penn State’s offense didn’t battle. Kelly, Murray, and Hoss all stepped as much as present there isn’t any lack of expertise with their hat methods.
• Penn State’s protection was a brick wall tonight, forcing Maryland to a number of shot clock violations. The protection pissed off Maryland constantly. The protection recorded 12 triggered turnovers because it continued to interrupt up the Terrapins’ momentum and safe the victory.
• Bowan had herself a comeback sport. Final week in opposition to Michigan, she was pulled out after not recording any preliminary saves and main Penn State right into a deficit. She posted immense saves to maintain Penn State within the sport to start with and stepped up within the massive moments. Bowan recorded 10 saves for the night time from 23 pictures and a .588 save proportion in a powerful exhibiting.

What’s Subsequent?

Penn State will tackle Johns Hopkins at midday on Saturday, April 22, in Baltimore.