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No. 4 Maryland Ready For Last Regular Season Game at No. 21 Michigan – University of Maryland Athletics
No. 4 Maryland (14-1, 5-0 Huge Ten) at No. 21 Michigan (10-5, 2-3 Huge Ten)
April 28, 2022
U-M Lacrosse Stadium
12:00 p.m. EDT
April 28, 2022
U-M Lacrosse Stadium
12:00 p.m. EDT
COLLEGE PARK, MD – The No. 4 Maryland ladies’s lacrosse workforce will look to win the outright Huge Ten title within the ultimate common season sport of the season, because the Terps head to No. 21 Michigan to face the Wolverines. The sport on Saturday, April 30 will start at midday and air on ESPNU.
MICHIGAN STORYLINES
BIG TEN CHAMPS
- With a 15-9 win over No. 2 Northwestern final Saturday, the Terps clinched a share of the Huge Ten common season title for the sixth time.
- The Terps gained outright in every season from 2015-19.
- This marks the Terps ninth Huge Ten Championship general (three Event Championships from 2016-18) and thirtieth convention championship in complete, successful 21 within the ACC (10 Common Season, 11 Event).
- Maryland secured the No. 1 seed in subsequent week’s Huge Ten Event with the victory.
- Attacker Libby Could and goaltender Emily Sterling had been improbable to guide Maryland to a victory over the Wildcats final week.
- Could was named each the Inside Lacrosse Nationwide Participant of the Week and Huge Ten Offensive Participant of the Week after tallying a career-high eight factors (seven objectives, one help) on solely 9 pictures.
- Sterling was named the USA Lacrosse Nationwide Participant of the Week, IWLCA Nationwide Defensive Participant of the Week and Huge Ten Defensive Participant of the Week after securing a career-best 16 saves and solely allowed 9 objectives, a 64-percent save proportion and helped maintain the Wildcats to only 23.6-percent capturing.
RORY IS ROARING
- Fifth-year switch Aurora Cordingley is off to a record-breaking begin as a Terp, presently standing fourth within the nation in factors per sport (6.13 per sport).
- She additionally stands seventh within the nation and leads the Huge Ten with 38 assists.
- The Canadian Nationwide Workforce member has no less than 5 factors in 12 of 15 video games, has no less than six factors in 10 of the final 14 video games and is the primary Terp with two double-digit level video games in a season since Alex Aust in 2013, tallying 11 (six objectives, 5 assists) towards Villanova (3/13) and 10 (4 objectives, six assists) towards No. 7 Florida (2/26).
- She has twice this season been named the IWLCA Nationwide Participant of the Week and 5 instances been named the Huge Ten Offensive Participant of the Week, each essentially the most since three-time Tewaaraton winner Taylor Cummings in 2015.
- Cordingley has recorded no less than one level in 47-straight video games courting again to April 25, 2018. The primary 32 of these video games had been at Johns Hopkins, the place mixed along with her 15 video games at Maryland, she has 26 profession video games with no less than 5 factors.
THREE TERPS NAMED TEWAARATON NOMINEES
- Abby Bosco, Aurora Cordingley and Emily Sterling had been all chosen as nominees for the Tewaaraton Award, lacrosse’s most prestigious honor, final week.
- Maryland’s three alternatives for the 25-player listing are the second most of any faculty (North Carolina).
- The Terps have gained eight of the final 11 Tewaaraton awards and have had a top-five finalist in 14 straight seasons, yearly below head coach Cathy Reese.
sterling saves
- Goalie Emily Sterling has been a brick wall in web this season, presently main the nation with a .564 save proportion and a 7.56 objectives towards common.
- The junior has over a 50-percent save proportion in 10 of 15 video games this season and is saving at a tremendous .632 clip in Huge Ten play.
- A Tewaaraton nominee, Sterling has been named the IWLCA Nationwide Defensive Participant of the Week twice this season, the USA Lacrosse Journal Nationwide Participant of the Week as soon as and has been chosen because the Huge Ten Defensive Participant of the Week for 4 straight weeks and 5 instances general.
SERIES HISTORY
- Maryland has by no means misplaced to Michigan, successful all eight all-time conferences. The Terps beat Michigan 3 times final 12 months, twice in Faculty Park and as soon as within the Huge Ten Event.
- Hannah Leubecker scored 16 objectives towards Michigan final 12 months, together with seven within the groups first two conferences of the season. The Terps are 2-0 all-time towards Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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