Terps Title Games This Weekend!

Brooke Griffin and Taylor Cummings combined for eight points against Syracuse in the NCAA semifinals.
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Brooke Griffin and Taylor Cummings combined for eight points against Syracuse in the NCAA semifinals.

#1 Terps Seek NCAA Title Repeat Sunday vs. #2 UNC

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Sat, May 23, 2015
The top-seeded Maryland women’s lacrosse team (20-1) faces No. 2-seed North Carolina (18-3) in the NCAA Championship final Sunday evening at 8:30 p.m.
  • The Terrapins-Tar Heels game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
  • Live stats will be available, and game updates will be provided on the Maryland women’s lacrosse Twitter feed.
Tourney Terps
  • The Terps are competing in their third straight championship game and are participating in their seventh straight Final Four (2009-pres.).
  • Maryland is making its 26th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament (1990-pres.).
  • The Terrapins lead the nation with 31 NCAA appearances and are also tops in wins (60), championship game appearances (19) and NCAA titles (11).
terps advance to third straight ncaa championship
  • Taylor Cummings recorded six points (2G, 4A) as the top-seeded Terps took down No. 4-seed Syracuse, 10-8, in the NCAA semifinals Friday.
  • Kristen Lamon tallied a hat trick while Brooke Griffin scored twice.
  • Maryland moved to 5-0 all-time against Syracuse in NCAA Tournament games.
terrapin-tar heels history
  • As former conference rivals, the Terps and Tar Heels have a deep history. Maryland is 21-12 all-time against North Carolina.
  • Sunday's game is a rematch of the 2013 national championship game, which the Tar Heels won in triple overtime to end the Terrapins' perfect season.
  • Maryland defeated North Carolina, 13-11, in February.
FIVE TERPS NAMED IWLCA ALL-AMERICANS
  • Five Maryland women’s lacrosse players were named IWLCA All-Americans Monday.
  • Taylor Cummings, Megan Douty and Brooke Griffin earned spots on the first team while Alice Mercer was named to the second team and Megan Whittle earned third team honors.
  • The five Terrapins are the most of any program honored by the IWLCA and Maryland has the most players on the first team.
  • Cummings is a three-time first team All-American while Douty and Griffin earned the honor for the second straight season. Mercer was a third team All-American in 2014.
cummings named tewaaraton finalist
  • Junior midfielder Taylor Cummingswas named one of five finalists for the 2015 Tewaaraton Award, as announced by the Tewaaraton Foundation Thursday.
  • Cummings won the Tewaaraton trophy last season, becoming the youngest female winner in the award’s history.
  • A member of the U.S. Women’s National Team, Cummings’ per game averages for points, ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers top the Big Ten, and she ranks fifth in the nation in points and draw controls.
  • Cummings would be the Terps’ sixth Tewaaraton Award winner, and Maryland’s second two-time winner.
terps trip earn top big ten honors
  • Brooke Griffin, Taylor Cummings and Megan Douty earned 2015 Big Ten Conference individual honors, as voted on by the league’s six coaches and announced by the conference Monday afternoon.
  • Griffin was named the conference’s Attack Player of the Year and has 39 goals and 18 assists on the season. The redshirt senior attacker is the leader of the sixth-ranked scoring offense as the Terps are averaging 14.42 goals per game.
  • Cummings was named Midfielder of the Year after leading the Terps in nearly every statistical category. Cummings was named both Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week by the conference during the regular season.
  • Douty was named the Defensive Player of the Year after leading the sixth-ranked scoring defense. The senior defender has caused 20 turnovers and picked up 25 ground balls this season. 
Maryland plays Denver for the NCAA title on Monday, May 25 at 1 p.m.
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Maryland plays Denver for the NCAA title on Monday, May 25 at 1 p.m.

Terps Advance To NCAA Title Game With Win Over Hopkins

PHILADELPHIA — Behind four goals from sophomore attackman Matt Rambo, the Maryland men’s lacrosse team defeated Johns Hopkins 12-11 in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament on Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field.
With the win, Maryland advances to the national championship and will play Denver on Monday at 1 p.m. It is the program’s 12th appearance overall in the title game and third in the last five seasons.
Junior midfielder Henry West struck first for the Terrapins to open up the scoring at the 11:25 mark of the first.
The Blue Jays knotted the score with 5:36 left on the clock, but Maryland rattled off three straight goals from Rambo, senior midfielder Joe LoCascio, and junior midfielder Bryan Cole to hold a 4-1 advantage at the end of the first frame.
Hopkins scored three times in the second quarter, but Maryland responded with a pair to hold a 6-4 lead at halftime.
Sophomore midfielder Colin Heacock found the back of net at the 6:46 mark of the second, while senior attackman Jay Carlson scored his first of three goals on the day with 3:04 remaining.

The Terps and Blue Jays traded goals to start the third quarter before Maryland went on a 3-0 run to open up a 10-5 lead. West kicked off the run with his second goal of the game. Rambo also scored his second during the 2:22 stretch, while Carlson finished his hat trick to close the run.
The Blue Jay offense rallied with five straight goals of their own to tie the score at 10-10 with 11:45 remaining in the game.

With the game on the line it was Rambo who gave the Terps the list they needed.

The Glenside, Pa., native scored the final two goals for Maryland to finish the game with a career-best tying six points on four goals and two assists. His third goals came on Maryland’s only successful extra-man opportunity at the 9:59 mark. He then scored what proved to be the game-winner with 7:24 left in the fourth, finishing off a nice feed from Cole.
Hopkins tried to rally late in the game and got a goal from Shack Stanwick at the 1:13 mark, but the Terrapin defense rose to the occasion.

First Team All-American goalie Kyle Bernlohr, who finished with six saves, preserved the one-goal victory with a save on the doorstep in the final seconds.

Along with tallying his first goal of the year, senior faceoff specialist Charlie Raffa secured 14-of-26 at the X and added a game-high seven groundballs.

Game Notes:
- With the 12-11 victory, Maryland is now 41-64-1 all-time vs. Johns Hopkins and 5-9 in NCAA tournament play.
- Maryland is now 12-11 all-time in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament.
- The win also set a new program record for wins in a season with 15.
Maryland will face Michigan for the Big Ten Tournament title Sunday
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Maryland will face Michigan for the Big Ten Tournament title Sunday

Fourth-Seeded Terps Face Michigan for B1G Title

MINNEAPOLIS - After ripping off three consecutive wins, the fourth-seeded Maryland baseball team will take on Michigan in the final of the Big Ten Tournament at Target Field. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET and the contest will air live on BTN.
Leading it off
Michigan
Probable Starters: RHP Taylor Bloom (1-2, 4.81 ERA) vs. LHP Brett Adcock (9-4, 3.26 ERA)
Location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Stadium: Target Field
Live Streaming:BTN
Live Audio: Maryland Baseball Network
Live Stats: bigten.org
Twitter: @TerpsBaseball


 • With its 4-2 win over Indiana in Saturday’s semifinal, Maryland advanced to its second consecutive conference tournament final. The Terrapins faced Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament championship game last season.
• In the opening round, Maryland defeated fifth-seeded Michigan State, 2-1, before taking out top-seeded Illinois by the same score in the second round. Dating back to last season, the Terrapins have won seven of their last nine postseason games. 
• Maryland dropped 2-of-3 games to Michigan in Ann Arbor earlier this season. Sophomore Mike Shawaryn led the Terps to a victory in game one of a Saturday doubleheader before Michigan rebounded to win the final two games of the series.
• Michigan leads the all-time series 10-5.
• Shawaryn was recently named a semifinalist for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award, given to the best amateur baseball player in the country. The Carneys Point, N.J., native is also a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Award, which is given to the nation’s best collegiate baseball player.
• Sophomore second baseman Brandon Lowe ranked among the best hitters in the Big Ten during the regular season. A first team All-Big Ten selection, Lowe leads the conference in total bases (129), and is third in RBIs (51), slugging percentage (.589) and on-base percentage (.451).
• Junior catcher Kevin Martir a Johnny Bench Award semifinalist, is in the top-15 in the conference in both slugging (.502) and OBP (.426). Martir’s 41 RBIs ranked tenth in the Big Ten and he smacked seven home runs, good enough for ninth in the conference during the regular season. He was named to the All-Big Ten Third Team.
• Junior Jose Cuas earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors. Cuas’ 11 home runs and 51 RBIs both ranked third in the Big Ten during the regular season. The Brooklyn, N.Y., native is fifth in the conference in runs scored (49) and served as a steady presence on the hot corner throughout the year.
Kevin Mooney has earned three saves in three games of the Big Ten Tournament. Mooney holds a 0.00 ERA and has struck out seven over five innings in the tournament.
The Big Ten Championship game will begin at 10 a.m. ET
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The Big Ten Championship game will begin at 10 a.m. ET

Time Changed for Big Ten Championship Game

MINNEAPOLIS – Due to potential inclement weather in the Minneapolis area, Sunday’s Big Ten Baseball Tournament Championship game between Maryland and Michigan, originally scheduled for 2 p.m. ET, has been changed to a 10:03 a.m. ET start.

The winner of Sunday’s game will earn the tournament title and the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The game will air live on BTN.