Women's Lacrosse Set For Quarterfinal Matchup With Florida - University of Maryland Athletics (2024)

The Terps after defeating James Madison, 17-7, in the NCAA second round, May 12,2024

• The Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex completed renovations this fall, achieving a comprehensive enhancement of the facility transforming the existing 5,500 square foot facility into a 17,193 square foot team house.
• The facility features larger, separated locker rooms for Field Hockey and Women's Lacrosse student-athletes with spacious team rooms with all-new technologies, an increased Sports Medicine room with new rehabilitative and recovery equipment, inclusive of hydrotherapy space, a signature lobby to recognize and celebrate the championships and success of both programs, a relocated fan entrance for ease of access to the complex seating areas and a second floor addition with coaching offices and meeting spaces.
• This season, Terp Nation set a new attendance record at the Complex with 2,400 in attendance on April 6.

• Hannah Leubecker leads Maryland in scoring with 52 goals. She ranks second in points behind Eloise Clevenger who leads the team in points (83), as well as assists (52). She averages 2.74 assists per game, leading the Big Ten, and 4.37 points per game ranking fifth in the conference.
• Maryland's 'Defender U' defensive unit currently ranks second in the conference and sixth in the nation in scoring defense (8.32). They allowed just one goal from Robert Morris on Friday, the fewest goals allowed in a tournament game since they held New Hampshire to one goal in 1980. The Terps held James Madison to their lowest scoring output of the season.
• Chrissy Thomas has tallied 27 points in her last seven games, from 13 goals and 14 assists. The senior added one goal and three assists against the Dukes on Sunday.
• Meghan Ball has been a leader on Mayland's defense all season. She leads the team in ground balls (36) and caused turnovers (37). She ranks third in the conference in caused turnovers per game (1.95).
• Emily Sterling continues her outstanding play in net for the Terps. She owns the fourth-best save percentage in the country of .530. Sterling ranks second in the conference in saves per game (9.22). The Maryland goalkeeper unit, including Julia Hammerschlag and Carly Peterson, owns the third-best save percentage in the nation at .535.

• Shaylan Ahearn, a First Team All-Big Ten selection, continued her dominance in the draw circle in the first two rounds with 19 controls. After taking a heavy majority of the draws this season, Ahearn and the Terps own a 62 percent win rate, the fifth-best in the country.
• Ahearn ranks third all-time in career draws (425) and ranks third in the Big Ten with 5.47 draws per game. She became second all-time in career draws after picking up a season-high 11 against James Madison.
• Ahearn, Meghan Ball and Shannon Smith combine for 82 percent of the 286 team draw controls. Ahearn leads the team with 104 draws, followed by Ball with 72 and Smith with 59.

• Head Coach Cathy Reese is in her 18th season at the helm of Maryland women's lacrosse. The winningest coach in program history, Reese is 331-46 as head coach and has led the Terps to five National Championships, 12 Final Fours and 22 Conference Championships.
• Maryland is 173-11 at home under Reese, with eight undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
• Reese is the fifth all-time winningest active head coach and the sixth-winningest coach of all-time in Division 1 women's lacrosse at 361-75. Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 578 wins.

• This will be the 11th all-time meeting between Maryland and Florida, with the Terps and Gators meeting for six-straight seasons from 2015-20 and twice in 2022 and 2024.
• The Terps own a 4-2 record over the Gators in College Park. Maryland earned their largest victory in matchup history, 18-5, during the NCAA Quarterfinals in 2022 paving its way to 12th final four in 13 seasons.
• This teams competed earlier this season with Florida taking a late, 13-12, overtime victory at The Plex. Eloise Clevenger scored seven points which was a game-high. She notched three goals and four assists. Emily Sterling put up 11 saves in the cage.
• The last time these programs met in Gainesville, No. 6 Maryland took a dramatic 14-13 win at No. 7 Florida. Victoria Hensh scored with 17 seconds left in regulation to give Maryland the lead. She scored three of her career-best four goals in the decisive fourth quarter as the Terps rallied from a 10-8 deficit in the fourth quarter.