No. 8 Terps Finish Regular Season At No. 17 Princeton - University of Maryland Athletics (2024)

• Maryland looks to bounce back after falling to No. 24 Penn State on Saturday.
• Eloise Clevenger (2G, 2A), Hannah Leubecker (4G) and Chrissy Thomas (3G, 1A) each tallied four points in the contest.
• The 2024 schedule consists of ten non-conference and six conference matchups. The Terps own a strong strength of schedule with ten opponents ranked in this week's IWLCA Top 25. Out of those schools, four sit in the Top 10 including conference opponents Northwestern and Michigan.
• Maryland closed out conference play at 4-2. The Terps collected wins against Ohio State, Rutgers, Michigan and Johns Hopkins.
• Maryland led the Big Ten with six nationally broadcast games this season. Five games aired on Big Ten Network, including three home contests and last Wednesday's aired on ESPNU.

• 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.

A championship facility. Welcome to The Plex. pic.twitter.com/oN1MCiEeef

— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) December 8, 2023

• Hannah Leubecker leads Maryland in scoring with 37 goals. She ranks second in points behind Eloise Clevenger who leads the team in points (61), as well as assists 43. She averages 3.07 assists per game, leading the Big Ten, and 4.36 points per game ranking fifth in the conference. Her assists per game average ranks eighth in the nation.
• Maryland owns one of the best defensive reputations in the country and has consistently proven why. They currently rank second in the conference and eighth in the nation in scoring defense (8.36).
• Chrissy Thomas has added 11 points in her last three games, from seven goals and four assists. The senior added four points (3G, 1A) against the Nittany Lions on Saturday.
• Ball has been a dominant presence on defense for the Terps. She ranks third in the conference in caused turnovers per game (1.79) and ninth in ground balls per game (1.93).
• Emily Sterling continues her high caliber play in the cage. She owns the third-best save percentage in the country of .538. Sterling leads the conference in saves per game (9.93)

• Shaylan Ahearn continues her stellar play in the draw circle for the Terps throughout the 2024 season. She grabbed a season-high 10 draws against No. 1 Northwestern earlier this season.
• Ahearn jumped from seventh to fourth on the Maryland draw control career rankings in 2023. She, now, ranks third all-time in career draws (393). Ahearn is tied for thethird-best single season draw control record (139), only five controls behind Taylor Cummings' single season program record of 144 (2015).
• Ahearn, Meghan Ball and Shannon Smith combine for 79 percent of the 220 team draw controls. Ahearn leads the team with 70 draws, followed by Ball with 57 and Smith with 46. Smith grabbed a career-high 11 draws against the Johns Hopkins last Wednesday and ranks third in the conference with 5.86 draws per game.

• Head Coach Cathy Reese enters her 18th season at the helm of Maryland women's lacrosse. The winningest coach in program history, Reese is 328-45 as head coach and has led the Terps to five National Championships, 12 Final Fours and 22 Conference Championships.
• Maryland is 171-10 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 seventh-winningest coach of all-time in Division 1 women's lacrosse at 358-74. Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 574 wins.

• The Terps lead the all-time series against Princeton, 34-8. Maryland has won 16-straight against Princeton dating back to when Cathy Reese became head coach in 2007.
• The last time these programs met, Maryland took a 15-11 victory at SECU Stadium. The trio of Libby May (6G), Eloise Clevenger (3G, 4A) and Hannah Leubecker (3G, 1A) led the way for the Terps as they combined for 12 goals and 17 total points.
• Emily Sterling finished with 15 saves in another strong performance in the cage, tying her then-season-high.