MARYLAND WOMEN’S1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, LACROSSE 2000, 2001, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2019 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Overall: 14-0 | Big Ten: 4-0 #2 MARYLAND Home: 7-0 | Away: 7-0 Date Opponent Time/Results at #5 Northwestern 2/9 GEORGE MASON W, 16-5 Thursday, April 11 | 8:00 PM | Big Ten Network 2/14 at #6 Florida W, 17-12 2/24 #3 NORTH CAROLINA W, 13-12 (OT) QUICK HITS 2/27 at UMBC W, 18-1 • The second-ranked Maryland women’s lacrosse team will travel to No. 5 Northwestern 3/2 at Hofstra W, 17-9 for a big conference battle between the two remaining undefeated teams in the Big 3/9 #4 SYRACUSE W, 12-11 (OT) Ten on Thursday night. 3/13 #8 PENN W, 14-9 3/16 OHIO STATE* W, 16-1 • This is the second game in a row against an undefeated Big Ten team, as Maryland 3/21 at #23 Penn State* W, 17-6 dispatched No. 7 Michigan last Saturday afternoon, 14-3. The senior duo of Jen Giles 3/24 at #7 James Madison W, 18-5 (four goals, one assist) and Megan Taylor (10 saves) led the way in the Terps seventh 3/27 #14 PRINCETON W, 15-7 top ten win of the season. 3/30 at Rutgers* W, 20-3 4/3 at #8 Virginia W, 16-6 • In last weeks 16-6 win at No. 8 Virginia, head coach Cathy Reese became the program’s all-time winningest coach, breaking her former college coach and eight- 4/6 #7 MICHIGAN* W, 14-3 time National Champion, Cindy Timchal’s record. Reese is now 262-21 as the head 4/11 at #5 Northwestern* 8:00 PM coach of Maryland. 4/17 at Georgetown 7:00 PM 4/27 JOHNS HOPKINS* 4:30 PM • Maryland, at 4-0 in Big Ten play this season, has never lost a regular season conference Big Ten Tournament (Baltimore, Md.) game and is now 26-0 against Big Ten teams in the regular season since joining the 5/3-5 TBA TBA league in 2015. NCAA Tournament 5/10-12 First & Second Rounds TBA • The Terps are led by the midfield corps of senior Jen Giles, transfer Erica Evans 5/18 Third Round TBA and sophomore Grace Griffin. Giles leads the Terps with 40 goals, 17 assists, 57 5/24 Semifinal^ TBA points and 24 groundballs. Evans and Griffin are third and fifth on the team with 36 5/26 Championship^ TBA and 33 points apiece. Evans has 27 goals and nine assists while Griffin has 26 goals, seven assists and leads the team with 11 caused turnovers. *Big Ten Conference game ^at Homewood Field (Baltimore, Md.) • Maryland is once again backlined by junior Megan Taylor, who has had an incredible Home games in CAPS start to 2019, leading the country with a .614 save percentage at 132 saves to 83 goals Rankings are IWLCA Coaches allowed. Taylor was named the B1G Defensive Player of the Week in each of the past All times Eastern six weeks and earned three IWLCA National Player of the Week honors. • The attack is spearheaded by junior Kali Hartshorn and senior Caroline Steele. Hartshorn is second on the team in both points (43) and goals (32) and leads the SOCIAL MEDIA team with 85 draw controls. has averaged 2.7 goals per game and had the Women’s Lax Twitter: @MarylandWLax Steele Women’s Lax Instagram: MarylandWLax game winner in overtime against No. 3 North Carolina. Women’s Lax Facebook: /MarylandWLax Athletics Twitter: @umterps • Senior Julia Braig and junior Lizzie Colson guide the Maryland defense. Braig leads Athletics Instagram: marylandterrapins the Terps with 11 caused turnovers while Colson is second on the team in groundballs Athletics Facebook: /marylandterrapins (22), draw controls (67) and caused turnovers (10). PROJECTED STARTERS MEDIA RELATIONS No. Player Pos. Hgt. Yr. Notes Women’s Lax Contact: Ben Kessler 1 Brindi Griffin A 5-4 Jr. Has 22 points (12G, 9A) in last six games Email Address: [email protected] 2 Shelby Mercer D 5-4 Sr. Stepped into a starting role in 2019 Office Phone:(301) 314-7068 Cell Phone: (908) 770-3059 5 Jen Giles M 5-8 Sr. Leads team with 57 points (40G, 17A) Website: umterps.com 6 Meghan Doherty D 5-5 R-Jr. 35 career caused turnovers 11 Caroline Steele A 5-4 Sr. Has most career goals at MD on team (179) 16 Kali Hartshorn A 5-9 Jr. Leads Maryland with 85 draw controls 22 Grace Griffin M 5-8 So. Leads team with 11 CTOs and has 33 points 24 Julia Braig D 5-10 Sr. Leads team with 11 caused turnovers 25 Lizzie Colson D 5-5 Jr. Second on team in GBs (22), CTOs (10) and DCs (67) 33 Erica Evans M 5-8 Gr. Third on team with 36 points (27G, 9A) 34 Megan Taylor GK 5-3 Sr. Leads country in save percentage (.614) 37 Meghan Siverson M 5-7 Sr. Has 110 carer points (96 goals, 14 assists) QUICK FACTS 2019 ROSTER UNIVERSITY No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Prev. School Location ........................ College Park, Md. 1 Brindi Griffin A 5-4 Jr. Edgewater, Md./McDonogh 2 Shelby Mercer D 5-4 Sr.. Woodbine, Md./Century Founded .............................................1856 3 Maddie Sanchez M 5-6 Fr. Rocky Point, NY/Rocky Point Enrollment .......................................37,272 4 Katherine Golladay M 5-6 Sr. Richmond, Va./Collegiate Nickname ......................... Terrapins, Terps 5 Jen Giles M 5-8 Sr. Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron Colors ............Red, White, Black and Gold 6 Meghan Doherty D 5-5 R-Jr. Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron Affiliation .......................... NCAA Division I 7 Catie May A 5-4 So. Sparks, Md./McDonogh 8 Julia Salandra D 5-6 Jr. Woodbine, Md./Glenelg Conference ....................................Big Ten 9 Marissa Donoghue M 5-7 Sr. Sykesville, Md./Century President ........................... Wallace D. Loh 10 Courtney Renehan M 5-4 So. Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg Director of Athletics ............. Damon Evans 11 Caroline Steele A 5-4 Sr. Severna Park, Md./Severn Athletics Website ......... www.umterps.com 12 Kelsey Cummings A 5-11 Sr. Ellicott City, Md./McDonogh 13 Nikki Sliwak M 5-4 Jr. Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh University Website .............. www.umd.edu 14 Tori Barretta M 5-7 So. Exton, Pa./Downingtown East 15 Laurie Bracey D 5-5 So. Columbia, Md./Centennial COACHING STAFF 16 Kali Hartshorn A 5-9 Jr. Allentown, N.J./Allentown Head Coach ..........................Cathy Reese 17 Brooke Robbins M 5-7 So. Davidsonville, Md./Severn Alma Mater ........................... Maryland ‘98 18 Andrea McTaggart M/D 5-7 Jr. Catonsville, Md./Catonsville Career Record ................................291-50 19 Darby Welsh M 5-5 Fr. Fallston, Md/St. Paul’s 20 Julia Hoffman A 5-4 Fr. Elkridge, Md./McDonogh Maryland Record ............................260-21 21 Maggie Root A 5-7 So. Baltimore, Md./St. Paul’s Assistant Coach .......................Lauri Kenis 22 Grace Griffin M 5-8 So. Sykesville, Md./Liberty Alma Mater ..............................Virginia ‘02 23 Hannah Glaros M 5-11 Fr. Ellicott City, Md./Glenelg Country Assistant Coach ..................Caitlyn Phipps 24 Julia Braig D 5-10 Sr. Reisterstown, Md./St. Paul’s 25 Lizzie Colson D 5-5 Jr. Manchester, Md./Manchester Valley Alma Mater ........................... Maryland ‘10 26 Sydney Bender D 5-7 Fr. Elicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge Director of Operations ........Maggie Phipps 27 Natalie Miller D 6-0 Jr. West River, Md./St. Mary’s Alma Mater ........................... Maryland ‘10 28 Hannah Warther M 5-8 Jr. Sykesville, Md./Century 29 Victoria L’Insalata M/D 5-4 Jr. Plainsboro, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro North TEAM INFORMATION 30 Kylie Davis M 5-5 So. Sykesville, Md./Century 2018 Overall Record ...........................20-2 31 Madison Rielly A 5-4 Fr. Manhasset, NY/Manhasset 32 Madison Hine G 5-2 So. Phoenix, Md./Dulaney 2018 Conference Record ............. 6-0 (1st) 33 Erica Evans M 5-8 Gr. Petersborough, Ontario/Canisius Starters Returning/Lost .........................9/3 34 Megan Taylor G 5-3 Sr. Glenelg, Md./Glenelg Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..............28/8 35 Sarah Ayer M 5-8 Fr. Glenwood, Md./Glenelg Country Newcomers ............................................10 36 Maddie McSally G 5-8 Fr. West Friendship, Md./Glenelg 37 Meghan Siverson M 5-7 Sr. Morristown, N.J./Louisville Home Field ..Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium 44 Kennedy Lynch M 5-2 Fr. Baltimore, Md./Garrison Forest PROGRAM INFORMATION PRONUNCIATION GUIDE First Year of Lacrosse ........................1974 All-Time Program Record .. 710-136-3 (.840) 5 Jen Giles Jiles 16 Kali Hartshorn Callie NCAA Tournament Appearances ...............34 6 Meghan Doherty Darty 18 Andrea McTaggart AN-drea 7 Catie May Katie 24 Julia Braig Brig NCAA Final Fours .......................................26 9 Marrisa Donoghue Don-OH-hue 29 Victoria L’Insalata LIN-salata NCAA Championships ...............................13 13 Nikki Sliwak SLEE-wack NCAA Finalists ..............................................8 ROSTER BREAKDOWNS LOCATION CLASS Canada (1): Evans Graduate (1): Evans Maryland (29): Ayer, Bender, Bracey, Braig, Seniors (9): Braig, Cummings, Donoghue, Colson, Cummings, Davis, Doherty, Donoghue, Giles, Golladay, Mercer, Siverson, Steele, Giles, Glaros, B. Griffin, G. Griffin, Hine, Taylor Hoffman, Lynch, May, McTaggart, McSally, Redshirt Juniors (1): Doherty Mercer, Miller, Renehan, Robbins, Root, Juniors (9): Colson, B. Griffin, Hartshorn, Salandra, Steele, Taylor, Warther, Welsh L’Insalata, McTaggart, Miller, Salandra, Sliwak, New Jersey (3): Hartshorn, L’Insalata, Siverson Warther New York (3): Reilly, Sanchez, Sliwak Sophomores (9): Barretta, Bracey, Davis, G. Pennsylvania (1): Barretta Griffin, Hine, May, Renehan, Robbins, Root Virginia (1): Golladay Freshmen (9): Ayer, Bender, Glaros, Hoffman. Lynch, McSally, Reilly, Sanchez, Welsh THE RANKINGS #2 TERPS SET FOR CLASH AT #5 NORTHWESTERN IWLCA COACHES POLL - APRIL 8, 2019 The second-ranked Maryland women’s lacrosse team will travel to No.