Maryland lacrosse

2022 - 5 - 30

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Washington Post"

Maryland men's lacrosse team caps perfect season with national title (The Washington Post)

The Terps won the fourth NCAA title in program history by knocking off Cornell in East Hartford, Conn.

Kirst’s first goal put Cornell up 1-0, making this only the fifth game this season in which Maryland trailed. He made a career-high 19 saves in Saturday’s 13-8 semifinal defeat of Princeton, then stymied Cornell for much of the game Monday. “And that’s all that matters.” CJ Kirst scored twice for the Big Red (14-5), which became the first team to keep Maryland to fewer than 10 goals since Johns Hopkins in the 2019 Big Ten tournament. Maryland (18-0) claimed its second championship in seven title game appearances under Coach John Tillman and became the first undefeated champion since Virginia in 2006. In front of 22,184 at Rentschler Field, Maryland goalie Logan McNaney made 17 saves to cap a brilliant postseason; he was named the NCAA tournament’s most outstanding player.

Maryland men's lacrosse wins NCAA national championship ... (Testudo Times)

The Terps completed a perfect season to win their fourth NCAA title and first since 2017.

In addition to becoming the first team to ever go 18-0 in a season, the Terps won most of their games with historic levels of dominance. In addition, a collection of talented graduate transfers made the decision to finish their careers at Maryland. The 11 Terps whose careers came to an end on Monday — plus any fourth-year seniors who choose not to use their extra year of eligibility — will be remembered for their contributions to the program and will forever hold a special place in Terps fans’ hearts. After last year’s crushing national championship loss, a handful of Maryland’s players chose to return for an additional year to pursue the prize that had narrowly evaded them. After punctuating a perfect season with a national championship, the 2022 Maryland men’s lacrosse team has certainly thrust itself into the conversation among the best teams that college lacrosse has ever seen. Monday marked the fourth NCAA championship in the storied history of Maryland’s men’s lacrosse program, following in the footsteps of the 1973, 1975 and 2017 squads. The title was the 47th overall national championship that the University of Maryland has won in any sport and the 23rd in the last two decades. With just 15 minutes standing between it and history, Maryland came out in the fourth quarter looking discombobulated on both defense and offense. In his final collegiate game, fifth-year midfielder Anthony DeMaio was the storyline of the first half, putting Maryland’s offense on his shoulders and scoring four goals. In 2022, though, it was Maryland that summited the college lacrosse mountain, defeating Cornell, 9-7, and becoming only the third undefeated champion since the NCAA tournament expanded to 16 teams. As the players dogpiled on top of junior goalie Logan McNaney, head coach John Tillman threw his hands in the air and embraced whomever stood next to him in synchronization with the large contingent of Maryland fans that had gathered behind the team’s bench. Donville came to College Park from Cornell in pursuit of a master’s degree in journalism. Cornell had rightfully earned the right to play on Championship Monday, but the seventh-seeded Big Red were no match for undefeated and top-seeded Maryland.

Men's Lacrosse vs Cornell on 5/30/2022 - Box Score (UMTerps.com)

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'Focused all year long,' Maryland Terrapins finish 18-0, top Cornell ... (ESPN)

Maryland on Monday afternoon improved to 18-0, setting an NCAA record for most wins in a season without a loss en route to becoming men's lacrosse national ...

The Big Red scored four unanswered goals to get within 9-6 with 7:27 left in the fourth. Maryland ended the first quarter on a 4-0 run, with three straight goals from DeMaio during a span of 2:09, and the Terps led 7-2 at halftime. Maryland (18-0) set an NCAA record for most wins in a season without a loss, becoming the first undefeated team since Virginia in 2006.

THE BEST! No. 1 Maryland Wins National Championship To ... (UMTerps.com)

EAST HARTFORD, CT -- The Maryland men's lacrosse team lives by the mantra 'Be The Best.' On Memorial Day Monday, the No. 1 Terrapins showed they are the ...

It was his first of the season. All seven of the Terps' goals in the first half were assisted. He had 16 goals in the regular season's 12 games. He scored his 100th career goal in the first quarter, as he scored the final three goals of the first quarter -- in the span of 2:09 late in the quarter. With those assists, Maryland set an NCAA record for most assists in a season by a team, surpassing the record of 204 by Albany in 2015. - Wisnauskas finished with four points and now has 340 in his career on 205 goals and 135 assists. For Maryland all nine of the team's goals were assisted including the first nine of the game. Demaio then recorded the natural hat trick with three goals in a span of 2:09. That put the Terps up 4-1 to end the period. He became the first Terp to record 100 points in a single season, breaking the record of 99 set by Jared Bernhardt Maryland is 22-6 all-time as the top seed, advancing to the semifinals on all nine occasions. Maryland held Cornell scoreless for a span of 22:15 crossing from the second to the third quarter. Overall, it is Maryland Athletics' 47th national championship and first since the women's lacrosse program won its record 15th time in 2019.