No. 7 Maryland women’s lacrosse drops second in a row to No. 3 Northwestern

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In a game that was a tale of two halves, the Terps (five-3 B1G) one time once again could not comprise the Wildcats (ix-0 B1G) offense, falling xx-10 on the route in Evanston.

Maryland played a stiff first half and were tied afterwards 30 minutes, simply Northwestern absolutely dominated the next xxx.

"Today we saw some moments of actually good play for us, I was really pleased with our squad'southward effort in the first half," head motorcoach Cathy Reese said. "Plain, we fell autonomously in the second half but we saw how good nosotros tin be in thirty minutes of play and nosotros need to take that and build on information technology."

Northwestern got on the lath kickoff with a Sammy Mueller free-position goal, merely Hannah Leubecker speedily answered for Maryland. Mueller went on to score two more than goals in the next three minutes, giving her a hat flim-flam less than 10 minutes into the game.

Goals past Leubecker and Grace Griffin tied the game at 3 and the teams went back and forth for the remainder of the commencement one-half. Maryland took its starting time lead of the series at 9:36 when Shaylan Ahearn put them upwards five-4.

The Wildcats answered with back-to-back goals, making it 6-5 but then Maryland scored back-to-back goals of their own. An incredible behind the back shot past Mueller with but ane.8 seconds in the one-half tied the game up at vii going into the half.

While the offset half was a dorsum and forth thing, the second one-half was a unlike story. Mueller's last second goal proved to be a huge momentum boost for Northwestern equally they came out on fire in the second.

From the 25:13 mark to the xviii-minute mark, the Wildcats scored 8 goals in a row by vii different players, turning a 7-seven game into a 15-7 game. Northwestern had scored 11 goals in a row and held a 17-7 lead before Maryland finally broke the streak at the seven:43 marker with Leubecker's fourth goal of the game. The 23-minute scoring drought by Maryland is their longest of the season.

"I recall it's definitely an area we can improve," Reese said when asked most her squad's mental toughness. "When the going got tough and nosotros got caught back on our heels. That's a scenario where we need to keep attacking and go on with that level of intensity and competitiveness for a full 60 minutes."

Maryland did score three times in the final 10 minutes of the half but they were each answered by a Wildcats goal. By the time the concluding whistle blew, Maryland had given upward 20 goals in back-to-back games, both of which they lost past double-digits.

Izzy Scane, who leads the country in goals, was held scoreless in the first half simply ended up leading the Wildcats with five goals, catching fire in the 2d half. Mueller reached her season high in goals with iv while Erin Coykendall added three goals of her ain.

Leubecker did accept a strong twenty-four hour period for the Terps, scoring one-half of Maryland'due south 10 goals. Grace Griffin also added two goals while Catie May hitting her career high in assists with four.

Maryland played a actually potent starting time half, on both ends of the field but it was simply enough to keep the game tied with the No. 3 squad in the nation. In one case the second half began Northwestern's offense caught fire and information technology couldn't be independent.

Once over again, Maryland struggled on the draw which fabricated it impossible to keep the game close in the 2nd half. Northwestern finished the game with 21 draw controls compared to but 10 by Maryland.

Even afterwards 2 really tough losses, Maryland is still maintaining a positive mental attitude going forrad.

"I feel expert. We're immature, a lot of those girls had non seen Northwestern before," defender Lizzie Colson said when asked about her conviction in the squad moving forward. "The starting time one-half was incredible and we had some skilful moments in the second half, so information technology's encouraging to come across and I think we all feel that.

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