Three Terps recorded hat tricks as the No. 1 Maryland women’s lacrosse team (10-0) beat Cornell (8-1), 17-9, Saturday evening at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
“Cornell came out and played hard,” head coach Cathy Reese said. “They came out firing and with a lot of effort. Coming out tonight after a huge win on Thursday, we didn’t have a lot of rest or practice. I think we got off to a little bit of a slow start.”
Senior midfielder Taylor Cummings, junior attacker Caroline Wannen and sophomore attacker Megan Whittle each scored three goals. Wannen added four assists while Cummings made three assists and Whittle finished with one.
Freshman midfielder Caroline Steele, sophomore midfielder Kacie Longo and freshman attacker Kelsey Cummings each scored twice. Senior midfielder Bryn Boucher and junior midfielder Zoe Stukenberg each scored once.
Defensively, junior Morgan Torggler caused four turnovers and picked up two ground balls while freshman Steff Holmes and Taylor Cummings each caused three turnovers. Cummings finished with nine draw controls and three ground balls.
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The Terps looked a little fatigued after an emotional win Thursday night and Cathy wasn’t happy with MD’s 17 turnovers but she played a lot of players and some combinations the Terps don’t usually see. But kudos to Cornell. They played hard and showed lots of heart.
Cornell scored the first goal of the game a minute and 13 seconds into the first half. Two minutes and 51 seconds later the Terps had a 5-1 lead on goals from four different players. Caroline Wannen scored the next two – the first coming on a wonderful pass from Nadine Hadnagy who’d covered 3/4 of the filed after causing a Cornell turnover – to become MD’s fifth goal scorer and expand the lead to 7-1.
The most excited Taylor got all night was on the goal Kelsey scored after her assist. Still, extract Taylor’s stat line from this game and it’s astonishing: 3 goals, 3 assists, 3 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers and 9 draw controls. Her four stat line for the last four games is now 15 goals, 5 assists, 16 ground balls, 14 caused turnovers and 33 draw controls.
· 11/12/2019