No. 3 Maryland women’s lacrosse opened its Big Ten home slate against USC with big games on the horizon — five of the six regular season games beyond Sunday come against ranked opponents.
To avoid complacency, the team relied on its senior leadership, with Kori Edmondson scoring or assisting four of the Terps’ first six goals as they raced out to a 13-7 victory.
Edmondson scored a free position goal just under five minutes into the game to bring Maryland level after it had conceded the opening goal.
From there, it took 11 minutes for either team to score.
Kayla Gilmore potted her sixth goal of the season to give Maryland a lead it wouldn’t relinquish, and Lexi Dupcak added another off an Edmondson pass to give Maryland some insurance.
A USC goal cut the lead back to one; the Terps were far from done in the second quarter, though.
Edmondson scored another from a free position before Keeley Block peeled free to score two in a row across just 35 seconds. She scored four goals Sunday, the most of any player.
Jordan Lipkin’s snipe before halftime wrapped up a six-goal second quarter — for the third game in a row, the Terps scored six in one frame.
In the second half, Maryland’s top attackers helped it pull away. Edmondson, Block and Lauren LaPointe combined for all six goals after the break — including a 30-minute hat trick from LaPointe, who finished with a game-high six points.
The Trojans provided steady resistance for Maryland — they scored in every period. But they never scored more than twice in a frame, leading to another easy ending for the home team.
The Terps are next in action Thursday, when they travel to No. 8 Johns Hopkins.
In other news
Maryland women’s basketball’s season is over following a 74-66 loss to North Carolina. Ben Messinger had the story and Max Schaeffer gave his takeaways.
Maryland baseball got thoroughly swept by No. 1 UCLA, with the series ending in a 14-4 eight-inning loss. Zoe Hammond covered Saturday’s 8-3 loss and Sunday’s 14-4 loss.
No. 11 Maryland men’s lacrosse dropped its Big Ten opener against No. 9 Penn State, 10-6. Dylan Schmidt reported on the game.
Maryland wrestling’s Branson John was named an All-American after finishing eighth in the 197-pound weight class at the NCAA Championships.
Maryland softball was swept by Indiana, losing by scores of 8-5, 10-2 and 7-2 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Former Maryland football quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa is signing with the UFL’s Houston Gamblers.
Former Maryland men’s basketball head coach Kevin Willard’s comments during and after his team’s Round of 64 elimination against Utah State have made headlines.
