April 19, 2018
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| #17 Penn State | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| #3 Maryland | 15 | 21 | 36 |
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| #17 Penn State | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| #3 Maryland | 5 | 3 | 8 |
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| #17 Penn State | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| #3 Maryland | 8 | 7 | 15 |
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| #17 Penn State | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| #3 Maryland | 6 | 8 | 14 |
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Senior Katie O'Donnell (West Chester, Pa.) tied her career-high with six goals, but it wasn't enough as No. 17 Penn State dropped a, 13-8, contest to No. 3 Maryland in Big Ten action this evening from the FH & Lacrosse Complex.
Maryland improves to 15-1 on the year and 5-0 in the Big Ten with the victory while the Nittany Lions fall to 9-6 overall and 3-2 in conference action.
The Terrapins opened the scoring with back-to-back goals in just 62 seconds to take the lead before O'Donnell ripped home a free-position attempt for the 2-1 score at the 25:41 mark of the first half.
O'Donnell then added her second of the game as she cut to the middle and picked the right corner for the 2-2 tie at the 18:27 mark. Maryland responded with a pair of goals in just 44 seconds from Grace Griffin and Caroline Steele to take the 4-2 lead at the 16:29 mark.
The score stayed that way for more than 10 minutes before senior Maggie Gallagher (Bel Air, Md.) showed off her moves spinning into the 8-meter and ripping a bounce shot past Terrapin goalkeeper Megan Taylor for the 4-3 deficit at the 5:08 mark.
Maryland fought back as Megan Whittle scored the final goal of the first half with just 28 seconds left and ripped home a man-down score to open the second half giving the Terps the 6-3 advantage at the 26:11 mark. The hosts kept the pressure on and after back-to-back goals from Whittle just 1:19 apart, the Terps had scored five in-a-row and took the 9-3 lead at the 13:49 mark of the second half.
O'Donnell ended the Terp run with her third goal of the game at the 13:20 mark, but Maryland came right back with two in-a-row before O'Donnell again beat Taylor igniting a 4-0 Nittany Lion run over the next 1:37 to cut the deficit to 11-8 after the senior scored her sixth of the game at the 5:16 mark.
Whittle ended the run and the Penn State chances as she fired home her fifth of the game at the 3:47 mark followed by a score from Taylor Hensh with just 58.9 seconds remaining for the 13-8 final.
Freshman Lucy Lowe (Cockeysville, Md.) falls to 7-6 on the season after collecting 10 saves while Taylor improves to 14-1 after stopping eight shots.
Penn State remains on the road as they travel to No. 1 Stony Brook for a 4 p.m. contest next Tuesday afternoon.
NOTES
- Penn State has now lost 13-straight against Maryland as the Terrapins improve to 40-14-1 in the all-time series.
- The Nittany Lions were outshot 36-27 for the game including the 23-16 mark on target. The Terps also held the 15-11 advantage in groundballs and the 14-9 edge in draw controls.
- O'Donnell extends her goal-streak to 38-straight games and has now scored three or more goals in seven-straight while scoring multiple goals in 21 of her last 22 games.
- The senior also passed Steph Lazo '17 moving into a tie with Laurie Gray '84 for sixth on the Penn State all-time points list with 216. O'Donnell is now only seven goals away from becoming just the fourth player in program history to reach the 200-goal mark as she currently stands at 193.
- Junior Madison Carter (Davidsonville, Md.), sophomore Maria Auth (Street, Md.) and freshman Quinn Nicolai (Moorestown, N.J.) each see their goal streaks come to a close at 17, 17 and eight games, respectively.
- Freshman Rachel Rosen (Port Washington, N.Y.) also has her three-game point-streak snapped.