UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 13 Penn State is at Panzer Stadium for the first time in 2021 when it hosts No. 4 Maryland on Friday at 5:30 p.m. The game will air live on Big Ten Network.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Friday, Feb. 26 | 5:30 p.m.
Big Ten Network | Live Stats
SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State trails 40-3 in the all-time series with Maryland but won the most recent matchup in 2019. That win came in an undefeated (5-0) Big Ten regular season for the Lions.
• The teams first played in 1916.
• Jack Kelly had three goals and one assist and Mac O'Keefe tallied two goals and two assists in Penn State's 13-10 win over Maryland in 2019. Gerard Arceri went 18-26 on faceoffs and totaled nine ground balls. Nick Cardile had four ground balls.
SCOUTING THE TERRAPINS
• Maryland is 1-0 with a convincing 20-9 win over Michigan in the season opener. The Terrapins scored five goals in each quarter.
• Josh Zawada tallied four goals and one assist in the season-opening win.
• The Terrapins have won two of the five Big Ten Tournament titles.
PENN STATE VS. BIG TEN
• Penn State is 54-101 (.348) all-time against current members of the Big Ten. The Lions are 23-16 (.590) against those same teams during head coach Jeff Tambroni's 11 seasons with the team.
• The Lions are 14-12 in Big Ten regular season games since the league added lacrosse in 2015. They have winning records in league play over Michigan, Ohio State and Rutgers.
PANZER STADIUM SUCCESS
• Penn State opened Panzer Stadium with a 15-14 win over Penn on March 2, 2019. Grant Ament assisted on Nick Spillane's game-winning goal with 2:39 left.
• The Lions are 7-1 at Panzer Stadium.
BIG WINS DURING TAMBRONI ERA
• Penn State has 11 wins all-time against opponents ranked in the top five nationally, and seven of those wins have come during head coach Jeff Tambroni's 11 seasons with the team.
• During the Tambroni era, Penn State has one win over a top-ranked team, one win over a second-ranked team, two wins over third-ranked teams, one win over a fourth-ranked team and two wins over fifth-ranked teams.
• Three of the Lions' wins over top-five teams under Tambroni came against Big Ten teams, with the most recent coming over No. 3 Maryland in 2019.
O'KEEFE NEARING NCAA GOALS RECORD
• Mac O'Keefe needs 20 goals to become the NCAA's all-time career goals leader.
• The record is currently held by Duke's Justin Guterding, who scored 212 goals in 75 games from 2015-18.
• O'Keefe's 193 goals have come in 56 games.
O'KEEFE GOAL STREAK
• Mac O'Keefe is second among active players with a 33-game goal-scoring streak.
• O'Keefe has 126 goals during that stretch.
• The last game O'Keefe didn't score a goal was in a 9-7 loss to Cornell on March 10, 2018.
TAMBRONI CLOSING IN ON MILESTONE
• Jeff Tambroni, who is in his 21st season as a head coach, is 198-95.
• His .676 winning percentage ranks sixth among all active NCAA Division I coaches.
• Tambroni's 89 wins at Penn State are the second-most in program history.
• Tambroni's .618 winning percentage at Penn State is easily the best in program history. Glenn Thiel is second at .559.
UP NEXT
• Penn State continues its Big Ten only schedule with a home game against Ohio State on Saturday, March 6.
• The Buckeyes opened the 2021 season with a 14-8 win over No. 20 Johns Hopkins.
• No. 6 Ohio State plays No. 9 Rutgers in Columbus on Saturday at noon.
