Maryland women’s lacrosse beats Rutgers 8–7 with late push, keeps Big Ten title hopes alive
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Final - The Terps defeat Rutgers, 8-7. Maryland's defense prevents Rutgers from getting off a shot on the Scarlet Knights' final possession to seal the victory
No. 7 Maryland women's lacrosse travels to New Jersey to face Rutgers. The Terps are looking to earn a second straight victory after defeating Ohio State, 8-5, on Sunday despite shooting just 27.6 percent from the field. Follow along with me for live updates from @DBKSports.
Q4 4:23
Kori Edmondson takes advantage of another free position opportunity, scoring her third goal of the game to grab the lead.
Maryland: 8
Rutgers: 7
Q4 5:37
Rutgers seemingly retook the lead with a goal from Alex Popham to cap off a 3-0 run following a 5-0 Maryland run. But instead, Popham was called for a foul for her follow through on the shot and awarded a second yellow card. The game remains tied.
Maryland: 7
Rutgers: 7
Q4 11:40
Kori Edmondson scores her second goal in a row and the Terps' third consecutive scoring possesion. Maryland has quickly shed its struggling offensive performance to grab a two goal lead.
Maryland: 7
Rutgers: 5
Q4 12:33
Maryland midfielder Jordyn Lipkin cuts into the middle of Rutgers' zone and completes her hat trick. Kori Edmondson scores on the next possession to give the Terps the lead.
Maryland: 6
Rutgers: 5
Q3 3:22 - Maryland has slowly crawled back into the game with a close range goal from Kayla Gilmore and a free position score from Jordyn Lipkin to cut the lead to one. JJ Suriano has kept Rutgers from furthering its lead with eight saves.
Maryland: 4
Rutgers: 5
Halftime - The Terps trail the Scarlet Knights after totaling their lowest first half goals since their 16-4 loss to Northwestern in late March. Goalie JJ Suriano has kept Maryland in the game with six saves.
Maryland: 2
Rutgers: 4
Q2 9:53 - Rutgers capitalizes with goals from two free position shots less than two minutes apart to double its lead over the Terps.
Maryland: 1
Rutgers: 4
End of Q1 - The Terps' recent offensive woes have carried over with Maryland scoring once on six shots in the first quarter. Kayleigh Coughlin and Payton Tini scored to give Rutgers a 2-1 lead in a defensive battle.
Maryland: 1
Rutgers: 2
FINAL:
Maryland - 196.325
Temple - 194.950
After a slow start, the Terps post a season high on floor and their second best score on beam to achieve a season-high total score and clinch the victory.
Maryland gymnastics (8-7, 4-5 Big Ten) travels to Philadelphia to take on Temple (9-13, 3-5 EAGL). The Terps enter the meet ranked No. 33 in the Road to Nationals rankings and look to defeat the Owls for the second time this season. I'll have the coverage for @DBKSports.
On bars:
Gatzendorfer - 9.775
Saville - 9.800
Brozowski - 9.100
Merchant - 9.775
Rothenbuescher - 9.800
LeBlanc - 9.825
Total - 48.975
The Terps fail to match their season-high bars performance from the Big Four Meet but still lead after the first rotation.
On beam:
Brendlinger - 9.800
Engelmayer - 9.750
Rothenbuescher - 9.775
Gatzendorfer - 9.825
Martin - 9.875
Komoroski - 9.900
Total - 49.175
The Terps continue their strong finish to the meet by recording their second best beam score of the season.
On floor:
Rech - 9.800
Brendlinger - 9.875
LeBlanc - 9.825
Komoroski - 9.900
Rothenbuescher - 9.900
Martin - 9.850
Total - 49.350
Maryland makes up for its slow start by posting a season high on floor.
On vault:
Buckmon - 9.775
Engelmayer - 9.650
Rothenbuescher - 9.675
Rech - 9.800
LeBlanc - 9.725
Martin - 9.850
Total - 48.825
The Terps deliver a solid vault performance but fail to score over 49 for the first time in four meets.