Terps ride hot start, stay in lead
UM opens with 6-0 run against top goalie DeGarmo
COLLEGE PARK — Wednesday night’s top-10 women’s lacrosse showdown between Maryland and Princeton figured to be a defensive battle with the teams anchored by the two stingiest goalies in Division I.
Terps sophomore Megan Taylor entered the game with a .590 save percentage. Only Princeton senior Ellie DeGarmo had a better percentage, .592.
DeGarmo and the No. 7 Tigers, however, hadn’t seen an offense like No. 1 Maryland’s.
The Terps (14-0) scored the first six goals and rode the hot start to an 18-12 victory for their 12th straight win over Princeton on Wednesday night at Maryland’s Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, where they have won 60 consecutive Maryland midfielder Kali Hartshorn, middle, smiles after scoring one of her five goals. The Terps won their 60th consecutive home game. games.
Maryland’s 15th goal — the most the Tigers (9-2) have allowed all season — came with 20:55 left in the game when Zoe Stukenberg gave Maryland a 15-7 lead. DeGarmo, a Bryn Mawr graduate, had given up an average of just 8.55 goals, but the Terps scored their ninth goal with11:40 left in the first half.
DeGarmo finished with 15 saves, but the Terps peppered her all night, outshooting the Tigers, 47-27.
Megan Whittle kicked off the hot start scoring just 29 seconds into the game. The McDonogh graduate, who faced DeGarmo in high school, scored another goal in the run while Kali Hartshorn added three. Jen Giles’ free-position goal less than eight minutes into the game gave the Terps a 6-0 lead with a 10-0 advantage in shots.
“It’s everything,” Whittle said of getting a quick start.
“In the beginning, we were up six goals