Maryland (0-0-0) at Lehigh (0-0-0)
August 15, 2024
Ulrich Sports Complex
6:00 p.m.
ESPN+
COLLEGE PARK, MD — Maryland opens the 2024 campaign as it takes on Lehigh on the road in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This match is just the second meeting for the two programs, with the last coming in 2007, a 2-0 Maryland victory.
The game will air on ESPN+.
The Terrapins enter the 2024 season returning most of their production from a season ago. Ava Morales, who was the team’s leading goalscorer in 2023, returns for her junior season. Lisa McIntyre, who tied for the second-most goals for the Terps last season, heads into her sophomore campaign. Goalkeeper Liz Beardsley returns after a successful first season in College Park. Defender Kennedy Bell heads into her sophomore year after a freshman season that ended with Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors.
Series History – Lehigh
- The Terrapins and the Mountain Hawks have met once all-time, with this the last meeting happening back in 2007.
- The Terps won the lone match-up between the two teams back in 2007, 2-0. Kaila Sciascia scored both the goals for the Terps in the win. The Terps outshot the Mountain Hawks 23-5 and took eight corner kicks to Lehigh’s two.
Kaila Sciascia scored both goals in Maryland’s lone game against Lehigh back in 2007. The Terps would hold Lehigh scoreless in the match, winning by a score of 2-0.
Season Opening Success
- Maryland has experienced a lot of success in season opening games. Maryland is unbeaten in its last seven season openers. The Terrapins hold a record of 4-0-3 in those season opening games. The Terps extended their unbeaten run in season openers during the 2023 season with a 0-0 draw again at American.
- Dating back to the 1995 season, the Terps are 20-4-5 in season opening games. The streak started on Sept. 3, 1995 with a 6-0 win for Maryland over Virginia Tech in College Park. In season openers away from home, The Terps are 9-3-2 dating back to 1995.
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2023 Season recap
- In year two with Coach Nemzer at the helm, the Terps continued to grow as a program.
- Maryland won three consecutive games…
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