Maryland coach Cathy Reese and her team sat in the locker room, preparing to take on the No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels —the team that ended their 2016 season in the national championship game —in the second game of a men’s and women’s doubleheader at Maryland Stadium.

Reese’s team was getting pumped up, when she had to deliver the news — the men’s game was delayed due to storms, one of two delays that lasted almost two hours.

“We were all dancing in the locker room, super early when our game was supposed to happen [on time],” sophomore midfielder Jen Giles said. “Cathy came in and was like ‘Calm down guys. We have a delay.’”

Back to square one. Maryland had to wait a little longer for revenge, but it wasn’t all that bad.

“It wasn’t torture to be sitting there,” senior midfielder Zoe Stukenberg said. “We were lucky to be able to be listening to music, playing games, having fun.”

Maryland scored the game’s first three goals and North Carolina never got closer than two the rest of the way, as the hosts left with the 13-10 win. It was a complete effort from a team ripe with underclassmen.

“What a day,” said Reese, who was hoping to catch the Terps men’s basketball game against Iowa before the delay ended those plans. “There’s not a lot you can say about February lacrosse. However, for our program to come in and have a win against such a talented program is what we need right now. We need to continue to build our confidence and continue to find ways that we can get better.”

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The Terps’ hot start led to a 5-1 lead less than 10 minutes into the game. Freshman Kali Hartshorn had scored and Giles had two goals and an assist in the opening rally.

Giles finished with three goals and three assists on the night.

From that point on, Maryland and North Carolina went back-and-forth, but Carolina was unable to string together consecutive goals until late in the second half after the Terps had built a six-goal lead. The Maryland defense, led by sophomore goalie Megan Taylor, who came up with a handful of crucial saves and nine overall, limited a North Carolina attack very similar to the one that scored 13 goals in the national title game.

North Carolina and Team USA attacker Marie McCool finished with two goals on nine shots. Carly Reed led the Tar Heels with three goals and Caylee Waters made 11 saves.

“Julia [Braig] and Nadine [Hadnagy] were just knocking down passes left and right and getting ground balls,” Stukenberg said. “It’s amazing. Every stop takes the wind out of their sails and puts it into ours. All of those stops, throughout the entire game, were huge.”

North Carolina won 18 of 25 draw controls, but Maryland caused 12 turnovers and won 17 ground balls to equalize possession.

Games of Note

Penn State Off to Best Start Since 1993

No. 7 Penn State edged Cornell 9-8 to open the season 5-0 for the first time since 1993. Steph Lazo had a goal and two assists on Penn State’s first four goals, helping the Nittany Lions to an early 4-1 lead. No. 17 Cornell scored three straight to tie the game 4-4, but the Nittany Lions went on another 4-1 run and held on to win. Lazo finished with a goal and four assists and Madison Carter and Abby Smucker each had two goals. Catherine Ellis and Sarah Phillips each had two goals for Cornell (1-1).

Condon Outscores Hopkins in Penn Win

Alex Condon outscored Johns Hopkins all by herself as No. 9 Penn beat the Blue Jays 10-7 behind eight goals from its junior midfielder. Condon netted her eight goals on just nine shots and also added a pair of caused turnovers to lead the Quakers (2-0). After Haley Schweizer opened the scoring for No. 13 Johns Hopkins, Condon scored four straight goals to put the Quakers up 4-1. Penn led 5-3 at the half, but Hopkins opened the second half with four straight goals to take a 7-5 lead. Caroline Cummings stopped the run for Penn, scoring with 19:04 left and then Condon ripped off three straight goals to give Penn the lead again. Schweizer led Hopkins (3-1) with five goals.

Princeton Dominates Virginia

In a game that took over six and a half hours from beginning to end due to a weather delay, No. 10 Princeton dominated Virginia 17-10 in Charlottesville, Va. Olivia Hompe led Princeton (2-0) with six goals, but she had plenty of help. Colby Chanenchuk had four goals and three assists, Tess D’Orsi had four goals and an assist, and Ellie DeGarmo made 13 saves. Kelly Reese led Virginia (1-2) with three goals.

'Cuse Cruises Past UMass

Ten different players scored goals, led by freshman Emily Hawryschuk with three, as No. 6 Syracuse downed Massachusetts 17-8. The Orange are now 4-0 for the season. Kiley Anderson led UMass (1-3) with four goals.

Klaes-Bawcome Sets JMU Record

No. 18 James Madison rolled to its fourth straight win, beating High Point 15-4, as Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe became the winningest coach in JMU history with 119 career victories. Bawcombe, who tied the mark in a win over Connecticut at US Lacrosse last weekend, passed her former coach Dee McDonough.

“The thing that Shelley embraces that is so important is she wants to win but is also invested in her student-athletes. It’s something we tried to do a long time ago,” McDonough said. “I’m so proud of Shelley, she’s embraced that and it’s part of her being. Her athletes love her for it and I just couldn’t be prouder.”

Division I Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 2 Maryland 13, No. 1 North Carolina 10
No. 6 Syracuse 17, Massachusetts 8
No. 7 Penn State 9, No. 17 Cornell 8
No. 9 Penn 10, No. 13 Johns Hopkins 7
No. 10 Princeton 17, Virginia 10
No. 18 James Madison 15, High Point 4

Division II

LIU Post 15, Pace 8

No. 4 LIU Post opened its season with a 15-8 victory over Pace in a Top 20 battle. Sophomore midfielder Ryan McKinney had a career-high six goals in the victory while Olivia Kirk made eight saves. Abby Haimson scored four times for Pace.

Division III

Washington and Lee 9, Franklin & Marshall 3

No. 20 Washington and Lee used a dominant defensive effort to knock off No. 4 Franklin & Marshall 9-3. The Generals, who had lost 11 straight times against the Diplomats, have now allowed just a combined 12 goals in their three victories to open the season. Hayley Soutter had three goals for W&L and Elliot Gilbert made six saves to earn the win. F&M had an 11-3 edge in draw controls thanks to eight from Melissa Judge, but the Diplomats turned the ball over 25 times.

Catholic 9, Salisbury 8

No. 13 Catholic opened its season with a 9-8 upset of No. 7 Salisbury. Catholic jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but Salisbury scored the games next four goals, and the Seagulls led 6-5 after Gabbi Nieves opened the scoring in the second half. Anna Stumme then had two of Catholic’s goals during a three-goal spurt and the Cardinals held on for the win. Stumme and Alexis Bosilovic each had three goals for Catholic. Nieves led Salisbury with three goals and an assist.