It’s been a brick-by-brick type of season for Rutgers, and the Scarlet Knights laid the latest brick in the foundation Sunday afternoon against Maryland.

While honoring its six seniors on Senior Day, Rutgers earned its first-ever win against Maryland on the strength of four goals and one assist from Taralyn Naslonski and two goals and three assists from Cassidy Spilis. Sophia Cardella made 10 saves in the 16-14 win that came down to the wire.

Rutgers (5-7) held an 8-4 lead at halftime, but Maryland (7-5) was far from finished. The Terps rallied back, eventually tying the score at 9 on one of Brindi Griffin’s four goals.

Now with 18:45 left, Rutgers took control. The Scarlet Knights scored seven straight, starting with Ashley Campo’s score on an assist from Jenna Byrne. Naslonski, Spilis and Ashley Moynahan each scored twice during the 7-0 run that made the score 16-9 with 8:59 left.

Maryland scored the final five goals of the game, but a long Rutgers possession with less than two minutes left helped burn enough clock for Maryland’s comeback attempt to fall short.

Rutgers is now firmly in the mix in the Big Ten after earning its first-ever wins against Johns Hopkins, Penn State and Maryland this spring. Every Big Ten team makes the postseason tournament.

Ali Baiocco Wins it for Stanford

Ali Baiocco scored eight times, the last of which coming with just about 16 seconds remaining, as No. 16 Stanford came back to defeat USC 16-15 in Southern California. Stanford is 8-0 for the first time since 2011.

Baiocco and Izzy McMahon of USC went shot-for-shot for most of the afternoon, as McMahon scored six goals and helped USC hold a 15-14 lead with 3:35 remaining. But Baiocco took control from there, tying the score at 15 with 2:07 left before netting the game-winner in the waning seconds.

Drexel Continues CAA Dominance

Colleen Grady had three goals and two assists and Karson Harris scored four times as No. 15 Drexel earned a 15-11 win over Hofstra to stay undefeated in CAA play. Drexel (11-1, 3-0 CAA) got seven saves from Zoe Bennett.

Hofstra held the advantage in the first half, as Arianna Esposito assisted goals by Alyssa Parrella and Katie Whelan at the end of the half for a 7-5 Hofstra advantage.

Trailing by two after halftime, Drexel opened the second half with five straight goals for a 10-7 lead. After Alexa Mattera scored for Hofstra (4-5, 0-2 CAA), the Dragons scored four more for a 14-8 lead.

Florida Asserts Itself as AAC’s No. 1

Florida had waltzed through the AAC leading into this weekend’s Friday-Sunday doubleheader against Vanderbilt, which entered play Friday on a nine-game winning streak.

After Friday’s 17-7 drubbing of Vanderbilt, Florida did it again Sunday. Shannon Kavanagh had seven goals and one assist and Kassidy Bresnahan, Grace Haus and Danielle Pavinelli each recorded a hat trick in a 22-9 victory. Brianna Harris had one goal and four assists.

James Madison Withstands Late Towson Rally

James Madison led by seven goals with 14:03 remaining Sunday before No. 19 Towson went on a run. The Tigers scored six of the game’s last seven goals, but the Dukes still came out on the winning end, 14-12.

Kacey Knobloch had four goals and one assist, and Isabella Peterson scored three times. James Madison is 7-4.

Nike / US Lacrosse Top 20

No. 1 North Carolina 15, No. 7 Virginia 4
No. 2 Northwestern 19, No. 18 Michigan 10
No. 3 Syracuse 19, Louisville 7
No. 10 Florida 22, Vanderbilt 9
Rutgers 16, No. 12 Maryland 14
No. 13 Richmond 16, George Mason 7
No. 14 Johns Hopkins 13, No. 16 Penn State 11
No. 15 Drexel 15, Hofstra 11
No. 16 Stanford 15, USC 14
James Madison 14, No. 19 Towson 12

No. 9 Jacksonville at Wofford, PPD

Other Scores

Albany 15, UMass Lowell 8
Arizona State 11, Cal 7
Cincinnati 17, Old Dominion 6
Denver 12, Marquette 11 (OT)
Fairfield 16, Iona 12
Furman 19, Stetson 5
George Washington 14, VCU 9
Georgetown 18, Butler 7
Liberty 15, High Point 13
Monmouth 15, Manhattan 11
New Hampshire 12, Hartford 8
Niagara 11, Canisius 4
Temple 11, East Carolina 6
UMass 21, Duquesne 10
Villanova 13, UConn 12 (OT)

Marist at Siena, PPD