Well. 3 Terps Fall in 2OT To No. 7 Princeton, Suffer First Loss Of Season

PRINCETON, NJ — Princeton’s Beth Yeagerscored off a penalty corner in the second overtime as the No. 3 Terps(7-1) fell 4-3 to the No. 7 Tigers (4-3) in a heartbreaker.

The two squads traded goals three different times, sending the game to overtime for the fifth consecutive time between the two programs.

Belle Bressler and Hope Rose both recorded a goal and an assist a piece. The Terps took 19 shots to Princeton’s 11, but ultimately came up short and suffered their first loss of the year.

Breaking Down The Action

• The Terps struck first midway through the second quarter off a penalty corner as Bressler redirected Hope Rose’s pass into the net.
• Maryland out-shot the Tigers 6-1 in the first half and won three penalty corners to Princeton’s zero.
• Princeton evened it up early in the second half but the Terps immediately responded to retake the lead thanks to a Margot Law goal. Lawn took a hot pass from Bibi Donraadt into the circle and got her stick on the ball to knock it in.
• The Tigers equalized again in the third quarter and the game was knotted at two heading into the final 15 minutes of play.
• In the fourth quarter, Rose took a pass from Bressleroff a perfectly executed penalty corner and converted at a difficult angle, shooting across her body, to give Maryland the lead again. It was Rose’s eighth goal of the season, a team-high.
• After the Tigers tied it up again, the game went to overtime where Paige Kieft made multiple Massive saves to keep the game tied.
• Yeager scored her second game of the day to seal the win for the Tigers.

Up Next

• The Terps will play their Big Ten home opener on Friday against Michigan at 6 pm.