The Basics
• Score: #13 Maryland-8, #13 Johns Hopkins-7
• Records: JHU (8-6) • UM (9-5)
• Location: State College, PA • Panzer Stadium
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team outscored Maryland, 7-4, in the second half but fell just short in an 8-7 loss to the second-seeded Terps in the Big Ten Semifinals Friday night at Penn State.

 How it Happened
• Brindi Griffin put the Terps on top early when she scored on a low-to-low shot with just one second left on the shot clock. That kick-started a four-goal run in a 14-minute span and Maryland would take a 4-0 lead into the half. Hannah Warther and Grace Griffin followed with unassisted tallies just two minutes apart and the lead was three. Griffin book-ended the run when she scored on a low shot on the doorstep in transition.
•  Hopkins came out firing to start the second half and scored three goals in a minute and 43 seconds to pull back within one. Freshman Abbey Hurlbrink put the Blue Jays on the board when she picked the far post on a high-to-low shot from the right alley at 25:56. Graduate student Mackenzie Heldberg dodged from behind, ducked inside her defender and scored from in-tight to make it a two-goal game. Just 24 seconds later, she came around the right side, turned and beat Emily Sterling to the far post to pull the Blue Jays within one.
• Maryland answered with three straight over 10 minutes to push out to a 7-3 lead with 13:17 to play. Grace Griffin sandwiched a pair around a strike from Hannah Leubecker and just like that the lead was back to four.
• Senior Aurora Cordingley ended the run when she beat Sterling on a bouncer to the left post with 11:31 on the clock. Just 87 seconds later, freshman Eliza Bowman scored on a bounce-shot off the eight-meter and it was a 7-5 game. Hurlbrink then scored on a high-to-low shot off the right-alley dodge and the Blue Jays were back within one with 7:46 to play.
• Libby May pushed the Terps' lead back to two when she took a pass from Grace Griffin and scored on a one-timer in the slot. Cordingley answered again for the Blue Jays and rewarded her defense after a stop on the other end. She took a pass from senior Trinity McPherson at the restraining line, split a trio of Maryland defenders and beat Sterling over the top at the 4:04-mark. That turned out to be the final goal of the game as both defenses came up with takeaways in the final three minutes.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins falls to 0-22 all-time against Maryland, including 0-3 in the Big Ten Tournament. All three meetings between the Blue Jays and the Terps in 2021 were decided by just one goal.
• Cordingley extended her point-scoring streak to 43 games, the fifth longest streak in school Division I history. She now ranks ninth with 177 career points and 10 with 114 career goals.
• Heldberg moved into 13^th place in school DI history with 104 career goals.

Inside the Box Score
• Cordingley, Heldberg and Hurlbrink led Hopkins with two goals apiece, while Cordingley also had two ground balls and a caused turnover.
• McPherson led the defense with two caused turnovers and five ground balls. Junior Annika Meyer picked up four ground balls and also had two takeaways. Sophomore Bailey Cheetham had a career-best two caused turnovers and scooped up two ground balls. Senior Kathleen Garvey made eight saves and had a ground ball.
• Grace Griffin led the Terps with a game-high four points (3g, 1a) while Brindi Griffin (2g, ), Catie May (2a) and Libby May (1g, 1a) also had multi-point games. Sterling finished with six saves in the win and Lizzie Colson had four draws, three caused turnovers and five ground balls. Tori Barretta also had five ground balls and three takeaways.
 
 Up Next
• Hopkins will await the announcement of the 2021 NCAA Tournament field on Sunday, May 9.