COLLEGE PARK, Md. — For the third time within the final 4 years the University of Maryland males’s lacrosse group finds itself again the place this system belongs: within the remaining 4.
On Thursday afternoon the Terps boarded the buses sure for Philadelphia, web site of the NCAA Tournament’s championship weekend.
The Terrapins are making their twenty ninth look within the remaining 4. That is tied with rival Johns Hopkins for many all-time. The Terps are in search of this system’s fifth nationwide championship and their first since 2022.
After beating No. 2 Duke within the quarterfinals, 14-11, the seventh-seeded Terrapins (9-5) get sixth-seeded Virginia (12-5) within the semifinal, Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Maryland is as soon as once more the underdog. That’s simply the way in which they prefer it.
“I don’t suppose that’s a foul place for us, having that sort of underdog chip in your shoulder. Maryland groups at all times do properly in that role. I feel that may be a good place for us to be,” stated head coach John Tillman.
“You don’t play to go to the ultimate 4. We play yearly to win nationwide championships. That is why you come to Maryland. That has been our focus all yr,” stated faceoff specialist Luke Wierman. “We simply knew if we simply saved getting higher, saved constructing on issues, we might hopefully give ourself the chance to make it so far as potential.”
“You dream of being on this second. It is an enormous stage. As a child you watch it and it’s like a dream come true having the ability to play in it,” added midfielder Jack Koras.
The Cavaliers topped the Terps in College Park in March, 14-10.
The winner of Saturday’s recreation advances to face both No. 1 Notre Dame or No. 5 Denver for the nationwide championship on Monday.
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