The Terrapins, who improve to 11-0 with the victory, outscored the Tigers by an 8-2 margin in the second half to earn their 30th straight win over their in-state rivals. Meanwhile, the loss dropped the Tigers' record to 6-2 and snapped a two-game win streak.

"I thought we played a great game tonight," Towson Coach Missy Doherty said. "Maryland is a great team and they proved why they are undefeated. We brought everything to them especially with some tough injuries tonight. The players did a great job of taking care of the ball, making good decisions and stepping up their level of play."

After falling behind by four goals in the first half, the Terrapins used a five-goal run in the opening 13 minutes of the second half to take a 9-8 lead with 16:51 left on a goal by sophomore attacker Karri Ellen Johnson.

Sophomore midfielder Jackie LaMonica tied the game at 9-9 with 9:28 remaining, but the Terrapins answered with three straight goals in a two-minute span to regain a 12-9 cushion with 5:03 remaining. Junior attacker Sarah Mollison scored a goal with an assist during the run to lead the Terrapins. 

The Tigers added a late goal in the final two minutes, but were unable to get any closer.

After senior midfielder Caitlyn McFadden gave the Terrapins a 1-0 lead early in the first half, the Tigers responded by scoring four goals in a span of 2 minutes, 20 seconds to take a 4-1 lead with 20:07 left in the period. Junior attacker Jess Dunn scored twice during the spurt.

The Terrapins answered with back-to-back goals from McFadden and Mollison to cut the margin to 4-3 with 16:41 left in the first half. But, the Tigers put together another four-goal run over the next seven minutes to extend their lead to 8-3 with 8:23 left in the stanza.

A goal by junior midfielder Laura Merrifield with 1:16 remaining in the first half narrowed the Terrapins' deficit to 8-4 at the intermission and set up their second half comeback.

Mollison scored a game-high four goals and added two assists for the Terrapins while McFadden contributed a pair of goals with three assists. Sophomore goalkeeper Mary Jordan made four saves in the win for the Terrapins after entering the game with 12:10 remaining in the first half.

Dunn scored three goals to lead the Tigers in a losing effort while senior midfielder Hillary Fratzke added a pair of goals with an assist. Sophomore goalkeeper Mary Teeters posted 12 saves for the Tigers, who were outshot by a 31-19 margin.

The Tigers will open their Colonial Athletic Association schedule on Saturday afternoon when they host the University of Delaware in the first game of a doubleheader at 12:30 p.m. Meanwhile, the Terrapins will travel to the University of Pennsylvania on Friday night to face the sixth-ranked Quakers at 7 p.m.  

College Women's Lacrosse: #2 University of Maryland 12, #7 Towson University 10
Towson (6-2)  8-2 / 10
Maryland (11-0)  4-8 / 12

Goals: TOW - Jess Dunn 3, Hillary Fratzke 2, Jacie Kendall 2, Nikki Marcinik 1, Ashley Waldron 1, Jackie LaMonica 1; UMD - Sarah Mollison 4, Caitlyn McFadden 2, Karri Ellen Johnson 2, Katie Schwarzmann 1, Amanda Spinnenweber 1, Laura Merrifield 1. Assists: TOW - Hillary Fratzke 1, Nikki Marcinik 1; UMD - Caitlyn McFadden 3, Sarah Mollison 2, Amanda Spinnenweber 1. Saves: TOW - Mary Teeters 12 (60:00, 12 goals allowed); UMD - Brittany Dipper 2 (17:50, 7 goals allowed), Mary Jordan 4 (42:10, 3 goals allowed). Shots: TOW - 19; UMD - 31. Free Position Shots: TOW - 2 for 4; UMD - 2 for 3. Attendance: 869.

Post-Game Notes:
- The Tigers and the Terrapins met for the 36th time in the all-time series ... Maryland now leads the all-time series by a 30-6 margin.
- The Tigers faced a nationally-ranked opponent for the fourth time this season and for the third time in the last four games ... The Tigers are now 2-2 this year against a ranked opponent.
- The Tigers led at half-time for the fourth time this year ... They are now 3-1 when holding a half-time lead this season.
- The Tigers failed to score the game's first goal for just the second time this year ... Syracuse also scored the first goal of the game against Towson on March 17.
- Dunn tallied her sixth "hat trick" of the season ... Over the last four games, she has scored 16 goals, including a career-high six goals against Syracuse on March 17.
- Dunn now has seven multi-goal games in her career ... All seven games have occurred this year ... She also has seven multi-point games in her career.
- Dunn and Fratzke have scored a goal in all eight games this season for the Tigers.
The Tigers tied the NCAA record for fastest consecutive goals by the same team when senior attacker Jacie Kendall and Dunn scored just six seconds apart early in the first half ... It was the fourth time in NCAA history a team has scored back-to-back goals in a six-second span.
- Fratzke extended a pair of streaks against the Terrapins on Wednesday night ... She has now scored a goal in 56 straight games, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I ... Fratzke has also recorded a point in all 62 games of her career, which is tied for the longest active streak in the country.
- Kendall recorded the 20th multi-goal game of her college career on Wednesday ... It is also the 28th multi-point game of her career.
- Teeters recorded her third double-digit save effort of the season ... In the last two games, she has recorded 28 saves while allowing 21 goals (.571 save percentage).
- McFadden extended her point-scoring streak to 34 games ... She now has 93 career assists and upped her career point total to 217 points after a five-point outing on Wednesday.
- Johnson has scored at least one goal in all 32 games of her college career ... Mollison has a 32-game point-scoring streak.