The undefeated Terps are facing their ACC rivals the North Carolina Tar Heels tonight at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Md. They will try to continue their streak and make it to the NCAA finals for the first time since 2001, the last year they won the National Championship.
The crowd tonight looks friendly for the No. 2 seed Terps, who are playing less than an hour from their home turf (though with today’s Memorial Day weekend traffic, it felt like longer.)
The Terps beat No. 3 seed North Carolina earlier this season 13-8 in College Park. With another win victory tonight to advance to the title game against No. 1 seed Northwestern, also undefeated. The Wildcats had a scare in their semifinal match, playing No. 4 seed Penn to double overtime before nabbing a 13-12 victory. The Terps hope to get into Sunday’s final without a similar harrowing finish.
More to come from the Towson pressbox…
UPDATE: As I sitting here waiting for the opening draw in the air conditioning and looking out on a spacious stadium, I just wanted to give Towson a thumbs up for the setting. I understand that Unitas Stadium serves the football and men’s lacrosse teams as well as the women’s lacrosse team here, but it’s still nice. The stands and press tent at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex in College Park is wimpy by comparison, especially for a program that has the most NCAA Tournament appearances and national titles in the country.
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