Maryland women's lacrosse advanced to its eighth consecutive national semifinals after beating UMass, 18-3, on a rain-soaked Sunday afternoon in College Park. Maryland beat UMass, 19-8, last season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
This year's Terrapins team was even more ruthless in advancing to another Final Four, where it'll try for a third-consecutive national championship out of eight trips in a row to the Final Four. Maryland will face Syracuse in a national semifinal on Friday, with the winner drawing either North Carolina or Penn State in the final on Sunday.
UMass' third-ranked scoring offense and third-ranked scoring defense wilted in the face of the juggernaut that is Maryland's balanced offense and pressure-defense.