With No. 12 Rutgers embarking on its first multi-goal stretch of the game in the third quarter, No. 4 Maryland women’s lacrosse needed to respond in a big way in order to curtail the potential momentum swing.
Leading 7-5, graduate attacker Aurora Cordingley drew three defenders as she approached the cage. As she turned back, the middle opened up, allowing freshman midfielder Jordyn Lipkin to slip through the cracks.
Lipkin fired in her goal at the 8:04 mark of the third, stifling the Scarlet Knights’ momentum and then some. The team rattled off two more goals to end the period, marking another instance in which the Terps denied their opponent from igniting a spark.