The turnover margin for No. 4 Maryland women’s lacrosse helped create major separation in its Sunday afternoon matchup against Villanova.
In the second quarter, a forced turnover by junior attacker Libby May, the team’s seventh, led to a breakaway chance for the Terps. May, however, delivered an errant lead pass to graduate attacker Aurora Cordingley, which gravitated three defenders toward the loose ball, likely leading to a missed opportunity.
Instead, junior attacker Hannah Leubecker continued her pursuit of the ball. As the defenders chased after it, the junior got it to the ball first. All the while, Cordingley continued to stay in stride with Leubecker, leaving the graduate transfer with plenty of real estate in front of her.