COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The top-seed Maryland Terrapins defeated Vermont 21-5 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament from Capital One Field Sunday afternoon. Tewaaraton finalist Logan Wisnauskas scored four goals and added two assists to lead the Terrapins to a quarterfinal matchup and 2021 national championship rematch with Virginia next weekend.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Terrapins opened the scoring with two goals in the opening 1:45 of the contest. One from Wisnauskas and the other from Eric Malever. Liam Limoges broke the Terps run to start the contest with his 32nd goal of the season at the 10:06 mark.
• Maryland reclaimed its two-goal edge with 9:17 to go in the first quarter. The rest of the first quarter was a defensive stalemate. UVM's Ryan Cornell made three saves and Nick Alviti collected four ground balls in the first 15 minutes.
• Maryland broke the game open in the second quarter with eight straight goals from seven different goal scorers. Owen Murphy's second goal of the game gave Maryland a 11-1 edge with 4:07 to go in the half.
• James Basile broke the Terps run with a feed from David Closterman for his third goal of the season just under a minute later. Maryland answered back and carried a 12-2 lead at the half.
• Wisnauskas completed his 38th career hat trick 56 seconds into the third quarter. Closterman responded for the Catamounts on the man up with 9:53 to go in the frame, making it 13-3. The Terrapins scored five goals in the final five minutes of the third quarter to put the game out of reach.
• Brock Haley and Michael McCormack scored for the Catamounts in the final frame but the Terps secured their eighth straight first round victory 21-5.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Tommy Burke won eight draws this afternoon, officially setting a new single-season program record in the process with 269.
• Nick Alviti finished the contest with a game-high nine ground balls. The nine GBs were a new career-high for the junior.
• Liam Limoges led all Catamounts with five shots on goal.
• Ryan Cornell made 12 saves in net for Vermont. It was the fourth straight game, all in postseason play, with 12 or more saves. It was the 12th time this season he made 10 or more saves for the Catamounts.