The top-ranked Terps open Big Ten play on Thursday night under the lights against their big-time rival.
Top-ranked and two-time defending national champion Maryland women's lacrosse will start its Big Ten slate at home against No. 14 Northwestern on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m.
These two have history
The two programs have put a strangle-hold on the sport, not too dissimilar from Geno Auriemma's UConn Huskies in women's basketball. Since 2005, there has been only one season where the Terps or Wildcats didn't win the national championship. One. The Wildcats won five straight national championships from 2005-2009, lost one to Maryland in 2010 and then picked up the next two in a row.