LOYOLA HANDS #1 TERPS

Maryland men’s lacrosse suffers first defeat since 2021 in loss to Loyola, 12-7

Hounds beat the top-ranked Terrapins behind a terrific defensive effort, led by Luke Staudt's 19 saves.

• Brandon Schwartzberg, The Diamondback

BALTIMORE — Maryland men’s lacrosse entered the fourth quarter down by two on Saturday afternoon, needing a comeback to avoid an upset against Loyola.

Two minutes in, a bad Maryland pass resulted in a ground ball scrum that Loyola came on the right end of.

Payton Rezanka ran in transition and found an open Mustang Sally to his right. Sally stepped up, lunged down and sent a low rocket into the back of the net to put the Greyhounds up three.

That sequence seemed to suck the life out of the Terps, as Loyola scored three more goals in the next four minutes to all but ice the upset win.

No. 2 Maryland men’s lacrosse suffered its first defeat of the season in a sloppy loss to Loyola, 12-7. The defeat was the Terps’ first since the 2021 FINISH READING HERE

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