COLLEGE PARK, Md. - No. 2 Maryland amassed 49 shots on its way to a 20-6 thrashing of No. 15 New Hampshire Saturday at a wet Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.

Maryland (6-0, 2-0 ACC) outshot the Wildcats 49-15 and forced UNH into 22 turnovers in the match. Tewaaraton nominees Karri Ellen Johnson and Sarah Mollison led the offensive explosion with four goals apiece as a total of 10 Terps notched scores on the day.

The Terps started the match with four unanswered goals, including two by Johnson. UNH's Shauna Kaplan scored at 18:01 to briefly stop Maryland's attack, but the Terps rallied for another three scores, including a pair by Mollison, to take a commanding 7-1 lead with 11 minutes remaining in the first half.

After both squads exchanged goals to push the game to 9-3, Maryland ended the first stanza with three unanswered goals in the final 1:20 for a nine-goal cushion at the half.

A Mollison score with 13 seconds elapsed in the second half pushed the score to 13-3 and allowed the clock to run for the remainder of the contest. Maryland outscored UNH 8-3 in the second half, highlighted by a pair of goals from freshman Sarah Matz.

Defensively, Maryland held its opponent to single-digit scores for the sixth consecutive time in 2010. Brittany Poist picked up a game-high four groundballs and added a pair of caused turnovers. Amanda Spinnenweber, Brandi Jones, Kate Faas and Matz all tallied two goals each to aid the Maryland offense.

"We had a great effort today and I'm really pleased," head coach Cathy Reese said. "Considering the weather conditions, I thought we reacted and handled it well. UNH really came to compete and I thought we were able to generate a lot of offense."

Maryland returns to action Wednesday with a highly-anticipated match with No. 5 Georgetown in College Park. Game time is slated for 7:00 p.m.

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Jo Jo Curro (Amherst, N.H.) scored three goals and Kathleen O'Keefe (xxx, N.J.) made 14 saves for the 15th-ranked University of New Hampshire women's lacrosse team, but second-ranked University of Maryland built a 12-3 halftime lead en route to a 20-6 victory Saturday afternoon.

UNH entered the week at 4-0 and is now 4-2 following its second consecutive loss. UMD improved to 6-0.

Curro matched her career high of three goals that she established earlier this season against nationally-ranked Dartmouth College. Allie Bratton (Windermere, Fla.) also tallied multiple points for the Wildcats with a goal and an assist. Shaunna Kaplan (Framingham, Mass.) and Kate Keagins (Bay Shore, N.Y.) were UNH's other goal scorers.

This marked the first career start for O'Keefe, the freshman goalkeeper. She stopped eight shots in the first half and six in the second for a total of 14. UMD starting goalie Brittany Dipper was credited with the win as she made two saves and allowed four goals in 38:33. Mary Jordan played the next 11:37 and stopped two of the four UNH shots on goal, then Kasey Howard made two saves to keep the 'Cats scoreless in the final 9:50.

The Terrapins jumped out to a 4-0 lead on goals by Brandi Jones (2g, 1a) at 29:18, Karri Ellen Johnson (4g) at 26:46 and 24:18 and Amanda Spinnenweber (2g) at 22:25.

UNH trimmed the deficit to 4-1 on Kaplan's unassisted tally at 18:01.

Maryland responded with goals 18 seconds apart by Johnson (at 15:49) and Sarah Mollison (15:31). Mollison scored the second of her four goals in the game at 11:04 to extend the advantage to 7-1.

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