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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! A Brief History of UMD Men’s Lacrosse – Terrapin Tales

By Anne S.K. Turkos

Cheers and tears of joy filled Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut, on Memorial Day as the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team captured their fourth NCAA championship with a 9-7 victory over Cornell. This hard-fought win capped off a perfect 18-0 season, only the fourteenth undefeated season in NCAA history, and set the record for the most wins in an undefeated season by a national champion.

The Maryland men’s lacrosse team has been a national powerhouse almost from the very beginning of the sport on campus. Organized lacrosse games began in 1910 under the leadership of Maryland Agricultural College cadet Edwin E. Powell, Class of 1913.

Men’s Lacrosse Team, 1910

According to an oral history Powell completed in 1973, on file in the UMD Libraries’ Special Collections, freshman Powell and senior Graham Cole started out by tossing a ball around on campus in the fall of 1909, and by the spring of 1910, they had pulled together a team. In the early years, these informal squads competed against primarily local opponents, but would occasionally travel to other schools. One particularly memorable trip was to Carlisle, PA, to face the Carlisle Indian School, whose team included the legendary Jim Thorpe. Powell remembered the 1912 game vividly:

“But it poured down rain during the game, and I never
will forget that game as long as I live. They had a track
around the outside of the field, and they had a board
stuck up about six or eight feet all around the track.
Then, we played on the infield. Lacrosse was on the
infield, or course; the track’s outside. The water
wouldn’t get ut of that field. We were sloshing
around in water three of four inches deep, trying
to pick up the ball. Somebody would body-check
somebody and you’d slide for half a mile, almost.
It was a tough game….Oh, I think the Carlisle Indians
were the toughest team we ever played, yes.”

After Powell’s graduation, informal competition continued under the leadership of Reginald Van Trump Truitt, MAC Class of 1914 and later a faculty member in zoology at the college. Maryland became a member of the southern division of the Intercollegiate Lacrosse League in December 1923, so official records of varsity competition begin with the 1924 season.

University of Maryland men’s lacrosse vs. Navy, Washington, D.C., April 12, 1924

Jack Faber, one of Truitt’s star players, succeeded him as coach for the 1928 season and led the team to a three-way tie for the gold medal in collegiate lacrosse, the first of eight national championships the Terps would share or win outright under Faber, who also taught microbiology while coaching. Faber remained at the helm, joined by another former star player, Al Heagy, until 1963, with the exception of the 1944 and 1945 seasons when the Terps did not field a team during World War II.

Men’s varsity lacrosse squad, University of Maryland, 1926

Bud Beardmore, another legendary player for the Terps, took over the squad in 1970 and led them to national championships in 1973 and 1975. Then began a long championship drought under coaches Dino Mattessich (1981-1983), Dick Edell (1984-2001), Dave Cottle (2002-2010). Although Mattessich, Edell, and Cottle were successful in leading the Terps into the NCAA Tournament almost on an annual basis and frequently into the finals, the top prize eluded the Terps until their 2017 championship win under current coach John Tillman.

Buddy Beardmore, 1962

Over the 112 years of informal and varsity lacrosse competition at Maryland, fans have had the opportunity to watch many outstanding players on the field. Nearly 150 have been named USILA All-American in two or more years, and 32 Terps have been inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, starting with Reginald Truitt in 1959. Three Terps have been honored with the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the top female and top male college lacrosse players in the United States—Matt Rambo in 2017, Jared Bernhardt in 2021, and Logan Wisnauskas in 2022.

Fans have also had the chance to enjoy some legendary rivalry games. The Naval Academy Midshipmen, Harvard Crimson, Princeton Tigers, and Virginia Cavaliers all come to mind, but no Maryland lacrosse rivalry is more storied than that versus the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays. The Terps and the Blue Jays have played over 100 times, every year since the beginning of varsity play in 1924, with the exception of the war years, and often during the preceding 14 years. There’s even a famous story of Testudo-napping connected with this rivalry. In 1947, the night before the Terps and Blue Jays were to take the field to decide the national championship, students from Hopkins traveled to College Park to capture the statue of Testudo. The removal of the statue from its pedestal outside Ritchie Coliseum was discovered the following morning, and outraged Terps traveled to Hopkins’ Homewood campus in Baltimore to reclaim their beloved mascot.

Empty Testudo pedestal, University of Maryland, circa 1947

A melee ensued, and it took over 200 Baltimore policemen almost two hours to control the chaos. Ultimately the Hopkins students returned the statue to its rightful home, but not before painting a large blue “H” on it. As punishment, some of the culprits had an “M” shaved into their hair. You can read more about this trip Testudo took here.

Captured Johns Hopkins students, University of Maryland, College Park, May 1947

Much more could be written about the storied history of the Maryland men’s lacrosse program, but we hope these highlights will make you want to learn more. Check out some of the sources listed below to find more information.

Congratulations to our 2022 National Champion Terps who have built on this tremendous legacy!

Sources:

Maryland Manuscript #1203, Oral history transcript of interview with Edwin E. Powell,
Maryland Agricultural College Class of 1913, by Michael V. Wurm November 21, 1973

Student Newspapers database

Men’s lacrosse digital record book

Anne S.K. Turkos is the University Archivist Emerita for the University of Maryland. She has been a part of the staff of the UMD Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives since January 1985. Before retirement in July 2017, she worked with campus departments and units, student groups, and alumni to transfer, preserve, and make available permanent university records. She continues to support the Archives through her work on special projects and fundraising. Follow Anne on Twitter at @AnneTurkos.

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