COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Navy sophomore Alyssa Chung scored a game-high six goals, but No. 3 Maryland outlasted the sixth-seeded Mids, 14-10, Thursday at SECU Stadium in the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship quarterfinals.
 
Chung scored two straight goals during a 3-0 Navy run in the third quarter to help the Mids surge in front, 9-8. The Mids and the Terps traded goals at the end of the third and early in the fourth quarter before Maryland went on a 5-0 game-ending run to end the Mids’ record-setting season.
 
The sixth-seeded Mids controlled the draw circle, winning 17 of 26, including winning 16 of the first 20 through the first three quarters. Maryland held a 5-1 advantage on draw controls during the fourth quarter, outscoring the Mids 5-1 in the final frame. Navy junior midfielder Mikayla Williams won a game-high 10 draw controls and added one assist.
 
Chung’s six goals were one short of a career-high, giving her 84 goals during the 2026 season to break Navy’s single-game record of 83 set by Jenna Collins in 2018, the last time Navy advanced to the quarterfinal round. Chung is the fifth different Patriot League women’s lacrosse student-athlete to score 80 or more goals in a single season, with her 84 goals ranking fourth on the single-season leaders list.
 
Navy closed its 2026 campaign with a single-season program-record 20 victories, finishing 20-2, and advancing to the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship Quarterfinals for the third time in program history under head coach Cindy Timchal.
 
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AT NO. 3 MARYLAND TERRAPINS (18-3, 6-2 Big Ten) 14, NO. 6 NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (20-2, 8-1 PL) 10
SECU Stadium/College Park, Md.                                                5 p.m. (ESPNU)
BOX SCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF
*Navy’s Chung gave the Mids an early 1-0 lead, scoring at the 8:33 mark of the first quarter.
*Maryland answered by scoring three unanswered goals to end the first quarter before adding a woman-up goal to open the second quarter to take a 4-1 lead.
*Chung broke the Terps four-goal run with back-to-back goals less than one minute apart to cut the deficit to one.
*After a pair of Maryland goals, Chung scored her fourth goal of the half and assisted on a goal from senior attacker Emma Kennedy to Maryland’s lead back to one with less than four minutes left in the half.
*Maryland scored on a free-position goal before Navy sophomore attacker Taylor Miles scored her first goal with 33 seconds left in the half to keep the Mids within one goal at 7-6.
*Navy held a 10-4 advantage on draw controls in the first half.

SECOND HALF
*Maryland and Navy traded goals to open the third quarter, as sophomore attacker Chloe Brown scored at the 10:10 mark in the third quarter to bring the Mids back to within one goal.
*Chung’s fifth goal of the game tied the score at eight and tied Navy’s single-season program record of 83 set by Jenna Collins in 2018.
*She scored on a free-position shot less than two minutes later to break Navy’s single-season record and give the Mids their first lead since their 1-0 first-quarter lead.
*The Mids won all six draw controls in the third quarter, outscoring the Terps 3-2, to tie the score at nine headed into the final frame.
*Navy’s Kennedy scored her second goal of the game on an assist from Williams 24 seconds into the fourth quarter to put the Mids back in front, 10-9.
*Maryland’s Lauren Lapointe started a 5-0 Maryland run at the 12:49 mark in the fourth quarter, shutting out Navy the rest of the way while winning the game’s last five draw controls.
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