After the final regular-season game of his career, Maryland men’s lacrosse attackman Matt Rambo signed autographs for fans and embraced his mother, Annette.

He just helped the Terps win their third straight Big Ten regular-season title with a 12-5 win over Johns Hopkins while breaking the program’s all-time points mark with three goals and four assists.

Though he arrived at Maryland as the No. 2 recruit in the nation, he didn’t anticipate such a decorated four years in College Park, which continued in a decisive victory over his squad’s biggest rival.

“I never thought this day would come,” Rambo said. “Seeing my mom at the end was super special because she’s my biggest supporter. She goes to every game.”

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With a team-high 63 points this season, Rambo’s ability to attract Johns Hopkins defenders contributed to what coach John Tillman labeled “our best effort top to bottom” of the year.

After Maryland lost to Ohio State last weekend, hurting its chances of earning the conference title, Rambo guided an early offensive flurry to bury the Blue Jays. And because the Buckeyes fell to Rutgers earlier in the day, the Terps clinched the Big Ten crown, which players called “huge” over the past couple of weeks.

In the opening quarter, Johns Hopkins sent multiple defenders at Rambo whenever he caught the ball near the net. But that aggressiveness created passing angles to midfielder Connor Kelly, who capitalized on his wide-open opportunities.

Rambo assisted three of Kelly’s four goals, propelling Maryland’s 8-0 run to start the game. After the contest, Rambo complimented Kelly’s positional awareness to run into space when the Blue Jays slid out of position, telling reporters the junior was “always in the right spot.”

“We got overwhelmed,” said Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala. “Early on we … were so concerned with Rambo that we went when we shouldn’t have gone. … It’s wide open for them to skip through right to [Kelly].”

After Rambo registered three assists in the first 13 minutes, the Blue Jays stopped pursuing him as forcefully. That gave him room to score a pair of goals in the next six minutes.

The Glenside, Pennsylvania, native’s second conversion gave him 232 career points, moving him past Bob Boneillo for the program record. Though Tillman said Maryland doesn’t focus on individual feats, instead paying attention to team accomplishments, he acknowledged the milestone was significant.

Pietramala, meanwhile, offered a more direct assessment of Rambo’s abilities, calling him “terrific” and “the most unsung player in the country.”

When a reporter asked Rambo his perspective on breaking Maryland’s 37-year-old points mark, teammates Isaiah Davis-Allen and Tim Muller smiled and turned to look at the senior. After pondering the question for a moment, Rambo credited others — such as Kelly — for putting him in the position to rack up points.

“It’s special to me,” Rambo said. “But I’ve got to thank all the teammates I’ve played with over the past four years, the scout guys, the coaches for just developing me as a player. Just pushing me to be the best.”