Georgetown midfielder Francesca Whitehurst entered Wednesday leading her team with 44 draw controls, 18 more than the next-closest Hoya.

But the Hoyas were without Whitehurst due to injury Wednesday, and Maryland women’s lacrosse attacker Kali Hartshorn took advantage of the shorthanded squad.

The sophomore earned 10 draw controls and scored four goals, powering the No. 3 Terps to a 17-5 win over Georgetown.

“As opposed to looking at it as Francesca not being there, I would give a lot of credit to Kali and I commend her on the excellent job,” Georgetown coach Ricky Fried said. “She was really consistent the whole game and when things didn’t go her way, her wings supported her really well.”

Maryland won the first-half draw control battle 12-2 and led 9-4 at halftime. Hartshorn had all 10 of her draw controls in the first half, as coach Cathy Reese used her bench players after intermission in the blowout win.

Midfielder Grace Griffin and attacker Caroline Steele also turned in strong performances against the Hoyas (5-4). Griffin notched three goals and two assists while Steele had four goals and an assist.

With the game tied at two midway through the first half, Reese yelled instructions to her team. The Terps (9-1) went nearly eight minutes without a goal, failing to take advantage of extensive time on the offensive end and forcing Reese to call timeout.

“We started out a little flat and I think Cathy just had to get a little fire started between all of us,” Hartshorn said. “[She said] that we need to keep moving the ball [and on] defense we need to finish our clears.”

Though Maryland scored six consecutive goals shortly after, it struggled with shot efficiency as a whole Wednesday, making 17 of its 37 shots, something Reese has stressed the team needs to improve upon.

Still, the Terps maintained possession and kept the ball on their side of the field for almost the entirety of the second half, committing just two turnovers after halftime.

“It was great for us to really step out in the second half and control the tempo and possession,” Reese said. “When you can limit turnovers and fight to get the ball back, even when you make a bad pass, that’s somewhere where want to be offensively. We want to be fighting for those balls and we did that in the second half.”