Throughout the season, Maryland women’s lacrosse coach Cathy Reese has asked her team to provide more complete performances.

Due to low shot percentages and prolonged scoreless streaks, the Terps didn’t feel they were at their best even as they amassed wins and moved up to No. 3 in the nation.

But in a 20-5 win against Ohio State on Sunday, everything seemed to click.

“It was a really strong 60 minutes of lacrosse and that’s something we’ve been focusing on getting better at each game,” attacker Megan Whittle said. “We’ve had some glimpses of really good lacrosse, like in the Princeton game the last ten minutes were great, the first 50 weren’t. In a game like Ohio State we were able to put it together.”

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Maryland shined on both offense and defense with its largest margin of victory this season.

The defense executed its strategy of forcing the Buckeyes wide to limit straight-on looks at the net. Maryland allowed just 12 shots on goal.

Goalkeeper Megan Taylor, who earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, made six stops to continue her stellar junior campaign.

“We were setting the slides early, so I think that helped a lot setting the pressure,” defender Lizzie Colson said. “Once you force them wide, we trust Megan to have our back and she’s going to come up with those saves.”

The Terps also improved their shot selection, leading to their second-highest scoring game of the year. Reese said the team focused on offensive spacing and thought her team performed well in that area.

Against Buckeyes goalkeeper Jill Rizzo, who leads the nation in saves per game, Maryland shot at a 60 percent clip.

“We did things better than we did the week before,” Reese said. “It’s kind of nice as we go through the season, that’s what we’re trying to do is get better every game.”

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Maryland will attempt to carry its dominance from the win over Ohio State into Thursday’s matchup against No. 15 Penn State.

“That starts by setting the tone every day we have and every opportunity we have to get better,” Whittle said. “We can take a lot of positives from the Ohio State game, but at the same time we’re focused on Penn State now, one game at a time and ready to go back to work.”