For two days after losing the 1997 game, the Terps walked around as if someone had died. Playing in the moment gives them the presence of mind to turn a game around in the last half or in the last minute or when key players are benched for disciplinary reasons, as happened in the recent Dartmouth game. This is the way of Maryland. That doesn't mean they don't work hard. On the contrary, they are driven.
Mistakes are OK on the Maryland field.
You learn from them. Without them, nobody would take a risk. Compassion is a big part of Maryland lacrosse. No one player is more important than another, a trait that impressed shy freshman Kelly Coppedge , who knew that some teams relegated freshmen to picking up balls. At her first Maryland practice, the top players she admired introduced themselves.