WASHINGTON – The No. 24 Georgetown University women's lacrosse squad will host No. 2 University of Maryland Terrapins on Wednesday evening at Cooper Field in the Hoyas' nonconference finale. The opening draw is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on FS1 with Scott Sudikoff and Rich Donovan calling the action.  Live stats will be available at www.GUHoyas.com.  The Hoyas are currently 8-6 overall. 
 
On Tuesday, Georgetown won three of the four weekly awards for the BIG EAST Conference.  Senior midfielder Francesca Whitehurst (Baltimore, Md. / Roland Park Country School) was named the Midfielder of the Week, senior Morgan Ryan (Maplewood, N.J. / Oak Knoll School) was selected as the Attacker of the Week and junior Katie Hudson (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. / Cold Spring Harbor) earned Defender of the Week honors.  The Hoyas went 1-1 last week.
 
Whitehurst stuffed the stat sheet tallying six points off three goals and three assists, along with 10 draw controls, four ground balls and three caused turnovers. The senior had two points, seven draws, two caused turnovers and two ground balls in Saturday's 12-8 win at Villanova after going for four points (2G, 2A), three draws, two ground balls and one caused turnover in a setback to then-No. 14 Navy.  This is her sixth weekly award this year including three player of the week nods.
 
Ryan scored six goals and added six draw controls and a ground ball. On Saturday, Ryan went for five goals off eight shots, along with four draws and a ground ball. The senior scored four of the game's first five goals as GU jumped out to a 5-0 lead, setting the tone early to pick up the 12-8 wire-to-wire win. She added a goal and two draws against Navy on Wednesday.
 
Hudson led the BIG EAST in ground balls while tying for second in caused turnovers. The junior had six ground balls and two caused turnovers while adding the game-winning goal in GU's victory at Villanova on Saturday, after totaling four ground balls and two caused turnovers in a setback to then-No. 14/13 Navy on Wednesday.  It marked her first-career goal.
 
Following Ryan in the win was junior attacker Emily Ehle (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / Christian Brothers Academy) who managed a goal and three assists.  Junior attacker Michaela Bruno (Garden City, N.Y. / Garden City) matched Whitehurst with a goal and an assist apiece and freshman attacker Ali Diamond (Lafayette Hill, Pa. / Plymouth-Whitemarsh) tallied two assists for the game.
 
Georgetown outshot 'Nova 27-23 and the defense forced 18 Wildcat turnovers while giving up 16 of its own. On the draw, GU pulled in 13 draw controls to VU's nine, Whitehurst had seven and Ryan managed four.  Senior goalkeeper Haelle Chomo (Naples, Fla. / Barron Collier) notched seven saves in the contest.
 
Whitehurst and senior Taylor Gebhardt (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker) lead the team in scoring with 46 and 42 points, respectively.  Whitehurst has 25 goals and a squad-best 21 assists, while Gebhardt has managed 29 goals with 13 assists on the season. They are followed by Ryan in third with a team-high 33 goals, while junior midfielder Natalia Lynch (Smithtown, N.Y. / Smithtown West) is fourth with 22 goals to go along with nine assists on the year.
 
Whitehurst has 48 draw controls and freshman midfielder Jordyn Sabourin (Catonsville, Md. / Notre Dame Prep) is second with 33.   Lynch leads the defense with 18 caused turnovers and junior Noelle Peragine (Northport, N.Y. / Northport) has added 16.  In goal, Chomo has played a majority of the minutes in the cage with 85 saves and a 10.00 goals-against average for the season.
 
Maryland (15-0) fought back and battled the weather and a midgame venue change to defeat No. 5 Northwestern 17-13 last Thursday and clinch at least a share of the Big Ten Regular Season title for the fifth year in a row.  The senior duo of Jen Giles and Megan Taylor led the way as the Terps cruised to a 14-3 win over No. 7 Michigan on Saturday.  The Terps are led by the midfield corps of Giles, transfer Erica Evans and sophomore Grace Griffin. Giles leads the Terps with 42 goals, 17 assists, 59 points and is second with 25 groundballs.
 
The Hoyas are 4-24 all-time against the Terps and 1-12 at home.  The last GU victory was an 11-10 overtime win during the 2006 season.  Last year, Georgetown fell in College Park 17-5, the season prior the Blue & Gray lost 17-13 at Cooper Field.