College Park, MD - Senior Darcie Smith became the program's all-time leader in draw controls and fellow senior Alexa Mattera reached 100 career goals for Hofstra, but it wasn't enough as Maryland defeated the Pride women's lacrosse team, 16-11, on Saturday afternoon. 

Darcie Smith now has 203 career draw controls to break the previous program record of 200 set by Brittain Altomare (2012-15). Mattera now has 103 goals to move into 10th place all-time at Hofstra, passing Kelly Dodson (102 from 1998-2001). 

The loss ends a four-game win streak for Hofstra, which fell to 4-2 with the loss. Maryland improved to 3-3 with the victory. 

Mattera scored twice in the first four minutes of the game to give Hofstra an early 2-1 advantage at the 26:39 mark of the contest. Maryland gained the momentum, though, and scored eight straight goals to lead 9-2 with 6:54 left in the half. The Pride would end the run and get a goal from junior Katie Whelan with 5:19 left in the opening stanza to account for the halftime score. 

Hofstra opened the second half with a goal from freshman Taylor Mennella and they would get another from Mennella followed by a goal from Whelan to culminate a 4-1 run for the Pride that closed the gap to 10-6 with 23:29 left in regulation. Hofstra kept battling throughout and had another stretch where they used a 3-1 scoring run to make it 15-10 late in the second half. Whelan and Mattera would add goals during the run to give them hat tricks and senior Alyssa Parrella scored her second of the contest. 

Mattera finished with four goals, while Whelan tallied a hat trick as well with three goals. Senior Darcie Smith had a team-best eight draw controls, while sophomore Anna Kaufmann and junior Shannon Boyle each posted two caused turnovers. Sophomore Jess Smith established a new career-high with 15 saves. Brindi Griffin had five goals for Maryland and Maddie McSally had 16 saves. 

Hofstra returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to Boston College for a 4 p.m. contest that will air on the ACC Network. 

NOTES
- It was Mattera's third hat trick of the season and 16th of her career. For Whelan it was her second hat trick this season and the ninth of her career. 
- Parrella had two points and is now tied for second all-time in Colonial Athletic Association history with 288 points. She is tied with Stacey Morland of Loyola (1999-2002). Only Suzanne Wosczyna of Old Dominion (325 from 2001-04) has more. 
- Hofstra is 0-9 all-time against Maryland.