Saturday, Feb. 6th- vs #2 Maryland (College Park, Md) 12:00 PM (BTN+). 
High Point men's lacrosse is back with a trip to College Park, MD to face the 2021 National Champion runner-up #2 Maryland. Preseason All-American and fifth year senior Asher Nolting leads the Panthers into Capital One Field for just the second time in his career. The Fifth-year core of graduate students PJ Peters, Koby Russell, and fifth year Nolting face the Terps for the third time in five years. The 2021 SoCon Champs open the year against the National Champion runner up Saturday, Feb 5th at noon.

2 DAYS TILL WE OPEN UP 2022#KTS x #GoHPU pic.twitter.com/uA60SX8In6

— High Point Lacrosse (@HPUMensLax) February 3, 2022

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Matchup History

• High Point and Maryland have met four times. This will be the fifth time the two sides have met. HPU has played UMD in College Park three times Saturday will be the Panthers' fourth trip to Capital One Field.
• The last time the two met was 2020 and the game was the only ranked matchup of the opening lacrosse weekend as #20 HPU faced #4 Maryland.
• It was quite the freshman debut

Across the Bench

• UMD comes into Saturday's game after falling just short in an epic NCAA Championship game last season to UVA on Memorial Day weekend 2021.
• Daniel Maltz returns as the leading scorer for the Terps. The rising junior started every game for UMD and was third in scoring with 40 goals on the year.

Panther Notes

Nolting Garners All-American Attention
 
Nolting was named a preseason media All-American by Inside Lacrosse. Nolting was named to the third team, the fifth-year senior is on pace to become HPU's first four-time team All-American. The Greenwood Village, Colorado native was named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch list in 2021 for the third season in a row. He was also a 2021 Tewaaraton Award nominee. Nolting scored 27 goals and had 45 assists.
 
 

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— High Point Lacrosse (@HPUMensLax) January 20, 2022

 
Since the Beginning of Time
 
Nolting has recorded at least one point in every college game he has ever played in. He is one of five active DI players to achieve this feat heading into 2022. His goals-assists points line looks like this: 109-146-255.

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— High Point Lacrosse (@HPUMensLax) January 31, 2022

 
One Viner
 
Hunter Vines received the first All-Southern Conference honor of his career in January. The senior played in all 14 games last season and started in nine, finishing the year with 14 goals and 12 assists. Vines scored two goals in the Panthers 11-9 semifinal win.
 
 
Panthers Picked First
 
The Panthers earned 24 points in the preseason poll and four first-place vote projecting HPU first. It's on the second time HPU has been picked first in the preseason poll. The last time was 2016 following the Panther's first SoCon title in 2015.

.@HPUMensLax is preseason pick to win @SoConSports ....@WFMY #wfmysports pic.twitter.com/XknZ373G0E

— Brian Hall (@bhallwfmy) January 20, 2022