Bio
• 2017 IWLCA National Goalie of the Year
• 2017 IWLCA First Team All-American
TAYLOR IN THE NEWS
• Meet perhaps the smallest, happiest and best goalie in NCAA women's lacrosse (Washington Post, May 13, 2017)
• Megan Taylor's Netminding Keeps Terps On Top (PressBox, April 19, 2017)
• Top-ranked Terps' freshman goalie balances lacrosse duties with Caps fandom (Washington Post, May 4, 2016)
As a Sophomore in 2017: Played in 22 games with 21 starts in cage ...third in the nation with a .535 save percentage ... ranked third nationally with 213 saves ... made 12 saves in the NCAA Championship game vs. Boston College (5/28) ... notched 10 saves vs. Penn State (5/26) ... made 16 saves against Northwestern (5/7) ... made a career-high 20 saves and grabbed three ground balls vs. Florida (3/29) ... notched 12 saves vs. Penn (3/22) ... made 18 saves with a .720 save percentage vs. Syracuse (3/11) ... notched 10 saves vs. Hofstra (3/4) ... made 10 saves and grabbed three ground balls vs. UNC (2/25) ... tallied 10 saves at Georgetown (2/18) ... made eight saves while allowing just three goals vs. William & Mary (2/11), good for a .727 save percentage ... also tallied three ground balls and two caused turnovers ... Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 4/4) ... Epoch/US Lacrosse National Player of the Week (3/13).
As a Freshman in 2016: Started in 22 games and played in all 23 ... made seven saves and caused one turnover against Syracuse (5/27) ... tallied seven saves and allowed just three goals vs. UMass (5/23) ... made eight saves and picked up one ground ball vs. Johns Hopkins (5/15) ... notched seven saves and two ground balls vs. Northwestern (5/8) ... made eight saves vs. JHU (4/6) ... tallied 11 saves and two ground balls vs. Northwestern (3/31) ... made four saves and picked up two ground balls at Florida (3/19) ... made seven saves and four ground balls at Syracuse (3/12) ... Big Ten Defensive Player and Freshman of the Week (3/1) ... made eight saves and one ground ball at North Carolina (2/27) ... started vs. Georgetown (2/20), allowing one goal and picking up one ground ball.
Before Maryland: 2015 Under Armour All-American ... ranked No. 27 on the Inside Lacrosse Top 50 Freshmen rankings ... Under Armour Underclassmen team in 2013 and 2014 ... first team all-county in 2012, 2013 and 2014, second team in 2015 ... US Lacrosse All-American in 2014 ... US Lacrosse Academic All-American in 2014 ... All-met second team in 2014 ... played club for M&D Lax ... also lettered in field hockey and basketball.
Personal: Born Dec. 18, 1996 ... daugher of Gary and Terri Taylor ... has two siblings, Amanda and Alex ... Alex was a lacrosse goalie at Salisbury ... sports hero is Alex Ovechkin ... if she could play another sport at Maryland, it would be field hockey.
Taylor Career Statistics | |||||||||
Year | GP-GS | Svs. | GA | Sv.% | Min. | GAA | W-L | GB | CT |
2016 | 23-22 | 121 | 136 | .471 | 1203:56 | 6.78 | 22-1 | 23 | 3 |
2017 | 22-21 | 213 | 185 | .535 | 1176:50 | 9.43 | 22-0 | 30 | 7 |
Total | 45-43 | 334 | 321 | .510 | 2380:46 | 8.09 | 43-1 | 53 | 10 |
TAYLOR CAREER HIGHS
Saves: 20 vs. Florida (3/29/17)
Caused turnovers: 2 (2x), last vs. Syracuse (3/11/17)
Ground balls: 4 at Syracuse (3/12/16)