The No. 6 seed Terps took a 10-2 halftime lead and beat Fairfield on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

No. 6-seed Maryland women’s lacrosse hadn’t played a game in nearly two weeks entering its NCAA Tournament opening round clash with Fairfield. There was a chance that rust would play a factor early on for the Terps. Those concerns quickly dissipated on Maryland’s first possession of the contest.

Entering the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Maryland women’s lacrosse had lost the draw battle in back-to-back games for the first time all season. The Terps dropped the opening draw against Fairfield but quickly flipped the script,