Alyssa Chung kept setting records on the way out. Navy's senior attack scored a game-high six goals and powered through the Navy program record book even as her team's season ended in a 14-10 loss to No. 3 Maryland in the NCAA Division I women's lacrosse championship quarterfinals.
Chung finished the 2026 season with 84 goals, breaking the previous Navy single-season program record of 83 set by Jenna Collins in 2018. She also moved into the fourth slot on the all-time NCAA single-season leaderboard. For most of the afternoon her shooting kept the No. 6 Mids inside one possession, with the senior repeatedly punishing Maryland defenders one-on-one from the eight-meter arc.
Emma Kennedy added two goals for Navy, with Chloe Brown and Taylor Miles each finding the back of the net once. Mikayla Williams owned the draw circle with a game-high ten controls and chipped in an assist, giving the Mids enough possessions to stay in the game through three quarters.
The difference was a single Maryland run that effectively decided the result. Lauren Lapointe started a 5-0 burst that pushed the Terrapins clear of a tight contest and left Navy chasing a deficit that proved one possession too steep. The Maryland surge punished a brief defensive lapse that the Mids could not undo, even as Chung continued to hunt match-ups in the second half.
Navy finished the season 20-2 overall, including an 8-1 Patriot League record. The result marks Navy's third quarterfinal appearance in program history under head coach Cindy Timchal, whose Mids built one of the most efficient offences in Division I behind Chung, Kennedy and a draw control unit anchored by Williams.
Maryland's win sends the Terrapins to the NCAA semifinals as one of the in-form sides in the bracket, with Lapointe and the Terps' depth giving them the look of a team capable of holding together a defensive game plan against the toughest scoring threats. Their next opponent will need to find ways to disrupt Maryland's transition without giving up the kind of momentum run that proved decisive against Navy.
For Navy, the loss closes one of the most successful seasons in program history. The Mids will lose Chung's scoring presence, but the rising group around Williams, Kennedy and an experienced draw unit offers a foundation. Timchal has already shown she can construct top-six teams in the women's game; the challenge now becomes replacing the production of a player who, in her senior year, rewrote the school's record book.
The broader NCAA quarterfinal weekend continued to deliver upsets and lopsided results in roughly equal measure. With Maryland through, focus shifts to the women's Final Four field, where the Terps will be tested against the survivors of a bracket that has narrowed quickly. Navy depart with a 20-win season, a Patriot League title, and a program record that may not fall for years.