In the 83rd minute, the Terps received a corner in a match that seemed to be headed for a draw. Then, Emily Lenhard's cross soared directly past James Madison goalkeeper Sofia DeCerb for her first-career goal and what appeared to be the game-winning score.

"In practice, that's been part of the plan all along," Lenhard said. "We figured out that I have that in my locker. So I figured, why not try to do it?"

Lenhard's goal stunned James Madison, but the Dukes had some magic up their sleeve. In the 89th minute, Sophia Verrecchia shot off-balance to the top right past a diving Liz Beardsley to tie things.

The match ended in a 1-1 draw, but only after the theatrics of the final 10 minutes.

"Overall, what I was really, really proud of was the energy and the commitment to the game plan," Maryland head coach Meghan Ryan Nemzer said. "We talk about if we continue to do that and we continue to execute, it's only going to be up from here."

The first 15 minutes of Sunday's match were uneventful, as neither team took a shot or a corner.

However, the Terps' found a glorious chance in the 20th minute. Ava Morales headed a shot off a corner that was saved by DeCerb. Then, Kelsey Smith tried to tap in the rebound, but DeCerb got in the way again. Both saves were impressive -- it was shocking the Terps didn't connect.

Maryland earned two more scoring chances in the latter half of the first period, but were unable to muster a shot on net. First, the Terps were setting up a shot when Smith was called for offside in the 33rd minute. Then, in the 36th minute, Peyton Bernard took a shot on the break, but missed the net after getting past James Madison's defense.

Maryland had its best chance yet in the final two minutes of the half, as Madison Krakower was awarded a penalty kick after a James Madison foul. Krakower's try was saved as DeCerb made a huge stop at the top right of the net.

Beardsley was relatively untested in the first half, as James Madison didn't record a shot attempt until the final seconds. Despite the lack of shots, the Dukes led possession 57% to 43%, and DeCerb's three huge saves kept it even.

Similar to the first, the second half started off slow. But in the 55th minute, James Madison gathered some momentum, as Amanda Attanasi had a good chance on a cross that was missed above the net.

Maryland got its first chance of the second half in the 61st minute on a Bernard shot that was saved by DeCerb. The rebound ended up in the penalty box, but was quickly cleared away by James Madison.

From there, the second half was relatively quiet until the insane events of the final 10 minutes unfolded. In fact, Beardsley didn't have to make a save until the final 10 minutes, and gave up a goal on just her second shot against to tie the game.

Maryland will look to build on Sunday's draw in their next match on Thursday against Navy.

"I hope we build up on this," Nemzer said. "I hope that we continue and go a little bit deeper in our bench. I hope that we can put some in the back of the net as well."

1. Late theatrics. Sunday's match between Maryland and James Madison was mostly quiet until an uproar of scoring late. Lenhard scored directly off a corner to give the Terps the lead.

"It wasn't an accident off that corner," Nemzer said after the game.

The freshman did that one on purpose. But, in crushing fashion for Maryland, Verrecchia scored for James Madison to tie the match. Both goals were unassisted.

"Obviously sucks to not get the win, but I think we can carry this into the next game," Lenhard said.

2. Krakower's penalty kick fails. Undoubtedly Maryland's best chance of the first half came in the 44th minute, as James Madison fouled Krakower in close. She had a huge opportunity to break the ice on Sunday, but was robbed by an immaculate save by DeCerb to keep the match even.

3. Maryland's defense holds strong. The Terps' defense completely limited James Madison's offense on Sunday, preventing the Dukes from having any opportunity to take a lead. Besides James Madison receiving three corners, the Terps were a brick wall the match.

"Defensively ... I give a lot of credit to that backline. I think all of them always played 90 minutes." Nemzer said. "Not only the back four, but I thought Lauren Wrigley, Emily Lenhard, Ava Morales, Hannah Shapiro, I challenged them to be better on the defensive side, and I thought that they really did a phenomenal job with that."