COLLEGE PARK, Md. — An 11-day layoff. A starting goalie making his college debut. Turning back to a faceoff man who was a healthy scratch in his team’s last game.

Unorthodox as it sounds, it was a winning recipe for Maryland on Saturday.

The Terrapins got five goals from Logan Wisnauskas, dominated possession and pulled away in the second half for a 14-9 victory over Notre Dame before 2,825 at Maryland Stadium.

Justin Shockey won 18 of 26 faceoffs for Maryland (4-1), which had not played since a Feb. 18 loss at Villanova. Conor Calderone got the nod in that outing, but the Terps went back to Shockey after they unexpectedly had last weekend off when their game against Navy was postponed due to an outbreak of norovirus among the Midshipmen’s roster.

“Justin Shockey was the key to our success,” Wisnauskas said.

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In truth, Maryland did plenty of things right. It didn’t bungle a clear. It peppered Fighting Irish goalie Liam Entenmann (16 saves) with 64 shots. It caused eight of Notre Dame’s 17 turnovers.

But the possession disparity was why Notre Dame (2-1) trailed 7-5 at halftime despite playing well outside the middle third of the field. And that unevenness in offensive opportunities continued into the second half as the Terps used a 7-1 run to pull away.

“They won too many matchups,” Irish coach Kevin Corrigan said. “Look, at the end of day, it’s as simple as this: They played harder than we did today, they won the ground ball war [38-23], they won faceoffs, they won the middle of the field. Because of that, they won the game.”

The turn back to Shockey wasn’t the only intriguing personnel move from Maryland coach John Tillman. The Terps swapped Matt Rahill and John Geppert, moving Geppert to long pole and Rahill to close defense for his second career start.

Then there was freshman goalie Logan McNaney, who did not play in Maryland’s first four games but became the first freshman to start in cage for the Terps since Niko Amato in 2011 and the first to do so as a true freshman since Brian Phipps in 2007. McNaney made 10 saves in his debut.

“Coming in here and playing a top-five team, you have to give him all the credit in the world being in a difficult spot,” defenseman Nick Grill said. “He played great in practice, so I think he earned that. [Then] it was just making it easy for him, especially in front of him giving him savable shots.”

Even with the possession disparity, Notre Dame still forged a 7-7 tie after goals from Bryan Costabile and Mikey Drake. But the Irish wouldn’t get the lead after the Terps’ Roman Puglise forced poked the ball away from Notre Dame faceoff man Charles Leonard. Jared Bernhardt picked it up, then fed Daniel Maltz (one goal, three assists) in transition for the go-ahead score.

“That goal at 8-7 was huge,” Tillman said. “Malty gets that goal from Jared off a broken play. Huge play. No doubt about it.”

Maryland also got more mileage from its second midfield line than it had earlier in the month, depth that paid off as it stretched the lead to 14-8. Kyle Long scored his second goal of the day late in the third quarter, and Jake Smith deposited a goal in the fourth quarter.

Russell Masci added a goal and an assist from the second line as the Terps earned their most lopsided victory over the Irish since a 19-11 rout in the 1995 NCAA tournament quarterfinals.

“We used that group more than we’ve used them, and they just kept coming up and creating some opportunities for us,” Tillman said.

Costabile scored twice for Notre Dame. The Irish’s top scorer entering the day, freshman Pat Kavanagh, was held to a goal and an assist, though Notre Dame’s biggest problems were simply getting the ball and holding onto it rather than running its offense.

A typically imposing March gauntlet awaits the Irish, who will face Denver, Ohio State, Michigan, Virginia and Syracuse over the next four weeks. Saturday provided a clear sense of what Notre Dame must correct as it ventures deeper into its schedule.

“They just defended us,” Corrigan said. “I just felt we were kind of soft, honestly. We weren’t determined in what we were doing. We came into this game having had like four empty possessions in two games. Today was just brutal. Three-quarters of our possessions were empty. It’s on us. It’s my job. We were not prepared. It’s as simple as that. We were not as well-prepared as we needed to be, and we’ll do better.”