Oct. 23, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland field hockey squad (14-3, 2-2 ACC) concludes its regular season with a home event against Colonial Athletic Association opponent Richmond. The Spiders visit Maryland's campus on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. The last home contest of the regular season, Maryland field hockey will conduct its annual senior salute prior to the match. A complete scouting report on this weekend's match-up will be available on www.umterps.com, the Official Website of Maryland Athletics, later in the week.

The Terps are coming off a weekend split versus a pair of ranked opponents. Four different Terps scored in a balanced Maryland attack and junior keeper Ashley Hohnstine (Oak Hill, Va.) picked up her seventh shutout of the season in a 4-0 victory over No. 14 James Madison on Oct. 20. Two days later, the Terrapins suffered a heartbreaking 1-0 loss in overtime at the hands of conference-rival No. 2 North Carolina.

Match Facts and Coverage
vs. Richmond
Date, Time: Sunday, Oct. 29, 1:00 p.m.
Location: Artificial Turf Facility, College Park, Md.

Senior Day At The Artificial Turf Facility
Join Maryland field hockey in celebrating the careers of its six seniors on Sunday as the Terrapins take on Richmond. Veteran Terps Lindsay Gorewitz (Rockville, Md.), Rachel Hiskins (Victoria, Australia), Molly Kauffman (West Lawn, Pa.), Sarah Rappolt (West Chester, Pa.), Keli Smith (Selinsgrove, Pa.) andCarla Tagliente (Cortland, N.Y.) will be participating in their final regular season contests and will be honored, along with their parents, in a pregame ceremony. Admission is free at the Artificial Turf Facility.

2001 Football Ticket Giveaway
Fans in attendance at Sunday's match-up against Richmond will be eligible to enter a drawing for a family four-pack to the 2001 Maryland football season. Raffle entries can be filled out at the marketing table by the main gate of the Artificial Turf Facility for a chance to win tickets to every Terp football game during the 2001 season. The marketing table is also the location to sign up for Terp Halftime Dribble `n Shoot and the chance to score PUMA gear.

Terps At A Glance
The Terrapins combined their trademark brand of attacking hockey with excellent goalkeeping and tight defense to knock off their seventh NFHCA Top 20 opponent in 2000 in No. 14 JMU, and keep the No. 2 Tar Heels at bay for all of regulation in a heartbreaking overtime loss. The Terp attack, led by All-Americans Carla Tagliente, Rachel Hiskins, Caroline Walter (Reilingen, Germany) and Keli Smith has pummeled opponents all season long with 88 scores (5.10 gpg) on 410 shot attempts (23.8 spg), while Maryland's backfield anchored by seniors Molly Kauffman, Lindsay Gorewitz and juniors Autumn Welsh (Macungie, Pa.) and Kristy Palchinsky (Leonardtown, Md.) has limited the opposition to 21 goals (1.22 gpg) on 117 shots (6.8 spg). Between the pipes, Maryland's junior keeper Ashley Hohnstine has been tough, posting seven shutouts on the season including four against ranked teams. The Terp keeper boasts a 1.10 goals against average and a .773 save percentage. She made a career-high nine saves vs. No. 2 Old Dominion on Oct. 15.

A Team Of Many Weapons
With nine Terrapins totalling two or more goals in 2000, seven Terps with at least five scores and four with over 10, opposing defenses have had their hands full to say the least. The balanced Terrapin attack is led by senior Rachel Hiskins, who picked up right where she left off in 1999 when she scored a school-record 67 points. The center midfielder currently paces Maryland with 18 goals and 12 assists for 48 total points. Three-time All-American Carla Tagliente (17 goals), junior All-American Caroline Walter (15 goals) and sophomore Carissa Messimer (11 goals) round out the top four in scoring, while senior All-American Keli Smith has set the standard with 13 season assists.

Hohnstine Stonewalls Sanders, JMU
Maryland keeper Ashley Hohnstine put on a spectacular performance against No. 14 James Madison, blanking the Dukes and the nation's second leading scorer, senior forward Liz Sanders. The junior totaled six saves in collecting her seventh shutout of 2000. Including the 4-0 win over JMU, four of Hohnstine's shutouts have come against NFHCA ranked opponents: then-No. 12 UMass on Sept. 16, then-No. 8 Princeton on Sept. 30 and No. 10 Virginia on Oct. 1. Hohnstine improves to a 1.10 goals against average and a .773 save percentage.

ACC Championships Come To College Park
We are now less than a month away from the 2000 ACC Field Hockey Championships, to be held Nov. 2-5 at the Artificial Turf Facility in College Park, Md. The No. 4 and No. 5 seeds will meet on Thursday, Nov. 2. at 2:30 p.m. No. 2 faces No. 3 at 4 p.m. and the top seed meets the No. 4/No. 5 winner at 7 p.m. in the semifinal round on Friday, Nov. 3. The championship game is slated for Nov. 5 at 3:30 p.m. and will be aired by Home Team Sports. Be a part of the action as NFHCA Top 20 Teams square off in the strongest conference tournament in the nation. Be sure to make plans to attend, and keep checking the ACC Field Hockey Championship Site for updates.

                 2000 ACC Standings
	             Overall	               ACC
Team	         W	 L	T	W	L	T
No. 2 UNC	16	 1	0	4	0	0
No. 4 WFU 	14	 2	0	3	1	0
No. 3 UMd	14	 3	0	2	2	0
No. 10 UVa	10	 6	0	0	3	0
Duke	         6	10	0	0	3	0

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