Ludwig Field and Kehoe Track
9/26/2000 8:00:00 AM | Terrapin Athletics
Built at a cost of $2.5 million, the facility's quality now matches the Terrapin programs which compete there. Ludwig Field, officially dedicated on Sept. 16, 1995, is surely a cornerstone of intercollegiate athletics throughout the nation. The 4,000-seat facility is an integral part of the more than $40 million of new construction for Maryland athletics. The complex is fully lighted with an all-weather track and a sodded Bermuda grass playing field. The permanent lights allow for commonly scheduled night games. The lights also allow Maryland the ability to host NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference tournaments, high-caliber in-season tournaments and nationally televised games.
The complex was also constructed with the local Maryland fan very much in mind. The field is located directly adjacent to Parking Lot 1 and close to the University Boulevard entrance. The lacrosse and soccer facility is named after lifetime Terrapin friends Bob and Louise Ludwig, while Kehoe Track gets it name from Jim Kehoe, Maryland Athletic Director from 1969-78.
The Maryland men's and women's soccer teams have defended the turf at Ludwig Field with fervor since making it their home of Maryland soccer in 1995. Men's head coach Sasho Cirovski has established an impeccable home record at the facility, and wife, Shannon Higgins-Cirovski, has brought the women's team to national prominence once again on the Ludwig Field stage.
Maryland's nine-time national championship women's lacrosse team calls Ludwig Field home during the spring semester, and enters the 2000 with 53 wins and 1 loss since the inaugural season there. During the 2000 season, head coach Cindy Timchal and the Terps took home the ACC Championship, which was held at Ludwig Field. Several Division II men's lacrosse national championships have also contested at Ludwig Field.
In the fall of 2000, Ludwig Field hosted a game between the US Women's national soccer team and the Russian national team before the competitors headed to Sydney for the Olympics, further solidifying Ludwig Field place on the national stage.
