Terp Field Hockey Team Hosts Michigan and Harvard
9/19/2003 8:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Sept. 19, 2003
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
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GAME 8: #6 Michigan (4-2) vs. #3 MARYLAND (7-0)
Saturday, September 20, 2003 * 12 p.m.
GAME 9: Harvard (3-0) vs. MARYLAND (7-0)
Sunday, September 21 * 2 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY & LACROSSE COMPLEX (1,000/TURF),
College Park, Md.
TERPS HOST MICHIGAN AND HARVARD.
* The third-ranked Terps enter the toughest part of their schedule battling ranked teams in seven of their final 12 regular season games beginning with No. 6 Michigan. Harvard, who is receiving votes in this week's NFHCA's national poll, closes out the weekend for Maryland as the Terps play their fifth-straight home game.
* The Wolverines are making their first trip to College Park as is Harvard. Maryland and Michigan have met twice in the NCAA Tournament title game with each team winning once. This is the first meeting for the Terps against Harvard.
A LOOK AT THE TERPS.
* With Maryland's two 7-0 wins over Rutgers and Pacific in the Terrapin Inviational, 16th-year head coach Missy Meharg recorded her 250th-career victory and boasts a 251-81-9 (.749). A 1985 graduate of Delaware, Meharg was named Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year in 2002. During her tenure, she has led the Terps to two national championship titles (1993 and 1999) and five Atlantic Coast Championship crowns. Maryland's all-time winningest coach, she has been named National Coach of the Year four times.
* Freshman Paula Infante has scored at least a goal in all six games she has played in and leads the team with nine tallies and 23 points. Five players have six or more goals, including sophomore Jackie Ciconte (8) and junior Anja Boettcher (7). Eleven Terps in all have scored at least one goal. After not recording an assist all season last year, sophomore All-American Lauren Powley leads the team with 10 helpers. She also scored her first-career goal against Drexel.
* Sophomore Tori Cano has logged the most minutes in goal. In over 374 minutes, she boasts an 0.19 goals against average and team-leading seven saves. Redshirt freshman Christina Restivo has not allowed a goal in over 115 minutes played. The Terp goalkeepers have recorded shutouts in six of the seven games played.
* Maryland has been peppering its opposing goalies, outscoring its opponents 43-1 and outshooting them 186-16.
TERPS' LAST TIME OUT.
* The No. 3 Terps posted their sixth shutout of the season, easily getting by Drexel with a 7-0 victory. Sophomore Jackie Ciconte and junior Anja Boettcher each recorded two goals each while sophomore Lauren Powley and freshman Brooke Johnson each scored their first-career goals.
A LOOK AT THE WOLVERINES
* Marcia Pankratz took over the Michigan reigns in 1996 and has led the Wolverines to three Big Ten titles and one NCAA Tournament crown. Carrying a 117-45 record, she is a 1987 graduate of Iowa. Prior to going to Ann Arbor, she spent four years as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina.
* The sixth-ranked Wolverines enter the weekend with a 4-2 overall record, winning their last four games. Michigan opened the season with two-consecutive losses to ACC teams North Carolina (4-0) and Wake Forest (4-2) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge which U-M hosted.
* The Wolverines have outscored their opponents 22-14, led by senior April Fronzoni with eight tallies and 18 points. Nine Wolverines have recorded at least a goal this season. Of the 22 goals, 15 have come on assists as nine different players have handed out assists led by sophomore Lori Hillman with three.
* Senior Molly Maloney started five games and owns a 2.44 goals against average. She has also posted a team-high 15 saves in 315 minutes. Freshman Beth Riley has two wins and one start, allowing just three goals in 105 minutes. She leads the team with a 2.00 GAA.
* LAST MEETING: Then the top-ranked team in the nation, Terps fell to the seventh-ranked Wolverines, 2-0, in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament in 2001. It was the second meeting between the teams in the title game. Maryland unloaded 20 shots in the game but goalkeeper Maureen Tasch made eight saves. Adreinne Hortillosa and Kristi Gannon each scored goals in the win.
A LOOK AT THE CRIMSON
* In 16 seasons at the Harvard helm, Sue Caples has posted a 136-111-9 overall record, guiding the Crimson to two Ivy League titles, six ECAC Tournament appearances and three NCAA Tournament berths. Caples was an assistant coach for the Cimson from 1985 until her appointment in 1988 and was also an assistant at West Chester before landing at Harvard. She also has experience coaching with the U.S. National Team.
* Harvard is receiving votes in this week's NFHCA Coaches Poll. Entering the weekend with a 3-0 record, the Crimson is also 1-0 in the Ivy League after posting a 3-2 overtime win over Pennsylvania. The Crimson also topped Vermont to open the season (3-2) and Massachusetts (4-0). The Terps defeated the Minutewomen 7-0 earlier in the season. Three different players have scored two goals to lead the team - Elizabeth Andrews, Tiffany Egnaczyk and Jen McDavitt. Jen Ahn is the team's assist list with five.
* The Crimson have outshot its opponents 88-12, but have scored just 10 goals while giving up four. In goal, KAtie Zacarian has played almost 200 minutes, posting a 1.40 goals against average with four saves.
* Before meeting the Terps on Sunday, Sept. 21, the Crimson play No. 20 Richmond on Saturday, Sept. 20 in College Park.
* LAST MEETING: This weekend's meeting is the first between the teams.
SERIES VERSUS....
* MICHIGAN: The Terps lead the all-time series, 2-1. Two of the meetings have come in the NCAA Tournament championship game with each team winning once - Maryland in 1999 and Michigan in 2001. The other meeting was a 2-1 overtime Maryland victory at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in St. Louis, Mo.
* HARVARD: First meeting.
TERPS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
* In the first national statistical rankings, Maryland and individual Terps lead the nation in several categories. Maryland trails ACC foe Duke for the top offense in the nation. The Terps are second scoring 6.20 goals per game. The Terps also have the nation's best margin of victory at 6.04 leading to a 1.000 winning percentage which is tied for first in the country.
* Freshman Paula Infante's 23 points not only leads the team and the ACC but also the nation. Her nine goals is also tops. After not recording an assist before entering this season, sophomore All-American Lauren Powley has a nation-leading nine helpers so far this season. Trailing Powley is teammate Emily Boyer with eight which ranks second. Sophomore goalkeeper Tori Cano is just out of the top spot in goals against average, ranking second with an 0.214 GAA. In all, eight different Terps are among the nation's top 20 in several different categories. For a full list, check out the right margin of page three.
IN THE ACC STATS
* Several Terps are ranked among the top 10 in the ACC statistical rankings. Freshman Paula Infante leads the league with 15 points and five goals. She is also 10th with 0.75 assists per game. Sophomore All-American Lauren Powley is second in the ACC with 1.25 assists per game and classmate Emily Boyer is tied for third with 1.25 apg.
* Redshirt-freshman Christina Restivo is tied for the league lead with a 0.00 goals against average, having logged just over 54 minutes in three games this season. Sophomore Tori Cano is tied for third with a miniscule 0.31 GAA in 222 minutes.
* As a team, Maryland is second in the conference with 15.25 points per game, 5.75 goals per game and 3.75 assists per game. Duke leads the ACC in each of those categories. The Terps sport the best goals against average (0.25) and are tied with the Blue Devils with the most shutouts (3).
TERP ATTACK
* The formidable attack from two years ago seems to be back. Ranked secondin the nation entering the week, Maryland has outscored its opponents 43-1 in its first seven games of the season. Last year, the Terps scored 20 goals in the first seven games and went more than halfway through the season before scoring 37, needing 14 games to accomplish that feat (Oct. 13).
* Freshman defender Paula Infante has scored in every game sh's played in. She has also scored two goals in at least three games. The team's leading scorer with nine goals and 23 points, she leads a potent attack that has seen 11 different players score two goals or more in a game. Sophomore Jackie Ciconte is the only other Terp besides Infante to tally a pair of goals in three games while junior Ajna Boettcher is the only player to knock in three this season.
* Two years ago, the Terps were the top-ranked offense in the nation. Maryland ranked 14th at the end of last season but is second in the nation just trailing Duke.
TERPS "D" UP
* Six of Maryland's seven victories have come by virtue of shutout. The Terps have allowed just one goal so far this season while allowing just 16 shots and 12 penalty corners. It's no wonder the Terrapin defense has been so hard to penetrate. UM is second in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 0.17 goals per game.
* A tough Maryland defense has contributed to goalkeepers' Tori Cano and Christina Restivo non-existent goals against averages. Cano is second in the nation with a 0.214 goals against average.
UP NEXT
* After two games this weekend, the Terps stay at home to face two teams in the top 10. No. 10 Princeton visits College Park on Sept. 26. Maryland opens the ACC slate hosting top-ranked Wake Forest on Sept. 28.
