Oct. 9, 2006
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GAMES NOTES
Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, 1 p.m.
#1 Maryland (12-1) at Princeton (6-4)
Princeton, N.J.
TV: CSTV
TERPS LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK: After suffering their first loss of the season, Maryland is looking to bounce back when they travel to Princeton University on Tuesday, Oct. 10. The game will be televised by CSTV. Check your local cable or satellite provider for listings.
The Ivy League champion Tigers are also coming off a loss and are looking to get back on track, as well. They have been praticularly tough when defending its home turf, going 3-1 this season.
Missy Meharg SHOW: Maryland fans can get weekly updates of the field hockey team on the new "Missy Meharg Show" airing on the campus' WMUC Sports every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.. If you can't listen on the radio, go to the internet at www.wmucsports.com.
LAST TIME OUT: The Maryland defense did an oustanding job limiting Duke to just four shots, however, the Blue Devils defense did an even better job keeping the Terrapins off the scoreboard. Duke defeated the Terps, 2-0, on Saturday, handing them their first loss of the season. Maryland was shut out for the first time since the NCAA Tournament semifinal game in 2004.
The loss also ended Maryland's 21-game winning streak dating back to last season. The 12-0 start to the season was also the team's best in school history. It was also the first time goalkeeper Kathryn Masson had lost to the Blue Devils. Prior to that, she had been 5-0 agaist Duke.
Maryland had been the last undefeated team in the nation heading into the weekend.
A LOOK AT THE TERPS: Helping the team to post five shutouts and a 0.92 goals against average which ranks in the top five in the nation (stats rankings updated Monday afternoons), goalkeeper Kathryn Masson had been leading the nation in that category and currently boasts a 0.81 GAA. Her 78.7 save percentage is also among the best in the nation.
Maryland has boasted one of the top-five offenses in the nation. Led by Nicole Muracco's 11 goals on the season, the Terps' 4.64 scoring average has been ranked among the top five in the nation and was fifth last week.
Maryland was also among the top 10 in the country last week in assists, with a 2.46 assists per game average. Senior Berber Rischen leads the team with nine.
ABOUT PRINCETON: Princeton comes into the game wit a 6-4 mark, having dropped a 2-0 decision over the weekend at Connecticut. The Tigers have run the table with the Ivy League squads, so far, currently sitting at 4-0 in conference action.
Ten different players have scored Princeton's 28 goals this season, by just two have tallied more than five. Katie Kinzer leads the team with six goals and 13 points, followed by Holly McGarvie's five goals and 11 points.
Allison Nemeth has been the team's go-to netminder, logging over 600 minutes this season in the cage. She has faced 112 shots and made 47 saves. She carries a 1.88 goals against average on the season, with the team boasting a 1.79 GAA.
The Tigers have scored 10 more goals than its opponents this season.
SERIES VS. PRINCETON: Maryland leads the all-time series, 10-4-1, dating back to 1981. The teams have played every season since 1997. The Terps have won the last eight meetings, but five of those matches have been decided by two goals or less, including a 3-2 overtime Maryland win in 2003. The Terps have not lost to the Tigers in New Jersey since 1998.
TERPS' STREAK ENDS: Maryland was the last undefeated team in the nation before its loss to Duke, opening the season on a school-best 12-game winning streak. The loss to the Blue Devils also snapped a 21-game win streak dating back to last season's victory over Delaware on Oct. 16. Maryland was just eight wins shy of tying the program's longest win streak of 29-consecutive wins, spanning Sept. 10, 1999-Sept. 17, 2000.
OPEN AND SHUT CASE: In the 2-0 loss to Duke on Oct. 7, Maryland was shut out in a game for the first time since Nov. 19 when Wake Forest shutout the Terps, 3-0, in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament, a span of 37 games. During that time, the Terrapins had posted 14 shut outs against its opponents.
The Terrapins' longest streak of games without being shut out is 51 games (Oct. 11, 1998-Nov. 20, 2000).
MOVING UP: With her goal in the win at California, senior Paula Infante became just the 10th player in school history to tally 50 career goals. Infante is currently tied with Lynsey McVicker (1995-97) with 52. Terrapin great Carla Tagliente (1977-00) holds the school record with the most career goals at 73.
Infante also recently entered the top 10 among the program's top points scorers. She currently ranked ninth all-time with 125 points.
FABULOUS FRESHMEN: Nine newcomers have been welcomed to the team, including eight freshmen. The incoming class has made a significant impact on the No. 1 Terrapins. Four have started in at least seven games so far, including Bri Davies who has been a starter in every game, while two others have also seen time on the turf. Freshman Nicole Muracco is the team's leader with 11 goals and 25 points.
Newcomer Berber Rischen, a graduate student and transfer from Kent State, has also been a starter in every game. She leads the team with nine assists.
The newcomers have accounted for half of the team's 12 game-winning goals this season, led by Muracco's three.
FORMER TERRAPINS HELP U.S. PLACE SIXTH AT WORLD CUP : Former Terrapins Dina Rizzo, Sarah Silvetti, Keli Smith and Lauren Powley helped the U.S. place sixth at the World Cup in Madrid, Spain, the second-highest showing for the Americans and only the third top-six showing for the team since its first appearance in the world championship in 1983.
When Powley, a four-time All-American and member of the 2005 NCAA Championship team, returns to College Park, she will resume her duties with the team as a student-assistant coach.
COMING UP: Maryland closes out the second half of the regular-season home-and-home series with No. 3 Old Dominion on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Norfolk, Va. The Terrapins won the first meeting on Sept. 4, 1-0.
