Terps Host Pirates Friday at Ludwig
8/27/2009 8:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Aug. 27, 2009
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The Maryland Terrapin women's soccer team will be looking to continue its hot start to the 2009 season on Friday night when it opens its home schedule against Seton Hall. Opening kick for the Terps and the Pirates is slated for 7 p.m. at Ludwig Field.
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Scouting The Terps
• For the first time since 2001 the Terps enter the third game of their season with a perfect 2-0 record.
• Maryland opened its 2009 season with a two-game road trip to New York for games at Army and Fordham. In the season opener at Army, the Terrapins dominated the Black Knights en route to a 3-0 shutout victory. After a scoreless first half, sophomore Ashley Grove got the Terps on the board with the team's first goal of the year off an assist by senior Megan Watson. Less than two minutes later, sophomore Jasmyne Spencer tallied her first collegiate goal. Senior goalkeeper Mary Casey started the play with a good punt, which was then flicked on by junior Caitlin McDowell. The third goal came was an unassisted blast by freshman Caitlin Mooney.
• After the Army win, Maryland moved to the Bronx to challenge the Fordham Rams. This time the Terps got on the board midway through the first half when freshman Olivia Wagner played the ball through to Spencer, who beat her defender and finished from 20 yards out with a low shot. Fordham tied the game at 1-1 in the 53rd minute, but it took Maryland less than 30 seconds to score the go-ahead goal. Once again it was Spencer scoring the goal, with the assist going to Grove.
Scouting The Pirates
• Seton Hall is making its season debut after going 3-0 in three preseason scrimmages.
• The Pirates began their training with a 1-0 victory over Lehigh on Aug. 18. Sophomore Ashley Beamish scored the lone goal for SHU. Seton Hall followed that up with a 1-0 win over Montreal on Aug. 22. Redshirt freshman Stephanie Soma scored the only goal for the Pirates. SHU wrapped-up its preseason with a 2-0 victory over Delaware on Aug. 24. Former Terp Danielle Schullman and junior Nicki Gross scored the goals for Seton Hall, while Jennifer Pettigrew and Elizabeth Bond split time in net and combined for their third straight shutout.
• Seton Hall was 5-11-2 overall last season and finished with a conference mark of 1-9-1 in the Big East. Kaite Andreski was the team's leader in points and goals with 13 and six, respectively. Bond was the team's starting keeper in 2008 and finished the season with a 1.48 goals-against average with 62 saves.
Did you know ... This will be the first-ever meeting between the Terps and the Pirates.
At Ludwig Field
• Since its opening in 1995, Ludwig Field has proved to be a tremendous home-field advantage for the Terps women's soccer team. All-time Maryland is 90-44-15 (.654) at Ludwig Field.
• Through the seasons, the Terps have had a knack for shutting teams out at Ludwig Field. Maryland has won 63 of its 90 victories (70.0%) at Ludwig Field via shutout. Add in the nine 0-0 ties the Terps have had at Ludwig Field and it totals 72 times that Maryland has shutout its opponent in 149 games (48.3%).
Deeg's Diary
• Every week Colleen Deegan is filing "Deeg's Diary" on umterps.com. Log on each week for her latest insights on Terps women's soccer.
Media Information
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