#12/14 Terps To Play Two At Lady Vol Classic
8/26/2010 8:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Aug. 26, 2010
COLLEGE PARK, MD. - The No. 12 (Soccer America)/14 (NSCAA) Maryland Terrapin women's soccer team (2-0-0) heads to Knoxville, Tenn., to play in the First Tennessee Lady Vol Classic. The Terps play host Tennessee (1-0-0) on Friday at 8 p.m. and defending Atlantic Sun champion Kennesaw State on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Both games are scheduled for Regal Field.
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• Fans will also be able to follow all of the action on umterps.com via Gametracker: Tennessee | Kennesaw State.
| Maryland's Probable Starters | |||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Player | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown | GP/GS | G | A | Pts. |
| F | 3 | Jasmyne Spencer | Jr. | 5-1 | Bay Shore, N.Y. | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 17 | Ashley Grove | Jr. | 5-6 | Rochester, N.Y. | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| M | 2 | Domenica Hodak | So. | 5-4 | West Sayville, N.Y. | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M | 10 | Lydia Hastings | So. | 5-6 | Rehoboth Beach, Del. | 2/2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| M | 15 | Amy O'Sullivan | Jr. | 5-10 | Rochester, N.Y. | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| M | 21 | Molly Dreska | Sr. | 5-6 | Rockville Centre, N.Y. | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| D | 7 | Caitlin McDowell | Sr. | 5-4 | Plano, Texas | 2/2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| D | 12 | Mallory Baker | Jr. | 5-9 | Brick, N.J. | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 16 | Megan Gibbons | So. | 5-7 | Ellicott City, Md. | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | 22 | Colleen Deegan | Sr. | 5-10 | Centreville, Va. | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | No. | Player | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown | GP/GS | GAA | Sv. | W-L-T |
| 1 | Yewande Balogun | R-Jr. | 5-8 | Bowie, Md. | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 2-0-0 | |
Scouting The Terps
• Maryland is 2-0 to start the season for the second straight season. The last time the Terps started 2-0 in back-to-back seasons was 2000-01. This season is the eighth time in the team's history that its gotten off to a 2-0 start.
| 2010 Maryland Terrapins: 0-0-0, 0-0-0 ACC (Soccer America #12, NSCAA #14) | |||
| Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Digital Media Guide |
• Maryland opened the 2010 season with a comfortable 6-0 shutout over Iona (Ashley Grove paced the Terps with two goals and an assist in the win over the Gaels. Junior Lydia Hastings snapped a 22-game goal-scoring drought with a goal, while also adding two assists. Senior co-captain Caitlin McDowell moved to left back after playing in the midfield for three seasons, but that didn't effect her production as she tallied a pair of assists.
• The Terps then had a short turnaround for a showdown with two-time defending Big 12 regular season champs Missouri (Ashley Grove third goal of the season was an insurance goal in the 71st minute, but that proved to be the game-winner when Mizzou scored again in the 78th minute to make it a 3-2 game, which is how it would finish.
| Maryland When ... | |
| In ACC Matches | 0-0-0 |
| vs. Ranked Opponents | 0-0-0 |
| Home Matches | 2-0-0 |
| Away Matches | 0-0-0 |
| Neutral Matches | 0-0-0 |
| Leading at the Half | 1-0-0 |
| Tied at the Half | 1-0-0 |
| Trailing at the Half | 0-0-0 |
| Scoring First | 1-0-0 |
| In Overtime | 0-0-0 |
| Outshooting Opponent | 2-0-0 |
| Out-shot by Opponent | 0-0-0 |
| Terp Season Highs | ||
| Points | 20 | Iona (8/20) |
| Goals | 6 | Iona (8/20) |
| Assists | 8 | Iona (8/20) |
| Shots | 29 | Iona (8/20) |
| Shots On Goal | 17 | Iona (8/20) |
| Corner Kicks | 9 | Missouri (8/22) |
| Fouls | 9 | Iona (8/20) |
| Saves | 2 | Iona (8/20) |
| Opponent Season Highs | ||
| Points | 5 | Missouri (8/22) |
| Goals | 2 | Missouri (8/22) |
| Assists | 1 | Missouri (8/22) |
| Shots | 8 | Missouri (8/22) |
| Shots On Goal | 3 | Missouri (8/22) |
| Corner Kicks | 8 | Missouri (8/22) |
| Fouls | 11 | Missouri (8/22) |
| Saves | 11 | Iona (8/20) |
| Terp Individual Highs | ||
| Points | 5 | Ashley Grove vs. Iona (8/20) |
| Goals | 2 | Ashley Grove vs. Iona (8/20) |
| Assists | 2 | Lydia Hastings vs. Iona (8/20) |
| 2 | Caitlin McDowell vs. Iona (8/20) | |
| Shots | 10 | Jasmyne Spencer vs. Missouri (8/22) |
| Saves | 1 | Three times, most recently by Yewande Balogun vs. Missouri (8/22) |
Scouting The Lady Vols
• Tennessee is 1-0-0 on the season after opening up 2010 with a 3-0 win over Western Kentucky on Aug. 20.
| 2010 Tennessee Lady Vols: 1-0-0, 0-0-0 SEC (Soccer America NR, NSCAA NR) | ||
| Roster | Schedule | Statistics |
• The Lady Vols opened with a 3-0 win over Western Kentucky with three different players scoring goals.
• Tennessee is coming off of a 2009 season that saw the Lady Vols lose to No. 10 Florida, 1-0 in overtime, in the first round of the SEC tournament to finish with a 8-9-3 record. UT must replace its leading scorer, Mick Ingram, who totaled 27 points on 12 goals and three assists in '09. Ingram was the only Lady Vol to reach double-digit points last season.
• Maryland is 2-0-0 all-time vs. the Lady Vols. The Terps took the series opener by a 3-1 score in 2003 (recap | final stats) in College Park. The teams met again in the season opener for both teams in 2006. Maryland won that game over the 10th-ranked Lady Vols, 1-0 (recap | final stats).
Scouting The Owls
• Kennsesaw State is 2-0-0 on the season after wins over College of Charleston (4-3, Aug 20) and Alabama A&M (6-0, Aug. 22). The Owls will play Richmond on Friday at 5:30 p.m. before playing the Terps on Sunday.
| 2010 Kennesaw State Owls: 2-0-0, 0-0-0 Atlantic Sun (Soccer America NR, NSCAA NR) | ||
| Roster | Schedule | Statistics |
• The Owls return nine starters from their 2009 team that won the Atlantic Sun regular season and tournament titles. KSU loses leading scorer Caitlin Dingle (8g, 6a=22pts), but do return three double-digit point producers in Jade Dempster, Kristin Marietta and Brittany Vining.
Looking Ahead
• After this weekend's trip to Knoxville the Terps will be off until next Sunday, Sept. 5, when they will host Stony Brook. The Terps and the Seawolves are set for a 1 p.m. start at Ludwig Field.
Spencer Receives Preseason Recognition
• Junior Jasmyne Spencer has earned two major preseason honors heading into the 2010 season. Spencer became the first Terp in the program's history to be named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List and then was named to Soccer America's Preseason All-America team.
• Spencer enjoyed a breakthough season in her second year in the Terrapin program. The Bay Shore, N.Y., native started the year with the game-winning goal in the 3-0 win over Army and didn't slowed up from there. Spencer led the team with 25 points on 10 goals, including four game-winners, and was tied for second on the squad with five assists. Her 25 points were the most fo Terrapin in a season since 1998 when Keri Sarver set the school record with 49 points. Her 10 goals are also the most since 1999 when Jackie Mynarski had 11.
Ranked Terps
• The Terps moved up two spots to No. 14 in the latest NSCAA Top 25 after starting the season 2-0-0. Maryland remained at No. 12 in this week's Soccer America Top 25.
100 And Counting At Ludwig Field
• The Terps won their 100th match at Ludwig Field with a 6-0 victory over Iona on Aug. 20, 2010. 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 101-46-16 (.669) at Ludwig Field.
• Through the seasons, the Terps have had a knack for shutting teams out at Ludwig Field. Maryland has won 69 of its 101 victories (68.3%) at Ludwig Field via shutout. Add in the nine 0-0 ties the Terps have had at Ludwig Field and it totals 78 times that Maryland has shutout its opponent in 163 games (47.9%).
Head Coach Brian Pensky
• Brian Pensky is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Maryland women's soccer program. After helping lead the Terrapin men's program to three-straight appearances in the College Cup, Pensky took over the women's soccer program prior to the 2005 season. He has steadily built the program back to prominence and took it to its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2004 last season. Pensky owns an overall head coaching record of 39-45-13 (.469).
Media Information
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