Oct. 17, 2012

COLLEGE PARK, MD. -

The No. 5 Maryland women's soccer team returns home to host Miami on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. at Ludwig Field.

Tickets and Game Promotions
• Click here for ticket information for all 2012 Maryland women's soccer home games.

• MARYLAND PRIDE GAME - Every athletic season each of our collegiate teams selects a date or 'Maryland Pride Game' from their schedule where all of our athletes rally in support for their teammates from other sports. Each Maryland Pride Game has a great student-athlete community spirit and provides a fantastic opportunity to highlight the excellent talents and abilities of all our University of Maryland athletes. Click here for a full list of Maryland Pride Games.

• FATHER DAUGHTER NIGHT - All Fathers and their daughters are encouraged to have a family night out and will receive a $3 ticket to the game.

Parking Information
General Information: After 4 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends, there is no charge for parking in Lots Z1 or 1b or in Regents Drive Garage. Lots R2 and R3 are limited to vehicles displaying current valid permits for the respective lots at all times. The Stadium Drive Garage is closed on weekends.

Event Multimedia
• Fans will be able to follow all of the action on umterps.com via Gametracker.

• Maryland's student-run radio station, WMUC, will also be broadcasting the match at WMUCsports.com.

• Updates will also be posted to the Maryland Women's Soccer Facebook page and Twitter feed, so "Like" and "Follow" to get updates sent straight to you.

Scouting The Terps
• Maryland clinched a spot in the ACC tournament with its 3-2 overtime win at Boston College last Thursday. The Terps are 6-1-1 in the ACC and have 19 points, two behin No. 1 Florida State, which is 7-0-0 in the league for 21 points. The Terps can clinch the No. 2 seed in the upcoming ACC tournament with a victory over Miami.

• The Terrapins opened the 2012 season with a 3-0 shutout at Navy (recap | stats) that featured a one-hour 46-minute lightning delay. Becky Kaplan scored the first two goals of the season for Maryland, while Alex Reed tallied the insurance goal. Four freshmen - Aubre Baker,Riley Barger, Shannon Collins and Sarah Molina - recorded assists in their first collegiate games.

• Maryland had a short turnaround for a match at Villanova that ended in a 0-0 tie (recap | stats). Shannon Zickler filled in for Rachelle Beanlands in net for the Terps and made four saves to record her first career shutout.

• The Terps outshot the Buckeyes, 19-10, but Ohio State took advantage of a Maryland defensive lapse to pull out a 1-0 upset (recap | stats) in Columbus, Ohio.

• Maryland fell behind George Mason 1-0, but scored the game's final three goals to earn a 3-1 win over the Patriots on Aug. 31 (Hayley Brock and freshman Alexis Prior-Brown each had one helper.

• Senior Hayley Brock each chipped in a goal and an assist as Maryland thumped Towson, 5-0 (recap | stats), in the Terps' 2012 home opener. Senior Becky Kaplan scored the first goal of the game for Maryland, giving her her third game-winning goal of the season. Redshirt freshman Amanda Gerlitz and freshman Gabby Galanti each earned their first career assists in the victory.

• Senior Hayley Brock assisted on both of Kaplan's goals with senior Olivia Wagner also getting an assist on the game-winner.

• A 30-yard strike into the upper left 90 by Kristina Maksuti in the 70th minute gave Fordham a 1-0 upset (recap | stats) of Maryland on Sept. 9 at Ludwig Field. The Terps held a 29-5 shot advantage over the Rams and had 13 corner kicks to Fordham's 0.

• Maryland bounced back in a big way - a historic way - becoming the first team ever to defeat North Carolina three times in three consecutive seasons when the Terps topped the Tar Heels, 2-1 (Hayley Brock netted the game-winner, finishing a solid ball across the box from senior Beck Kaplan in the 55th minute. Carolina made it a one-goal game on a penalty kick by Maria Lubrano in the 78th minute, but Maryland defense held off the Tar Heel charge and redshirt freshman keeper Rachelle Beanlands made two big second-half saves to preserve the history-making win.

• The Terrapins improved to 2-0-0 in the ACC for the first time since 1997 with a 4-1 win over Clemson (Hayley Brock scored Maryland's final two goals in the 74th and 76th minutes, respectively. Senior Olivia Wagner had two assists on the day, while Kaplan and freshmen Gabby Galanti, Sarah Molina and Ashley Spivey each had one helper.

• Maryland's top goal-scorers senior Hayley Brock came through with goals to help the Terps earn a hard-fought 2-2 tie at No. 4 Duke (recap | stats) on Sept. 20. Brock scored in the 10th minute, finishing a long ball from senior Domenica Hodak. After the Blue Devils tied the match in the 54th minute, Kaplan gave Maryland the lead back with a quality, composed finish in the 75th minute off of a feed from freshman Aubrey Baker. The high-powered Blue Devils came through with the game-tying goal in the 87th minute to send the game to overtime.

• Hayley Brock and Becky Kaplan did it again with each scoring a goal to lead the Terps to their first win at Wake Forest since 1996 with a 2-1 victory on Sept. 23 (recap | stats). Brock score the first goal of the game, putting back her own rebound in the 10th minute. Kaplan scored what proved to be her fifth game-winner of the season in the 69th minute. Brock and Alex Reed earned assists on the counter-attack goal.

• Maryland fell behind No. 3 Virginia in the first half, but scored three times in the game's final 17 minutes to pull out a 3-1 victory over the Cavaliers (Hayley Brock.

• The Terps had their five-game unbeaten streak come to an end with a 1-0 loss at No. 16 Virginia Tech (Hayley Brock paced the offense with three shots apiece.

• Freshmen Hayley Brock scored twice, including the game-winner, while freshman Ashley Spivey added her third of the season. Junior Kristen Schmidbauer and freshman Gabby Galanti each had two assists.

• Freshman Hayley Brock scored the game-winner off an assist by sophomore Cory Ryan. Spivey then added the insurance goal, finishing a long ball from senior Domenica Hodak. Spivey then tacked on an unassisted goal to put the game completely out of reach. Redshirt freshman Rachelle Beanlands made six saves behind the backline of Hodak, sophomore Shade Pratt and freshmen Shannon Collins and Erika Nelson to earn the first shutout in a conference match since Oct. 13, 2011 when the Terps won at Florida State, 3-0.

• Junior Hayley Brock added another chapter in her storybook season when she scored the game-winning goal two minutes into the first overtime to give the Terps a 3-2 win at No. 23 Boston College (recap | stats) on Oct. 11. Freshmen Shannon Collins and Gabby Galanti scored in regulation to send the match to overtime, while redshirt freshman Rachelle Beanlands made five stops in the victory.

Scouting The Hurricanes
• Miami is battling for the eighth spot in the ACC and is currently tied for the last slot in the upcoming ACC tournament with Virginia Tech. The Hurricanes are 2-4-1 in conference play for seven points.

• The Hurricanes opened the season with a big 4-1 win over in-state rival Florida on Aug. 17, but have played uneven since then. Miami is 5-2-1 in non-conference play, including that win over the Gators and a scoreless draw at West Virginia. The Canes opened ACC play with a pair of one-goal losses at home to Wake Forest and Duke. A 2-0 win at NC State seemed to get the Hurricanes back on track, but that was followed by a 6-1 loss at North Carolina. Miami rebounded with a 2-0 win over Clemson, but have a loss to Virginia and a scoreless draw in its last two outings.

Series History vs. the Hurricanes
• This will be just the ninth all-time meeting between Maryland and Miami and the Hurricanes hold a 5-2-1 lead in the series.

• Miami has been a house of horrors for the Terps and that continued last season with a 2-1 defeat (recap | stats) to the Hurricanes. Maryland got out to a 1-0 lead on a free-kick goal by Olivia Wagner, but Miami tied the match before halftime. The Canes took the lead in the midway through the second half to pick up the win. Miami finished the match with only two shots on goal vs. the Terps.

• The last time Miami visited College Park the Terps wrapped up their regular season with a 2-1 victory over the Hurricanes (recap | final stats) in dramatic fashion. Maryland took an early lead on a Danielle Hubka goal in the fourth minute of play with assists coming from seniors Erika Theisen and Caitlin McDowell. The Hurricanes tied the match early in the second half, but Maryland's resilience showed again as it rallied for the game-winning goal in the 76th minute. Junior Skyy Anderson sent a long ball into the Miami box. A scramble bumped the ball into the air near the top of the box where McDowell flicked it to the right post where Hastings elevated and headed it into the goal. Miami's Brittney MacDonald tried to clear the ball, but it had already landed over the line for the score. Redshirt junior Yewande Balogun perserved the victory with five stops in the match, including a one-handed leaping save on a 1v1 situation with Miami's all-time leading scorer Brittney Steinbruch.

Youth Movement
• Sixteen games into the 2012 season the Terrapins have played 14 true or redshirt freshmen. That might not seem too significant until noticing that Maryland's freshmen have played more than 45% of the team's on-field minutes. Freshmen have logged 7,378 of the team's 16,291 minutes (1,481 minutes played x 11 players).

• But the Terp freshmen aren't just playing - they're contributing. Six freshmen - Ashley Spivey, Shannon Collins, Riley Barger, Sarah Molina, Rachelle Beanlands and Erika Nelson - have started for the Terps this season with Spivey and Collins starting every game. Freshmen have totaled 37 of the team's 120 points this season.

Head Coach Jonathan Morgan
• Jonathan Morgan enters his first season at the helm of the Maryland women's soccer program after spending the previous five seasons on the Terrapin sideline as an assistant coach. He is 11-3-2 (.750) as the Terps' head coach.

Terps Toppling Top 10 Teams
• Maryland has defeated a Top 10 ranked team 20 times in its history. The Terps' most memorable Top 10 victory, 2-1 at No. 2 North Carolina on Oct. 24, tied for he highest ranked opponent ever defeated by Maryland. The Terrapins defeated No. 2 Boston College on Oct. 7 in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Those two victories mark the first time in program history that Maryland has defeated two Top 10 teams in a single month. The Terps then added to that with another 2-1 win over No. 8 Florida State on Oct. 28. The latest Top 10 win for the Terps came on Sept. 27, 2012 at Ludwig Field when Maryland defeated No. 3 Virginia, 3-1. Earlier this season, the Terps topped No. 6 North Carolina on Sept. 13, 2012 to become the first team in history to defeat the Tar Heels three straight times in three consecutive seasons. Here's a list of all of the Terps' Top 10 wins:

Starting Strong
• Maryland started 4-0-1 in ACC play for the first time in the program's 26-year history.

• Maryland's 2-1 win over No. 6 North Carolina on Sept. 13 gave the Terrapins their first 1-0-0 start in conference play since 2001. The last time the Terps opened ACC play with a win was on Sept. 2, 2001 when Maryland defeated No 17 Duke, 2-0, at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C. From 2002-11, Maryland was 0-8-2 in conference openers.

• Maryland followed that up with a 4-1 win over Clemson on Sept. 16, which put the Terps at 2-0-0 in the ACC for the first time since 1997.

• The Terps continued their unprecedented success in the ACC by earning a 2-2 tie at No. 4 Duke on Sept. 20 and then winning 2-1 at No. 13 Wake Forest on Sept. 23.

• The ACC record grew to 4-0-1 with a thrilling come-from-behind 3-1 victory over No. 3 Virginia on Sept. 27. The Terps scored three times in the game's final 17 minutes to earn the win.

• Maryland started the 1996 season with a 2-0-1 record in the conference with wins over Wake Forest and Florida State and a tie with Virginia, but the Terps lost to NC State in their fourth ACC game.

Non-Conference Success
• Dating back to its 10-0 win over Mount St. Mary's in 2008, Maryland has lost only three times in its last 40 matches vs. non-ACC opponents. The Terps have outscored its non-conference opposition 112-21 in those 40 matches.

• The Terps recorded 20 straight wins over non-ACC foes before tying Georgetown, 1-1, in second round of the NCAA tournament in 2010. Maryland is now 32-3-4 in its last 39 non-conference games. The Terps had been unbeaten in 31-straight non-conference games prior to losing, 1-0, at Oklahoma State in the Sweet 16 of the 2011 NCAA tournament. So far this season Maryland has defeated Navy, 3-0, tied Villanova, 0-0, dropped a 1-0 decision at Ohio State, topped George Mason, 3-1, thumped Towson, 5-0, pulled out a late 2-1 win at Alabama, dropped a 1-0 decision to Fordham and finished its regular-season non-conference slate with a 5-1 win over Francis Marion.

120 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 120-48-21 (.690) at Ludwig Field.

• Through the seasons, the Terps have had a knack for shutting teams out at Ludwig Field. Maryland has won 75 of its 120 victories (62.5%) at Ludwig Field via shutout. Add in the 12 0-0 ties the Terps have had at Ludwig Field and it totals 87 times that Maryland has shutout its opponent in 189 games (46.0%).

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Media Information
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