Box Score BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The second-ranked Maryland field hockey team (14-2, 6-1 B1G) cruised to an 8-2 victory in its first-ever trip to No. 19 Indiana (9-6, 1-6) Friday. The Terrapins have won nine straight games over the last four weeks.
Seven Terps scored in the win, as junior Anna Dessoye scored twice and notched an assist. Seniors Maxine Fluharty and Welma Luus each picked up a goal and an assist.
"Our goal was to start the game with a dominant mentality and that we did today in Bloomington," head coach Missy Meharg said. "Maryland seemed to have 360-degree vision, which made early choices obvious and shots on goal plenty."
Dessoye wasted no time getting Maryland on the board as she sent in a penalty stroke 3:20 into the match for a 1-0 lead.
In the 14th minute, freshman Carrie Hanks jumpstarted a four-goal run over the next five minutes. Hanks tapped in a score off a rebound on a penalty corner, then 55 seconds later, Dessoye added her second goal off a pass from senior Katie Gerzabek.
Just over three minutes later, junior Sarah Sprink scored off a penalty corner set up by Dessoye and Gerzabek with 16:50 left in the first half. Twenty-seven seconds later, Luus sent in a back-handed shot for the 5-0 lead.
Indiana's Karen Lorite put the Hoosiers on the board off a penalty corner with five minutes left in the first half. The Terps led 5-1 at the break.
Redshirt sophomore Emma Rissinger extended Maryland's lead to 6-1 in the 50th minute when she finished off a pass from Fluharty. Three minutes later, junior Shari Jones deflected in a shot from Luus for the Terrapins' seventh goal. Fluharty tipped in the Terps' eighth and final goal off a rebound on a penalty corner in the 58th minute.
The Hoosiers' Taylor Pearson scored their second goal with 10 minutes to play.
The Terps outshot the Hoosiers, 24-7, and had nine penalty corners to two. Redshirt senior goalkeeper Brooke Cabrera notched a save.
Next, Maryland will host American (8-7) Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Terrapins' annual Pink Game for breast cancer awareness. A silent auction will take place during the game for fans to bid on Maryland field hockey gear. All proceeds go to the National Foundation for Cancer Research. Fans are encouraged to visit http://ter.ps/Play4theCure to donate.
Admission and parking are free to Wednesday's game.
LiveStats will be available for the game. Live updates will also be posted to the Maryland Field Hockey Facebook page and Twitter feed, so "Like" and "Follow" to get updates sent straight to you.
The Terps-Eagles game will be streamed live on the BTN2Go app, which is the official app of the Big Ten Network. It will be a BTN Plus production and will require an additional subscription. Fans can access all Big Ten content on BTN Plus for $119.95 per year or a $14.95 monthly subscription. A Maryland School Pass for BTN Plus, which includes all Terrapin contests, home and away, on BTN Plus for $79.95 per year or for a $9.95 monthly subscription. Click here for more on the Terps' streamed or televised games.
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