COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The top-seeded Maryland field hockey team (18-3) will take on Princeton (8-10) Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in the NCAA First Round at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. Wake Forest (14-6) and Albany (18-2) will play at 2 p.m. The winners of Saturday's First Round games will play in the NCAA Quarterfinals at 2 p.m. Sunday.

• LiveStats will be available for the Terps-Tigers 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.

• All three games in College Park this weekend will be streamed online for free through umterps.com.

ticket and parking information

• Tickets to the NCAA First and Second Rounds are $5 for adults and $3 for students, children and seniors. To purchase in advance, log on to umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP.

• For Saturday's two NCAA First Round games, all fans will be directed to park in the Terrapin Trail Garage in advance of Saturday's 8 p.m. home football game and will be charged $17. Fans planning to attend are encouraged to purchase their parking passes in advance at dots.umd.edu. Click here for a campus parking map.

• Parking will be free and open for Sunday's NCAA Second Round game.

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

• The Terrapins fell to No. 10 Northwestern, 3-1, Sunday in the Big Ten Tournament final in Ann Arbor, Mich. Sarah Sprink scored the Terps' goal to tie the game in the first half. She and Maxine Fluharty were named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team. RECAP | STATS

• Twelve Terps have combined to score 86 goals and four Terrapins have scored at least 10 goals - Maxine Fluharty (15), Sarah Sprink (15), Moira Putsch (11) and Anna Dessoye (12). Katie Gerzabek leads Maryland, and the Big Ten, in assists with 21. Dessoye leads the team with 41 points. Gerzabek and Dessoye are third and fifth in the country in assists per game.

• The Terrapins lead the Big Ten in all offensive team categories. Maryland leads the nation in scoring margin (2.96) and scoring average (4.10). For the full Big Ten statistical rankings, click here.

Scouting the tigers

• The Tigers won at Monmouth, 4-3, in the NCAA play-in game Wednesday after winning the Ivy League. Allison Evans and Maddie Copeland lead the Tigers with eight goals each.

• Maryland owns the all-time series over Princeton, 19-7-1 and has won the last three matchups. Most recently, Maryland won at Princeton, 8-1, on Oct. 15 behind a hat trick from Maxine Fluharty and two goals from Welma Luus. RECAP | STATS

• The two teams met in the NCAA Second Round in College Park last year, with top-seeded Maryland coming back from a deficit twice to advance to the Final Four. Princeton's Sydney Kirby scored two minutes into the match, then Anna Dessoye tied it up three minutes later. The Tigers took a 2-1 lead 33 seconds before halftime and Jill Witmer tied it up 27 seconds later. Witmer scored the game-winner three minutes into the second half off a pass from Alyssa Parker. RECAP | STATS

• The Terrapins and the Tigers have met in numerous quality matchups in the last few years. They met in the 2009 NCAA Final Four, with the Terrapins taking that one, 7-5. In 2012, Princeton beat the Terrapins, 3-2, in overtime on a penalty stroke en route to the Tigers' first NCAA title.

• Maryland is 7-0 vs. Princeton at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex and 3-2 against the Tigers in NCAA Tournament play all-time.

ncaa tournament history

• Maryland has won eight NCAA titles (87, 93, 99, 05, 06, 08, 10, 11) and seven under head coach Missy Meharg. She was an assistant with the Terrapins when they won in 1987.

• The Terps are 54-18 (.750) all-time in the NCAA Tournament, which is more wins than any other school.

• Missy Meharg is 50-17 (.746) all-time in the NCAA Tournament.

• This marks Maryland's 27th NCAA Tournament appearance and 20th straight.

• The Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex has played home to 22 of Maryland's NCAA Tournament games, including two Final Fours (2007, 2010). The Terrapins are 21-1 in those games and won the 2010 national title on their home field.

Maryland in the rankings

• Maryland is ranked No. 2 in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches poll, released Nov. 11. They have been ranked No. 2 for seven weeks - since Sept. 30.

• The Terps have been ranked in the top five for the last 22 straight weeks, dating back to the preseason poll in 2013.

• Maryland has been ranked in the top three in 147 of 169 polls since the 1999 season. The Terrapins have appeared in the top five in 164 in those 169 polls.

• Prior to the poll released Oct. 9, 2012, the Terrapins had not been outside the top five since before the 1999 season. They were ranked sixth in the Oct. 9 poll.

Penn Monto/Division I Coaches Poll (Nov. 11, 2014)
Rank, Team, First-Place Votes, Current Record
1. North Carolina (27) (17-3)
2. MARYLAND (4) (18-3)
3. Connecticut (3) (16-3)
4. Syracuse (15-5)
5. Wake Forest (14-6)
6. Penn State* (15-5)
7. Northwestern* (16-6)
8. Stanford (18-2)
9. Duke (12-6)
10. Louisville (15-5)
11. Boston College (13-6)
12. Albany (18-2)
13. Michigan* (13-7)
14. Temple (14-7)
15. Virginia (12-8)
16. Iowa* (11-7)
17. Boston University (13-7)
18. Old Dominion (11-8)
19. Northeastern (14-5)
20. Liberty (13-7)
*-Big Ten team

2014 Team Captains

• Three players have been named team captains for the 2014 season. Maxine Fluharty, Katie Gerzabek and Sarah Sprink will serve as the team's captains.

"Maxine, Katie and Sarah are a talented dynamic, hardworking leadership trio," head coach Missy Meharg said. "The front field, the midfield, the backfield are represented by these NCAA/FIH experienced players. All have been honored by their leagues and all three represented their countries in the Junior World Cup. They understand that the way we train and prepare puts us in position to win championships in November."

terps going b1g

• The Terrapins joined the Big Ten conference this year, after playing in the ACC for 31 years. Big Ten field hockey is now the biggest conference in the history of the sport in the NCAA with nine teams - Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers and Maryland.

• The Terps are 91-33-3 (.728) all-time against Big Ten opponents.

• Head coach Missy Meharg is 74-11-1 (.847) vs. Big Ten opponents in her 27 years at the helm of the Maryland field hockey program.

• The Terrapins won the first Big Ten title for the University of Maryland with a 4-1 win over No. 14 Iowa on Nov. 1, 2014 in College Park.

HOME SWEET HOME

Since its opening in 2003, the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex has provided the Maryland hockey program a huge home field advantage.

• The Terps are 137-15 (.901) all-time at the Complex.

• Maryland won 38 straight games at the Complex from Oct.11, 2008 through Oct. 14, 2011. The streak ended with a 5-2 loss to then-No. 1 Old Dominion.

PACK THE HOUSE

• The Maryland field hockey team has increasingly attracted more and more fans to the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex season after season. The Terrapins have led the nation in attendance since 2010.

• In 2013, Maryland led the country in attendance with 8,176 fans coming out to see the Terrapins. On average, 629 fans came to each game, which was nearly 200 more than North Carolina's average of 438 which was second in the country.

• An NCAA-record crowd of 2,381 came out to watch as Maryland beat North Carolina 3-2 in double overtime for the 2010 national championship at the Complex.

overtime is terps time

During Missy Meharg's tenure, the Terrapins have become one of the nation's most dangerous teams in overtime.

• The Terps are 56-22 (.718) all-time in games that went to overtime or penalty strokes.

• In Meharg's tenure, the Terps are 46-18 (.719) in overtime or penalty strokes games.

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