Fluharty, Putsch Win Weekly Honors
11/4/2014 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Senior Maxine Fluharty and freshman Moira Putsch of the second-ranked Maryland field hockey team were named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week Tuesday for the final week of the regular season.
The Terrapins earned at least one weekly honor in seven of the 10 weeks in the regular season. Maryland picked up 11 weekly honors on the year.
The Terps routed American, 8-1, Wednesday, then beat No. 14 Iowa, 4-1, Saturday to win the first Big Ten title in school history.
Fluharty added five points in those two games. Against the Hawkeyes, on her Senior Day, Fluharty scored the Terps' first and fourth goals to seal the win. She assisted on Maryland's second goal in their rout of American. Fluharty is the Terps' leading scorer with 15 goals and has led them to their 12 straight wins, including seven straight conference games, since Sept. 26.
Putsch was key in the two games last week as well with six points total. Against American, Putsch scored the Terps' fourth and fifth goals and assisted on the sixth. Against No. 14 Iowa, she assisted to Fluharty on the Terps' first score that was the gamewinner in the 17th minute. This is the fourth Freshman of the Week honor for Putsch this year.
Maryland (16-2, 7-1 B1G) will be the top seed in its first Big Ten Tournament, which begins Thursday at Michigan's Phyllis Ocker Field in Ann Arbor. The Terps will take on eighth-seeded Ohio State (6-11, 1-7) Thursday at 10 a.m.
Thursday's four quarterfinal matchups will be streamed online through BTN Plus and will require a subscription. International fans can watch all of the Terps' tournament action at http://international.btn2go.com/ with a subscription.
Live Stats will be available for the Terps-Buckeyes game. Live updates will also be posted to the Maryland Field Hockey Twitter feed, so "Follow" to get the most recent updates.
Friday's Semifinals and Sunday's Big Ten championship game will be televised around the world on the Big Ten Network and the BTN2Go app. Click here to get your channel number for BTN. With a win over the Buckeyes Thursday, the Terrapins will play either fourth-seeded Michigan or fifth-seeded Iowa Friday at 1 p.m. The Big Ten championship game will be Sunday at 1 p.m.
Log on to umterps.com for full information on the Terps' first trip to the Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament, or visit the tournament central at http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/big-ten-2014.html.
Twelve Terps have combined to score 75 goals this year and four Terrapins have scored at least 10 goals –Fluharty (15), Sarah Sprink (12), Putsch (11) and Anna Dessoye (11). Gerzabek leads Maryland, and the Big Ten, in assists with 20. Dessoye leads the team with 38 points.
The Terrapins lead the Big Ten in all offensive team categories and the nation in scoring margin (3.24) and scoring average (4.41). For the full Big Ten statistical rankings, click here.
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