COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Maryland field hockey team earned the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Tournament Sunday, after posting an overall record of 18-3 and winning the Big Ten regular season championship.

The Terrapins will host either Princeton (7-10) or Monmouth (13-7) in the NCAA First Round Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. Princeton and Monmouth will compete in a play-in game Wednesday at Monmouth.

Wake Forest (14-6) and Albany (18-2) will also come to College Park this weekend. Those two teams will meet in the NCAA First Round Saturday at 2 p.m. The winners of Saturday's First Round games will play in an NCAA Quarterfinal match Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.

For tickets to all of the Terrapins' NCAA Tournament action, log on to umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP.

This marks Maryland's 27^th NCAA Tourmament appearance and 20^th straight, starting in 1995.The Terrapins have started the NCAA Tourmament at home at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex in 10 of the last 11 years, dating back to 2003. The Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex has been home to 22 of Maryland's NCAA Tourmament games over the years and the Terps are 21-1 in those games.

The Terrapins will look to advance to their seventh straight NCAA Final Four and 17^th under head coach Missy Meharg. Maryland will be hosting the NCAA Semifinals on Friday, Nov. 21 at 2 and 4:45 p.m., as well as the NCAA Championship game on Sunday, Nov. 23.

For the full NCAA bracket, log on to http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/fieldhockey/d1.

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