COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The sixth-ranked Maryland field hockey team (13-3, 6-0 Big Ten) will return home this weekend to host Indiana (8-7, 4-2) Friday at 6 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• Admission is free for Friday's game. Parking will be free and open after 4 p.m.
• After the Terps-Hoosiers game, fans are invited to stay for Outdoor Movie Night at the Complex. The Terrapins will be showing Finding Nemo on the big screen.
• The Maryland-Indiana game will not be streamed online, but can be heard online through Maryland's campus station, WMUCSports.com.
• Live Stats will be available and updates will also be posted to the Maryland Field Hockey Twitter feed.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
• Maryland won its 11th straight game Sunday with a 4-0 win at Rutgers. Fifth-year senior Welma Luus picked up her fist career hat trick in the win. Sophomore Carrie Hanks also scored and freshman goalkeeper Sarah Holliday made three saves in the Terps' third straight shutout. RECAP | STATS
• Friday's game will be the 900th game in Maryland field hockey history. Maryland owns a record of 656-207-36 (.750) since its first year back in 1974. With a win Friday, the Terrapins can clinch at least a share of their second straight Big Ten title.
• Luus was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week Tuesday for the second time this year. MORE
• Twelve Terrapins have combined to score 55 goals so far this season. Maryland led the nation in scoring last year with 92 goals scored for an average of 4.00 per game.
• Twenty-seven of Maryland's 55 goals have come off of penalty corners this season. The Terrapins have allowed just six goals off of corners this year.
• Dessoye currently has 49 career assists. Only five Terrapins have notched 50 assists in program history.
• Head coach Missy Meharg became the fourth coach in Division I history to reach the 500-win mark with the Terrapins' victory last Sunday. In her 28 years as head coach, she's led Maryland to a record of 503-122-9 (.801), seven NCAA titles, 20 conference titles and 16 Final Fours.
Scouting the hoosiers
• Indiana is 8-7 overall and 4-2 in Big Ten play. Last weekend, the Hoosiers won at Ohio State, 3-0, and beat Penn State, 1-0. Maddie Latino leads the Hoosiers with nine goals this year.
• Maryland won the only meeting between the two schools last year. The Terrapins won 8-2 in Bloomington on Oct. 24. Anna Dessoye added two goals and an assist. Carrie Hanks, Sarah Sprink, Shari Jones, Emma Rissinger and Welma Luus also scored. RECAP | STATS
• This will be Indiana's first trip to the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
Maryland in the rankings
• Maryland is ranked No. 6 in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll, released Oct. 20.
Penn Monto/Division I Coaches Preseason Poll
1. Syracuse (36)
2. Connecticut (12)
3. North Carolina (1)
4. Duke
5. Virginia
6. MARYLAND*
7. Wake Forest
8. Louisville
9. Liberty
10. Albany
11. Michigan
12. Old Dominion
13. Stanford
14. Boston College
15. Delaware
16. Northwestern*
17. Boston University
18. Maine
19. James Madison
20. Princeton
Three Terps Selected To Big Ten Players To Watch List
• Seniors Anna Dessoye, Sarah Sprink and freshman Linnea Gonzales were named to the Big Ten Players to Watch list in August. The full list, click HERE.
• Dessoye was named to the Big Ten Players to Watch List last year as well and made the All-Big Ten Second Team. She led the Terrapins with 19 assists last year and added 12 goals.
• Sprink earned the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honor last season and was also named to the All-Big Ten First Team. She led Maryland in scoring last year with 16 goals.
• Gonzales, a forward from Bel Air, Md., is a member of the U.S. Under-21 Team.
2015 Team Captains
• Seniors Sarah Sprink and Kasey Tapman were voted co-captains for the 2015 season. This is Sprink's third straight season as captain for the Terrapins. She helped lead the Terps at both ends of the field last season as Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and as the team's leading scorer. Tapman is a fifth-year senior that has worked to become one of the anchors of the Terrapins' defensive unit.
"Sarah's daily commitment to hard, gritty work in a high performing training enviroment make her a logical choice as captain," head coach Missy Meharg said. "She has developed to be the type of versatile leader that her teammates rely on. Kasey is the eptitomy of the word selfless both mentally and physically. On the field and off the field, she lives within the four Fs….Family, Friends, Faith, Field Hockey. She is unconditionally loyal and reliable. Both Sarah and Kasey are excellent role models for the new players. They set the tone for how we behave and what our goals are."
TERPS GO B1G
The Terrapins joined the Big Ten conference last year, after playing in the ACC for 31 years. Big Ten field hockey is the largest 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 97-33-3 (.741) all-time against Big Ten opponents.
• Head coach Missy Meharg is 80-13-1 (.856) 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 145-17 (.895) all-time at the Complex.
• The Terrapins are 28-1 (.966) vs. Big Ten teams at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. They have won 18 straight matchups at home vs. Big Ten teams, dating back to 2008. Penn State is the only Big Ten team to win at the Complex with a 1-0 victory on Nov. 11, 2007.
• 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.
• The Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex has played home to 24 of Maryland's NCAA Tournament games and has played host to three Final Fours (2007, 2010, 2014). The Terrapins are 22-2 in those games and won the 2010 national title on their home field.
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 for the last five years - since 2010.
• In 2014, Maryland led the country in attendance with 8,707 fans coming out to see the Terrapins. On average, 670 fans came to each game.
• 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 56-24 (.700) all-time in games that went to overtime or penalty strokes.
• In Meharg's tenure, the Terps are 46-20 (.697) in overtime or penalty strokes games.
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