#6 Maryland Travels to Iowa Saturday
10/29/2015 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The sixth-ranked Maryland field hockey team (15-3, 7-0 Big Ten) will close the regular season at Iowa (9-8, 2-5) Saturday at 1 p.m. ET.
• The Terps-Hawkeyes game will not be streamed online.
• 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 13th straight game Sunday with a 6-0 win over Towson on Senior Day. Senior Shari Jones scored twice to lead the Terps, while Lein Holsboer, Sarah Sprink, Floor Paanakker and Welma Luus also scored. The Terrapins outshot the Tigers, 47-3. RECAP | STATS
• Senior Anna Dessoye was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week Tuesday for the third time this year. She scored the gamewinner over Indiana in the eighth minute of overtime. On Sunday, she became just the sixth Terrapin in history to reach 50 career assists. MORE
• Fourteen Terrapins have combined to score 62 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.
• Thirty of Maryland's 62 goals have come off of penalty corners this season. The Terrapins have allowed just six goals off of corners this year.
• Dessoye and Sprink were named the the Victory Sport Tours/NFHCA Division I Senior Game this week. The game will be Saturday, Nov. 21 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Head coach Missy Meharg became the fourth coach in Division I history to reach the 500-win mark with the Terrapins' victory in October. In her 28 years as head coach, she's led Maryland to a record of 505-122-9 (.801), seven NCAA titles, 21 conference titles and 16 Final Fours.
Scouting the hawkeyes
• Iowa is 9-8 overall and 2-5 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes fell to Penn State, 3-2, last weekend. Stephanie Norlander leads Iowa with 15 goals this season.
• Maryland leads the all-time series, 10-3-1, and has won six straight matchups since 1994.
• Most recently, the Terrapins beat the Hawkeyes, 4-1, last Nov. 1 in College Park. Alyssa Parker and Anna Dessoye scored in the win. RECAP
• The Terps have made one trip to Iowa's Grant Field. They won 3-2 in penalty strokes on Sept. 17, 1995.
Maryland in the rankings
• Maryland is ranked No. 6 in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll, released Oct. 27.
Penn Monto/Division I Coaches Preseason Poll
1. Syracuse (36)
2. Connecticut (9)
3. North Carolina
4. Duke
5. Wake Forest
6. MARYLAND*
7. Virginia
8. Albany
9. Louisville
10. Liberty
11. Michigan
12. Boston College
13. Stanford
14. Delaware
15. Boston University
16. Northwestern*
17. James Madison
18. Maine
19. Old Dominion
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 98-33-3 (.743) all-time against Big Ten opponents.
• Head coach Missy Meharg is 81-13-1 (.858) 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 147-17 (.896) all-time at the Complex.
• The Terrapins are 29-1 (.967) vs. Big Ten teams at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. They have won 19 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 57-24 (.704) all-time in games that went to overtime or penalty strokes.
• In Meharg's tenure, the Terps are 47-20 (.701) in overtime or penalty strokes games.
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