#8 Maryland to Meet Miami (Ohio) Sunday
10/3/2015 1:00:00 PM | Field Hockey
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The eighth-ranked Maryland field hockey team (9-3) will play Miami (Ohio) (7-5) Sunday at noon at the Redhawks' Field Hockey Complex.
• The Terps-Redhawks 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 seventh straight game with a 5-2 victory at Ohio State Friday. Senior Sarah Sprink scored twice in the victory. She scored off a corner 59 seconds into the game, then struck again in the second half. Freshman Linnea Gonzales, redshirt junior Emma Rissinger and fifth-year senior Welma Luus also scored. RECAP | STATS
• Head coach Missy Meharg is in her 28th season as head coach of the Terrapins. She's led them to a record of 499-122-9 (.799), seven NCAA titles, 20 conference titles and 16 Final Fours. With two more wins, she will be the fourth Division I head coach to reach the 500-win mark.
• Welma Luus was named Co-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Tuesday for her first career weekly honor. She scored both of Maryland's goals in a 2-1 win over No. 18 Michigan last Friday, then the game-winner in Sunday's win over the Spartans. MORE
• Ten Terrapins have combined to score 42 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-three of Maryland's 43 goals have come off of penalty corners this season.
• With her two goals in Friday's game, Sprink reached the 100-career point mark. She has 43 career goals and 17 career assists.
• Senior Anna Dessoye currently has 49 career assists. Only five Terrapins have notched 50 assists in program history.
Scouting the redhawks
• Miami (Ohio) is 7-5 overall and 2-0 in MAC play. The Redhawks beat Missouri State, 3-0, Friday. Paula Portugal leads the Redhawks with six goals so far this season.
• Maryland is 1-0 all-time vs. the Redhawks. The Terrapins won their only meeting last year, 3-1, on Sept. 15 in College Park. Anna Dessoye and Sarah Sprink scored to help give Maryland a 3-0 lead before the Redhawks got on the board. RECAP | STATS
• This will be Maryland's first trip to Miami's Field Hockey Complex.
Maryland in the rankings
• Maryland is ranked No. 8 in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll, released Sept. 29.
Penn Monto/Division I Coaches Preseason Poll
1. Connecticut (27)
2. Syracuse (17)
3. North Carolina (1)
4. Virginia
5. Duke
6. Albany
7. Wake Forest
8. MARYLAND*
9. Louisville
10. Stanford
11. Boston College
12. Liberty
13. Delaware
14. Northwestern*
15. Old Dominion
16. Michigan*
17. Boston University
18. Iowa*
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 95-33-3 (.737) all-time against Big Ten opponents.
• Head coach Missy Meharg is 78-13-1 (.853) 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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