COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Senior Anna Dessoye and freshman Linnea Gonzales of the ninth-ranked Maryland field hockey team (5-3, 1-0 Big Ten) earned their second Big Ten weekly honors of the year Tuesday.
Dessoye was voted Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the third time in her career and Gonzales was named Freshman of the Week. The duo took the same honors on Sept. 1.
Dessoye led the Terrapins with three goals and an assist in their two victories this weekend. Against No. 12 Northwestern, she tied the game for Maryland with a goal off a penalty corner in the 33rd minute. In the second half, she found Gonzales for the go-ahead score in the 44th minute, then scored herself 48 seconds later for a two-goal lead.
Against New Hampshire, Dessoye scored Maryland's fourth goal when she flipped in a rebounded shot with 3:03 left before halftime. She leads the Terrapins in points with 16 points off of five goals and six assists so far this season.
Gonzales scored Maryland's game-winning goal in the Terrapins' 3-2 win over No. 12 Northwestern. With the game tied at one eight minutes into the second half, Gonzales took a pass from Dessoye, created space and cracked a hard shot into the low part of the cage for the go-ahead score. She is the Terrapins' leading scorer with six goals so far this season.
Maryland will host No. 20 Princeton (2-3) Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. Admission is free and parking is free and open after 4 p.m.
All fans will receive a scratch off card. At halftime, the winning number will be revealed and one lucky fan will win a Maryland Pride Field Hockey Stick.
The Maryland-Princeton game will be streamed live on the BTN2Go app, which is the official app of the Big Ten Network. It will be a BTN Plus production and will require an additional subscription. Fans can access all Big Ten content on BTN Plus for $119.95 per year or a $14.95 monthly subscription. A Maryland School Pass for BTN Plus, which includes all Terrapin contests, home and away, on BTN Plus for $79.95 per year or for a $9.95 monthly subscription.
Live Stats will be available and updates will also be posted to the Maryland Field Hockey Twitter feed.
Head coach Missy Meharg is in her 28th season as head coach of the Terrapins. She's led them to a record of 495-122-9 (.798), seven NCAA titles, 20 conference titles and 16 Final Fours. Meharg has been named NFHCA National Coach of the Year an unprecented nine times.
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