COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The eighth-ranked Maryland field hockey team (8-3, 3-0 Big Ten) will open a five-game road swing with an afternoon matchup at Ohio State (6-3, 2-0) Friday at 3:30 p.m.
• The Terps-Buckeyes game will be streamed live online with a subscription to Buckeye Vision.
• 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 sixth straight game with a 5-1 victory over Michigan State Sunday. Welma Luus knocked in the Terps' first goal 1:25 into the game. Linnea Gonzales scored twice, while Carrie Hanks and Brooke Adler also scored. RECAP | STATS
• 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 Friday, then the game-winner in Sunday's win over the Spartans. MORE
• Head coach Missy Meharg is in her 28th season as head coach of the Terrapins. She's led them to a record of 498-122-9 (.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.
• Ten Terrapins have combined to score 38 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 of Maryland's 38 goals have come off of penalty corners this season.
• Sarah Sprink has 99 career points off of 41 career goals and 17 career assists.
Scouting the buckeyes
• Ohio State is 6-3 overall and 2-0 in Big Ten play this year. The Buckeyes are coming off of a 2-1 double overtime win at Penn State Friday. Peanut Johnson and Maddy Humphrey lead them with six goals each.
• Maryland is 9-0 all-time vs. the Buckeyes. The Terrapins won both meetings last year. On Oct. 3, the Maryland won 6-0 in College Park. Anna Dessoye, Lein Holsboer and Emma Rissinger scored in the win. RECAP | STATS
• The Terrapins beat the Buckeyes, 5-0, in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Nov. 6. Sarah Sprink scored Maryland's first two goals, then Anna Dessoye and Carrie Hanks scored the next two in the win. RECAP | STATS
• This will be Maryland's first trip to Ohio State's Buckeye Varsity Field.
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 94-33-3 (.735) all-time against Big Ten opponents.
• Head coach Missy Meharg is 77-13-1 (.852) 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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