COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The top-seeded Maryland men's soccer team travels to Grand Park looking to defend its crown beginning with semifinal play of the 2016 Big Ten Championship against No. 4 seed Michigan State Friday at noon.
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• Maryland will look to make it five tourney championships in a row as it battles Michigan State in semifinal action Friday afternoon.
• Junior George Campbell scored the game-winning goal in double overtime to lift top-seeded Maryland to a 3-2 win against No. 8 seed Michigan last Sunday in the quarterfinal round of the 2016 Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship last Sunday. DJ Reeves also scored for Maryland, which has now won three matches in a row in double overtime.
• Gordon Wild, Alex Crognale and Cody Niedermeier claimed top Big Ten men's soccer honors while Sasho Cirovski was named 2016 Big Ten Coach of the Year, the league announced Friday. Wild was tabbed Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and Crognale and Niedermeier garnered Defensive and Goalkeeper of the Year honors, respectively. In addition, Wild, Crognale and Niedermeier were tabbled to the All-Big Ten First Team, joining teammates Chris Odoi-Atsem and Amar Sejdic. Suli Dainkeh and Eryk Williamson each snagged second team honors. Rookie defender Donovan Pines landed on the All-Freshman Team.
• Maryland's winning streak now sits at 13 games, its longest stretch since the 2012 campaign when the Terps won 13 straight. The Terps have not lost since falling to Ohio State in Columbus on Oct. 31, 2015 – a stretch of 23-straight matches. Maryland is off to its best start in program history.
• Maryland defeated top-seeded Ohio State to win the 2015 Big Ten tournament title. Eryk Williamson and Tsubasa Endoh both netted goals as the Terps wrapped up their 32nd league championship and eighth tournament crown in program history.
