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Oct. 15, 2017 || Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex || 3 p.m.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The 16th-ranked Maryland field hockey team (8-5, 3-2 B1G) will host No. 6 Penn State (12-2, 4-1) Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. Admission and parking are both free as the Terrapins will honor their six seniors in Brooke Adler, Marissa Cutry, Carrie Hanks, Lein Holsboer, Layne Litsinger and Maddy Ulery.
• Since coming together in 2014, they've earned a record of 64-18. This class is the first in program history to play all four years in the Big Ten. They won the 2014, 2015, 2016 Big Ten regular season titles and the 2015 Big Ten Tournament title.
• The Maryland-Penn State matchup will be televised around the world on the Big Ten Network. Click here for your channel number for BTN. Fans can watch online through BTN2Go.com or the BTN2Go app by entering their cable provider information.
• Live Stats will be available and updates will also be posted to the Maryland Field Hockey Twitter feed, so "Follow" to get updates sent straight to you.
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• Against No. 25 Ohio State Friday, Kyler Greenwalt scored 71 seconds into the match. Linnea Gonzales scored in the 44th minute and three minutes later, Bodil Keus made it 3-0 off a penalty corner. Ohio State got on the board with a goal in the 60th minute.
• Fifth-year senior Marissa Cutry will serve as the Terps' team captain for the 2017 season.
• The Terrapins welcome eight newcomers to the roster this season from all over the world and the United States. These new faces come to College Park from The Netherlands, South Africa, Pennsylvania and the local area.
• Head coach Missy Meharg is in her 30th season as head coach of the Terrapins. She's led them to a record of 536-133-9 (.797), seven NCAA titles, 23 conference titles and 16 Final Fours. She has been named NFHCA National Coach of the Year an unprecedented nine times in her career.
Scouting the nittany lions
• No. 6 Penn State is 12-2 overall and 4-1 in Big Ten play. Last weekend, the Nittany Lions beat Ohio State, 3-0, and California, 2-1.
• Moira Putsch is leading Penn State with 13 goals and 11 assists this season.
• Maryland trails the series with Penn State, 15-21-1. They split last year's meetings. Maryland won 5-4 in State College on Oct. 16. Kelee Lepage and Madison Maguire both scored in the match. Then, Penn State won 2-1 in the Big Ten Tournament final in College Park on Nov. 6.
Maryland in the rankings
• Maryland was tabbed as the No. 16 team in the country in the Penn Monto/Division I Coaches poll released Oct. 10.
Penn Monto/Division I Coaches Poll
1. Connecticut (43)
2. Duke (2)
3. Michigan*
4. Virginia
5. North Carolina
6. Penn State*
7. Syracuse
8. Delaware
9. Northwestern*
10. Boston College
11. Louisville
12. Wake Forest
13. Harvard
T14. Princeton
T14. Stanford
16. MARYLAND*
17. James Madison
18. Rutgers*
19. William & Mary
20. Albany
21. Saint Joseph's
22. Iowa*
23. Boston University
24. Massachusetts
25. Ohio State*
* denotes Big Ten team | Terps' 2017 opponents in italics
Three Terps Selected To Big Ten Players To Watch List
• Junior Linnea Gonzales, seniors Lein Holsboer and Carrie Hanks were named to the Big Ten Players to Watch list in August. The full list, click HERE.
• Hanks has been a leader of the Terrapins' defense the last three years, starting in all 69 games of her career. She's scored nine goals with 12 assists in her career. Hanks was named to the NFHCA All-Mid Atlantic Region Second Team for the second straight season last year.
• Holsboer earned NFHCA Third Team All-America honors last season, as well as All-Big Ten Second Team honors. She has 11 career goals and 24 career assists in her 68 career games.
• Gonzales was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2015. She has notched 20 career goals and six assists. The junior also earned NFHCA All-Mid Atlantic Region honors the last two seasons.
staff updates
• The Terrapins welcome two new assistant staff members in 2017. Former Terrapin Katie Bam joins the Terrapins as assistant coach and Marvin Bam comes as an assistant coach as well.
• Katie Bam, a two-time Olympian, played for the Terrapins from 2007 through 2010, leading them to the 2008 and 2010 NCAA championships, as well as three ACC titles. A four-time NFHCA All-American, Bam was named ACC Player of the Year all four years of her career, and won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top player twice. She represented the United States in the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
• Marvin Bam brings over 20 years of experience as a player and a coach to College Park. In 2017, he served as an assistant at Harvard and helpe the Crimson to its first Ivy League title since 2004.As a player, Bam earned 98 international caps, competing in over 30 international tournaments. A native of South Africa, Bam represented his home country in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, as well as at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, the African Cup Championship and the Commonwealth Games.
terps in the b1g
The Terrapins joined the Big Ten conference in 2014, 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 115-37-3 (.752) all-time against Big Ten opponents.
• Head coach Missy Meharg is 98-17-1 (.849) vs. Big Ten opponents in her 30 years at the helm of the Maryland field hockey program.
• Since joining the league in 2014, the Terps are 26-4 in conference play.
• The Terrapins are 37-3 (.925) vs. Big Ten teams at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• 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.
• Maryland defended its first Big Ten title when it clinched the 2015 regular season crown with a 1-0 overtime win vs. Indiana on Oct. 23.
• The Terrapins won their first Big Ten Tournament title with a 5-1 win over second-seeded and 10th-ranked Michigan on Nov. 8 in the final. Welma Luus scored four goals in the match and broke a Tournament record with seven in the three-game run.
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 166-21 (.888) all-time at the Complex.
• 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 26 of Maryland's NCAA Tournament games and has played host to three Final Fours (2007, 2010, 2014). The Terrapins are 23-3 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 in five of the last seven years.
• 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.
terps on national teams
• Eight Terrapins, former and present, are currently on USA Field Hockey's national team rosters.
• Jill Witmer competed with Team USA in the Rio Olympics last summer, along with volunteer assistant coach Stefanie Fee.
• Recent Terp alums Anna Dessoye and Alyssa Parker are on the U.S. Women's National Team. Senior Carrie Hanks and recent grad Kasey Tapman are on the U.S. Developmental Squad.
• Current Terps Brooke DeBerdine and Linnea Gonzales are on the U.S. Under-21 Team.
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 63-25 (.716) all-time in games that went to overtime or penalty strokes.
• In Meharg's tenure, the Terps are 52-21 (.712) in overtime or penalty strokes games.
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