COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Maryland men's soccer team plays its third Big Ten road match of the season as it head to Bloomington to face off with No. 4 Indiana on Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7:3 p.m., and the match will stream live on BTN Plus.

Storylines

• Maryland is 2-3-6 all-time against Indiana. Since entering the Big Ten, the Terps are 1-0-4 against the Hoosiers, and the last four matches have ended in draws including a scoreless affair in College Park last season. Current Columbus Crew defender Alex Crognale scored the tying goal in Maryland's last trip to Bloomington in a 1-1 draw. 
• The Terps enter Friday's match after a 0-0 tie with local rival Georgetown on Monday afternoon. Maryland sits at 28 in the RPI and has played the 16th toughest schedule in the country based on its opposition so far this season. Including the records of Maryland's upcoming opponents, the Terps have played the ninth toughest schedule in the nation. Indiana sits at the top of the RPI after a 10-2-0 start to the year
• The Terps rank No. 1 in the nation in average attendance this season with 3,798. Maryland boasts two of the top four single game attendances in the country this season, drawing 5,875 against Wisconsin and 5,802 against Stanford. 
• The Terrapins notched their biggest win of the season on Sept. 30, defeating No. 18 Coastal Carolina, 3-1. Freshman Justin Gielen netted his first career goal, which turned out to be the winner, in-between goals from William James Herve and Sebastian Elney. Junior Paul Bin notched two assists.
• The win over Coastal completed a 2-0 week for the Terps, who also took down Rutgers 2-0 on the road. Sophomore Eric Matzelevich tallied the opening goal off an Eli Crognale cross in the 14th minute. Senior Amar Sejdic sealed the match in the 78th minute off a Herve cross.
• Herve has been a revelation for the Terps since arriving from paris before the season. The freshman has three goals and two assists and he was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after his two goal performance in Maryland's come-from behind win over Northwestern on Sept. 14. Herve was the first Terp freshman to score two goals in a game since Eryk Williamson in 2015. He was also an honorable mention selection to Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week. Herve earned that honor again after his performances against Coastal and Rutgers.
• Junior center back Donovan Pines has emerged as one of the top defenders in the country. The Maryland native led the Terps to their two shutouts over Stanford and Virginia and was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Team of the Week as a result. Johannes Bergmann has been solid besides Pines in central defense and the Terps rank 23rd in the nation in team goals against average (.757).  

 Great Dayne

• After a standout first year as a starter in 2017, redshirt junior Dayne St. Clair has been solid once against between the sticks for the Terps. The junior rankes first in the Big Ten in save percentage with a mark of .820 and his five shutouts puts him in the top-20 in the country. St. Clair, an Ontario native, has Canadian Youth National Team experience. 

Honoring the Past

• The Maryland men's soccer program honored the 50th anniversary of its first-ever national championship by welcoming back members of the 1968 title winning squad to Friday night's match against Michigan State. The team was recognized on the field prior to the Terrapins' nationally televised match with the Spartans. Maryland and Michigan State shared that 1968 national title after the two teams played to a 2-2 draw and were named co-champions. 
• Maryland's 1968 season was one of the finest seasons in program history. The Terrapins were the lone undefeated team in college soccer that year, finishing with a 14-0-1 record, and captured their 16th consecutive ACC title. The squad is one of three Maryland teams to finish the entire season unbeaten (1947, 1958).  

 
Big Ten Preseason Honors

• Senior midfielder Amar Sejdic, redshirt junior goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair and junior defender Donovan Pines were named to the Big Ten Preseason honors list. 
• Sejdic, a 2016 first-team All-Big Ten selection, is Maryland's top returning assist man with four. Pines was a second-team All-Big Ten selection a season ago after being named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in his debut campaign.

Meet The New Guys!

• Top Drawer Soccer named Maryland's incoming recruiting class the 12th best in the nation, continuing the program's legacy of top rated classes. Frisco native Brayan Padilla (FC Dallas), the 58th ranked player in TDS' rankings headlines the class with fellow ranked recruit Russell Shealy (102, Atlanta United) and MLS academy product Vinicius Lansade. All three have had success in the US Soccer Development Academy, with Lansade leading NYCFC to a U-19/18 title this year.
• Four Maryland natives feature in Maryland's class; Justin Gielen (Baltimore Celtic), Nick Richardson (Baltimore Celtic), Brett St. Martin (Baltimore Celtic) and Craig Eichelberger (Baltimore Armour). The trio from Celtic are proven winners, with St. Martin helping the club win a US Youth Soccer U-19 National Championship prior to Richardson and Gielen leading the outfit to a U-18 crown.
• Maryland's class is completed by a pair of international players; Slovakia native Richard Bedats and France native William James Herve. Bedats has a distinguished youth pedigree, captaining Slovakian youth sides from the U-15 to U-19 level. He chose the Terps over a number of national bluebloods including North Carolina, Indiana and Wake Forest. 

 
Captains

• Dayne St. Clair, Amar Sejdic and Chase Gasper are the captains of this year's squad. St. Clair and Sejdic are first-time captains while Gasper was named a captain midway through the 2017 season after transferring to Maryland from UCLA.