COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The second-ranked Maryland field hockey team (15-1, 6-1 B1G) will close the regular season with a pair of top 25 matchups this weekend. The Terps will host No. 17 Northwestern (8-8, 3-4) Friday at 4 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, then will travel to Charlottesville to take on No. 23 Virginia (5-8, 1-4) Sunday at 2 p.m. in the regular season finale.

• The Terps will honor seniors Julie Duncan, Linnea Gonzales, Sarah Holliday, Olivia Reiter, Sabrina Rhodes and Melissa Wilken before Friday's game. This year's senior class has earned a record of 68-17, won three Big Ten titles, earned an NCAA Tournament berth every season and advanced to the NCAA title game last year.

• Admission is free for Friday's game vs. Northwestern. Fans planning to arrive before 4 p.m. Friday can park in the metered lot XVL across the street from the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. Click here for a campus parking map.

• The Terps-Wildcats game Friday will be streamed live online through BTN Plus and can be seen on BTN2Go.com and the BTN2Go app. Fans can watch with their BTN Plus subscriptions. Fans outside the U.S. can watch here. Live stats will also be available. Fans can also follow the Terps' Twitter feed for live updates here.

• The Terps' game at Virginia Sunday will be streamed online through ESPN+. Live stats will also be available. Fans can also follow the Terps' Twitter feed for live updates here.

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

• Maryland is coming off of a 2-1 win at No. 8 Iowa Sunday. Brooke DeBerdine scored her first goal of the year when she broke a scoreless tie two minutes before halftime. Taylor Mason notched the assist. After the Hawkeyes tied it up in the 47th minute. Just under three minutes later, Madison Maguire tipped in the game winner off a pass from Linnea Gonzales from outside the circle.

• Gonzales is leading Maryland with 12 goals this season. Maryland has 10 scorers with multiple goals and 13 total Terps have found the goal line.

• Senior Sarah Holliday was named to the Victory Sports Tours/NFHCA Division I Senior Game this week. Selected seniors are given the opportunity to represent their institution while competing against their peers in the Division I Senior Game, which will take place in conjunction with the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship in Louisville, Ky. The Senior Game is currently set for 6:00 p.m. EST on Friday, November 16, 2018 following the conclusion of the NCAA semifinal games at the University of Louisville's Trager Stadium.

• Head coach Missy Meharg is in her 31st season as head coach of the Terrapins. She's led them to a record of 558-136-9 (.800), seven NCAA titles, 23 conference titles and 17 Final Fours. She has been named NFHCA National Coach of the Year an unprecedented nine times in her career.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS

• No. 17 Northwestern is 8-8 on the year and 3-4 in Big Ten play. The Wildcats lost to No. 14 Rutgers, 2-1, and to No. 6 Penn State, 4-3, last weekend.
• Puck Pentenga is leading Northwestern with nine goals and 10 assists this year.
• Maryland leads the all-time series with Northwestern, 16-8, and is 6-1 vs. the Wildcats at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• Northwester took last year's matchup, 3-2, in College Park on Sept. 24. The two teams were tied at 2 with under 17:00 to play, then the Wildcats scored to take the win.

SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS

• No. 23 Virginia is 5-8 overall and 1-4 in ACC play. The Cavaliers beat Miami (Ohio), 2-1, and fell to No. 18 Delaware, 2-0, last weekend.
• Grace Wallis is leading the Cavaliers with four goals this year.
• Maryland leads the all-time series with Virginia, 41-20-2. The Terps have won the last four straight matchups and 19 of the last 20, dating back to 2001.
• Most recently, Maryland beat then-No. 3 Virginia, 5-4, last year in Charlottesville on Oct. 17. Kyler Greenwalt scored twice and Linnea Gonzales and Melissa Wilken scored as well as the Terps took a 5-1 lead in the second half. 

MARYLAND IN THE TOP 10

• Maryland was tabbed as the No. 2 team in the country in the latest Penn Monto/Division I Coaches poll released Oct. 16.

• The Terrapins have been ranked in the top 10 for 203 of 210 weeks since 1999.

Penn Monto/Division I Coaches Poll (Oct. 16)
1. North Carolina (51)
2. MARYLAND* (1)
3. Princeton
4. Duke
5. Connecticut
6. Penn State*
7. Iowa*
7. Michigan*
9. Harvard
10. Louisville
11. Boston College
12. Saint Joseph's
13. Rutgers*
14. Wake Forest
15. Syracuse
16. Maine
17. Northwestern*
18. Delaware
19. Liberty
20. Stanford
21. Ohio State*
22. Albany
23. Virginia
24. Boston University
25. Old Dominion

Italics are Terps' 2018 opponents | * - Big Ten opponent

B1G TERPS

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 124-39-3 (.756) all-time against Big Ten opponents.

• Head coach Missy Meharg is 107-19-1 (.847) 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 34-5 in conference play.

• The Terrapins are 42-3 (.933) 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.

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 174-20 (.897) 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 eight 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.

THREE TERPS EARN PRESEASON BIG TEN HONORS
• Senior Linnea Gonzales, junior Kelee Lepage and sophomore Brooke DeBerdine were named to the Big Ten Players to Watch list in August. The full list, click HERE.

• This marks Gonzales' fourth straight year earning Big Ten Preseason honors. She was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2015 and All-Big Ten First Team honors last season. Gonzales is the Terps' second leading returning scorer with 10 goals last season, including three in their NCAA Tournament run to the national championship game.

• Lepage started in 12 of 22 games as a sophomore last year. She scored one goal in a game at Michigan State and notched three assists.

• As a freshman last season, DeBerdine started in all 23 games and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.

CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN

• Seniors Linnea Gonzales, Julie Duncan and junior Kelee Lepage were voted team captains before the season. The full list, click HERE.

• The trio was votes on by their peers after a team vote. All three Terps are new to the captainship role.

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 65-25 (.722) all-time in games that went to overtime or penalty strokes.

• In Meharg's tenure, the Terps are 54-21 (.720) in overtime or penalty strokes games.

STAFF UPDATES
• The Terrapins welcome two new assistant staff members in 2018. Kati Nearhouse comes on board as the team's Director of Operations and former Terrapin Kasey Tapman joins as the team's volunteer assistant coach.

• Nearhouse comes to Maryland after spending the 2017 season as an assistant coach at Bryant. Prior to her time at Bryant, Nearhouse worked for two seasons at her alma mater, Syracuse, as the Director of Operations for field hockey. She played her first three seasons at Old Dominion before transferring to Syracuse to finish her career. As a player, Nearhouse was named an NFHCA Division I Second Team All-American after a standout sophomore campaign in 2011. That season, she started 25 games and tallied 21 points off eight goals and five assists, leading the Lady Monarchs to the Final Four.

• Tapman was a part of five Maryland field hockey teams, including a redshirt season. She played in 77 career games. She helped the Terps to the 2011 NCAA title and three total NCAA Final Fours. In her time in College Park, Maryland won four conference titles. She is currently on the U.S. National Team's Developmental Squad.

TERPS ON NATIONAL TEAMS

• Nine Terrapins, former and present, are currently on USA Field Hockey's national team rosters. 

• Jill (Witmer) Funk competed with Team USA in the Rio Olympics last summer, along with former volunteer assistant coach Stefanie Fee. Former Terrapin Megan Frazer is on the Irish National Team and current Terp Nike Lorenz plays for Team Germany.

• Recent grads Anna Dessoye and Alyssa Parker are on the U.S. Women's National Team. Seniors Linnea Gonzales, Sabrina Rhodes and volunteer assistant coach Kasey Tapman are on the U.S. Developmental Squad.

• Current Terps Brooke DeBerdine, Kyler Greenwalt are on the U.S. Under-21 Team.

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