COLLEGE PARK, Md. - No. 2 Maryland (20-2) will take on No. 5 Connecticut (19-3) Sunday at 1 p.m. in the NCAA Quarterfinals in College Park. The winner of Sunday's contest will advance to the NCAA Final Four in Louisville, Ky. next weekend.

• Parking is free and open for Sunday's game.

• Fans can purchase tickets here or by calling the Terrapin Ticket Office at 1-800-IM-A-TERP.

• The Terps' game vs. the Huskies will be streamed live online through BTN Plus and can be seen on BTN2Go.com and the BTN2Go app. 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.

•  For the full NCAA bracket, click here.

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

• This is Maryland's 24th straight NCAA Tournament appearance - the longest active streak in the country. The Terps have made 30 NCAA Tournament appearances and are 61-22 (.735) all-time in NCAA Tournament games, which is the highest Tournament winning percentage in the nation. Missy Meharg is 57-21 (.731) all-time in NCAA Tournament games, the best percentage among active Division I coaches.

• The Terps beat No. 17 Albany, 2-1, Friday in the NCAA First Round. The Great Danes scored in the opening minutes and led through halftime. Sophomore Bodil Keus tied the game off a penalty corner in the 41st minute. Ninety-one seconds later, freshman Bibi Donraadt scored the game-winner.

• With Friday's win, Maryland advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the 28^th time in school history and 26^th under head coach Missy Meharg. The Terps also reached the 20-win mark for the first time since 2013 and the 11^th time in school history.

• Linnea Gonzales was named Big Ten Player of the Year, Keus was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Donraadt was voted Big Ten Freshman of the Year Wednesday. Keus and Gonzales made the All-Big Ten First Team, Nike Lorenz made the All-Big Ten Second Team and Olivia Reiter was recognized with a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.

• Gonzales and Lorenz are leading Maryland with 14 goals this season and Donraadt has 13. Maryland has 10 scorers with multiple goals and 15 total Terps have found the goal line.

• Senior goalkeeper Sarah Holliday is No. 5 on Maryland field hockey's all-time list with 253 career saves. She has more saves than any Maryland goalkeeper since Irene Horvat in 1994.

• Head coach Missy Meharg is in her 31st season as head coach of the Terrapins. She's led them to a record of 563-137-9 (.801), seven NCAA titles, 25 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 HUSKIES

• No. 5 Connecticut is 19-3 and beat No. 11 Rutgers, 5-0, in the First Round Friday.
• Cecile Pieper is leading the Huskies with 23 goals this year.
• The Terrapins are 6-2 all-time vs. Connecticut and took this year's matchup, 4-2, on Sept. 30 in Storrs. Keus scored twice in the first 15 minutes, Donraadt added a third goal before half and Lorenz scored in the 38th minute to open a 4-0 lead. The Huskies scored twice in the final 10 minutes.
• The Terps and the Huskies met in last year's NCAA Championship game. UConn took the lead 15 minutes in, then Kyler Greenwalt tied it up in the 42nd minute. The Huskies scored the game-winner with 8:34 to play.

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 Nov. 6.

• The Terrapins have been ranked in the top 10 for 206 of 213 weeks since 1999.

Penn Monto/Division I Coaches Poll (Nov. 6)
1. North Carolina (43)
2. MARYLAND*
3. Duke
4. Princeton
5. Connecticut
6. Harvard
7. Iowa*
8. Michigan*
9. Penn State*
10. Saint Joseph's
11. Rutgers*
12. Wake Forest
13. Virginia
14. Boston College
14. Louisville
16. Liberty
17. Albany
18. Delaware
19. Maine
20. Syracuse
21. Ohio State*
22. Boston University
23. Stanford
24. Miami (Ohio)
25. Northwestern*

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 129-39-3 (.762) all-time against Big Ten opponents.

• Head coach Missy Meharg is 111-19-1 (.912) vs. Big Ten opponents in her 31 years at the helm of the Maryland field hockey program.

• Since joining the league in 2014, the Terps are 46-8 in conference play.

• The Terrapins are 44-3 (.936) 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 177-20 (.898) 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 27 of Maryland's NCAA Tournament games and has played host to three Final Fours (2007, 2010, 2014). The Terrapins are 24-3 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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