COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Big Ten champion Maryland field hockey team (19-2) earned the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and will host Albany (16-4) Friday at noon in College Park in the NCAA First Round.
 
Rutgers (13-5) and Connecticut (18-3) will meet in the First Round in College Park at 2:30 p.m. The winners of Friday's games will meet in the Second Round Sunday afternoon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex as well.
 
This marks Maryland's 24^th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, which is the longest active streak in the country, dating back to 1995. The Terrapins are 60-22 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, with the highest winning percentage of any team at 73.2 percent. Head coach Missy Meharg has the highest NCAA Tournament winning percentage of all active Division I coaches at 72.7 percent, with a record of 53-21.
 
Five Big Ten teams earned NCAA Tournament berths, which was the most of any conference. Maryland, Michigan, Iowa, Rutgers and Penn State all punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament. Click here for the full bracket.
 
Ticket prices and live streaming information will be available this week on umterps.com.
 
No. 2 Maryland beat No. 8 Iowa, 2-1, Sunday in a windy and wet Big Ten Tournament championship game at Northwestern's Lakeside Field.
 
With the win, Maryland has now won 12 conference tournament titles and 25 conference championships, including regular season titles. The Terps clinched their 24^th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, dating back to 1995.
 
Junior Madison Maguire put the Terrapins on the board just 5:39 into the match when she brought the ball into the circle and slammed one home.
 
Big Ten Freshman of the Year Bibi Donraadt doubled the Terps' lead just over 6:00 into the second half. Senior Linnea Gonzales passed her the ball at the top of the circle and Donraadt sent in a reverse chip shot to make it 2-0.
 
Gonzales and sophomore Hannah Bond were voted to the All-Tournament Team and Gonzales was named Tournament MVP.
 
Gonzales was named Big Ten Player of the Year, sophomore Bodil 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, junior Nike Lorenz made the All-Big Ten Second Team and senior Olivia Reiter was recognized with a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
 
Gonzales and Lorenz are leading Maryland with 14 goals this season. Maryland has 10 scorers with multiple goals and 15 total Terps have found the goal line.