COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The third-ranked Maryland field hockey team (7-0) will open Big Ten play at Michigan State (3-4) Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Spartans' Ralph Young Field in East Lansing.

• The Maryland-Michigan game 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.

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

• Maryland is coming off of two top-20 wins last weekend in the 22nd annual Terrapin Invitational. The Terps beat No. 12 Delaware, 5-3, Saturday and No. 17 Harvard, 3-1 Sunday. Six Terrapins scored in the two wins and Linnea Gonzales and Sabrina Rhodes each scored twice.

• At 7-0, Maryland is off to its best start since 2013.

SCOUTING REPORT

• Michigan State is 3-4 on the year. The Spartans lost to Pacific, 2-1, in double overtime last weekend. Isa van der Weij is leading them with three goals this season.

• Maryland is 9-0 all-time vs. Michigan State and 2-0 vs. the Spartans at Ralph Young Field.

• The Terrapins won at Michigan State, 4-1, on Oct. 6 of last year. Madison Maguire, Bodil Keus and Kelee Lepage each scored.

• The Terps beat the Spartans, 3-0, in the Big Ten Quarterfinals last Oct. 29 in College Park. Brooke DeBerdine and Keus each scored in the win.

MARYLAND IN THE TOP 10

• Maryland was tabbed as the No. 3 team in the country in the latest Penn Monto/Division I Coaches poll released Sept. 11.

• The Terrapins have been ranked in the top 10 for 198 of 205 weeks since 1999.

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

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 118-38-3 (.752) all-time against Big Ten opponents.

• Head coach Missy Meharg is 101-18-1 (.846) 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 28-4 in conference play.

• The Terrapins are 39-3 (.927) 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 171-20 (.895) 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 64-25 (.719) all-time in games that went to overtime or penalty strokes.

• In Meharg's tenure, the Terps are 53-21 (.716) 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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