STORRS, Conn. – The Maryland field hockey team limited the nation's top-ranked scoring offense to just two goals and one penalty corner as the No. 3 Terps posted a 4-2 victory over No. 2 UConn Sunday at George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex in a rematch of the 2017 NCAA championship game.

Maryland (12-0), who is 8-0 against ranked teams this season, including 3-0 against the top-5, is now one of just two remaining undefeated teams in the country, joining No. 1 North Carolina (11-0).

Over the game's first 60 minutes, the Terrapins held the nation's top-ranked scoring offense scoreless with just five shots and zero penalty corners.

Not to be overlooked, the Maryland offense, who is ranked second in the nation in goals, erupted for four in the first 39 minutes on Sunday, including three in the first half.

"I'm just so proud of our coaching staff, our team, our team behind the team," head coach Missy Meharg said. "This team and staff has gone the distance from this time last year when we began that run to play for an NCAA title. We came up here to learn about ourselves and wow, did we. We asked the women to play a different defense in the front third of the field and they did to perfection.
 
Marvin Bam has been working diligently on our penalty corners and our first three goals were off corners. The biggest thing was communication in our deep defense. Bodil Keus was speaking early and speaking so well."

Sophomore Bodil Keus tied her career high with two goals, both coming back-to-back off penalty corners in the first 15 minutes. It was Keus' first multi-goal game this season and the third of her career as she also tied her career high in points with four.

Sophomore Hannah Bond picked up an assist on both corners, notching the second two assist game of her career and first since September 2 against No. 3 Duke.

The Terps scored all three of their first-half goals off penalty corners as freshman Bibi Donraadt netted her sixth career goal with 10:32 remaining in the first half. It also proved to be her third career game-winner.

Maryland held a 3-0 halftime lead with a 6-0 advantage in shots and a 4-0 margin in penalty corners.

Junior Nike Lorenz put the Terrapins ahead 4-0 just 3:30 into the second half as she scored unassisted for her ninth tally of the season. She is currently second on the team in goals behind senior Linnea Gonzales (10) and has scored at least once in six of her nine starts this year.

UConn (9-1) finally found the back of the cage with less than 10 minutes to play in the game when Cecile Pieper scored her team-leading 13th of the season. She then added her second tally off a penalty corner with 3:18 left.

Senior Sarah Holliday earned her 44th career victory in goal for the Terps, finishing with two second-half saves.
 
Next, the Terps will return home to host No. 17 Rutgers (7-3, 1-3 B1G) Friday at 4 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
 
Admission is free for Friday's game. 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-Scarlet Knights 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.

DEFLECTIONS… At 12-0, Maryland is off to its best start since 2013 when it started 15-0 ... The Terrapins are 22-2 over their last 24 games ... In their last two meetings, the Terps have outshot UConn 26-13 while holding a 12-1 advantage in penalty corners ... The Terrapins are 6-2 all-time against the Huskies and 2-0 on the road ... Maryland also won in Storrs, 2-1, in the NCAA quarterfinals back in 2012 ... The Terps are now 215-69 against ranked teams since 1999, including 69-21 on the road ... During that time, Maryland is also 59-40 against teams ranked in the top-5 ... Meharg is now 555-135-9
(.800) in her 31 years at the helm of the Terps ... Friday's game against No. 17 Rutgers will mark her 700th career game as the program's head coach.