COLUMBUS, Ohio – A five-goal third quarter pushed the second-ranked Maryland field hockey team (14-2, 6-1 B1G) past No. 21 Ohio State, 6-3, Sunday afternoon at the Buckeyes' Varsity Field.
 
The Terrapins trailed Ohio State, 2-0, at halftime, then the Terps made it a tale of two halves. They scored five goals in the third period, including a stretch of four in a 5:19 span, to win their sixth conference game of the year.
 
"This was the second game we opened up evaluating and Ohio State capitalized. They set us on our heels in the first," head coach Missy Meharg said. "This is the type of pressure you want a team like this to have to go through. We couldn't be more proud of their reaction action-wise after halftime."
 
Freshman Emma DeBerdine and sophomore Bibi Donraadt both scored twice to lead the Terrapins past the Buckeyes (6-7, 1-4).
 
Ohio State scored twice in the first quarter to take the early lead. Whitney Harris scored off a penalty corner 5:00 in. Sarah Charley doubled the Buckeyes' lead with nine seconds left in the quarter when she deflected in the ball off a long hit from outside the circle.
 
Maryland came out of the break ready to change the story. Emma DeBerdine passed the ball to senior Kelee Lepage, who sent in a shot from just inside the circle to put the Terrapins on the board. They trailed 2-1.
 
Forty-five seconds later, Ohio State got one back when Emma Goldean scored off another penalty corner to make it a 3-1 Buckeyes lead.
 
Just 3:38 after that, DeBerdine made it a one-goal game when senior Madison Maguire sent a pass across the front of the goal to the far side and Emma DeBerdine was there to tap it in with 7:46 left in the third period.
 
With 5:36 left in the third quarter, Maguire took matters into her own hands to tie the game. She brought the ball into the circle and sent a reverse shot from the left side into the cage for the equalizer.
 
Fifth-two seconds later, Riley Donnelly sent a pass across the front of the goal from the right side and Donraadt was there to deflect it in for the go-ahead score. Maryland took a 4-3 lead with 4:54 left in the third period.
 
A minute and 27 seconds later, the Terrapins made it a 5-3 lead with a goal off a penalty corner. Emma DeBerdine deflected in a shot by Bodil Keus for the score with 3:27 to play in the third quarter.
 
Just 3:48 into the fourth quarter, Donraadt added Maryland's sixth and final goal when she scored off her own rebounded shot to make it a 6-3 lead for the Terps with 11:48 to go.
 
The Terrapins took 16 shots, 11 in the second half, to nine for the Buckeyes. Senior goalkeeper Noelle Frost made four saves, including three in the second half.
 
Next, Maryland will return home to College Park to host Michigan State Friday at 5 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
 
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DEFLECTIONS… The Terps' five goals in the third quarter are their most-ever in a quarter… Maryland owns the all-time series over Ohio State, 13-0 … Since joining the Big Ten in 2014, the Terps are 52-9 in conference play… Meharg is 579-140-9 (.802) in her 32 years as head coach.