#22 Terps Travel to #19 Penn State for Tuesday Match

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland travels to No. 19 Penn State for a ranked Big Ten showdown at Jeffrey Field Tuesday night. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m., and fans can watch the action live on the Big Ten Network with Mike Monaco and Jamie Watson on the call. The Terps are coming off a 2-0 road victory against Ohio State and are unbeaten in eight of their last nine matches.

Maryland leads the all-time series with Penn State 24-19-0. The Terps have won all five meetings since entering the Big Ten by a combined score of 16-7 and the last eight meetings overall dating back to 2006.
Maryland's defense has emerged as one of the best in the country this season, ranking 17th in the nation and first in the Big Ten in goals against average (.757). Maryland's back four of Ben Di Rosa, Matt Di Rosa, Johannes Bergmann and Brett St. Martin, along with defensive midfielder Nick Richardson are the top-five on the team in minutes played. The Terps have not given up a goal in their last 305 minutes of play dating back to
Freshman goalkeeper Niklas Neumann has emerged as one of the country's best in his first season, ranking sixth in the country and first in the Big Ten in goals against average (.473) and fourth in the country and first in the conference in save percentage (.853).
The Terps opened up the season with three consecutive clean sheets at home, the first time Maryland has held opponents scoreless at Ludwig Field to open a season for that long in 20 years.
Sasho Cirovski, one of the most decorated coaches in college soccer history, is now four wins away from 400 at Maryland. Cirovski currently has 422 wins all-time, the sixth-most among active coaches. With 400 wins at Maryland, Cirovski would be one of just six coaches in history with 400 wins at one Division I school.
Against No. 24 Yale, the Terps used a Johannes Bergmann 100th minute overtime winner to defeat the Bulldogs 1-0. Maryland has now won two games in overtime this season after Brett St. Martin's OT winner against them No. 9 St. John's.
In a matchup of the programs that both made the College Cup last season, the Terps blitzed No. 6 Indiana in the first half with three goals en route to a 3-0 victory. Freshman David Kovacic, junior Eric Matzelevich and Bergmann all tallied goals.
For his two goal week, Bergmann was named the Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week. The German scored his first career goal against the Hoosiers before his OT tally against the Bulldogs. Bergmann was also named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his work keeping a pair of clean sheets last week. The senior was sensational leading a backline that held Indiana and Yale, who came in with a combined one loss, to no goals.

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Players Mentioned

Johannes Bergmann

Ben Di Rosa

Matt Di Rosa

David Kovacic

Eric Matzelevich

Niklas Neumann

Nick Richardson

Brett St. Martin

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