#17 Terps Host Michigan on Senior Day Sunday

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The No. 17 Maryland men's soccer team welcomes Michigan for the regular season finale at Ludwig Field Sunday afternoon. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m., and the match will be shown live on ESPNU.

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Maryland will honor three seniors: Eli Crognale, Johannes Bergmann and Luke Brown prior to Sunday's match. Crognale and Bergmann have established themselves as two of the best at their positions in the country during their senior campaigns while Brown has given the Terps depth in the attacking third after a decorated career at Hofstra.
Freshman goalkeeper Niklas Neumann is the reigning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after making five saves in the Terps' win over Ohio State
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.

B1G Things Poppin'

The Big Ten men's soccer tournament semifinal and championship games will be played at Ludwig Fied.
The men's tournament will begin on Nov. 9 with the eighth and ninth seed playing in the first-round game at the top-seeded institution, followed by the top-four seeds hosting quarterfinal matches on Nov. 10. The tournament will move to Ludwig Field for the two semifinal games on Friday, Nov. 15 and the championship game on Sunday, Nov. 17.
Maryland hosted the Big Ten Tournament at Ludwig Field in 2014, the program's first season in the league. The Terps captured the title with a 2-1 win over Indiana in the final.

Bin Wins N4A Wilma Rudolph Award

Paul Bin accepted the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals' (N4A) Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award in June at the N4A Convention Awards Luncheon. The N4A Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award honors student-athletes who have overcome great personal, academic, and/or emotional odds to achieve academic success while participating in intercollegiate athletics.
Bin served as an inspiration inside and outside of the University of Maryland community for his battle with mental health and his subsequent advocacy for mental health awareness in sports. The junior forward played a large role on the field in the Terps capturing their fourth national title in program history in 2018, scoring four goals and adding three assists in 21 matches.
Joining Bin at the ceremony were his fellow 2019 honorees: Madeline Banic (Tennessee), Noelle Lambert (UMass-Lowell), Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma) and Levi Prater (Oklahoma).

Players Mentioned

Johannes Bergmann

Paul Bin

Luke Brown

Eli Crognale

David Kovacic

Eric Matzelevich

Niklas Neumann

Brett St. Martin

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