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Maryland Saint Joseph's Field Hockey
4
Winner Maryland UMD (11-5, 2-4 Big Ten)
0
Michigan State MSU (7-6, 0-6 Big Ten)
Winner
Maryland UMD
(11-5, 2-4 Big Ten)
4
Final
0
Michigan State MSU
(7-6, 0-6 Big Ten)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Maryland UMD 1 1 2 0 4
Michigan State MSU 0 0 0 0 0

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Terps Overmatch Michigan State On Both Ends in Win

EAST LANSING, MI -- No. 8 Maryland (11-5, 2-4 B1G) stifled down Michigan State, 4-0, Friday afternoon in East Lansing. The Terrapins controlled both ends of the field, holding the Spartans to just one shot for the match.

Margot Lawn opened the scoring just 80 seconds into the contest with a spinning play and fired it past the keeper. The Spartans (7-6, 0-6) couldn't muster much offense against the Terps stout midfield as Anna Castaldo and Kylee Niswonger shut the door on any threatening chances. The Terps pulled away after a second quarter goal from Nathalie Fiechter, and two second-half goals from Taylor Mason and Maura Verleg. 

Fiechter's goal came 2:00 into the second quarter as she deflected a shot in off a penalty corner. Just over 3:00 into the third quarter, Mason sent a rocket shot into the bottom of the cage off a pass from Julianna Tornetta for Maryland's third goal. Less than two minutes later, Verleg scored her goal off a deflection on another penalty corner as well.

Missy Meharg's Take
"When you play defense really well in what we call the red zone, you can play defense everywhere. I also think Noelle Frost and Maura Verleg, I often call them the king and the queen on the chessboard. When the queen protects the king by a nature of defense, you're in a great place. I thought Maura did a fabulous job with that."


Superb Stats
  • The Terps outshot the Spartans 15-1 in the first-half alone and didn't allow a shot in the second-half, finishing the game with a 26-1 advantage. 
  • Maryland did not concede a single corner in the game and finished with 14 of its own.
  • Margot Lawn scored her fifth goal of the season, moving her into a tie for third on the team with Emma DeBerdine.
  • Julianna Tornetta's assist on Mason's goal moves her into a tie for second on the team with Emma DeBerdine.
  • Riley Donnelly notched two assists.
  • Including her goal, Mason led the team in total shots with five.
  • Frost, Brooke DeBerdine, and Rayne Wright were the only Terps to play all 60 minutes.

Frost Shutout
  • Noelle Frost posted her sixth shutout of the season.
  • She is now tied for second in the Big Ten in total shutouts on the year.

Up Next
  • The Terps will stay in the state of Michigan for a contest against No. 2 Michigan on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Ann Arbor.
 
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