Maryland
Ohio State
Terps Face Ohio State at Big Ten Regional Weekend
4/7/2021 9:21:00 AM | Women's Soccer
April 8, 2021
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
12:00 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The seventh-seeded Maryland women's soccer team will face #2 seed Ohio State in the opening round of Big Ten Regional Weekend Thursday, April 8 at noon.
For the Regional Weekend, the schools are seeded and assigned to their regional sites based on the same divisional alignment used during the Big Ten football season.
The winner of Thursday's game between the Terrapins and Buckeyes will advance to play either #3 seed Rutgers or sixth-seeded Michigan State on Sunday, April 11.
OHIO STATE STORYLINES
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All 14 teams will compete in a single-elimination Big Ten Regional Weekend on April 8 and 11 at four campus sites. The winning team at each of the four regional locations will advance to the four-team Big Ten Tournament, to be played on the campus of the highest-remaining seed following the Regional Weekend. The Big Ten Tournament semifinals are set for April 15, with the tournament championship game scheduled for April 18.
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Maryland honored its seven-member senior class on Sunday, March 21 in the team's final home game.
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Prior to the match, Maryland recognized Hope Lewandoski, Alyssa Poarch, Malikae Dayes, Alexis Hogarth, Anissa Mose, Mikayla Dayes and Sydney Staier for their contributions to the program.
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Maryland fell 3-1 at Ludwig Field when the teams met earlier this season on March 4. Sydney Staier scored the lone goal for the Terps, finishing a cross from Zora Jackson to tie the game at one in the first half.
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Ray Leone in his fifth season at the helm for Maryland, a season removed from leading Maryland to its best-ever finish in the B1G. UMD finished 9-8-3 in 2019 and earned a trip to the school's first-ever Big Ten Tournament. The Terps went 5-5-1 in league play to finish sixth in the conference, the highest for a Maryland team.
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With injuries mounting among Maryland's veteran core, Krista Varrichione, Olivia Reese, Tori Paul, Brooke Weston and Taylor Whitmer all made their first career starts for the Terps at Wisconsin on March 25. In all, seven total freshmen has started at least one game for Maryland this season.
