#7 Terrapins to Host #18 Tigers Tuesday

Tuesday, September 21

College Park, MD

4:00 PM

Maryland

Princeton

9/20/2021 12:34:00 PM | Field Hockey

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#7 Maryland vs. #18 Princeton
Tuesday, Sept. 21 | 4 PM ET
Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex (College Park, MD)
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COLLEGE PARK, MD - The seventh-ranked Maryland field hockey squad (4-2) will host No. 18 Princeton (2-3) Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.

Admission is free to Tuesday's contest. Parking will open in lot 11B, the lot next to the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Fans planning to arrive before 4 p.m. can park in the metered lot across the street, the XFINITY Visitors Lot. That lot is metered 24 hours a day.

Saturday's matchup will be streamed on B1G+ and fans can watch with their B1G+ subscriptions.

2021-22 STORYLINES

Right here, right now

Maryland fell to #8 Penn State, 3-2, in overtime Saturday. Nathalie Fiechter tied it up just into the fourth quarter, but the Nittany Lions scored the game-winner 3:11 into overtime for the win.
The Terrapins have a variety of weapons. Ten Terps have found the goal cage, led by Bibi Donraadt and Julianna Tornetta with three goals this season.
The Terps are No. 6 in the country in assists per game (3.2). They lead the Big Ten and are No. 8 in the country in corners per game (8.60).
The Terps return 18 letterwinners from their 2020-21 squad, including All-Americans Brooke DeBerdine and Riley Donnelly. The Terps welcome five newcomers - Carly Hynd, Paige Kieft, Kylee Niswonger and US National Team players Julianna Tornetta and Hope Rose.
Senior Riley Donnelly, junior Emma DeBerdine and freshman Hope Rose won bronze with the US Under-21 Team in the Junior Pan American Cup in Santiago, Chile in August. Rose was named MVP of the event.
The Terrapins went 8-7 in the 2020 season (played in the spring of 2021). The Terps closed the regular season with a series sweep of No. 6 Rutgers.

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Preseason honors

Fifth-year seniors Brooke DeBerdine and Julianna Tornetta and freshman Hope Rose of the Maryland field hockey squad were named to the Big Ten's Players to Watch List.
All three Terrapins were named to the US National Team roster this summer, along with former Terps Linnea Gonzales, Kelee Lepage and Carrie Hanks.
DeBerdine, who earned NFHCA All-America honors this past spring, was voted team captain for the second straight season. She also earned First Team All-Big Ten honors this past spring.
Tornetta, a graduate transfer from Princeton, and Rose are newcomers to the Terrapins' roster. Tornetta earned NFHCA All-America honors at Princeton in the 2019 and 2018 seasons. She helped the Tigers to back-to-back Final Four appearances and an appearance in the national title game. She tallied 18 goals and 33 assists in her career as a Tiger.
Rose, an incoming freshman from Dauphin, Pa., earned MAX Field Hockey All-America honors. She scored 233 career goals in her high school career.

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oh captain, my captain

Fifth-year seniors Brooke DeBerdine and Kyler Greenwalt of the Maryland field hockey squad were voted team captain and vice captain, respectively, by their teammates for the fall 2021 season.
DeBerdine, who earned NFHCA All-America honors this past spring, served as the team's captain for the spring 2021 season.
Greenwalt earned back-to-back Big Ten Sportsmanship Awards in the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

the meharg file

Voted National Coach of the Year an unprecedented nine times, head coach Missy Meharg has exemplified the tradition of excellence Maryland field hockey has become known for, a program with eight National Championships, 18 Final Fours and 26 conference championships - solidifying the Terrapins' position among the top programs in the nation.
Now in her 34th season, Meharg has earned a record of 594-151-9 (.794). She has more wins than any coach at Maryland in any sport.

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terps in the polls

Maryland is ranked No. 7 in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches poll released Sept. 14. The Terrapins have been ranked in the top 5 in 193 of 232 polls, dating back to 1999 and every NFHCA Coaches poll, dating back to 1999.

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terps in the big ten

The Terps are 144-50-3 (.739) all-time against Big Ten opponents.
Head coach Missy Meharg is 126-30-1 (.806) vs. Big Ten opponents in her 34 years at the helm of the Maryland field hockey program.
Since joining the league in 2014, the Terps are 59-14 in conference play, including their 15 Big Ten Tournament games.
The Terrapins are 52-6 (.897) vs. Big Ten teams at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.

terps at home

Since its opening in 2003, the Terps are 195-23 (.894) all-time at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.

SERIES HISTORY

No. 18 Princeton is 2-3 so far this season. The Tigers hbeat No. 17 Delaware, 3-2, and Boston University, 7-0, this weekend.
Beth Yeager is leading the Tigers with six goals this season.
Maryland owns the series over Princeton, 25-9-1. The Terps have won the last three straight matchups, all of which went to at least one overtime. In 2019, the Terps won 4-3 in College Park on Sept. 24. Donraadt tied the game to force overtime in the final 5:00 of regulation. Then, Hannah Bond score with one second on the clock in overtime for the win.
Princeton head coach Carla Tagliente played at Maryland from 1997-00. Assistant coach Dina Rizzo played at Maryland with Tagliente and graduated in 2002. Rizzo was associate head coach at Maryland from 2010-15. They were both NFHCA All-Americans and helped the Terrapins to the 1999 NCAA title.