COLLEGE PARK, MD -- A pair of Terps, midfielder Kori Edmondson and goalkeeper Emily Sterling, were named Big Ten Players of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday. 

Edmondson, the No. 1 freshman in the country, was named both the Big Ten Midfielder and Freshman of the Week. Sterling, the Preseason National Goalie of the Year, was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the sixth time in her career, as well as the Solomon Eye Terp of the Week.

Edmondson led the offense to help Maryland get two wins over Georgetown & No. 22 Rutgers, tallying eight points (six goals, two assists), one groundball and one caused turnover. The freshman had three goals and an assist in each game to help pace a Maryland offense that scored 29 goals on the week. Edmondson has a hat-trick in five straight games, the longest streak on the team, and leads Maryland in goals and points over its four game winning streak, scoring 13 goals and tallying 16 points, while shooting 65-percent.

These are the first honors of Edmondson's career. She is the third Terp to be named Big Ten Midfielder of the Week this season (Shaylan Ahearn, 3/14 & 2/28) and the first to be named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. The last Terp to earn Freshman of the Week honors is Jordyn Lipkin on March 21, 2022. 

Sterling was fantastic in goal in the Terps two wins, making 24 saves to only 12 goals allowed, a .666 save percentage. The 2022 Big Ten Goaltender of the Year had one of best games of career vs. Georgetown, making a season-high 15 saves to only four goals allowed, a .789 save percentage, the best in a 60-minute game of her career. In the Big Ten opener against Rutgers, Sterling made nine saves to only eight goals allowed, a .529 save percentage. After the first quarter, she made nine saves to only three goals allowed, a .750 percentage, holding Rutgers to only three goals in the final three frames and only two goals in the second half. The senior captain 34 saves to only 22 goals allowed during Maryland's recent four game winning streak.

This is the sixth time in Sterling's career she's been named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, last year earning the recognition a league-best five times. This is the second week in a row Maryland has had the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week with Abby Bosco winning the award last season.

2023 BIG TEN WEEKLY HONORS
Offense
Libby May - February 28

Midfield
Shaylan Ahearn - February 28 & March 14
Kori Edmondson - March 21

Defense
Abby Bosco - March 14
Emily Sterling - March 21

Freshman 
Kori Edmondson - March 21