#4 Maryland (4-1)
vs.
Miami(OH) (3-1)
September 8, 2023
Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex
5:00 p.m. EDT
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#4 Maryland (4-1)
vs.
Yale (1-1)
September 10, 2023
Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex
12:00 p.m. EDT
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COLLEGE PARK, MD - No. 4 Maryland field hockey remain home as they prepare to host the Terrapin Invitational beginning on September 8th. The Terps are set to face Miami (OH) on Friday night, followed by an afternoon contest with Yale on Sunday.
Parking for Friday's games will be open in the lot next to the Complex, 11B, as well as XX1, RR2 and 9B across Paint Branch Drive, will open beginning at 4 p.m. Cars parked before 4 p.m., or in other lots, are subject to ticketing. Parking for Sunday's games will be open all day in 11B, XX1, RR2 and 9B all day. Fans are asked to follow all parking signs. Click
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series history
- Competition with these two programs is fairly new for the Terrapins.
- Maryland and Miami (OH) have only met two times prior to this weekend. The Terps hold a 2-0 advantage over the Red Hawks. The teams met for the first time in 2013 during the Terrapin Invitational. Maryland visited Miami (OH) in 2015 and claimed a 6-2 victory.
- The 2015 victory over Miami (OH) was head coach Missy Meharg's 500th career win at Maryland. Meharg has since reached over 600 wins in her 36th year at the helm.
- Sunday afternoon will serve as the first-ever meeting between Maryland and Yale. The Bulldogs come to College Park with a 1-1 overall record in 2023, after finishing the 2022 campaign 9-8.
The 2015 Maryland field hockey squad celebrating
Missy Meharg's 500th career win.
where we are
- No. 4 Maryland comes into the weekend with a 4-1 overall record. The Terps split last weekend, 1-1, falling to No. 20 Duke and claiming an overtime victory against No. 17 Boston College.
- Overtime periods are a comfortable place for Maryland. The program is 80-27 all-time in games that go to overtime or a shootout. The Terps are 22-4 in overtime/shootouts at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
- Maryland has outscored their opponents 16-3, tallying 45 points to their opponents' seven.
- The Terps are tied for first in the NCAA for the most shutouts with three on the year. They added their most recent shutout against Boston College on Sunday. They hold the fourth highest goal total in the NCAA with 16.
- Maryland leads the Big Ten for most assists with 13 and claims second for the most points with 45, second only to Ohio State.
- In three of the first five games, Maryland has scored within the first three minutes of play, with the most recent score coming from Ashlyn Carr 29 seconds into the contest with Duke.
Maryland celebrating the overtime victory over No. 17 Boston College
standout performances
- Freshman Josie Hollamon has started in all five games at center back. She scored the game-winner against Boston College, tallying her first career goal. Hollamon found the back of the cage on a penalty corner from a direct insert from sophomore Hannah Boss.
- Junior Hope Rose leads the roster with 11 points from five goals and one assist. Rose owns multiple two-score games, already, with a season-high five points against UC Davis.
- Freshman Maci Bradford leads the Big Ten in assists with an average of .800 per game. She, also, sits eighth overall in the conference with a 1.60 points per game average. Bradford's latest point came against the Blue Devils where she assisted graduate student Ashlyn Carr's first goal in a Maryland uniform.
- Freshman Alyssa Klebasko finished her first career start with a shutout victory over Boston College. The Odenton, Maryland native, has collected seven saves in four games.
- The Maryland defensive unit led by Nathalie Fiechter, Maura Verleg and Rayne Wright have continued to disrupt their opponents' offensive pressure. Maryland opponents have collected 18 penalty corner opportunities through five games, with only one conversion allowed.
- The Terps share the wealth across the roster with depth running through it. Eleven players have at least two points on the year, including nine goal scorers.
Championship coaching
- Missy Meharg returns for her 36th season as head coach. A nine-time National Coach of the Year recipient, Meharg brings an unprecedented level of consistency and excellence to the Maryland field hockey program.
- Meharg became the third coach in Division I history to reach 600 wins in 2021. She is not shy of championships as she has led the Terps to seven national titles, including five in seven years,12 conference tournament crowns,15 conference regular season titles and 19 appearances in the NCAA Semifinals round, including 12 in the NCAA Finals.
- She is supported by associate head coach Scott Tupper (third season), assistant coach Kasey Tapman Asper (third season) and goalie specialist Natalie Hunter Cyrus (first season).
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