No. 2 Maryland (8-1-5, 5-0-2 Big Ten) at Michigan (6-3-5, 1-3-4 Big Ten)
October 25, 2024
U-M Soccer Stadium
7:00Â p.m. ET
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COLLEGE PARK, MDÂ --Â The No. 2 Maryland men's soccer team begins a two-game road swing on Friday, as it takes on Michigan in Ann Arbor. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on
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The Terrapins closed out their two-game home stand with a 1-1 draw against then No. 19 UCLA. Sadam Masereka opened the scoring for the Terps in the 25th minute, his third goal in the last four games. UCLA evened the game in the 56th minute. Goalkeeper Laurin Mack made four saves, two of which came in the second half. Mack's 82nd minute save kept the game at the 1-1 scoreline. Shots came at a premium, with Maryland holding a 12-8 shot advantage. Of the 20 combined shots for both teams, just eight were on target.
Scouting the Wolverines
- Michigan comes into the match after picking up a 0-0 draw against Michigan State. It was a defensive battle in East lansing, as both teams had a combined 10 shots. Neither team recorded a shot in the first 20 minutes, with Michigan getting off the first shot in the 30th minute. Michigan created a chance in the 58th minute, but the shot from outside the area was pushed away by the Michigan State keeper.
- Jason Bucknor leads the team with five goals on the season, which is tied for the sixth-most in the Big Ten. The Wolverines are led in assists by Beto Soto, whose nine assists lead the Big Ten and are the third-most in Division I.
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Isaiah Goldson leads the Wolverines in goal, starting in ten matches on the season. Goldson comes into the match with 34 saves and three shutouts on the year. Goldson made a season-high six saves earlier in the season against Ohio State, and has made four or more saves in five matches.
Series History - Michigan
- UCLA and Maryland have met on 13 occasions in the all-time series, with Maryland holding the advantage with a 6-4-3 record. The two teams last met during the 2023 season, with the teams playing to a 2-2 draw in College Park.
- Michigan opened the scoring in the 13th minute on a Michael Leon goal, but Maryland answered back in the 27th minute to level the game and get his first career goal. Luke van Heukelum added the second goal for the Terps, which was also his first collegiate goal. Michigan tied the game in the 62nd minute on a Bryce Blevins goal.
Kalm, Koehl, Kollected
- Sophomore Leon Koehl is tied for the team lead with six goals this season, with them all coming from the penalty spot. Koehl's effectiveness from the spot is much appreciated for the Terps, after the squad failed to convert on all four of their opportunities in 2023.
- Koehl is 6-6 from the penalty spot in 2024, which is the most for a Terps player since Patrick Mullins went 9-9 in 2013. Koehl's six penalty kick goals are the most in the Big Ten and are the most in Division I.
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Koehl scored from the spot in consecutive games for the Terps on two separate occasions this season. Koehl first accomplished the feat against Virginia on Sept. 2 and Sept. 6 against Brown. He scored from the spot in Maryland's last two games, with PK goals at Indiana on Sept. 20 and at Northwestern on Sept. 27. Koehl also joins Johnston, who scored penalty kick goals in consecutive games in the 2022 season vs. Virginia on Sept. 5, 2022 and at Georgetown on Sept. 10 2022.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
- Yale transfer Max Rogers has been a crucial part of Maryland's offensive effort. Rogers currently has seven assists on the campaign, which is the second-most in the Big Ten.
- Rogers had a hand in all three goals for the Terps in their conference-opening win over Wisconsin on Sept. 20. Rogers got his first assist in the game in the 17th minute, whipping a corner kick into the box to set up Chris Steinleitner for his first goal in a Maryland uniform. His second assist came just after halftime, delivering a free kick to the back-post for Bjarne Thiesen to double the Terps lead at 2-0. Rogers' final assist came in the 53rd minute, finding Colin Griffith in space for a shot just outside of the box.
- It marked the second consecutive season a Terps player had three assists in a game, with Luke van Heukelum picking up three assists in Maryland's win over Villanova on Oct. 10, 2023.
Max Rogers leads the Terps with seven assists on the season. That total is the second-most in the Big Ten.
The Griffith Show
- With a game-winning goal in the 74th minute against Washington, Colin Griffith scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season. Six goals is also a career-high for goals in a single-season for the junior forward. Griffith's previous season-best was three during his freshman season in 2022.
- It was the fourth game in a row that Griffith had scored in a match. Griffith previously scored against Northwestern (Sept. 27) and Penn State (Oct. 1). The last Terp with a score streak as long as Griffith was Ben Bender, who scored in five-straight games in 2021.
- Griffith has now scored in consecutive games twice this season. Earlier this season, Griffith scored in consecutive games against San Diego State on Sept. 9 and then No. 8 Wisconsin on Sept. 13. It was the second time in his career that Griffith scored in consecutive games. Griffith last scored goals in back-to-back games on Nov. 4, 2022, against Northwestern and Nov. 9, 2022, against Indiana.
Griffith scored in his fourth-straight game on Oct. 11 against Washington. Griffith has scored in consecutive games twice this season. This is the second time this season and third time in his career the junior forward has done it, The first time occurred Nov. 4, 2022, against Northwestern and Nov. 9, 2022, against Indiana.
Let's Go Streaking
- The Terps have turned it on since a 2-0 loss to then No. 16 Georgetown. Since that defeat, the Terps have gone on an impressive unbeaten run.
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The 1-1 draw against UCLA extended the Terps unbeaten run to 12-straight games, with a record of 8-0-4 during the run. The last time the Terps had an double-digit unbeaten streak was in 2017 when they started the season with a 13-game unbeaten streak (10-0-3). The 12-game unbeaten run is the second-longest active streak in the nation. Maryland trails Western Michigan, who has begun the season on a 15-game unbeaten streak.
The Terps are unbeaten in their last 12Â games, with a record of 8-0-4Â during the streak. The last double-digit unbeaten streak for the Terps came in 2017, when they started the season with a 13-game unbeaten streak.
