University of Maryland Athletics

Field Hockey 10/1/2025 11:03:00 AM

No. 11 Terps Prepare For Road Series with Ohio State and Michigan State

No. 11 Maryland vs. Ohio State

October 3, 2025

Buckeye Varsity Field

3 PM ET

BTN

No. 11 Maryland vs. Michigan State

October 5, 2024

Ralph Young Field

12 PM ET

B1G+

COLLEGE PARK, MD – No. 11 Maryland returns to action Friday with a match against Ohio State, followed by a Sunday game against Michigan State in East Lansing.

Matchup preview

Maryland will head to Ohio State and Michigan State after starting 6-3 this season. The Terp's offense has been led by Maci Bradford, Jordyn Hollamon, and Ella Gaitan who each have recorded four goals on the season.
Junior Bradford has been a crucial part of the offense with her team leading five assists to help Maryland.
Preseason Big Ten Player to Watch, Josie Hollamon, has played a big role in Maryland's defense while also contributing on the offensive side scoring three goals this season.
Ohio State is coming off a 4-0 shutout win over Delaware. Head coach Jarred Martin enters his seventh season as head coach for the Buckeyes.
2024 First Team All-Big Ten member Makenna Webster leads the team in points (27), with 12 goals and three assists.
Alongside her is First Team All-Big Ten selection Katie Fichtner who is second on the team in points (5), with two goals and one assist.
Michigan State is coming off a 4-0 loss to Bucknell. Head coach Helen Knull enters her 15th year at the helm.
Sophomore Caro Schafer leads the Spartans with seven points, off two goals and three assists. 2024 Academic All-Big Ten Selection Gracie Burns is second on the team with five points, off two goals and one assist.

2025 Maryland Field Hockey

LAST week

Maryland picked up its third shutout win over No. 12-ranked Michigan on Friday, 1-0.
The first half featured just three shots as the two top-15 teams got a feel for one another. Maryland attempted a quartet of corners, but the defense from both squads was largely stifling for the majority of the first half.
Maryland broke through on its third shot of the match as Ella Gaitan scored her fourth goal of the season.
Maci Bradford picked up her team-leading fifth assist as the Terps took the 1-0 win over the Wolverines. Alyssa Klebasko posted the 14th shutout of her collegiate career (third of the season) while making a pair of saves.
With the win, the Terps opened their conference slate 2-0 for the first time since 2022.
On Sunday, the Terps lost at home 2-1. The Tigers netted the contest's first two goals and fought off a late rally from the Terps to become the first team to beat Maryland at home in 2025.
Princeton scored late in the first half on a goal from Beth Yeager. The Tigers took a 1-0 lead into the half on their only shot on goal of the first two quarters.
Princeton out shot Maryland 9-1 in the 3rd quarter and found its second goal of the day on a shot from Ella Hampson.
Maci Bradford responded with her fourth goal of the season in the fourth quarter to get the Terps on the board.

Maci Bradford vs No. 12 Michigan

current stats

Ohio State ranks second in the Big Ten for shutouts per game, averaging 0.33. They rank third in the conference for penalty corners per game, averaging 7.44, and rank fourth for defensive saves (1) and saves per game (3.56).
Makenna Webster for the Buckeyes ranks second in the conference for goals per game (1.56) and points per game (1.56)
Michigan State ranks second in the Big Ten for saves per game (5.44) and fifth for penalty corners per game (6.78)
Goalkeeper Lyra Gavino is second in the Big Ten for saves per game (5.50), ranking her 24^th in the nation
As a team, Maryland ranks second in the conference for shutouts per game (0.33) and third for save percentage (0.719).
The Terps are third in the conference for shutouts per game (0.29) and winning percentage (.714)
Alyssa Klebasko recorded her 14^th shutout of her collegiate career against No. 12 Michigan
Maci Bradford picked up her team-leading fifth assist in the win over No. 12-ranked Michigan and fourth goal of the season against No. 8 Princeton
Ella Gaitan scored her fourth goal of the season against No. 12 Michigan

Maryland Field Hockey vs No. 13 Saint Joseph's

Big ten awards

Freshman Jordyn Hollamon has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice this season (9/2, 9/22)
Sept. 2 - Hollamon helped Maryland to a 2-0 record in the Conference Cup with wins over Stanford and Villanova. She assisted on Maryland's first goal of the season and scored her first two career goals against Villanova.
Sept. 22 - In just 37 minutes of action, Hollamon contributed a goal off a penalty corner and threaded a long pass on Feliz Kuhne's goal that made the ESPN SportsCenter Top 10. She helped Maryland improve to 5-0 at home.
Junior goalkeeper Alyssa Klebasko was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week for September 15
Klebasko posted her 13th career shutout as No. 10 Maryland defeated No. 13 Saint Joseph's, 1-0 in College Park.
She tied her career-high of six saves in the 3-1 win over Penn and Allowed one goal in 120 minutes of action on the weekend (Sept. 14), helping Maryland improve its all-time record at the Terrapin Invitational to 22-2.

Junior Goalkeeper Alyssa Klebasko

Terps go B1G

The Terps play an impressive 17-game slate, consisting of 8 non-conference and 9 conference games.
This year, the Terps will face 11 opponents in the Penn Monto/NFHCA DI National Coaches Preseason Poll Top 20, including six Big Ten squads.
Last season, Maryland faced 9 teams ranked in the Penn Monto/NFHCA DI National Coaches Preseason Poll Top 20
Maryland is 189-61 all-time since joining the Big Ten Conference
The Terrapins won the first Big Ten title for the University of Maryland with a 4-1 win over No. 14 Iowa on Nov. 1, 2014 in College Park.
Maryland defended its first Big Ten title when it clinched the 2015 regular season crown with a 1-0 overtime win vs. Indiana on Oct. 23.
The Terrapins won their first Big Ten Tournament title with a 5-1 win over second-seeded and 10th-ranked Michigan on Nov. 8 in the final. Welma Luus scored four goals in the match and broke a Tournament record with seven in the three-game run.

Head Coach Missy Meharg

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Players Mentioned

#4 Maci Bradford: F; 5' 5"; Junior

#12 Josie Hollamon: D; 5' 4"; Junior

#5 Ella Gaitan: F; 5' 5"; Sophomore

#1 Alyssa Klebasko: GK; 5' 4"; Junior

#20 Feliz Kuhne: M; 5' 9"; Freshman

#13 Jordyn Hollamon: M/D; 5' 4"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#4 Maci Bradford
: 5' 5"; Junior
: F

#12 Josie Hollamon
: 5' 4"; Junior
: D

#5 Ella Gaitan
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: F

#1 Alyssa Klebasko
: 5' 4"; Junior
: GK

#20 Feliz Kuhne
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: M

#13 Jordyn Hollamon
: 5' 4"; Freshman
: M/D