No. 11Â Maryland at No. 17Â Rutgers
Oct. 24, 2025
Bauer Track and Field Complex
3 PMÂ ET
B1G+
COLLEGE PARK, MD – No. 11 Maryland is on the road this weekend for a top-20 matchup against No. 17 Rutgers. The Terps will take on the Scarlet Knights on Friday at 3 p.m in Piscataway, NJ.
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matchup Preview
- Rutgers is ranked No. 17 in this week's release of the Penn Monto NFHCA coaches' poll
- The Scarlet Knights are coming off a 4-3 loss in overtime against the No. 11 Iowa Hawkeyes.
- Olivia Fraticelli, a 2024 USA Senior Nexus Championship team member leads the team with 20 points off nine goals and two assists.
- Paulina Niklaus leads the Scarlet Knights in assists with six along with four goals.
- Puck Winter has received two Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week awards, and Emily Nicholls and Martha Goodridge have both earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors
- Maryland is 18-2 all-time against Rutgers
- Last time these two teams played, Maryland pulled away with a 3-2 win in College Park
Last week's recap
- Maryland went into its first shootout of the 2025 season against Indiana.
- Maci Bradford recorded a goal in just 23 seconds into the contest to give the Terps an early 1-0 lead. Jordyn Hollamon picked up her third assist of the season on the goal.
- Ryleigh Osborne played in her first career game against Indiana. She took over the net for shootouts.
- Bradford's goal pushed her to a team-leading 18 points, with five goals and eight assists.
- Alyssa Klebasko recorded three saves, moving her save percentage to 74.6% (third in the Big Ten).
- Maryland fought the top-ranked Northwestern Wildcats for 60 minutes on Sunday.
- Djuna Eikelboom recorded her first career goal in the sixth minute of the game.
- Maryland outshot Northwestern in the first quarter 6-0.
- Senior Leah Horwitz and freshman Feliz Kuhne each recorded two shots.
- Missy Meharg's message " We're really good. We have to go from good to great. You have to be able to take advantage of opportunities when you get them with the best team in the nation."
Big Ten AWards
- Jordyn Hollamon has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times this season (9/2, 9/22, 10/13)
- 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.
- Oct. 13 - Jordyn helped No. 12 Maryland secure the upset win over No. 10 ranked Iowa October 10. She scored a goal in the 43rd minute to tie the game 1-1 in the third quarter
- 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 Josie Hollamon was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the week on October 13
- Josie picked up her first conference honors this season. She scored the game winning goal against No. 10 Iowa off a penalty corner in the 47th minute. She also recorded her first defensive save of the year to help the Terps secure the 2-1 win over the Hawkeyes
PLay the best
- The Terps play an impressive 17-game slate, consisting of eight non-conference and nine conference games.
- This year, Maryland faces 11 opponents in the Penn Monto/NFHCA DI National Coaches preseason top-20 poll, including six Big Ten squads
- Last season, Maryland faced nine teams ranked in the Penn Monto/NFHCA DI National Coaches preseason top-20 poll
SENIOR DAY
- Senior Day is November 2nd in College Park. The Terps play their last regular season game at home against Northeastern at 11 a.m.
- The Maryland field hockey team has four seniors this year that will be recognized before the game.Â
- Ava Trexler, Ericka Morris-Adams, Leah Horwitz, and Fleur KnopertÂ
- Come out to the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex to support the Terps!
2025 Maryland Field Hockey Seniors
