Saturday, November 29
College Park, MD
1 PM
Maryland
vs
Connecticut
#4 Maryland Welcomes #13 UConn To Ludwig Field Saturday For Third Round Of NCAA Tournament
11/26/2025 6:45:00 PM | Men's Soccer
No. 4 Maryland (12-1-4) vs No. 13 UConn (12-4-4)
November 29, 2025
Ludwig Field
1:00 p.m.
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Where We've Been
- The Terps advanced to the Third Round for the first time since 2018 outlasting North Carolina in penalty kicks, 4-3, after a 1-1 tie through two overtime periods.
- Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year Laurin Mack scored the game-winning PK goal for the Terps. He also stopped two shots in the PK and made three saves in the game.
- Maryland finished its first unbeaten regular season since 2016, with a 12-0-3 mark, reaching No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll to end the regular season.
- The Terps are currently fourth in the nation scoring offense (2.41 goals per game). Maryland is third in points per game (8.06) and second in assists per game (3.24).
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Maryland trailed for only 78 seconds throughout the entire regular season.
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Maryland is second in the nation in average attendance with 3,270 per game. The Terps have drawn six crowds of more than 3,000 this season including a high of 5,580 vs Indiana on Oct. 24.
Terps celebrating after taking down UNC (Nov. 23)
Series History - Uconn
- Sunday's matchup will be the 11th between the Terps and Huskies in each program's history.
- Maryland holds a 8-2 record vs. UConn with the last matchup coming in 2017.
- The Terps are riding a three-game win streak vs. the Huskies.
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Maryland is 4-0 vs. UConn in College Park.
Maryland taking on UConn in 2010
BIG TEN Postseason awards
- The Terps dominated the Big Ten postseason awards in 2025, securing six spots on the All-Big Ten First Team: Luca Costabile, Lasse Kelp, Laurin Mack, Sadam Masereka, Stephane Njike, and Leon Koehl.
- The six selections to the first team is the most in program history since joining the Big Ten in 2014.
- Coach Cirovski earned his third Big Ten Coach of the Year honor as the Terps won the Big Ten Championship.
- Lasse Kelp was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Laurin Mack was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year.
- Albi Ndrenika was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team.
- Rocket Ritarita and Farouk Cisse were named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, but 𝓢𝓘𝓧 All-Big Ten First Team members
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) November 13, 2025
The most in program history, notching the previous high of five in 2016 👏
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terps in the Ncaa tournament
- The Terps are competing in their 42nd NCAA Tournament, the fifth-most of any program in history.
- With 62 wins in the NCAA Tournament, Maryland ranks sixth all-time in wins.
- Big Ten Coach of the Year Sasho Cirovski is making his 31st NCAA Tournament appearance, the most by any coach in NCAA history. His 51 victories rank second all-time among all coaches.
- Between 2001-22, Coach Cirovski led Maryland to 22 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances which is the second most in NCAA history.
- A four seed has never won the College Cup in the current format.
- In Maryland's three championships under Coach Cirovski, they won as the one, two, and 11 seeds.
Maryland winning their last NCAA Championship in 2018
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