No. 7 Seed Ohio State Defeats No. 2 Seed Maryland 2-1 In Big Ten Tournament

Thursday, November 6

Bloomington, IN

2 PM

Maryland

(10-9, 5-3)

#7 Ohio State

(9-9, 3-5)

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Ohio St.	0	1	1	0	2
Maryland	0	0	1	0	1

Photo Credit: Big Ten Conference

No. 7 Seed Ohio State Defeats No. 2 Seed Maryland 2-1 In Big Ten Tournament

11/6/2025 2:00:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

The Terps await the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on Sunday night.

BLOOMINGTON, IN — The No. 7 seeded Ohio State Buckeyes scored a pair of goals off penalty corners in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal round to defeat the No. 2 seeded Terps 2-1 on Thursday afternoon.

Feliz Kuhne led No. 11 ranked Maryland (10-8, 5-3 Big Ten) with three shots and the Terps drew eight corners, but three saves from the Buckeyes (8-9, 3-5 Big Ten) in crucial moments pushed them past the Terps.

Ohio State netted the afternoon's first goal on a Buckeyes' penalty corner in the second quarter, but Big Ten All-Freshman honoree Maia Adamson evened the match with her second goal of the season in the 35th minute.

Maia Adamson evens the score 1-1 in the third quarter🔥#bestofthebest pic.twitter.com/CAaABxraF2
— Maryland Field Hockey (@TerpsFH) November 6, 2025

The Buckeyes regained the lead with a goal on a penalty corner in the 43rd minute and held on for the 2-1 win to advance to the Big Ten Tournament's semifinals. Maryland's Big Ten Tournament run ends with the loss and the Terps will return to College Park and wait to find out their season's next steps in the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on Sunday night.

How it Happened:
1st Quarter:

Ohio State's Maddie Stevens made a save on Maci Bradford in the second minute as the Terps applied early pressure.
A Jordyn Hollamon shot was blocked in the ninth minute.
The Terps drew the day's first corner in the ninth minute.
Stevens made a save on Jordyn Hollamon on the corner.
A Eyre Brinkley shot missed just wide on the second-chance opportunity.
The Terps took their second corner of the match in the 10th minute.
The Buckeyes were dealt a green card in the 12th minute.
Maryland outshot Ohio State 3-0 and put a pair of shots on net in a scoreless first quarter.

2nd Quarter:

Alyssa Klebasko made a pair of saves in the 18th minute on OSU's first chances of the day.
Fleur Knopert blocked a shot on a Buckeyes corner in the 19th minute.
Ohio State scored on another corner in the 19th minute to take a 1-0 lead.
Maryland drew a corner in the 24th minute.
Stevens made a save on Feliz Kuhne on the corner attempt.
Ohio State drew its third corner in the 30th minute.
The Buckeyes led 1-0 at the half.

3rd Quarter:

Maryland drew a pair of corners in the 31st minute.
Adamson tied the match with a goal (2) from Maddie Vasilios (1) in the 35th minute.
OSU drew a green card in the 38th minute.
The Buckeyes drew a corner and scored in the 43rd minute to take a 2-1 lead.
Maryland drew its seventh corner in the 45th minute, but OSU fought it off.

4th Quarter:

Maryland brought on an extra attacker with five minutes left to play.
The Terps drew a corner in the 58th minute.
Ohio State won the match 2-1.

Missy Meharg's Message:

"I'm super proud of the way the team opened up."
"We had a lot of scoring opportunities. I'm sure some of our players would like to have them back."
"No excuses at all. Ohio State was very opportunistic. They took better advantage of opportunities."
"The most important thing is that we stay together and we digest this and get together over the weekend and get ready for that selection show."

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