No. 4 Maryland Earns 3-1 Win Over Stanford to Open Season, Conference Cup

Friday, August 29

College Park, MD (Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex)

12 PM

Maryland

(1-0, 0-0)

Stanford

(0-1, 0-0)

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Stanford	0	1	0	0	1
Maryland	1	1	1	0	3

No. 4 Maryland Earns 3-1 Win Over Stanford to Open Season, Conference Cup

8/29/2025 12:00:00 PM | Field Hockey

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The Terps won their 23rd-straight season opener in a match with the Cardinal that they never trailed in.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Terrapins got their season started on Friday with a dominant 3-1 win over the Stanford Cardinal. Maryland scored early and never trailed as the Terps dominated the possession battle to begin their season 1-0.

Maryland got off to a lightning-fast start with a goal on their first shot of the season from Ella Gaitan in the second minute of the match. Jordyn Hollamon picked up her first-career assist on the goal.

Ella with the first goal of the new season! 🐢🔥

#4 Maryland 1 - Stanford 0 pic.twitter.com/Lx0oJpDOMy
— Maryland Field Hockey (@TerpsFH) August 29, 2025

Stanford scored early in the second quarter to even the match, a score that would hold until the closing seconds of the first half. Maci Bradford scored with eight seconds left in the half to put Maryland back on top to close out the half. Bradford's goal would end up being the game-winner as Stanford was held scoreless in the second half.

Josie Hollamon scored on a penalty stroke in the 42nd minute to extend the lead and net her first goal of her junior campaign. The Terps held off the Cardinal in the fourth quarter to earn their first win of 2025 and their 23rd-straight season opener and improve to 7-0 against the Cardinal all-time.

How It Happened:

Gaitan scored in the second minute on the team's first shot of the year.
Stanford recorded its first shot in the fifth minute.
Maryland recorded its first corner in the ninth minute.
The Terps fought off Stanford's first corner in the 10th minute.
Maryland led 1-0 after the first quarter of play.
Stanford scored in the 20th minute to knot the match at 1-1.
Bradford scored in the 30th minute.
The Terps outshot the Cardinal 14-4 in the first half with the Terps leading 2-1.
Josie Hollamon scored the third quarter's lone goal in the 42nd minute.

Numbers To Know:

7: Maryland improves to a perfect 7-0 all-time against Stanford and 4-0 in College Park.
23: The Terps have won each of their last 23 season openers dating back to 2002.
24: Maryland outshot Stanford 24-7.

New Faces:

Freshman Jordyn Hollamon picked up an assist in the second minute and finished with three shots in her collegiate debut.

Returning Production:

Gaitan's season-opening goal put the Terps on the board early.
Bradford scored her 15th-career goal to kick off her junior season.
Goalkeeper Alyssa Klebasko recorded four saves in the win to start her junior season.
Josie Hollaman scored her 10th-career goal in the third quarter.
Both Josie Hollamon and Gaitain recorded a team-high five shots in the win.

Season-starting Success:

Maryland has now won 23-straight season openers.
Maryland earned its ninth shutout win to open a season since 2003.
Senior Deputy Athletic Director of Maryland Athletics Diana Sabua was on hand for the Terps' season opener.

Missy's Message:

"We played a lot of players and I'm just super excited with the result. Stanford's a very good team."
"The opener is just about your jersey. We're just not going to lose the opener. We can't. It can really set a tempo for the season."
"I thought we did great (controlling possession). We'd been looking at a lot of footage to figure out how we can overload a side and then exploit the other side and have numbers. I thought we did that well."

Ellie's Excellent Start:

"I think it was super important for us to get on the board first and just build that momentum and be the dictators of this game. It was a really great feeling. It was awesome to get hype with the team."

Klebasko's Win:

I think we just locked it down. We knew what we had to do. Stanford is a great team. They're fast. They're gritty in the circle. We knew that we had to match that energy and we did it well. We played simple in the back and were able to just work it up the field."

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