Terps Fall 3-1 to Iowa in Final Home Match of 2026

Friday, October 16

College Park, MD

5 PM

Maryland

4-9-2, 1-7-1

Iowa

7-4-5, 2-3-4

Team	1	2	Final F
Iowa	2	1	3
Maryland	0	1	1

10/16/2026 5:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Ella Bulava scored her first career goal on Friday night.

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Maryland women's soccer fell 3-1 to Iowa in its final home match of 2026. The Hawkeyes used a pair of first-half goals to drop the Terps to 4-9-2 (1-7-1 Big Ten) in 2026.

Ella Bulava scored her first career goal on Friday night. Mckinley Heaven wove through the Hawkeye defense and found the junior, who buried the shot to cut into Iowa's lead. Maryland's Faith Luckey made three saves on Friday, but the Hawkeyes' Berit Parten scored twice as Iowa improved to 7-4-5 (2-3-4 Big Ten) on the season.

ELLA WITH A BEAUTY FROM MCKINLEY!! Terps cut it to 2-1! https://t.co/CWaYgeoTS0
— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) October 16, 2026

Maryland will head on the road for its final three matches of the 2026 regular season. The Terps will round out the year with clashes against Michigan (Oct. 22), No. 2 Michigan State (Oct. 25) and Rutgers (Oct. 30).

How it Happened:
1st Half:

Morgan Shannon recorded the match's first shot in the 10th minute.
Jolie Farmer put a shot on goal in the 14th minute, forcing an Iowa save.
Luckey made a save before Iowa's Reilly Heman opened the scoring with a goal in the 18th minute.
Farmer put another shot on target in the 21st minute.
The Hawkeyes extended their lead with a goal from Parten in the 24th minute.
Abigail Stager forced another Iowa save in the late minutes of the half.
The Terps fought off two Iowa corners in the final minute.
The Hawkeyes led 2-0 at the break.

2nd Half:

Luckey made a key save in the 57th minute.
Bulava's goal (1) in the 63rd minute cut Iowa's lead in half as Heaven picked up an assist (1).
Luckey made her first save in the 77th minute.
Iowa took a 3-1 lead with Parten's second goal of the match in the 79th minute.
Paige Foye put a shot on goal in the final minutes.
Iowa held on for its 3-1 win.