Jolie Farmer Scores Twice in Maryland’s 2-1 Win Over Fairleigh Dickinson

Thursday, August 20

College Park, MD

7 PM

Maryland

2-0-0, 0-0-0

FDU

0-2-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
FDU	0	1	1
Maryland	1	1	2

Jolie Farmer celebrates her second goal against FDU

Jolie Farmer Scores Twice in Maryland’s 2-1 Win Over Fairleigh Dickinson

8/20/2026 7:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Farmer has scored each of the Terps’ three goals in 2026.

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Jolie Farmer scored twice in Maryland's 2-1 win over Fairleigh Dickinson (0-2) on Thursday night at Ludwig Field. Her first multi-goal game of her career saw the Terps improve to 2-0 for the second straight season.

It only took Maryland 83 seconds to get on the board on Thursday night as Farmer buried her second goal of the season in the second minute of play. The goal marked the Terps' earliest goal in a match since 2024 and gave Maryland the immediate 1-0 lead.

2'| JOLIE OFF THE RIP 👏

Farmer gets us on the board early!

1-0 Terps! pic.twitter.com/7mKxKtE4Pv
— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) August 20, 2026

Meredith Fisher got the start in net and held FDU scoreless for 60 minutes before Faith Luckey made her season debut and finished the match. The two helped the Terps open 2026 with back-to-back wins as they improved to 8-4-1 at Ludwig Field since the start of 2025.

Farmer scored again in the 67th minute on a hectic sequence in front of the net. She logged her first mulit-goal game of her career. Farmer's third goal of the season doubled the Maryland advantage and the Terps held on for their second win of the young season.

JOLIE IS ON FIRE🔥

Second goal of the game...

THIRD goal of the season! pic.twitter.com/VNjspz06SU
— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) August 21, 2026

How It Happened:
1st Half:

Farmer (2) scored 83 seconds into the match on the Terps' first shot to give Maryland a 1-0 lead.
Maryland fought off a corner in the 12th minute.
Shots from Mckinley Heaven and Lilly Bane forced a pair of FDU saves.
The Terps took a pair of corners in the 20th minute.
The Terps defended a FDU corner in the 26th minute.
Maryland was dealt a yellow card in the 43rd minute.
The Terps took a 1-0 lead into the break.

2nd Half:

Maryland applied pressure with a pair of corner kicks in the first 10 minutes of the second frame.
Fisher made her first save in the 56th minute.
FDU made a save on Abigail Stager in the 62nd minute.
Farmer scored her third goal of the season in the 67th minute to double the Terps' lead.
FDU got on the board in the 73rd minute.
The Terps forced an FDU save in the 76th minute.
Maryland held on to close out the 2-1 win.

Farmer's Fantastic Thursday:

"I just had the support of my teammates. They were really communicating with me to turn on the ball and take chances. Everybody's been hyping me up to take shots."
"I'm having the best time. This is the best experience I've had. It's been incredible. I have all the support in the world here and I'm just loving it."

Michael Marchiano's Message:

"I thought we had some really good moments in the second half. We had extended sequences where we had a collective feel about how we were playing and our decision-making on the ball."
"There are signs of progress. We still have work to do, and we have a ways to go, but there was progress in the way we played tonight."
"We need our forwards to produce goal-scoring chances, goals, and assists, but at the same time, we need them to help organize the group."

Numbers To Know:

0: FDU didn't record a shot on goal in the first half.
2: Maryland is 2-0 for the second year in a row.
2: The Terps are 2-0 all-time against Fairleigh Dickinson.
3: Farmer has scored each of the Terps' first three goals of 2026.
3: Maryland is unbeaten through two matches for a third straight season.
8: Maryland improved to 8-4-1 at home over the last two seasons.
18: The Terps logged 18 shots in the win, including 15 on goal. 2025's season-high was 16 shots on goal.
83: Maryland scored 83 seconds into the match, marking the earliest goal since Kelsey Smith scored 77 seconds into a match against Stony Brook on 8/18/24.