With time dwindling down in overtime, it started to look as if a second overtime period would be coming. However, a dazzling goal from defender Maura Verleg after a rebound off of a penalty corner won the game for the Terps. No. 9 Maryland field hockey took on No. 17 Princeton in an intense back and forth top 25 matchup, with Maryland defeating Princeton by a final score of 4-3…
No. 7 Maryland field hockey will look to get back in the win column as they take on No. 18 Princeton (2-3) at home on Tuesday. In the Terps’ previous matchup against No. 8 Penn State, their first conference game of the season, the Terps lost a closely fought battle in overtime to the Nittany Lions. The Terps started out the game with a beautiful penalty corner goal, which head…
No. 7 Maryland field hockey took on No. 8 Penn State in each team’s first conference matchup of the year. Both teams went back-and-forth all game long, with the intensity at a sky high level. The game went into overtime tied 2-2, and Penn State managed to score the winning goal, as they remained undefeated and moved to 6-0 on the year. Maryland dropped to 4-2 on the year after…
No. 7 Maryland field hockey’s Big Ten slate will officially get underway Saturday, as the Terps will take on No. 8 Penn State in both team’s first conference matchup of the season. Maryland comes into the game against the Nittany Lions after an all around dominant win over unranked California in their previous game, moving their record to 4-1. The Terps’ defense has been stifling as of late, as they…
No. 7 Maryland field hockey took on the California Golden Bears as part of the second day of Terrapin Invitational, with Maryland defeating California by a final score of 4-0. Maryland moves to 4-1 on the year, while Cal drops to 3-2 as they head back home to Berkeley. “To have back-to-back games where you’re taking 23, 24 shots and to find a way to be disciplined and find the…
No. 7 Maryland field hockey (3-1) looks to build off of two dominant defensive games as they take on the 3-1 California Golden Bears Sunday as part of the Terrapin Invitational. In their first game of the Terrapin Invitational, the Terps were involved in a defensive contest between No. 21 UMass, as there was only one total goal in the game, which came from senior defender Riley Donnelly in the…
College Park was the home to a defensive showcase Friday afternoon, with 10 saves combined from No. 7 Maryland field hockey and No. 21 UMass. In the end, it was Maryland pulling out the close 1-0 win, moving to 3-1 on the year, while UMass suffered their first loss of the year, as they dropped to 4-1 on the season. The first quarter was a defensive battle, with neither team…
Maryland field hockey will look to build on a strong 4-0 win against Duke in the team’s next challenge – a battle with No. 21 UMass as part of the Terrapin Invitational. The new NFHCA poll came out Tuesday, and Maryland moved up from No. 9 to No. 7 in the first updated poll since the preseason rankings. Their upcoming opponent, UMass, went from being unranked to getting into the…
Durham was rolling with goals early on Friday afternoon, as ninth-ranked Maryland field hockey and seventh-ranked Boston College put on a scoring clinic in a Top 10 battle as part of the B1G/ACC Cup. However, while both teams put up a lot of offense in the first half, it was a defensive showdown in the second, as all the scoring came within the first two quarters. In the end, it…