No. 8 Maryland field hockey gears up for homestretch of the regular season
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No. 8 Maryland field hockey (10-five, B1G 1-5) remains in Michigan to face up No. 2 Michigan (xiii-i, B1G 5-ane) on Lord's day in their final road trip of the regular flavour.
"For us information technology'due south about finishing and goal scoring on penalization corners and just open up play," caput jitney Missy Meharg said. "On the other side of the field [we are working on] just limiting unforced errors."
The Terps accomplished that in their 4-0 shutout victory against Michigan State taking 26 shots while holding the Spartans to only ane shot, merely have a tough challenge in the Wolverines.
The Terps are still looking for their first win against a ranked team college than twelve and have 1 final opportunity against the Wolverines.
The Terps carve up last weekends' matches falling i-0 to No. 3 Rutgers and getting shut out for the first fourth dimension this season and pulled out a iii-two win against No. 17 UConn on Lord's day, despite allowing two belatedly goals making the score closer than the friction match appeared.
"I think the mindset going into Michigan is that nosotros know both games are going to be tough," midfielder Brooke DeBerdine said. Information technology's Big Ten play and we would like to get some wins under our belt in the Large Ten, merely we are confident."
The Wolverines suffered their first loss last Friday, falling in a shootout confronting No. one Iowa, but rebounded on Sunday to beat Indiana 5-3 and have a tough weekend ahead. On Friday, the Wolverines faced No. 3 Rutgers, and dominated them to earn a 3-0 shutout victory. The Wolverines held the Scarlet Knights to three full shots and zippo penalty corners.
A win against Michigan would aid boost their candidacy to return to the NCAA tournament.
The Wolverines are led past midfielder Sofia Southam, who leads the team and the conference with 16 goals, and midfielder Kathryn Peterson, who leads the squad in assists with seven and likewise has scored four goals.
The Wolverines as well take one of the best goalies in the conference in Anna Spieker who has only immune 13 goals on flavor and has made 39 saves.
"I think the biggest matter is beingness able to switch off girls quickly," Meharg said. "Michigan is a far more sophisticated squad than the Terps offensively and our markers have got to mark them and non let them field the brawl."
The Terps will play Michigan on Lord's day at 1 p.m. and the game can exist streamed on Big Ten Plus.
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