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Friday, Nov. 8, 2013

#1 Maryland (18-1)

vs.

#4 Duke (14-5)

Game Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Newton, Mass.
Stadium: BC Field Hockey Field
Live Stats: umterps.com
Watch Live: RSN/ESPN3
Live Updates: https://twitter.com/TerpFieldHockey

Event Information

• Maryland will play either fourth-seeded Duke in the ACC Tournament Semifinals at 1 p.m. at Boston College. The winner of Friday's game will advance to Sunday's 1 p.m. ACC championship.

• Friday's matchup will be shown live on RSN (Comcast SportsNet, Fox Sports South, NESN, Fox Sports Florida, Fox Sports Midwest Plus, MSG Plus, ROOT Sports, Pittsburgh, Fox Sports Ohio, Fox Sports San Diego, Fox Sports Prime Ticket, Fox Sports Arizona, Root Sports Rocky Mountain.

• The Terps' game on Friday will also be shown on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN app.

• Live stats will be available at umterps.com. Live updates will also be available at http://twitter.com/#!/TerpFieldHockey.

• Log on to TheACC.com for more information on the weekend.

Scouting The Terps

• Maryland is No. 1 in both the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches poll and in the NCAA's RPI rankings released Nov. 5. The Terps have been No. 1 in both for the last month and are 8-0 vs. top 10 teams.

• The Terps are coming off of a 5-1 win at No. 7 Duke last Saturday to close the regular season. Maryland scored off of three penalty corners in the first half. Anna Dessoye scored two of those goals and assisted on the other, which was scored by Steffi Schneid. Mieke Hayn and Alyssa Parker tallied Maryland's two second half goals. | RECAP

• Six Terrapinsw were named to the All-ACC Teams Wednesday. Jill Witmer, Ali McEvoy, Maxine Fluharty and Natalie Hunter earned spots on the 11-member First Team. Sarah Sprink and Katie Gerzabek made the Second Team. Witmer is one of just 11 players in conference history to be honored on All-ACC Teams every year of her career.

• Maryland leads the nation in goals scored per game (4.58), points per game (12.63), scoring average (4.55) and scoring margin (3.40).

• In their 19 games of the season, 16 different Terrapins have scored and 13 have scored two goals or more. Senior Jill Witmer scored her 63rd career goal Friday and is No. 5 on Maryland's all-time scoring list.

• Twelve Terps have notched an assist. In all, Maryland has 68 assists on 87 goals scored so far this year.

• Senior goalkeeper Natalie Hunter has had her strongest year yet. She leads the ACC in goals against average (1.04) and save percentage (.810).

Scouting The Blue Devils

• Duke is 14-5 overall on the year and went 3-3 in ACC play. The Blue Devils beat fifth-seeded Virginia, 2-1, Thursday in the ACC First Round. Emmie Le Marchand and Devon Gagliardi scored for Duke.

• Le Marchand leads the Blue Devils with 12 goals and eight assists this year.

• Maryland owns the series over Duke, 30-8-3. Maryland won their matchup this past weekend. The Terps took both meetings last year, winning the first 2-0 in College Park on Oct. 6 behind goals from Jill Witmer and Ali McEvoy. The Terrapins won 2-1 in the ACC Tournament First Round. Witmer scored again.

ACC Tournament History

Maryland has won nine ACC titles (92, 98, 99, 00, 01, 05, 08, 09, 10), all under head coach Missy Meharg, in its 31 years in the ACC Tournament..
• The Terps are 34-21 (.618) all-time in the ACC Tournament.
• This is Maryland's seventh time as the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament and first since 2010. The Terrapins won the 1999, 2001, 2008, 2009 and 2010 ACC titles as the No. 1 seed.

Play the Best

The Terrapins will play one of the strongest schedules in the country.
• Maryland is 8-0 vs. top 10 teams this year and 3-0 vs. top five teams.
• The Terps will play nine games against eight of the other 15 teams in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. They are 8-1 vs. those teams.
• The Terrapins are 3-0 vs. the three other 2012 Final Four teams, Princeton, North Carolina and Syracuse.
• Maryland will play 12 of the teams ranked in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Preseason Poll in 13 regular season games. So far, Maryland is 11-1 vs. ranked teams.

Head Coach Missy Meharg

The 2010 and 2011 NFHCA National Coach of the Year, Missy Meharg returns for her 26th season at the helm of the successful Terrapin field hockey program. Her current career record is 468-113-9 (.801). Below is a breakdown of just a few of her highlights since she took the reins in 1988:

• Seven-time National Champions
• Nine ACC Titles
• Nine NFHCA Coach of the Year honors
• Six ACC Coach of the Year awards
• 15 NCAA Final Four Appearances
• Seven Honda Awards won by five players
• 88 All-ACC selections
• 14 ACC Players of the Year
• Seven ACC Rookies of the Year
• Five Olympians

Staff Updates

The Terrapins welcome a newcomer and a returnee to the program in 2013. Joppe de Vries joins the staff as a new assistant coach/technical director. Maryland alum Steve Simpson returns as a volunteer assistant.
• De Vries comes to College Park after coaching and teaching at the University of Amsterdam. He has been in coaching circles in the Netherlands for over a decade and has coached prominent clubs, including the Rotterdam Hockey Club and former Terrapin Berber Rischen. He worked on the South African hockey staff training goalkeepers for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
• Simpson, a 1988 graduate of the University of Maryland, began working alongside the program as an undergraduate student. He was hired by Meharg in 1995 and was an assistant through 2003. Together, they won the 1999 national title. Since then, he coached at New Hampshire and UMass and most recently, at Syracuse.

Oh Captain, My Captain

Brooke Cabrera, Ali McEvoy and Sarah Sprink were voted tri-captains by their teammates prior to the start of the season.

• Cabrera, a redshirt junior, will help with off the field team chemistry and leadership.

• McEvoy, a senior who was recently named to the Preseason All-ACC Team, has started throughout her career for the Terrapins' defense. She and Sprink will help lead the Terps on the field.

• Sprink will serve as the Terrapins' liaison with officials as NCAA field hockey moves into using a referral system.

Three Named to All-ACC Preseason Team

• Three Terrapins were named to the 11-member Preseason All-ACC Team - Maxine Fluharty, Ali McEvoy and Jill Witmer.
• The Terrapins were picked to finish second in the ACC and received a first-place vote.
• The Terrapins have won nine overall ACC titles. Most recently, they won three straight from 2008, 2009 and 2010.
• Witmer was named to the All-ACC Team last year, while McEvoy made it in 2011. This is Fluharty's first honor from the conference.

Home Sweet Home

Since its opening in 2003, the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex has provided the Maryland hockey program a huge home field advantage.
• The Terps are 125-14 (.899) all-time at the Complex.
• Maryland won 38 straight games at the Complex from Oct.11, 2008 through Oct. 14, 2011. The streak ended with a 5-2 loss to then-No. 1 Old Dominion.
• The Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex has played home to 20 of Maryland's NCAA Tournament games, including two Final Fours (2007, 2010). The Terrapins are 19-1 in those games and won the 2010 national title on their home field.

Pack the House

The Maryland field hockey team has increasingly attracted more and more fans to the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex season after season.
• The Terrapins have led the nation in attendance for three straight years and the ACC for six years. In 2012, Maryland averaged 643 fans per game with 7,725 fans coming out to the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• An NCAA record crowd of 2,381 came out to watch as Maryland beat North Carolina 3-2 in double overtime for the 2010 national championship at the Complex.

Terps in Openers

• Maryland is 36-3-2 in season openers and the Terps have won their last 18 straight.
• The Terrapins haven't opened the season at home in the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex since 2000. They've opened 26 of their 40 seasons on the road.
• The Terps are 10-1 in home openers at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex and have outscored their opponents 46-11 in those 11 games.

Home Openers at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex
9/13/03 - Maryland 6, Drexel 0
9/4/04 - Maryland 6, Old Dominion 0
9/2/05 - Maryland 4, Michigan 0
9/4/06 - Maryland 1, Old Dominion 0
9/2/07 - Maryland 3, Michigan 2 (2OT)
9/5/08 - Maryland 8, Old Dominion 1
9/6/09 - Maryland 4, Michigan 1
9/3/10 - Maryland 3, Old Dominion 1
9/4/11 - Maryland 2, Michigan 1
8/31/12 - Old Dominion 2, Maryland 1
9/3/13 - Maryland 8, Drexel 3

Terps When...

Meharg Named ESPNU/ESPN The Magazine Top 20 Recruiter

Terrapin head coach Missy Meharg was named one of college athletics' top 20 recruiters by ESPNU/ESPN The Magazine in January 2012.

"ESPNU AND THE MAGAZINE asked an all-star panel a seemingly simple question: Who are the top 20 recruiters in college sports? We spoke with three dozen experts, from Mag college football Insider Bruce Feldman to volleyball legend Karch Kiraly to women's World Cupper Cat Whitehill. Turns out, baseball coaches aren't the only ones pulling roster magic from a hat half-filled with scholarships."

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