After picking up back-to-back wins over then-No. 5 Northwestern and then-No. 3 UConn, No. 2 Maryland field hockey will remain in College Park to play host for a couple of Big Ten games. In addition to earning two victories, it was also the first time that Maryland had beaten a top-five team this year, and it did it twice.
“What I’m very pleased about is their coachability at breaks — end of quarters and at halftime,” coach Missy Meharg said. “So their hockey IQ is coming along. I mean it’s not great, but we’re still a work in progress, which is really exciting.