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University of Massachusetts
No. 2 Maryland
Field Hockey's NCAA Competition Continues at Maryland
November 11, 2016 | Field Hockey
Minutewomen face No. 2 nationally ranked Terrapins at 11:30 a.m. on Sat., Nov. 12
| University of Massachusetts Field Hockey Game Notes: NCAA First Round | |
| Game 22 | Massachusetts (14-7 overall, 6-2 Atlantic 10) at No. 2 Maryland (17-4, 7-1 Big Ten) |
| Date | Time | Saturday, Nov. 12 | 11:30 a.m. |
| Location | Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex; College Park, Md. |
| Series History | Maryland leads the series, 15-0. Last meeting: #1 Maryland 3, UMass 2; Aug. 29, 2014 |
| Live Statistics | GameTracker |
| Watch | Provided by Maryland Athletics (Free) |
| Team Information | Massachusetts | Maryland |
| Game Notes | Massachusetts | Maryland |
| @UMassFH | @UMassAthletics | |
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| Tickets | Available through Maryland Athletics |
PARKING INFORMATION: Maryland football will host Ohio State Saturday, Nov. 12 at 3:30 p.m. Due to traffic and parking for the football game, field hockey fans are strongly encouraged to prepay for parking in the Terrapin Trail Garage ($17) - which is approximately 1/2 mile away from the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. Fans can prepay parking here.
If the parking lots sell out in advance of Nov. 12, a free shuttle will take fans from the College Park Metro parking garage to the University. The link about the garage can be found online here.
Parking will be free and open in all of the lots around the Complex for Sunday's NCAA Second Round game.
UMass-Maryland Scouting Report
University of Massachusetts field hockey and Maryland clash in the NCAA Tournament First Round on the Terrapins' campus in College Park, Maryland, at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. The game is Maryland's 29th NCAA appearance and marks the 26th for the Minutewomen.
Maryland is 17-4 overall and finished 7-1 in the ACC. The Terrapins entered the Big Ten Championship game on a 10-game winning streak; however, Penn State got the best of the Terrapins, 2-1 for the league title. Maryland begins NCAAs as the No. 2 overall seed and No. 2 nationally ranked program in the nation.
Depth on offense propels the Terrapins up front, led by Welma Luus' 38 points via team-high 15 goals and eight assists. Grace Balsdon adds 31 points (13 goals, five assists) while two Terrapins sport 23 points: Linnea Gonzales and Emma Rissinger. Five additional Maryland competitors hold at least 10 points entering the NCAA Championship in Lein Holsboer (13), Madison Maguire (12), Sophie Pelzer (11), Kelee Lepage (10) and Carrie Hanks (10).
Two goalies split time in the cage for the Terrapins in Sarah Bates and Sarah Holliday, with nearly even time between them. Bates (738 minutes), sports a 10-1 record on the strength of a 1.83 goals-against average and .758 save percentage. Holliday is 7-3 on the year with a 2.57 goals-against average and .672 save percentage.
Maryland is undefeated against Massachusetts in 15 meetings, including a narrow victory last time out when the No. 1 Terrapins escaped the Nook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with a 3-2 win. Current UMass senior Nicole Miller had two goals in the contest.
UMass Field Hockey In The NCAA Field
The 2016 NCAA Tournament marks the 26th appearance in the field for Massachusetts. It ranks the Minutewomen sixth across the NCAA Division I landscape for most tournament berths. UMass first appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 1981 and collected 13 consecutive berths from 1981-93. The Minutewomen also earned a spot in the field from 1997-2001, '07, '08, '10, '12, '13 and '15.
Delario Hits Career Triple Digits
With five points on two goals and an assist in the NCAA Play-In Round at Monmouth, senior forward Izzie Delario reached 100 career points with the Minutewomen. Delario did so via 38 career assists and 31 goals scored over 75 games played. Delario is in the later stages of a standout senior season, during which she now owns 31 points over 21 games via 12 goals scored and seven assists. Delario had 26 points as a junior, 25 as a freshman and 18 as a sophomore.
Play-In Their Way In
UMass field hockey played its way into the NCAA Tournament First Round with a 4-3 victory at Monmouth on Wed., Nov. 11. It improved the Minutewomen to 8-1 all-time in the NCAA Play-In Round. In the game against the Hawks, Izzie Delario (two goals, one assists), Sarah Hawkshaw (one goal) and Nicole Miller (one goal, one assist) accounted for all 10 points. The defense eliminated Monmouth's late comeback push as it turned aside a pair of penalty corner opportunities after time expired in the second half.
Back-To-Back Like Jordan '96, '97
UMass field hockey won the 2016 Atlantic 10 Championship with a 2-1 victory over Saint Joseph's in the title game on Sat., Nov. 5. It marked the second consecutive season and fourth in the last five years the Minutewomen claimed the league's crown. The 2016 title marked the team's 16th with the Atlantic 10, more than all other current or former league members combined (13). UMass also went back-to-back in 1992 and '93, won six straight from 1996-2001, claimed the 2007-08 crowns and again won back-to-back in 2012 and '13.
HAWK-SMASH
UMass field hockey junior midfielder and forward Sarah Hawkshaw won the Atlantic 10 Championship Most Outstanding Player Award with seven points over the two-game slate, split between three goals and one assist.
She now owns a team-high 15 goals scored following the NCAA Play-In Round, a single-season career best. The Dublin, Ireland, native is currently second only to Izzie Delario (31) for most active goals among Minutewomen as Hawkshaw enters the NCAA Tournament First Round with 30.
Hawkshaw had all three goals against No. 2 seed Richmond in the A-10 semifinal round as she secured the team a 3-1 win and advanced the Minutewomen to the next contest. In the A-10 Championship Game, Hawkshaw dished an assist on the first UMass goal of the 2-1 win over No. 1 seed Saint Joseph's.
She was also part of the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team and has at least one point in nine of the most recent 11 games (23 total, 2.1 per game).
Eight Minutewomen Split A-10 Accolade Haul
Eight members of the University of Massachusetts field hockey program split up 10 Atlantic 10 Conference year-end awards. Melanie Kreusch highlighted the group as the A-10 Defensive Player of the Year and one of three Minutewomen on the all-conference first team, alongside Izzie Delario and Sarah Hawkshaw.
Three more from the squad earned placement on the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team in Anne Dijkstra, Celina Hocks and Nicole Miller. Hocks, a junior transfer from Germany with no prior collegiate field hockey experience, was also named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team. Nicole Kuerzi and Cliodhna Loughlin were recognized for their respective successes in the classroom as members of the A-10 All-Academic Team.
Scoring More And More
UMass field hockey has the top-scoring offense in the Atlantic 10 this season with 63 goals in 21 games played for an average of 3.0 per contest. Sarah Hawkshaw leads the way with 15 goals scored, followed by 12 for Izzie Delario and nine by Nicole Miller. Hawkshaw's 15 goals ranks third in the conference and makes her one of only four Atlantic 10 players with 10 or more goals on the year. Delario and Hawkshaw are the only pair of teammates in double-figures.
Miller Time!
Senior forward Nicole Miller is having a career-year as a senior with a personal best 29 points via nine goals and 11 assists as a starter up front in all 21 games played. Miller leads the team in assists and is third in goals scored. She has the highest shots-on-goal percentage among players with at least 10 attempts as she put 28 of her 37 shots on-target (75.7 percent).
Assists A-Plenty
A pair of current Minutewomen rank in the top-10 all-time in program history for assists in seniors Izzie Delario and Cliodhna Loughlin. Delario owns 38 career assists, the fourth-most among all Minutewomen and three from surpassing Holly Hockenbrock (1990-93) in third with 40. Loughlin sits in 10th with 25 and is one behind Judy Strong (1978-81) and Kate Putnam (1995-99) tied for eighth.
Clipping The Eagles
University of Massachusetts field hockey took a 3-2 overtime game at No. 9 Boston College on Sun., Sept. 25. It marked the highest-ranked team downed by the Minutewomen since the squad defeated No. 7 Virginia, 4-3, in overtime during the NCAA Tournament First Round on Nov. 16, 2013.
UMass rallied from down one goal on two occasions against the Eagles as BC led 1-0 following a 23rd-minute goal and 2-1 in the 42nd minute. Sarah Hawkshaw provided the game-tying tally at the 54:23 mark to force overtime. Anne Dijkstra ended it with her first goal of the year in the 82nd minute as Dijkstra forced a turnover near the Boston College circle, dribbled in and shot into the right side for the sudden victory.
Gunned For The Goals Record And Got It
University of Massachusetts field hockey dropped 12 goals on Saint Louis in a shutout win at the Gladchuk Sports Complex on Fri., Sept. 16. It reset the program record for goals scored in a single-game. Previously, UMass scored 11 on two occasions, including one performance accomplished by the current seniors during their freshman year. The Minutewomen had 11 at Saint Louis in a shutout of the Billikens on Sat., Oct. 12, 2013 and also posted 11 at Smith College on Oct. 25, 1979.
Offensive Firepower On Full Display
University of Massachusetts field hockey posted eight goals at UMass Lowell on Sun., Sept. 4. It marked the most offense by the Minutewomen since a 9-1 win over Saint Joseph's on Oct. 20, 2013 – a span of 53 games between the eight-goal outing.
Melanie Kreusch and Nicole Kuerzi each posted two-goal games while Izzie Delario, Sarah Hawkshaw, Celina Hocks and Nicole Miller scored once apiece. Delario and Cliodhna Loughlin also had three assists each while Hocks added two and Katie Clark earned her first collegiate point via an assist.
Keeping The Kennedy Cup
The University of Massachusetts and UMass Lowell started a new tradition during 2013 in tandem with UMass Lowell's elevation to Division I: the Kennedy Cup. Through four meetings, the Minutewomen have not relinquished the game trophy.
The Maroon and White blanked UMass Lowell during the inaugural game, 6-0 on Sept. 3, 2013. One year later, Massachusetts traveled to the River Hawks for a 3-1 victory on Sept. 14, 2014. Last season, offensive fireworks were displayed through the 4-3 UMass win on Sept. 11. This year, the Minutewomen controlled the tempo en route to an 8-0 victory.
The Kennedy Cup is named in honor of University of Massachusetts and UMass-Lowell alumnus, John F. Kennedy, who is a strong supporter and graduate of both institutions.
Robertson Returns To Her Alma Mater
1988 University of Massachusetts graduate Amy Robertson returned to her alma mater to serve as the UMass field hockey interim head coach for the 2016 season. Robertson previously held an assistant coach position with the Minutewomen from 1992-96 and was a standout defender from 1984-87.
Robertson led the Indiana University field hockey program for 15 seasons from 2000-14, accumulating 134 victories and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances during her tenure. She oversaw the team's elevation from club level to NCAA Division I varsity status in 2000 and led the program to the Elite Eight during its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2005.
She also served as an assist at Iowa (1989-91) and Wake Forest (1997-99) prior to her 15-year tenure at Indiana. Over the previous three decades, Robertson accumulated 15 NCAA Tournament appearances and more than 350 victories as a student-athlete, assistant coach and head coach.
The Quicker Goal Picker-Upper
Senior forward Nicole Miller provided the Minutewomen their first goal of the season in three of her four campaigns with the program, including her freshman, sophomore and senior years.
Miller scored unassisted less than 15 minutes into her first collegiate game, a 2-1 win over Maine on Aug. 20, 2013. As a sophomore, she totaled both goals in a hard-fought 3-2 loss to No. 1 Maryland. Two years later, Miller returned to her first-game form with a tally at New Hampshire in the 2016 opener.
Fresh Face In The Cage
University of Massachusetts field hockey features a new starter in the cage for the first time since the 2012 season in redshirt junior Emily Hazard.
Hazard, a Highlands Ranch, Colo., native saw limited time behind previous starter Sam Carlino over the last two seasons. She entered the year with 24 minutes, 15 seconds in the cage and a career 2.89 goals-against average.
Through 1,489 minutes between the pipes this season, Hazard has a 1.97 goals-against average and .622 save percentage. Her four shutouts this year ties Hazard for first in the league in the category. She dropped her goals-against average to 1.48 in Atlantic 10 action, while her three clean sheets in league play ranked first among all conference goalies.
