No. 10 Field Hockey Hosts Midweek Contest vs. No. 7 Maryland Tuesday

Tuesday, September 20

Princeton, N.J.

6:00 p.m.

Princeton University

Maryland

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

September 18, 2016 | Field Hockey

Week 4 Game Notes: No. 7 Maryland
Gametimes	Tuesday, Sept. 20 - 6 p.m. l Bedford Field
Game Coverage	Live Stats / Ivy League Digital Network/Facebook Live
Twitter	@PUTigers l @PUTigers_live l @umterps
All-Time Series	Maryland leads Princeton, 21-8-1
Last Meeting	Nov. 14, 2015 - No. 18 Princeton 3, No. 5 Maryland 1, NCAA First Round (Recap)
No. 10 Princeton	Roster l Schedule l 2016 Stats l @TigerFH
No. 7 Maryland	Roster l Schedule l @TerpFieldHockey
Related Links	Video: Meet Field Hockey Head Coach Carla Tagliente Tigers No. 10 in latest NFHCA Coaches' Poll Tornetta picked as Ivy League Player of the Week Tornetta - Suburban Transit GoPrincetonTigers.com Athlete of the Week Tornetta - Longstreth/NFCHA's Division I Offensive Player of the Week

What's Going On?

Princeton is 3-2 after falling, 2-0, to No. 14 Virginia on Friday. Junior Ryan McCarthy took nine shots in the game, but the Tigers couldn't solve the UVA's goalie Lucas Carrera as she came up with 14 saves.
The Tigers have two wins this season over top-20 teams. Princeton dropped then No. 12 Albany, 3-2, on Sept. 9 and then No. 10 Delaware, 4-2, on Sept. 11.
Against Albany, sophomore Sophia Tornetta deflected McCarthy's pass in the back of the net to tie the game. Later in the contest, she assisted on the game-winning goal by junior Lexi Quirk with 3:23 to go.
Down 2-1 to Delaware, this time it was McCarthy, who posted the game-tying and game-winning goals to lead Princeton to a 4-2 victory. Tornetta added an insurance tally to cap the scoring.
With her stellar performance last weekend, Tornetta was selected as the Ivy League Co-Player, Suburban Transit GoPrincetonTigers.com Athlete and Longstreth/NFCHA's Division I Offensive Player of the Week.

Challenging Road

Princeton is 2-1 during a stretch of four consecutive contests vs. nationally ranked teams.
Other top opponents include a trip to No. 4 Penn State on Oct. 2 and a home date with No. 2 Duke on Oct. 9.

The Year That Was

The Tigers went 11-7 last season and won its 11th Ivy League title in 12 seasons.
Princeton defeated Maryland, 3-1, to advance to the program's 14th NCAA quarterfinals appearance before losing to the eventual national champion, Syracuse.
Princeton had seven players make the All-Ivy League squads including Maddie Copeland '16 (Ivy Offensive Player of the Year), Tornetta (Rookie of the Year) and Holmes-Winn (Coach of the Year) picking up major awards.
The team had five players named to the 2015 Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-Region squads.
Copeland was selected to the Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-America third team.

Changing Of The Guard

Carla Tagliente, formerly of UMass, was named head coach on June 29th.
During her time at UMass, Tagliente averaged nearly 13 wins a year and guided the team to three Atlantic-10 titles. She was named A-10 Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2013.
Kristen Holmes-Winn stepped down as Princeton field hockey coach on June 20th to become the Vice President of Performance Science and Optimization for a company called "WHOOP."
During her tenure, Holmes-Winn led Princeton to the 2012 National Championship, 12 Ivy League titles, 11 NCAA tournaments and a 164-80 overall (.672) and 86-5 Ivy (.940) record. In postseason play, the Tigers reached the NCAA quarterfinals seven times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015).

Stars & Stripes:

Senior Cat Caro, Tornetta and freshman Maddie Bacskai were on United States U-21 women's national field hockey team that scored a silver medal at the Junior Pan American Tournament on Apr. 9.
Katie Reinprecht '13, Julia Reinprecht '14 and Kathleen Sharkey '13 were named to the United States field hockey team that placed fifth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. It was the team's highest finish since 1996.

Series History: Maryland

Princeton is 8-21-1 all time vs. Maryland.
The Tigers won the first two matchups vs. Maryland in the 1981-82 seasons.
At home, Princeton is 3-9-1 with its three wins coming in 1981, 1998, 2010.
These two teams have met seven times in the NCAA Tournament with Maryland taking four of the contests.
Princeton defeated Maryland 3-2 in overtime in the 2012 NCAA semifinals en route to the national title.

Last Meeting: Maryland – Nov. 14, 2015

Behind a pair of goals from Tornetta and a stellar defensive effort, the 18th-ranked Princeton University field hockey team defeated No. 5 Maryland in NCAA first round action at Syracuse's JS Coyne Stadium, 3-1.
Snapping a five-game losing skid to the Terrapins, Princeton improved to 11-6 (7-0 Ivy) on the season and advanced to face the second-ranked Orange (18-1). The Orange would go on to win the national championship.

Scouting Maryland

The Terrapins are 5-2 on the season, most recently defeating Indiana, 5-2, on Saturday to begin their Big-10 conference schedule.
Maryland has one victory over a top-10 team, Boston College. The Terrapins defeated the No. 8 team in the country, 3-1 on Sept. 4.
Welma Luus leads the team with seven goals while her teammate Grace Balsdon has six tallies.
Luus was a NFHCA second team All-American last season.