Field Hockey–The #2 Lady Terps won twicw this weekend 7-5 at Old Dominion on Friday and 7-2 at home against Delaware on Sunday. Katie O’Donnell’s 2 goals on Sunday allowed her to pass Nicole Muracco as Maryland’s leading goal scorer in history.
#4 Men’s Soccer defeated Clemson 3-2 on Saturday night as Senior Jason Herrick headed home the game-winner at 75:32 off a perfectly served ball from Matt Kassel in the deep central midfield. Midfielders Sunny Jane and Paul Torres … Read More »
Senior Katie O’Donnell of the Maryland field hockey team was named the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Sportswoman of the Year award Tuesday night at the annual Salute to Women in Sports banquet at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. The Maryland coaching staff, the O’Donnell family and Athletics Director Kevin Anderson were all in New York as O’Donnell was named the year’s top performer for all team sport … Read More »
IMG_0005The Maryland field hockey team, ranked No. 2 in the latest Kookaburra / NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll, opened its Atlantic Coast Conference slate with a 4-2 win Saturday over No. 11 Boston College. Senior Katie O’Donnell broke the ACC’s career points record in the first half with an assist. Freshman Jill Witmer scored twice for the Terps.
SCORING SUMMARY
Goal Time Team Goal Scorer Assists Description 1. 1:30 MD Katie O’Donnell (2) Penalty stroke 2. 10:08 MD Jemma Buckley (2) (unassisted) 3. 19:28 MD Lindsey Puckett (1) Megan Frazer feed from near top of circle to drop in 4. 26:10 MD Kirstie Dennig (1) Lauren Barr; Katie O’Donnell off penalty corner 5. 35:00 MD Ali McEvoy (1) Colleen Gulick; Janessa Pope penalty corner … Read More »
The Maryland field hockey team opened its season Friday night with a 4-2 win over No. 11 Drexel in Philadephia. The Terps, ranked second nationally, won their season opener for the 13th consecutive year. “We’re excited to get the season underway,” head coach Missy Meharg said. “It’s a long preseason and the opener starts the whole tournament. It’s a three and a half month tournament and Maryland will stay very focused and in the present. We’ll enjoy the process … Read More »
Nahhh—It was a fluke the Terrapins lost to Carolina last year. Carolina is ranked #1 but Maryland still has Katie O’Donnell for 1 more year. She’s the difference–look for an other Championship for Missy Meharg.
Senior Katie O’Donnell and the rest of the US National team finished their trip to Europe with a 4-1 record, going 2-1 against Spain and taking two wins from England. O’Donnell scored in the first match of the series, a friendly against Spain in Valencia, that gave the USA a 2-0 lead. The Americans won the friendly 2-1. In the first test match against England, the US took a 3-0 lead in the 42nd minute when Rachel Dawson scored … Read More »
Three Terrapin field hockey alums – Katie O’Donnell, Keli Smith andLauren Powley – will be in Washington D.C. next week for a week-long series with Team USA. The Americans will face off against the team from Argentina for five games at American University for the Clash at the Capital. Maryland head coach Missy Meharg said, “This is certainly exciting to have Argentina and Team USA play right here in D.C. This passionate hockey rivalry has become one … Read More »
Three Terrapin field hockey players, both current and former, will take the field beginning Friday as part of the U.S. field hockey team in the AtaHolding Women’s World Cup Qualifier at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. Terrapin junior Katie O’Donnell (pictured above on the right), and former Terps Sara Silvetti and Lauren … Read More »
Here are my top 10 plays of the decade ranked in order with #1 being the biggest and most significant.
10— March 8, 2008—Hudson Taylor decisions Dennis Drury 10-5 clinching the ACC Title for the Terps, its first since 1973. The title signaled the introduction of the Terrapins as a NCAA power on the mat.
9— January 1, 2003—On 4th and goal, Scott McBrien ran a naked bootleg and went untouched into the endzone triggering a 30-3 win over Tennessee. … Read More »
