Game 8 ·  American (5-2, 1-0 PL) vs. #9 Maryland (6-2, 1-1 Big Ten)
Sunday, September 26  ·  3 p.m.  ·  Washington, D.C. (Jacobs Complex)
All-Time Record: Maryland leads, 44-1
Broadcast Talent: Jeremy Huber (pxp)

WASHINGTON - The American University field hockey team (5-2, 1-0 PL) will welcome its fifth ranked opponent of the season on Sunday as the Eagles prepare to take on No. 9 Maryland (6-2, 1-1 Big Ten) at 3 p.m. at Jacobs Complex.

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SERIES HISTORY

• Maryland has dominated the 47-year history with American.
• The Eagles' only win in their 44 meetings with the Terrapins was in College Park during the 2004 season, 3-1.
• Maryland narrowly clinched the victory in the last meeting between the two teams, outlasting AU 1-0 at Jacobs Complex on October 29, 2019.

LAST TIME OUT

• American is coming off its fourth consecutive win after shutting out LIU, 3-0, during a neutral site match on Friday.
• Three Eagles contributed to the score sheet starting with the second goal of the season for junior Merel Dupont and the first for senior Josie Formica. Senior Noor Coenen added one more to her tally as she continues to lead the squad's overall scoring efforts with five as the team makes the turn into the latter half of the regular season.
• Senior Gaby de Kock added a pair of assists on the day for Formica and Coenen. Sophomore Emily Horace added another assist for Coenen's goal, scored off the team's seventh penalty corner.
• The win over LIU was the second consecutive shutout for the team after the Eagles held Lafayette scoreless during the Patriot League opener on September 18. American outlasted the Leopards, 1-0, in its second consecutive overtime game and fourth of the season. 
• Of the four overtime games, two were decided with goals from Coenen - Lafayatte, and No. 21 UMass on September 12. Junior Charllene Boshoff put away the overtime game winner in the opening win against No. 23 VCU.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Bryn Underwood also highlighted the win over Lafayette, topping her previous personal best with a staggering 10 saves including a diving effort after Lafayette earned a penalty stroke early in the third quarter. Of her remaining nine saves on the day, three came in quick succession in the final minute of regulation to force the game into extra time.

SCOUTING THE TERRAPINS

• Maryland is coming off back-to-back wins, including a 4-3 OT victory against #17 Princeton (9/21), and a decisive 8-2 win at Indiana (9/24). Both of the Terrapins' losses have come to top-10 ranked teams, first with #7 Boston College (3-2) then #8 Penn State (3-2 OT). Maryland has also notched three ranked victories against #20 Saint Joseph's (4-3, 2OT), #12 Duke (4-0), #21 UMass (1-0), and #17 Princeton.
• Hope Rose led the Terps against Indiana with a pair of goals while Julianna Tornetta, Bibi Donraadt, Margot Lawn, Kyler Greenwalt, Taylor Mason, and Anna Castaldo added one each. Tornetta, Emma DeBerdine, Rose, Mayv Clune, and Castaldo also added the team's five assists on the day.
• Donraadt leads the team's overall scoring efforts with five goals and four assists for 14 points, followed by Tornetta (4g, 3a), and Lawn (3g, 4a). Donraadt also has a pair of game winners and one of the three defensive saves for the team.
• Noelle Frost has started all eight games in goal for Maryland and has 25 saves on the season for a .658 save percentage and 1.67 goals against average.

STILL CLIMBIN'

• Coenen added her name to the list of all-time greats in program history long ago. Now in her 5th season with the Eagles, she is continuing her climb through the AUFH record books.

        CAREER POINTS
        1. Stacey Siu-Butt ('96) 247
        2. Irene Schickhardt ('08) 142
        3. Camila Infante ('06) 138
        4. Magdalena Aguilar ('02) 125
        5. Noor Coenen ('21) 123

        CAREER GOALS
        1. Stacey Siu-Butt ('96) 103
        2. Magdalena Aguilar ('02) 53
        3. Christine Fingerhuth ('10) 51
        4. Irene Schickhardt ('08) 50
            Noor Coenen ('21) 50

• Coenen is also only three assists away from breaking into her third career top-10 list.
• A two-time All-American, Coenen currently ranks third in Division I for career goals, fourth in Division I for career points, sixth for career points per game (1.78), eighth for career goals per game (0.72).
• She also continues to set herself apart in the Patriot League. She earned her third consecutive Preseason Offensive Player of the Year nod this season, and comes into the year as a four-time NFHCA All-Region selection, and two-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year.
• In fact, she is one of four Eagles to have earned back-to-back PL Offensive Player of the Year selections, and is one of only seven players in PL history to have won both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. With the award last season, she now stands as one of only three players in PL history to earn two Player of the Year awards after also being selected as Rookie of the Year.
• Now in her fifth season, she has a chance to reach an entirely new stratosphere with the potential of a third consecutive Patriot League Player of the Year selection.

BACK FOR ANOTHER ROUND

• Gaby de Kock joins Coenen as the two fifth year returners for the Eagles.
• De Kock earned her first career All-Patriot League honor after being selected to the Second Team during the spring season.

D-FENCE

• American continues to work as one of the toughest defensive squads in the Patriot League, ranking second in goals against average (1.40).
• Senior Georgia Davies continues to work as the anchor in the Eagles' back line. She earned her first Patriot League major award last season as the Defensive Player of the Year selection, and was selected to this year's Patriot League Preseason All-League Team.
• Underwood also continues to guide AU's defensive unit from the cage. Underwood closed her debut campaign with AU as the first Patriot League Rookie of the Year selection since Noor Coenen in 2017.
• Underwood currently leads the Patriot League with a .763 save percentage, and ranks second for goals against average (1.4) and third for saves per game (4.83).
• Davies, along with Boshoff, have been responsible for both of AU's defensive saves to rank second in the PL.

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