Just over halfway into the second quarter of No. 2 Maryland field hockey’s top-five showdown against No. 5 Penn State, Nittany Lion junior forward Sophia Gladieux sprinted out in transition looking for her team’s fourth consecutive goal. Gladieux used her body to shun the defender away before ultimately sending a rocket into the left side of the cage.
Gladieux’s second goal was one of five unanswered scored by the Nittany Lions in a dominant performance, handing Maryland a 5-1 loss at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex on Friday evening.
The Terps had an opportunity to run the table in the Big Ten and clinch the regular season title outright, but now will have to wait for the result of the Nittany Lions’ conference finale to see which team will get the top seed in the conference tournament.