Maryland field hockey will not celebrate its 50th anniversary with a regular season Big Ten title. But greater honors remain in play for the Terps, who look to use their final regular season game at No. 17 Penn State Friday to build momentum and tune up for the postseason.
After going 1-1 last weekend, the Terps fell one spot to No. 7 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association top 25 poll. A comfortable 3-0 Senior Day victory over Richmond helped the Terps salvage a weekend that began with a flat 2-1 loss at No. 13 Princeton.
More critically, though, action elsewhere in the Big Ten has put Maryland in a promising spot.