#B1GCats Look To Rebound Against Terps

10/6/2018 5:10:00 PM | Women's Soccer

2018 NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S SOCCER
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME (CT)	LOCATION	WATCH	LISTEN	LIVE STATS
Sunday, Oct. 7	Maryland	1 p.m.	College Park, Md.	BTN2Go	N/A	Sidearm
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EVASNTON, Ill. – No. 14 Northwestern continues its East Coast road trip at Maryland on Sunday with a 1 p.m. kickoff.

The match will be streamed on BTN+ on BTN2Go.

The Wildcats are 8-3-1 on the season and 2-3-1 in conference, coming off a tough 1-0 overtime loss at Rutgers on Thursday night. The 'Cats are 2-0 this season following a defeat.

Northwestern is tied for ninth place in the conference with seven points, behind Illinois and Michigan, who are tied for eighth place with nine points.

Brenna Lovera leads the NU offense this season with five goals and three assists. She needs one more goal to crack the top-ten all time in program history and her 11 game-winning goals are a program record.

The Northwestern defense still owns the best marks in the Big Ten in goals-against-average (.512) and save percentage (.870).

Seniors Marisa Viggiano and Kayla Sharples have started every match in their Northwestern career, with Thursday being their 81st consecutive start. They need eight more starts to tie to program record set by Lauren Clem in 2017.

The 'Cats have only matched up against the Terrapins four times in program history, owning an undefeated 3-0-1 mark. Head Coach Michael Moynihan's side has won the last three matchups, including a 2-0 win in Evanston last season fueled by goals from Lovera and senior Hannah Davison.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

Maryland

The Terrapins are 3-7-4 this season with a 1-4-1 mark in the Big Ten. Their lone conference with was a 4-0 beatdown of Iowa, but they are coming off of a 1-0 loss at home to Illinois on Thursday.

Senior Jarena Harmon leads the squad with five goals this year. Senior goalkeeper Rachel Egyed has started 11 out of 14 matches this season and owns a 1.10 goals-against-average and an .812 save percentage.

Maryland has scored just 12 goals this season, the lowest mark in the Big Ten.

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