Maryland women’s soccer releases 2019 schedule

Maryland women’s soccer released its 2019 schedule on Tuesday, as the Terps will look to improve after a 4-10-5 season in 2018.

Maryland will play more than half of its games at Ludwig Field, with 10 home matches and nine away contests on the schedule. The home slate is evenly split between conference and nonconference opponents and features three teams that played in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

The Terps will take on six 2018 tournament teams, taking on Princeton, Wisconsin and Minnesota at home and facing Auburn, Rutgers and Ohio State on the road. Maryland will unofficially open the season on Aug. 11 in a scrimmage against Delaware, but won’t have its first official kickoff until Aug. 22 against Georgia Southern, both at Ludwig.

After a 7-8-3 performance in 2017, Maryland took a step back this past season but managed to improve its conference record. The Terps added a win to their Big Ten total, going 2-7-2 after a 1-8-2 conference record in 2017, but still regressed overall.

Head coach Ray Leone will lose Rachel Egyed in goal to graduation, but returns the bulk of a solid defense. Leone will hope another year of experience from his young attack will be enough for the Terps to finish over .500 for the first time since 2012.

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