Top-ranked Maryland and No. 3 North Carolina are scoreless at halftime in the last ACC regular-season meeting between the two field hockey powerhouses.
The Terrapins (10-0, 2-0 ACC) and Tar Heels (8-1, 1-1 ACC) largely used the opening 35 minutes to feel out the game’s cadence. UNC controlled the majority of play through the first 15 minutes, but Maryland warmed to the task midway through a possession-filled half.
Maryland’s Alyssa Parker claimed the best scoring chance of the half with 3:30 to play when she deflected a shot just wide of the near post. Parker’s near-miss was the Terrapins’ only shot of the half. The Tar Heels threw three shots toward Maryland’s cage.
UNC is playing without two of its top upperclassmen. Junior forward Charlotte Craddock is out with a strained muscle in her right leg, and junior back Abby Frey is on the touchline with injuries suffered in a scooter accident Friday.
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