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linebacker shane cockerille confers with coach DJ Durkin during Maryland’s 38-14 loss to Penn State on Oct. 8, 2016. He returned from suspension to record seven tackles at Texas on Saturday, as the Terps held the Longhorns to 98 rushing yards. file photo/the diamondback

wide receiver taivon jacobs turns upfield after hauling in a reception at Texas on Saturday. After playing in only one game in 2016 due to a knee injury, he caught three passes for 80 yards and a touchdown in Maryland’s win over the Longhorns. photo courtesy of greg fiume/maryland athletics

After suspension, Cockerille looks to lead defense

Terps back up confident talk with win over Texas

M a r y l a n d more than he was a year ago,” Buh said. football coach DJ “What’s great about it is he hasn’t lost Daniel Bernstein Durkin left the any of his instincts, which is what we @danbernsteinUMD decision up to loved about him a year ago. So you’ll Senior staff writer linebacker Shane probably see a better, faster, smarter Cockerille: Recommit to the program, Shane Cockerille.”

Cockerille wasn’t guaranteed playing or don’t come back.

Durkin didn’t know whether Cock- time when he rejoined Maryland. In fact, erille, suspended before the 2016 Quick the Terps listed him as the third option Lane Bowl for an undisclosed code of at weak-side linebacker at the start of conduct violation, would choose to con- camp.

By the time Maryland arrived in tinue his Maryland career. But Cockerille fought to regain his place on the roster Texas for its season opener, he was the and the trust of his peers, adhering to frontrunner.

“We’re happy to have him back,” Buh strict behavioral guidelines implementsaid. “When you get a player who has ed by the coaching staff.

Cockerille started at weak-side line- taken that many reps for us a year ago, backer on Saturday at No. 23 Texas, it has a lot of value as a starter and for which averaged 240.2 rushing yards per depth reasons.”

Cockerille, along with fellow linecontest last season. He made a teamhigh seven solo tackles, and the Terps backers Jermaine Carter and Jalen held the Longhorns to 98 yards on the Brooks, were tasked with containing Texas’ new-look rushing attack this past ground.

“He had to do some real soul-search- weekend.

Texas lost top rusher D’Onta Foreman, ing and decide what’s important to him and how important it really is,” Durkin a 6-foot, 235-pound wrecking ball who said. “He did that. He’s done everything finished second in the nation with 2,028 rushing yards, to the 2017 NFL Draft. we’ve asked from him.”

The Houston Texans Cockerille arrived selected him in the at Maryland as a duthird round. al-threat quarterback.

The Longhorns reHe saw limited action placed Foreman with under center in 2015, another promising completing 11 passes. tailback. Chris Warren, Then, he transitioned listed at 6-foot-4 and to l i n e ba c ke r a n d 250 pounds, ran for became a focal point 366 yards in just four of the team’s defense. games last season.

Last season, he reBut he gained only 31 corded 108 tackles — yards against the Terps, second on the team who had the fourthbehind Jermaine head football coach worst run defense in Carter. He also made the Big Ten last year. eight tackles for a loss “We did a good job against the run,” and three sacks, using his athleticism to penetrate defensive lines. His suspen- Carter said. “Just fitting our run gaps, sion threatened to derail the momentum being in the proper place I think we did a good job of as a defense.” of his breakout campaign.

With Cockerille back in the fold, MaryThe Terps prohibited Cockerille from training with the team until August. But land regained a reliable run-stopper. He he remained in shape during his absence, looked near full strength on Saturday and defensive coordinator Andy Buh despite missing most of offseason camp.

“Having him, you can definitely tell said he looks better now than he did we have a little extra to us,” defensive end pre-suspension.

On Saturday, the Baltimore native Chandler Burkett said. “He’s a physical showed he’s still a force in the middle dude, and he loves to be aggressive.” of the field.

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“This should be a redshirt freshman heading into his first game, but he had Daniel Bernstein to play before he was ready and that @danbernsteinumd helps you improve.”

Senior staff writer But in the third quarter on Saturday, Pigrome left the game with an apparcriticism.

He knew people doubted his running ent leg injury. Durkin did not provide a ability against powerhouse programs — post-game update on his health.

In his place, Hill entered his first he averaged fewer than three yards per carry against Penn State, Michigan and college game and secured the win with Ohio State combined last year — and he a three-yard touchdown run. The Terps was aware pundits anticipated a losing are confident the first-year signal caller can step up if Pigrome misses addiseason from the Terps.

So, when Johnson gave Maryland tional time.

“There wasn’t an ounce of doubt [he a double-digit lead at No. 23 Texas on Saturday with a 40-yard run, he was ready],” Durkin said. “He’s got that placed a finger over his mouth as he way about him, he’s got that ‘it’ factor crossed the goal line — a gesture aimed for sure.”

Defensively, Maryland hopes another at critics. Johnson gained 132 rushing yards in the Terps’ 51-41 win over the year with Durkin and defensive coordinator Andy Buh helps minimize the Longhorns.

The performance backed his claim blowouts that plagued the 2016 camthat Maryland, in its second season paign. The Terps allowed 427.1 yards under coach DJ Durkin, was equipped per game last year, and gave up more to compete despite a difficult schedule. than 40 points on three occasions.

Safety Darnell Savage said there’s “When people doubt you, it kind of gives you that edge,” Johnson said. “You more accountability from the defense want to prove people wrong. … We have this year, which could reduce coverage breakdowns in the a team that’s ready to secondary. play and people are While the Terps going to see it this a l l owe d 4 1 p o i n ts season.” against Texas, 21 of After Maryland’s those points came pa ss i n g ga m e a n d from an interception, defense stepped up a blocked field goal against Texas, Johnreturn, and a punt s o n ’s t e a m m a t e s return. The defense shared his optimism recorded five sacks for the new campaign. and a pick and held Those two areas the Longhorns’ typdoomed the Terps to ically strong running a 6-7 record in 2016. game to just 98 yards. junior running back Still, for Maryland “We have a better to exceed expectations this season, it will likely need another understanding of what Coach Buh asks of us and his scheme and kind of how dominant season from Johnson.

Johnson led the Terps with 1,004 it’s supposed to be run versus us just rushing yards and seven all-purpose learning it,” Savage said. “We don’t touchdowns in 2016. He joins returning point fingers or anything like that.”

The Terps said they’ve improved in sophomore running back Lorenzo Harrison, coming off a 633-yard season, multiple facets, and Durkin secured the to form one of the strongest backfield program’s best-ever recruiting class. units in the Big Ten. The duo combined But it will still be difficult to avoid their third straight losing season even confor 177 yards against Texas.

Maryland’s passing game entered sidering their upset this past weekend. the season opener less established. But After all, Maryland visits No. 2 Ohio State, No. 9 Wisconsin and Michigan it left with promise of improvement.

Quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome, who State this year.

Led by Johnson, Maryland hopes to won the starting job over four-star freshman Kasim Hill and sophomore hang with those high-caliber teams, Max Bortenschlager, tossed an in- starting with the upset in Austin.

Over the past couple of seasons, terception on his first pass attempt against the Longhorns but bounced the Terps watched Maryland Stadium back to throw for 175 yards and two crowds thin at the end of lopsidtouchdowns — both single-game career ed losses. On Saturday, though, they enjoyed the sight of an initial crowd of highs.

That came after an inconsistent 88,396 at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memofreshman year in which Pigrome show- rial Stadium head for the exits.

“We’re home sometimes and we lose cased his scrambling ability with 254 yards on the ground but struggled and our stadium is empty,” linebacker throwing the ball downfield, averaging Jermaine Carter said, “so it’s a good feeling to see the opposing team [exjust 4.5 yards per pass attempt. “[He] had to play well before he was perience that].” ready based on the roster and health,” offensive coordinator Walt Bell said. dbernsteindbk@gmail.com by

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Linebacker shane cockerille prepares to pass during Maryland’s spring game on April 11, 2015. He arrived in College Park as a quarterback before transitioning to defense and leading the team in tackles last season. file photo/the diamondback

Running back ty johnson carries the ball into the open field against No. 23 Texas on Saturday. After leading the nation in yards per rush last season, he paced the Terps with 132 yards and a momentum-swinging 40-yard third-quarter touchdown run. photo courtesy of greg fiume/maryland athletics

a new era?

Terps upset No. 23 Texas for first win over ranked opponent since 2010

Maryland football’s upset over Texas among the best wins in program history

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aryland football quarterback Kasim H i l l s ta r te d his college c a re e r w i t h a three-point fourth-quarter lead against No. 23 Texas and the Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium crowd roaring.

He didn’t waver.

After replacing starter Tyrrell Pigrome, who left with an apparent leg injury, Hill overcame the noise to help Maryland secure a 51-41 victory.

With under eight minutes remaining, he converted a third-and-19 with a 40-yard pass and delivered a threeyard touchdown run to put the Terps up by 10, causing Hill’s teammates to mob him.

It was Maryland’s first win over a ranked opponent since 2010, and the program’s first road upset since a 2008 win at then-No. 20 Clemson.

“There wasn’t anyone who panicked or flinched,” coach DJ Durkin said. “No one was like, ‘Oh, no.’ Kasim came in there and just handled the moment.”

Before Hill clinched the game with his fourth-quarter run, P igrome helped Maryland build a lead despite a disastrous opening possession.

Pigrome’s first pass of the season landed in the arms of Texas cornerback Holton Hill, who returned the interception 31 yards for a touchdown.

As the quarterback trudged off the field, offensive lineman Damian Prince placed a supportive hand on his shoulder. Wide receiver D.J. Moore told him to relax because “it’s just a kids game.”

Pigrome required little assurance after that sequence, racking up 239 all-purpose yards and three scores to position the Terps for the upset.

“I’m proud of him,” Durkin said.

“He bounced back. He missed the spot on that throw … but he played well.”

Pigrome’s composure stood out after the Terps rotated between four

quarterbacks in 2016. He tossed just two touchdowns in 11 appearances last year but excelled on Saturday.

The Pinson, Alabama, native tied the game in the first quarter with a 25-yard run. Then, with the Longhorns anticipating another scamper, he took the lead with a 20-yard pass to Moore in the corner of the end zone.

Pigrome added a 46-yard toss over the top of the defense in the second quarter, finding wide receiver Taivon Jacobs streaking toward the end zone.

It was the longest completion of Pigrome’s career.

“It’s good just knowing we have multiple weapons on the field at once,” Moore said. “It’s great to have.”

Running backs Ty Johnson and Lorenzo Harrison, coming off seasons in which they averaged over seven yards per carry, provided additional balance with a series of explosive runs. The tandem combined for 177 rushing yards.

“I’ve never seen us give up so many rushing yards,” said Texas coach Tom Herman, who the Longhorns hired last December.

After Texas cut Maryland’s 30-14 lead to three in the third quarter, Johnson responded with a momentum-shifting 40-yard touchdown burst up the middle. As he crossed the goal line, he placed a finger to his mouth to quiet the home crowd.

Pigrome’s injury gave the Texas faithful new life, but Hill answered with his three-yard sprint into the end zone to give the Terps a 44-34 advantage. Running back Jake Funk added a touchdown run to seal the victory.

With four more current top-25 teams on Maryland’s schedule, the Terps cherished the adversity they faced on their way to the upset. “ I t wa s go o d to s e e o u r g uys respond,” Durkin said. “Now we can say we’ve been there before and responded the right way.” dbernsteindbk@gmail.com

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t became a dreadful cycle for Maryland football fans. Play a ranked opponent, lose, hope to bounce back the following week.

Those steps had been on repeat since Nov. 28, 2010, the day after Maryland defeated then-No. 21 NC State. Between then and the Terps’ season opener versus No. 23 Texas on Saturday, Maryland lost to 17 straight ranked opponents, the third-longest active streak by a Power Five team.

But two new coaches have circled through College Park since 2010, and the one manning the Terps’ sidelines now was destined to snap Maryland’s woes vs. superior foes. Only most observers didn’t think it would come in his second year on the road against a historic program.

Since he was hired in December 2015, coach DJ Durkin has discussed his vision of creating a top-caliber program in College Park, and you’d be foolish to not buy into his plans after Saturday.

The Terps’ victory over Texas is the program’s biggest statement win this decade, and perhaps its most important victory since 2001 — when Maryland trudged its way to the Orange Bowl.

“It was a breakthrough moment because we worked so hard for this,” wide receiver D.J. Moore said. “Nobody really knew what to expect when we came out there.”

Durkin fulfilled one of his first promises before Saturday, by bringing in the program’s best-ever recruiting class this season. But talent doesn’t always spur success. Durkin also needed to prove he could compete against top college football coaches.

On Saturday, Durkin was opposite Tom Herman, one of college football’s most creative young coaches. After Herman gave opposing play-callers headaches for two years as Houston’s leader, Texas chose him to return the program to national supremacy after three straight losing seasons.

Durkin had other plans for Herman’s debut. He toyed with the Longhorns prodigy, and each time Herman seemed to have the Terps in check, Durkin utilized a different strategy.

The 39-year-old’s acumen and recruiting prowess came together at the most crucial point of the contest. With the Terps ahead by three and facing a third-and-19 with under nine minutes remaining, Durkin put his trust in quarterback Kasim Hill. A freshman fourstar recruit from St. John’s College High

School in Washington, D.C., Hill was playing his first college game after replacing injured starter Tyrrell Pigrome.

After Maryland ran on three straight plays, Hill converted a 40-yard pass to Moore. The newcomer rushed in the difference-making touchdown two plays later. While the quarterback position has plagued the Terps for years, Durkin may have finally brought an NFL-caliber signal-caller to College Park.

“Last year, we wouldn’t have been ready,” linebacker Jermaine Carter said. “This year we were so familiar with the defense that it was just the next man up.

“We had our ups and downs in the game, but coach always tells us to never flinch.”

The Terps sure seemed to flinch at times last season, when ranked opponents outscored them 149-13 and they failed to beat a Power Five team on the road. This year’s mix of coaching, talent and grit was even harder to find between 2011 and 2015, when Randy Edsall commanded the program.

Maryland sometimes beat traditionally strong programs, such as Miami and Clemson, when it was in the ACC. But the Terps hadn’t gone into a storied nonconference foe’s stadium and spoiled its day — and likely weeks for Longhorns faithful — since … well, it’s been awhile.

You might have to revisit Maryland’s win at Pittsburgh to open the 1986 season, but the Panthers’ continued success still doesn’t compare to that of Texas.

“You try and measure these things, and you like to say you know where your team is, but you don’t really know until you get out there and get in the fire,” Durkin said. “We’re certainly going to have a lot more moments like that throughout the season, and we got to build on that. And now we can say we have been there before and responded the right way, and usually that’s a great thing to have, experience.”

Here’s one statistic to measure the Terps’ development: Their 51 points Saturday were their most ever versus a ranked opponent.

Usually, only conference contenders put up numbers like that.

We’ve heard Durkin use those words before when describing his squad’s ambitions. Maybe he isn’t that crazy after all. kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

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State to seek Urbanski life sentence Prosecutors want life without parole for ex-student charged with Richard Collins’s murder; hate aspect still under review Prosecutors will pursue a life sentence without parole for former University of Maryland student Sean Urbanski, who is charged with the murder of Bowie State University student Richard Collins.

Prince George’s County State’s by

Christine Condon @CChristine19 Senior staff writer

At to r n e y A n ge l a A l s o b ro o k s announced her intent to pursue such a punishment when Urbanski was indicted in July, but official paperwork was filed earlier this week.

“This was an unprovoked attack, and the state’s attorney’s office feels strongly that because of that, if Mr. Urbanski is convicted of first-degree murder, he should face the harshest

possible punishment,” said John Erzen, a spokesman for the office.

Urbanski’s lawyer, William C. Brennan, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Urbanski, who is white, allegedly approached Collins, who was black, in the early hours of May 20, at the Montgomery Hall bus stop on this university’s campus, telling him, “Step left, step left if you know what’s good for you,” according to police. Urbanski allegedly stabbed Collins, a 23-year-old newly commissioned second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, after he refused.

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Urbanski, who was a member of the racist Facebook group “AltReich: Nation,” has not yet been charged with a hate crime, but Erven said this remains under review.

“We are still waiting for a few more things from the FBI with their investigation into the digital aspects of the case,” he said, adding that Urbanski’s membership in the Facebook group is among the factors being considered.

This university and Bowie State held a minute-long moment of silence Wednesday in Collins’s honor, halting food and transportation

services and urging students, faculty and staff to remain silent for the minute’s duration.

University President Wallace Loh, who recently named the chairs of a task force that will assess campus diversity response to hate bias incidents, observed the moment in Stamp Student Union.

“It sends a signal that we’re honoring what he stood for — his life,” he said, “and also that we are committed to improving our diversity, our inclusiveness and our respect for each other.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Prof out over email on Latino pupils’ merits Mock trial coach resigns after email from his daughter, team assistant, called ‘racist’ A University of Natalie Schwartz Maryland @nmschwartz23 visiting Senior staff writer professor and a lawyer who were both involved in this university’s mock trial team resigned Friday following an accidentally sent email exchange discussing how many Latino students they should add to the team.

Mock trial coach Mark Graber sent an email Thursday morning to students who had been admitted into his class.

Along with a message listing the selected students, the email also included an exchange with his daughter, Abigail Graber, a lawyer who volunteered as an assistant coach for the team.

“I’ve started sorting the unregistered students,” Graber wrote to her father in the email.

“The question I have is about diversity. There were three (obviously) latino students who came; 1 was mediocre, two were pretty bad (1 of the two bad ones didn’t seem to take it especially seriously). But we have almost no latino students on team.

“If I were to rank purely on performance, I would probably by

university president wallace loh, seen speaking at a November 2016 RHA meeting, unveiled new initiatives Tuesday and named the co-chairs of his newly-convened diversity task force. file photo/thediamondback

Loh taps diversity task force chairs U President unveils initiatives to ‘stand for our values’ University of Maryland President Wallace Loh announced a n ew se t o f campus initiatives Aug. 29 in response to violence that has shaken the campus and the nation in recent months.

On May 24, Loh announced his plans to convene a task force on diversity in response to the killing of 23-year-old Bowie State University student Richard Collins on this university’s campus. In Tuesday’s by

Jessie Campisi and Christine Condon @thedbk Senior staff writers

announcement, he named its chairs and announced that its work will be completed by March 30.

The task force will be cochaired by Lucy Dalglish, dean o f t h e jo u r n a l i s m co l l e ge , Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Warren Kelley and Ja’Nya Banks, the Student Government Association’s diversity and inclusion director.

The 18-member task force, dubbed the President’s and University Senate’s Joint Task Force on Inclusion and Respect, will review relevant policies, including the Code of Student Conduct, “with the goal of shaping culture See loh, p. 4

only take 1 of them,” Graber continued.

“Should I take 2? All three? None have mock trial experience.”

Jocelyn Nolasco, one of the students who received the email, posted the exchange on Twitter Thursday afternoon and wrote, “A racist email and it’s only the fourth day of classes.. […]”

Nolasco told The Diamondback Graber is referring to her as the “mediocre” student. Mark Graber emailed her a personal apology Thursday afternoon, saying “while other students could only guess their confidential assessment, yours is obvious from the context.”

“These issues are so common,” said Nolasco, a junior government and politics major. “I’m used to seeing it with other people. When it … was about me, I was like, ‘Oh, okay. This is not new, but this is new to me.’”

Graber and his daughter both wrote emails to the class Friday morning announcing their resignations.

“The administration has asked that Abby and I resign in light of today’s events,” Graber wrote. “We have.”

A university spokeswoman declined to comment Friday on the resignations.

Graber wrote he was “sick to [his] stomach” that his carelessness had cost the team and remarked how he was “nevertheless proud of our

former mock trial coach mark graber poses for a classroom portrait in October 2016. Graber and his daughter resigned Sept. 1. file photo/the diamondback program, of what we have done for our students and, bluntly, our commitment to diversity.”

Mark Graber declined to comment on his resignation Friday morning.

Abigail Graber could not be immediately reached for comment.

She wrote in her resignation email to the class that she was “terribly sad to leave the program and all of you this way.”

Mark Graber followed up the initial email exchange with an apology to the class on Thursday.

“Huge apologies to Abigail and all of you,” Graber wrote. “I thought I had edited the email so that all that was on the forwarded email was names and emails. Please ignore See email , p. 4

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‘Years’ of concerns prompt fraternity’s suspension ’til 2022 The Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life will no longer recognize the University of Maryland’s chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Corin Edwards, the department’s associate director of advising and programming, announced the decision on Aug. 24 through a post in a Google group for this university’s Greek life presidents. The national fraternity has revoked this university’s charter, by

Naomi Grant @ngrant7464 Senior staff writer

and it will be suspended from the campus until 2022, according to the DFSL website.

The decision to close the chapter was not due to one event but instead was made “based on the chapter’s inability to meet the expectations set forth by the University,” Edwards wrote.

“This decision was reached after a great deal of deliberation regarding accumulated concerns over the past few years and the chapter’s failure to meet conditions related to probationary recognition,” Edwards wrote. “DFSL staff communicated the seriousness of the situation with the chapter leadership but the See fraternity, p. 5

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By Lila Bromberg | @lilabbromberg | Staff writer University of Maryland Police responded to reports of Title IX-related incidents, vandalism a nd severa l i ncidents of suspicious activity, among other incidents du ri ng t he f i rst week of classes, according to police reports.

TITLE IX-RELATED INCIDENTS O n A u g. 25 at 4: 42 p.m., police responded to Queen Anne’s Hall for a Title IX-related assault, said police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas. A man and a woman suffered minor injuries from a female suspect who they knew beforehand.

T he v icti ms were advised on their legal options. This case is closed.

HARASSMENT/STALKING University Police res p ond e d to t he 3900 block of Campus Drive for a harassment/stalking incident that occurred on Wednesday at 2:33 p.m., according to police reports. This case is active.

VANDALISM On Aug. 25 at 4:09 p.m., police responded to Lot JJ2 for a vandalism incident. A woman reported to police that a blue SUV was scratched between noon and 4 p.m. that day.

Pol ice w i l l rev iew nearby cameras. This case is active.

SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR University Police responded to a suspicious activity report at Montgomery Hall on Aug. 29 at 10:43 a.m., Hoaas said.

A female resident reported that between 9:30 a.m. and 9:40 a.m. that day, two men were inside her building claiming to be with a cable company.

The men left after the woman told them she didn’t order anything.

Police searched the area but couldn’t find the men.

Officials will review nearby cameras for more information. This case is active.

On Wendesday at 1:05 a.m., an officer saw an individual trying to climb the construction fence at the Memorial Chapel, along with a group of people standing by the fence.

T w o ra n o f f w h e n the officer approached the group, and the rest were told not to climb the fence. As the officer proceeded to search for the two people, another individual tried to climb the fence.

Additional police officers responded to assist and checked to make sure no one else was there.

While walking the chapel grounds, an officer found a woman and a man, who was against the wall of the chapel. Both were referred to the Office of Student Conduct. This case is closed. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Hosted by the Center for Social Value Creation rhsmith.umd.edu ACCENTURE MEET AND GREET 3100 Hornbake Library South, noon to 2 p.m.

Hosted by the University Career Center careers.umd.edu COLLEGE PARK CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION Second-floor council chambers, College Park City Hall, 4500 Knox Road, 7:30 p.m. collegeparkmd.gov

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Hosted by the Chapel chapel.umd.edu UNIVERSITY SENATE MEETING Atrium, Stamp Student Union, 3:15 to 5 p.m. senate.umd.edu CRYPTOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE OF PRIVACY Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center, 4 to 5 p.m.

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MEN’S SOCCER vs INDIANA Ludwig Field, 7 p.m. umterps.com

UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION 1310 Marie Mount Hall, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Hosted by the Counseling Center and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion diversity.umd.edu Ph.D. CAREER SKILLS: INDUSTRY JOB SEARCH 3134 Hornbake Library South, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Hosted by the University Career Center careers.umd.edu STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION GENERAL BODY MEETING Benjamin Banneker Room, Stamp Student Union, 6 p.m. umdsga.com ROYAL SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Rotunda, Math Building, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Hosted by professor Howard Lasnik lasnik@umd.edu

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FIELD HOCKEY vs TOWSON Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, 1 p.m. umterps.com STARTUP SHELL OPEN HOUSE 1100 Technology Advancement Program Building, 4 to 7 p.m.

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Loh also announced that University Police have installed additional security cameras in areas where racist posters were discovered last academic year. The white nationalist posters bore the names and slogans of groups such as Identity Evropa and Vanguard America.

The Athletics Council — made up of students, faculty and staff — has also recommended to add swastikas and nooses to the existing list of prohibited symbols, along with sanctions for violations, Loh wrote.

Loh also announced that he has asked the relevant University Senate committee to consider “extending a similar ban on the iconography of terror and hate to all other venues on campus.”

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will work with the Anti-Defamation League to launch the UMD Center on Diversity and Higher Education, a think tank tasked with finding best practices, Loh’s statement read.

The office will also work to review other campus bodies to a sse ss t h e i r d ive rs i ty strengths and weaknesses.

Following Collins’ death, Loh released an immediate action plan to combat hate incidents at this university.

H is campuswide statement called for the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct to develop an annual report on all hate bias incidents at this university.

He also tasked the athletic department with strengthening existing Intercollegiate Athletics policy.

“Across our large and decentralized University, there

are actions already underway … yet no administrative office, or new initiative, will improve our campus climate without every member of our community playing a part,” Loh wrote. “We all need to ask what we can do each day to stand for our values.”

In the weeks before the start of the fall semester, Loh also announced the campus would hold a moment of reflection on Aug. 30 in Collins’s honor.

“This moment signals a ca m p u s -w i d e , o n - go i n g process of reflection, dialogue and action to reaffirm our University’s core values of diversity, inclusion, respect and civil discourse,” Loh wrote. “We must redouble our efforts to respond, recover and heal.”

In the statement, Loh also denounced “the resurgence of white supremacists and neo-Nazis, and their sulfurous rallies” as “an assault on our nation’s most cherished ideals,” referencing events such as a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, this month that turned violent, killing one and injuring 19 others.

“After all these years, we know that ours is an imperfect union, but we still strive to realize th e vision of a nation that is truly ‘just’ and ‘free’ for all,” Loh wrote.

“My optimism for the future is rooted in the conviction that America, and UMD, are works in progress. Both have come a long way. Both have a long way to go. But I believe there is no other nation, and no other university, that holds greater promise.”

because he blamed it on being jet-lagged,” Nolasco said.

From p. 1 “It’s a backhanded apology.”

Katherine Russell, the bethe rest and accept my apolohavioral and social sciences gies. Jet lag.”

Nolasco said his apology did college’s associate dean, connot sufficiently address the issue. tacted the students who re“Not only was it unprofes- ceived the email and invited sional, but it was so unapol- them to reach out to her or ogetic about what was said Irwin Morris, the government

and politics department chair, to discuss any questions or concerns, according to an email from Laura Ours, a spokeswoman for the college.

A new mock trial head coach will be announced shortly, Ours wrote.

ference between free speech a n d h a te s p e e c h o n t h e campus. It will also review courses and training on cultural competency, the statement read.

Sea n Urba n s k i , t h e n a student at this university, was indicted on a murder charge in Collins’s death in July. Collins was black, and Urbanski — who was part of a racist Facebook group — is white. University Police and the FBI are investigating the incident as a potential hate crime, though Urbanski has not been indicted on hate crime charges.

Loh will begin the process for “elevating” the chief diversity officer position to the vice president of diversity and inclusion, the statement read. Chief Diversity Officer Roger Worthington — a former chair of the counseling, higher education and special education department — was selected for the position earlier this summer.

Worthington will be in charge of establishing a rapid response team to assist hate crime and hate bias incident victims on the campus, and he will conduct “periodic campus climate surveys.”

This university’s Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct — which made headlines last year after its director, Catherine Carroll, called it “under-resourced” and “under-staffed” — will be responsible for collecting and publishing information on hate bias incidents on the campus.

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This univ’s diversity problem Two coaches resigned Friday from their positions staff at this university.

This is the vision of diversity in Abigail Graber’s email: with the University of Maryland mock trial team after accidentally sharing a racist email with the entire class. Diversity is a service white people perform for minority On Thursday, mock trial coach Mark Graber sent an groups. It is about begrudgingly accepting folks one email to accepted students that included a previous would rather not accept. One achieves diversity when message from his daughter, volunteer assistant coach one includes a certain quantity, a certain raw number of and lawyer Abigail Graber, questioning the number of underrepresented minorities in an institution.

That vision of diversity is worse than tokenism — it’s Latino students who should be admitted to the team.

The email read, in part,“The question I have is about begrudging tokenism. Teachers, coaches and managers who adhere to this understanding diversity. There were three (obfeel compelled to include small viously) latino students who our view numbers of marginalized people came; 1 was mediocre, two were in their classes and teams, but they pretty bad (1 of the two bad ones aren’t happy about it. This dissatdidn’t seem to take it especially isfaction with inclusion prevents seriously). But we have almost no anyone from reaping its benefits. latino students on team. If I were Because diversity isn’t a gift to rank purely on performance, from those with privilege to those I would probably only take 1 of without it. Diversity is a committhem. Should I take 2? All three?” ment to equal opportunity that To its credit, the University rewards all people with all idenof Maryland administration tities and from all backgrounds. asked Mark and Abigail Graber to resign. Following a year of complacence in the face It furthers this university’s educational mission by of rising racial tensions and proliferating bias incidents, facilitating cultural exchange. Diversity prepares the editorial board commends the administration for students for the workplace, and it fosters innovation acting swiftly to remove the two coaches from their and advancement.

But we cannot hope to grasp these benefits if positions. After a white Maryland student allegedly killed a black visitor, it appears UMD’s administration campus leaders treat inclusion like a chore. The has been enlightened to the degradation, prejudice and mock trial email exchange revealed that not evviolence marginalized communities experience at this eryone on this campus is on the same page when university. The editorial board hopes this understanding it comes to diversity. The editorial board recommends bolstering and expanding diversity training will translate into forceful and ongoing action.

But this email correspondence has broader rami- for faculty and staff, and requiring training for fications than the removal of two mock trial coaches. all SGA recognized and Greek life organizations.

It highlights a deep misunderstanding of diversity’s Hopefully, those steps will provide campus leaders purpose on college campuses. Abigail Graber’s mistake the education required to foster a diverse campus must serve as a lesson for administration, faculty and and reap the attendant benefits.

The email from two mock trial coaches reveals a broader misunderstanding.

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The dark side of the fight Erin Hill @erin_mhill Columnist

O n S a t u rd ay night, it seemed like almost every Terp tuned into the Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight. I will be the first to admit: It is fun to collectively root for something. The sports industry lives because fans can invest an extended sense of self in a team or player. And this fight had all the qualities of a landmark match. It had a seasoned boxing veteran and an overeager UFC fighter going head-to-head, and even those of us who have never watched boxing wanted to know which fighter would come out on top.

But there was more to this fight than sport. There were aspects of this match we should remember, factors that raise questions about the moral legitimacy of the fight.

The undertones of aggressive, toxic masculinity throughout the presentation of the match were damaging in ways we may not realize at first.

Frustrated at the referee for ending the fight, McGregor responded, “Let me go down. Let the man put me down.” While I can’t fault McGregor for going all-in during such a big fight, the statement is indicative of a sport that encourages a man not to best his opponent but to dominate him.

The sensationalism of the fight bolstered this trope of what it means to be masculine. In the post-fight press conference, McGregor stood at a podium, promoting his whiskey brand in front of two conventionally attractive models, both wearing Corona bikinis. This juxtaposition of

a speaking male with his hypersexualized female props turns the fight from a display of two great athletes into a show of cheap misogyny.

This is not to mention Floyd Mayweather’s disgusting history o f d o m e s t i c a b u se . H i s m os t recent altercation involved him hitting his ex-girlfriend as their two children watched. He has had multiple incidents involving violence against women since 2002, pleading guilty twice to charges of domestic battery.

Mayweather’s history is relevant because he’s raking in more than $100 million for this fight and is being cheered on wholeheartedly by viewers, despite the fact that he has repeatedly threatened and endangered the women around him.

I understand an organized fight isn’t comparable to actual violence against women. But putting an abuser in a position that celebrates his ability to physically defeat others makes my toes curl a bit.

I watched the fight. I am just as much a consumer of this sensationalism and idolization as the next person. But I am concerned about a cultural atmosphere that treats abusers better than those who, say, take a knee in protest during the national anthem. And I’m concerned about a match in which a person would rather be beat to the ground than stop throwing punches. erin.mckendry.hill@gmail.com

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Maybe college students are snowflakes Last week, my colleague M a x Fo l e y Ke e n e w ro te a piece defending t h e m i l l e n n i a l college student.

He claimed that, contrary to popular belief, co l l e ge s t u d e n ts a re n o t “snowflakes” scared of engaging in real conversations but are authentically compassionate and inclusive members of society who attempt to fight intolerance and bigotry. And for the most part, he’s right. A majority of the time, college students supporting social justice do a lot to push our society in a better direction.

However, there is also something very subtle yet troubling with this generation of college students. FoleyKeene wrote, “Feelings are a valuable component of argument, and bullying students into using logic exclusively is shortsighted. … [A university] also must avoid inflicting unnecessary pain onto students.”

In the beginning of the summer, I wrote a piece about free speech on campus in which I endeavored to differentiate between direct hate speech and speech that is uncomfortable. I believe we are often too quick to avoid the uncomfortable because it inflicts pain on ourselves.

Pain is often a necessary part of learning. Reading Maya Angelou’s iconic work I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is supposed to be painful as we read about her experience being raped at eight years old. And while it is understandable for survivors of sexual assault to want to avoid reliving their experiences, others avoid reading the work because it is severely uncomfortable. The same thing can be said about the scenes depicting racism in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.

We cannot avoid these uncomfortable works because discussing their content hurts. This phenomena of avoiding the uncomfortable happens not only in literature, but throughout academic institutions.

Why? Because students believe, as Foley-Keene wrote, that “bullying students into using logic exclusively is shortsighted.” Yet, while feelings

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How fascism works in America

Fascism in America Nate Rogers is acciden@NateRogersDev tal. Due to Columnist the complexity of America’s governmental system and the polarized political climate, it is unlikely the willpower of one man could actually drag the nation into a dictatorship. And that man certainly wouldn’t be Donald Trump. Despite panic on the left, America’s institutions are strong enough to survive almost anything the president throws at them.

However, that doesn’t make the threat of fascist ideology any less credible. It simply means the threat is decentralized. The creeping fascist undercurrents in American politics are systemic.

They draw from anger, incompetence and complacency rather than intentional design. Recognizing and fighting (nonviolently) against these instances of accidental fascism ensures the rule of law applies to everyone equally.

Despite the strength of America’s democratic system, we have a long history of tolerating authoritarian ideologies. Joseph McCarthy infamously crushed his opposition by accusing individuals of being communists, often destroying their lives in the process. During World War II, Franklin Roosevelt sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps without regard to their basic rights. And, perhaps most egregiously, southern states forcefully and systematically denied black Americans the right

to vote for nearly a century after the 15th Amendment was ratified.

None of these cases are clear-cut fascism, nor were they necessarily intended to be authoritarian power-grabs, but they all carry elements of that ideology. They are all examples of governments responding to fear by consolidating power and stretching the rule of law. Similarly, America is not currently in danger of any sweeping authoritarian coup.

But, as always (and perhaps slightly more than usual), we risk stumbling blindly into authoritarian policy in our pursuit of some misguided notion of public safety.

Meanwhile, TV news programs focus almost exclusively on the president, and the “resistance” opposes him specifically. Granted, there is some rationale for such a narrow focus on the president. It’s shocking to see the most powerful person in the U.S. government exhibiting such blatant authoritarianism. The now-played-out observation that this is not a normal presidency is inarguably correct.

But it misses the bigger story.

While Trump is emblematic of the nation’s authoritarian and nationalist tendencies, he isn’t the root cause. Pockets of smallscale fascism across the nation have been tolerated since long before Trump’s presidency and will be tolerated long after he’s gone. In some places, the rule of law applies selectively, yet it’s tolerated because of fear or bigotry or ambivalence or just sheer incom-

petence. These isolated pockets of authoritarianism are far from the liberal fear of a fascist takeover of the executive branch, but they are just as dangerous and just as corrosive to the American way of life.

For example, well before he was convicted of criminal contempt, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio built the Tent City Jail and forced inmates to work in chain gangs. He proudly showed his prisons to reporters, hoping to further his brand as the toughest sheriff in America.

Trump’s pardon of Arpaio is inexcusable, but not nearly as inexcusable as the fact that Arpaio’s behavior in Maricopa County was tolerated and encouraged — by popular vote — for decades. This is the kind of “fascism” America has to worry about: the officials who praise law and order while undermining it, and the administrations that confuse irrational fear with strength.

It’s important to recognize that authoritarianism will never disappear from American politics. It is encoded deep within our political DNA. But these incidents of accidental fascism can be fought individually. That is what we should focus our efforts on resisting: not the nebulous fascist threat that radical groups like Antifa seem to be convinced they are fighting, but the multitude of tiny yet concrete attacks on our legal, judicial and democratic systems. dodonculus@gmail.com

are important, they cannot alter or eschew facts. We cannot believe what we want because it’s easy. We must encounter what is hard if we want to engage with an authentic search for knowledge and truth.

Discovering knowledge and truth should be part of every student and university’s mission.

We cannot allow opinions to be censored, even if they are painful, and that happens way too much on campus. In their viral Atlantic piece, which, to his credit, FoleyKeene cites, Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff note that University of California schools made a list of offensive statements that included “America is the land of opportunity” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job.” Avoiding debate over those statements is harmful not only to the students hearing them but also to the students espousing those supposedly offensive viewpoints.

The American reality is obviously not as simple as those statements suggest, but if we can never engage with adherents to those views, how will they know the truth? How can we bridge gaps between people who disagree?

We only play into the polarization of America and turn people into Trump voters as they feel more isolated and attacked. The alternative to using logic exclusively is not eschewing it totally; it’s learning how to have civil discussions.

And when we encounter pain, either through microaggressions or through intolerant perspectives, we should be secure in the knowledge that, even though it can hurt, we are having important conversations. Furthermore, we need to recognize that even if something does hurt, that doesn’t make it wrong. Sometimes an attempt to avoid pain can result in avoiding logic. Only by facing our pain can we discover and acquire knowledge. Anyone who can’t afford to have that discussion is truly a snowflake. mosheylklein@gmail.com

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Taylor Swift’s latest is a funeral dirge for her former selves

The online response to Taylor Swift’s terrible new single proves its point

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R.I.P. the old Taylor.

If you haven’t heard … she’s dead.

In some ways, the obnoxiously over-dramatic Look What interlude on “Look What You Made You Made Me Do” where Me Do Taylor Swift declares the taylor swift old her is dead isn’t all that far off. Long gone are the cute, country love songs and the charming pop bangers like “Shake It Off.” Instead, the first single off Swift’s upcoming album Reputation takes her music down a dark, cacophonous path bearing little musical resemblance to her previous work.

In fact, “Look What You Made Me Do” seems to borrow from the worst moments of the past 30 years of pop music. The rigid, tinny drums that drive the song are straight out of the low point of the ’80s, and the jaunty, dramatic piano and string sections sound like they’re from a Panic! At The Disco B-side. Perhaps worst of all, the song is supposed to be biting, yet Swift sounds thoroughly uninterested. As she repeats the hook ad nauseam, barely singing the words, you wonder why she even bothered creating a diss track she doesn’t appear to care about.

But on the other hand, Taylor Swift is very much still Taylor Swift. The song is largely a response to her long-standing feud with Kanye

West, and it’s just as petty as you would imagine. There’s nothing wrong with being upset over being called a bitch on a song, but the responses here are so lame it’s shocking they were ever OK’ed by pop hit-maker Jack Antonoff, who lent his ear to the track. Swift wants you to know she’s all grown up, but it’s hard to believe that with middle school lyrics like “I don’t like your little games/ Don’t like your tilted stage.”

None of this should be surprising, of course — this sort of purposeful fanning of flames is exactly what Taylor Swift has built a career on. “Bad Blood” was a similarly intentioned diss song, aimed at Katy Perry with Swift in the victim’s seat — where she’s most comfortable.

But the biggest difference between the songs is that “Bad Blood” was a fun, catchy party record.

While Swift’s lead singles are rarely the best on her albums, “Look What You Made Me Do” is a remarkably low starting point. It’s hard to imagine that Reputation will provide much useful context to the song — besides fleshing out a musical narrative I would very much like to be excluded from. Undoubtedly, “Look What You Made Me Do” was supposed to be a new beginning for Taylor. Instead, “Look What You Made Me Do” is supposed to be a funeral dirge for the Old Taylor Swift — and it’s about as fun as one, too.

If Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” is a testament to the public’s tendency to jump to conclusions and voice opinions about her, then, boy, did social media responses hit the nail on the head.

On Twitter, everyone and their mother had something — or multiple things — to say about Taylor Swift’s new single, “Look What You Made Me Do” when it debuted Thursday at 11:30 p.m. Hot takes, memes and good ol’ T-Swift fun-poking reigned supreme on timelines from roughly 11:34 p.m. onward. And it certainly wasn’t hard — after all, the song had lines about making a list and checking it twice, one of the most repetitive choruses since Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” and an unintentionally laugh-outloud funny spoken verse about her former self being unable to come to the phone right now “because she’s dead!”

But as I write this Monday — four days later — there isn’t a single person on my Twitter timeline sharing thoughts on Taylor Swift. Even with the debut of the single’s music video last night,“Look What You Made Me Do” is already, like the “old Taylor,” dead.

Part of that has to do with our 24-hour news cycle. We’re constantly on the lookout for the next big story, and these days it feels like the stories just keep on coming. Take Friday, for example: President Trump pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio, North Korea fired short-range missiles, Trump ordered the Pentagon to enforce the transgender military ban and Trump advisor Sebastian Gorka resigned.

It’s not like Taylor Swift should be the

leading story in all that.

But since Swift’s song was on everyone’s mind, it is evident that social media culture thrives on being the first and having the funniest, most interesting hot take. Creating a long-lasting conversation doesn’t matter. It’s all about firing off that one perfect joke before we move on to the next thing we can make fun of.

I cared so passionately about this single being terrible that I tweeted at least seven times (and later deleted some of the less funny tweets because you’ve got to maintain that #brand).

I couldn’t care less about sharing thoughts about the single now. Not because I don’t care about Swift’s music — my recently played list on Spotify can attest to that — but because we’re past the point of being able to tweet about it now.

To further iterate: The song is very, very bad. But behind the chanting and lessthan-believable persona she’s trying to embody, Swift has a point: We as a society are very quick to share unfiltered, contradictory opinions just for the sake of sharing.

The social media reaction arguably does a better job proving that point than she did.

As a whole, we’re quick to judge and make fun of things, not even because it’s what we passionately believe, but because it’s a popular, interesting and fun opinion that can get us a couple of retweets.

As she captioned one of the promo photos for her upcoming Nov. 10 album, Reputation, “There will be no further explanation. There will just be reputation.”

The only thing that sucks about Taylor’s new video is everything

By Maeve Dunigan | @maevedunigan | Senior staff writer Taylor Swift is no longer a human. She has revealed her true Look What chameleon form.

You Made Me She’s constantly Do (Video) changing — put her taylor swift next to a bunch of snake emojis and she’s now the queen of snakes; tell her she’s accruing a hoard of famous female friends and she’s suddenly a dictator, with thousands of plastic women at her whim.

Look what you made her do. She could have been a happy chameleon, eating mealworms in her

tank, but no, we all had to go and upset her.

The music video for Swift’s new single “Look What You Made Me Do,” which was released on Aug. 27, sent the internet into a tailspin. Anyone with a Twitter handle became a digital Sherlock Holmes, as they tried to uncover each of the sly allusions Swift makes throughout the video to her many haters and famed scandals.

It was a regular “Where’s Waldo” — if Waldo were dated stories that once dominated the front pages of entertainment blogs.

The video ties together all the

vitriol people have thrown at Taylor over the course of her career and spits it out as a “fuck you” in the form of extremely high-budget special effects. To overcome the hate, Taylor has chosen to embrace it. Obviously, the only way to prove that you don’t care what people say about you is to make an enormous deal out of it months later … right?

Sticks and stones may break her bones, but words will never hurt her. In fact, they’ll lead to millions of YouTube views.

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Maryland’s second-half efforts in both matches.

Maryland was unable to score after intermission against Duke, who were similarly held off the board in the second.

On Sunday, led by defender Bodil Keus’ shot off a penalty corner opportunity, Maryland cut Boston College’s deficit in half in the second period. Meharg said the Eagles were “physically very tough on our forwards,” contributing to the limited output.

Still, on both occasions, the No. 6 Terps fell short.

“I think the second halves of both games were very good,” Meharg said. “Very defensive field hockey. We’re definitely growing as a team.”

sending shots into dangerous areas. Egyed was called into action often, and was always equal to the task.

For the majority of Sunday’s game, Maryland’s back four consisted of true freshmen Staier and Hope Lewandoski in the fullback spots and sophomores Jlon Flippens and Julia New in the middle. Despite the youth and constant rotation, the experienced Egyed has been able to establish communication with whoever plays in front of her.

Whenever there is a miscommunication or close call and Egyed bails the team out, Flippens turns around and simply thanks her.

“We’re building a foundation for sure,” Flippens said. “We definitely need more work … but it’s definitely there. It’s building.”

When her teammates talk about Egyed, they usually mention how she does not get enough credit for keeping the Terps in games. After she made a big save against Navy on Aug. 20, forward Chelsea Jackson said the keeper’s big saves “get overlooked,” but her contributions give the team a jolt of energy.

That energy has been present throughout the Terps’ unbeaten run in their opening six games.

“Rachel’s saves are huge,” Jackson said after the Navy game. “That gives the defense momentum, then gives the midfield momentum. It just continues to build. … It’s exciting when she makes a big play and it carries on through the rest of the team.”

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goalkeeper sarah holliday has taken advantage of full-time starting duties this season, keeping the Terps in games despite their offensive struggles. She seems to thrive against ranked opponents. matt regan/the diamondback

Terps struggle scoring at Big Ten/ACC Cup Despite team’s poor results, Sarah Holliday has career high in saves by

After a sur- Missy Meharg occasionally

Scott Gelman prising second- opted to relieve goalkeeper Sarah @Gelman_Scott round NCAA Holliday last season, giving Sarah Bates a handful of startSenior staff writer tournament exit last season, Maryland field hockey is off to a slow start. It lost both its games this past weekend at the Big Ten/ ACC Cup due to offensive struggles. Here are takeaways from the contests:

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ing opportunities.

But because Bates is no longer with the program, Holliday has been tasked with starting Maryland’s first three games this season. In the ACC/ Big Ten Cup in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Holliday responded, recording a career-high 13 saves in a 2-0 loss to No. 2 Duke on Friday night.

Holliday was tested from

in goal Sunday against No. 12 Boston College, earning three saves and holding the Eagles to a pair of scores.

The Clarksville native appeared in 17 contests last season and made 13 starts. Holliday has the outset, as the Blue Devils’ experience facing the nation’s potent attack attempted nine top teams, having recorded a shots in the first half and combined 11 saves early last another 11 after the intermis- season against Syracuse and sion. She tallied six saves in the Boston College. Both were first and seven in the second, a ranked in the top 10 at the time. sign that despite Maryland’s offensive struggles, Meharg might DESPITE SLOW STARTS, not have to concern herself with MARYLAND’S SECOND-HALF who will start in goal in the PERFORMANCES IMPRESSED coming weeks.

MEHARG “She’s playing well in practices,” Meharg said Friday. “Her The Terps were swept in Lanmentality is good. She’s very caster, falling to the Blue Devils even keel. I’m not surprised by and the Eagles. The Terps’ that outcome. She has a very attack struggled in both congood game.” tests as they scored once over Holliday was similarly effec- the two-game span. tive in more than 65 minutes Nonetheless, Meharg praised

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“ T h e go o d n ews i s fo r every tool we give [Pritchard] and help her acquire,” Aird said, “she becomes more lethal.”

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Erika Pritchard making strong impression Top recruit powers coach Steve Aird’s attack with 77 kills and 13 service aces Maryland volleyball outside hitter Erika Pritchard arrived in College Park this summer as the No. 29-ranked recruit by PrepVolleyball, but she knew she still had a lot to learn.

“Just having that coachable aspect,” Pritchard said. “That was my part. Constantly learn, get better every day. The usual stuff.”

Pritchard’s willingness to seek help from older players, especially sophomore outside hitter Gia Milana, has helped her adjust to the speed of college volleyball.

T h ro u g h two to u r n a m e n ts, Pritchard leads Maryland’s attack with 77 kills and 13 service aces. At this weekend’s Liberty Invitational, Pritchard earned MVP for another milestone in the Terps’ 6-0 start to the season. In wins over Liberty, Elon and Furman, she hit at least 13 kills while hitting above .300.

Her success early in the year stems from coach Steve Aird’s advice.

“Just like coach said, going high hand, hitting the spots that you want and deep corners,” Pritchard said.

In practice, Pritchard seeks out libero Kelsey Wicinski to receive guidance on serving drills. Milana has also been one of Pritchard’s main mentors.

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the all-tournament team while notching the second-most kills on the squad through the first two weekends. “[Milana’s] been managing the ball well,” Wicinski said. “So, if the set’s not there she’s been keeping it in play so we can continue to play it out, and I think that’s rubbing on Erika a little bit. Also, just that they are the same position, they talk a little bit about blocking and hitting, and they’re always giving each other feedback.”

But Pritchard’s early success doesn’t distract Aird from what she still has to learn.

Her .25 blocks per set rank lowest among outside hitters with more than a set played this year, and while she leads the squad with 13 service aces, her eight errors rank second-most.

“My job is not to tell her how good she [is]. My job is to find the stuff she’s not good at and fix it,” Aird said. “She does some things at a really elite level, but I’m going to be very particular about working on her all-around game. She’s an exciting player to watch … and she has a really bright future.”

Aird caught a glimpse of what was to come in late April when Pritchard competed with her club team, Metro Volleyball Club of D.C., during the Girls’ Junior See pritchard, p. 11

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Rachel Egyed’s ‘spectacular’ saves keep Terps undefeated Goalkeeper makes clutch stops to set up game-winning goal vs. George Mason Not for the first Sean Whooley time this @swhooley27 season, Staff writer goalkeeper Rachel Egyed bailed out the Maryland women’s soccer team.

Tied, 1-1, at George Mason on Sunday, Egyed pulled off two diving reaction saves in succession to keep the contest score level in the 76th and 77th minutes. The Terps went on to clinch a 2-1 victory in overtime to remain unbeaten.

“Heart attack,” defender Sydney Staier said of the sequence. “But Rachel’s always got our backs. She’s an incredible player.”

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and Stephanie Senn last season, but came out as the team’s first choice between the sticks, playing about 170 more minutes than the other two. Apart from 45 minutes against Gardner-Webb on Aug. 25 when Erin Seppi played, Egyed has been the team’s mainstay in goal this season.

She’s accumulated more than 500 minutes in goal through six games, allowing four goals while making 26 saves. Four saves came against the Patriots on Sunday in what coach Ray Leone called an unbelievable outing for Egyed.

It was just the performance the Terps (5-0-1) needed, Leone added.

It’s important every once in a while for the keeper to “snatch one,” he said, and keep them in the game.

“The kid the other night [for Richmond] played like that against

us, lights out, and Rachel was like that tonight for us,” Leone said.

“That was a spectacular performance. The team just believes in her and she saved us tonight.”

The Patriots (0-5-0) presented the Terps and Egyed with a tough task: dealing with their high press. In the first 20 minutes of the contest, the hosts controlled possession in the Maryland defensive third and constantly pressured Egyed’s goal.

Though George Mason didn’t get a shot on target in the first half, constant crossing into the 18-yard box forced Egyed to catch or punch several to thwart the danger. As the Terps grew into the game, Egyed had more time to relax, but she still had to deal with several Patriots counterattacks.

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