Sept. 27, 1999

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland continues to play one of the toughest schedules in the nation this week as they take on two ranked teams on the road -- Virginia (No. 10 by the NSCAA) and William & Mary (No. 23 by the NSCAA). Maryland travels to Charlottesville to battle the Cavaliers on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 7:30. The Terps then return to the state of Virginia to take on William & Mary on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 4 p.m.

Virginia is riding a five-game winning streak after upsetting No. 7 Hartford on Sunday, 2-1 and has a record of 6-2, 2-0 in the ACC. William & Mary has a six-game winning streak and is 7-2 entering Saturday's game with Maryland.

MARYLAND (3-5-1, 1-0-1 ACC)
A29 at George Washington (RV/-) W, 2-0
S1 UMBC (RV/-) W, 6-1

USC/FILA Challenge
S4 at USC (RV/24) L, 0-3
S6 vs. UCLA (RV/16) L, 0-1

Maryland FILA Tournament
S10 Baylor (-/24) L, 0-4
S12 Penn (-/-) L, 1-2

S18 * at NC State (-/-) T, 0-0 ot
S19 * at Duke (-/9) W, 4-3 ot
S26 James Madison (-/-) L, 1-2
S29 * at Virginia 7:30 p.m.
O2 at William & Mary 4:00 p.m.
O6 at George Mason 4:00 p.m.
O8 Rutgers 7:00 p.m.
O10 Navy 7:00 p.m.
O17 * Clemson 2:00 p.m.
O22 * Wake Forest 7:00 p.m.
O25 * North Carolina 1:00 p.m.
O31 * at Florida State 2:00 p.m.
N4-7 ACC Tournament at North Carolina
N10 NCAA Tournament Begins

* ACC game, home games bolded, all times Eastern NSCAA Rankings in parenthesis (Md./Opponent)

New Maryland Coach Faces Old Maryland Coach
Wednesday's meeting with the Cavaliers will pit a pair of former North Carolina stars on the field facing each other as coaches on opposite sidelines. Maryland's Shannon Higgins-Cirovski will face former college teammate and former Maryland coach April Heinrichs. Higgins-Cirovski and Heinrichs played together for one season, 1986, Higgins-Cirovski's freshmen campaign and Heinrichs' senior year. The Tar Heels captured the national championship that season with a 24-0-1 record.

Heinrichs coached Maryland for five seasons from 1991 through 1995 before leaving for Virginia beginning the 1996 season. At Maryland, she compiled a 65-40-7 overall record. Heinrichs led the Terps to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1995 where Maryland defeated James Madison in its first tournament game to advance to the NCAA regional semifinals before falling to Portland.

Higgins-Cirovski (George Washington 1991-97) and Heinrichs (Maryland 1991-95 and Virginia 1996-97) have coached against each other seven times with each coach's team winning three times with one tie.

Higgins-Cirovski vs. Heinrichs
1991 George Washington (Higgins-Cirovski) 4, Maryland (Heinrichs) 3
1992 Maryland (Heinrichs) 0, George Washington (Higgins-Cirovski) 0
1993 Maryland (Heinrichs) 6, George Washington (Higgins-Cirovski) 3
1994 George Washington (Higgins-Cirovski) 2, Maryland (Heinrichs) 0
1995 Maryland (Heinrichs) 5, George Washington (Higgins-Cirovski) 1
1996 George Washington (Higgins-Cirovski) 2, Virginia (Heinrichs) 1
1997 Virginia (Heinrichs) 4, George Washington (Higgins-Cirovski) 1

Game Facts and Coverage
Game 10: Maryland at No. 10 Virginia
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999
Time: 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Site: Klockner Stadium, Charlottesville, Va. (Grass)

Game 11: Maryland at No. 23 William & Mary
Date: Saturday, Oct. 2, 1999
Time: 4:00 p.m. (ET)
Site: Barksdale Field, Williamsburg, Va. (Grass)

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The Series Against Virginia
Maryland won its first-ever game in the series against Virginia last season on Oct. 8, 1998, as Keri Sarver's goal 5:36 into the first overtime lifted Maryland to a 3-2 win over the then-ranked No. 17 Cavaliers. Sarver also scored Maryland's first goal at 6:12 to tie the game at 1-1 after Virginia's Liz Botta scored just 4:41 into the match. Maryland's Emmy Harbo sent the game to overtime at 2-2 as she scored with 18:38 left in regulation off a pass from Sarver. Riki-Ann Serrins (Mission Viejo, Calif.) recorded the win in goal, making six saves in 95:36 of action.

Overall, Virginia holds a 14-1-2 lead in the series that dates back to 1987, Maryland's first varsity season. Maryland has never won at Charlottesville, dropping seven straight games, including the last game in 1997, 2-1.

Against Heinrichs, Maryland has a 1-1-1 record, tying the Cavaliers 1-1 in 1996, losing 2-1 in 1997 and winning last season.

The Series Against William & Mary Maryland and William & Mary have met 12 times since 1987 including an NCAA Tournament match in the second round of last season's event with the Tribe holding a 9-3 advantage. The Tribe defeated Maryland by identical 2-0 scores in last season regular season meeting on Oct. 16 and the NCAA tournament game on Nov. 15 held at Christopher Newport College in Newport News, Va.

The Terps last win over William & Mary came in 1995 as Maryland recorded a 1-0 win in College Park. Maryland also beat William & Mary in 1991 (3-1) and 1993 (2-1) both in College Park. The Terps have never won in Williamsburg, losing all five contests.

Terps Play Ranked Teams
Maryland faces one of the nation's toughest schedules this season, taking on 10 teams that are ranked or receiving votes in the NSCAA women's soccer poll of Sept. 27. The ACC features five teams ranked in the top 25 led by No. 3 North Carolina. Also ranked from the conference are No. 10 Virginia, No. 11 Wake Forest, 15t. Clemson. Duke is fourth among teams also receiving votes. Maryland's 1999 schedule features four non-conference foes that are ranked. USC is No. 7, UCLA is No. 9, Baylor is No. 14, while William & Mary is No. 23. Of Maryland's five losses, three have come against teams ranked in the top 15.

Mynarski Moving Up Charts
With the game-tying goal against Duke on Sept. 19, Jackie Mynarski (Somers, N.Y.) now stands alone in eighth place on the Maryland all-time goal scoring list with 17 career goals. She passed Stefanie Magro (1991-94). Mynarski is also eighth on the all-time points list with 43, just three points behind Audra Weber (1991-94) and ninth all-time in assists with nine, behind Tania Sheremeta (1990-93) and Terri Rich (1992-95). Mynarski leads all Maryland players in points (nine) and goals (four) this season.

Maryland Career Points Leaders
1. Keri Sarver      (1995-98) 155
7. Audra Weber      (1991-94) 46
8. Jackie Mynarski  (1996-Pres. 43

Maryland Career Goals Leaders
1. Keri Sarver      (1995-98) 61
7. Audra Weber      (1991-94) 19
8. Jackie Mynarski  (1996-Pres.) 16

Maryland Career Assists Leaders
1. Keri Sarver      (1995-98) 33
8t. Tania Sheremeta (1990-93) 12
8t. Terri Rich      (1992-95) 12
9. Jackie Mynarski  (1996-Pres.) 9

Freshmen Draw Starting Nods
Shannon Higgins-Cirovski has depended heavily on freshmen and sophomore-transfer Sara Gustafson (Reisterstown, Md.) this season. Six different first-year players have started for the Terps in 1999. In fact, over the Terps' first nine games, 54 percent of the starting positions have been held by freshmen or Gustafson.

Leading the way for the freshmen starters have been defensive stalwarts Lindsay Givens (Downingtown, Pa.), Carly Viher (Mentor, Ohio) and Sally Harrison (Virginia Beach, Va.). The trio has started all nine games this season.

Up front, Gustafson has started all nine games along with midfielder Valerie Lawrence. Kim King (Media, Pa.) and Dana Jarzyniecki (Rochester, N.Y.) have each started four games also this season. King started her Maryland career on fire scoring in her first two games. King is the first Maryland freshman to score in her first two college games since Emmy Harbo scored in each of her two games in the 1995 season against Virginia Tech and George Mason.

Wolff On The Shutouts List
Ali Wolff recorded her eighth solo shutout on at NC State on Sept. 18 and now has 8.5 in her three-year career. She ranks fourth on the Terps' career shutout list.

Maryland Career Shutout Leaders

1. Missy Price    (1993-96) 13
2. Heather Rowe   (1988-91) 12
3. Cailin Mullins (1990-93) 10
4. Ali Wolff      (1997-Present) 8.5

Givens Tallies First College Point
Freshman Lindsay Givens is fast becoming known around the ACC her incredible throw-ins but, the defender picked up her first college point with a pass to Emily Janss for Maryland's first goal in Sunday's win over Duke.

Overall, four different freshman have scored this season led by Kim King (four points) and Valerie Lawrence (two points).

1999 ACC STANDINGS

Teams              Overall  Pct.     ACC    Pct.
Wake Forest         7-1-0  .875     3-0-0  1.000
North Carolina      7-2-0  .778     2-0-0  1.000
Virginia            6-2-0  .750     2-0-0  1.000
Maryland            3-5-1  .389     1-0-1   .750
NC State            3-4-1  .438     0-2-1   .250
Clemson             6-3-1  .650     0-2-0   .000
Duke                5-5-0  .500     0-2-0   .000
Florida State       4-5-0  .444     0-2-0   .000

Last Week's Action:
Sept. 22: NC State at East Carolina, ppd., weather

Sept. 24: Santa Clara 1, North Carolina 0
USC 2, Duke 0
Virginia 3, Stanford 2
Clemson 4, Florida State 0

Sept. 26: James Madison 2, Maryland 1
Virginia 2, Hartford 1
North Carolina 5, USC 0
Santa Clara 7, Duke 2
Wake Forest 3, NC State, 1
Nebraska 0, Clemson 0

This Week's Action:
Sept. 29: Maryland at Virginia, 7 p.m.
Oct. 1: Duke at San Francisco, 3 p.m. Georgia at Florida State, 4 p.m.
Wake Forest at Florida, 7 p.m.
North Carolina vs. UCLA @San Diego, 11 p.m.
Oct. 2: South Carolina at NC State, 3 p.m.
Maryland at William & Mary, 4 p.m.
Virginia at Clemson, 7 p.m.
Oct. 3: Duke vs. California @ San Francisco, 1 p.m.
South Alabama at Florida State, 2 p.m.
North Carolina at San Diego, 3 p.m.

Terps By The Numbers

2
The number of goals Kim King scored in her first two college games, becoming the first Maryland freshman to accomplish the feat since Emmy Harbo in 1995.

3-3-1
The record of teams coached by Shannon Higgins-Cirovski against April Heinrichs in seven lifetime matchups.

4
Jackie Mynarski's team-high goal total.

4
The number of consecutive NCAA tournament appearances for the Terps.

7
The number of freshmen on Maryland's roster.

8.5
Ali Wolff's career shutout total to rank fourth all-time at Maryland.

13
This is Maryland's 13th season of college soccer.

24

The number of wins North Carolina had in 1986, the year when Shannon Higgins-Cirovski and April Heinrichs were teammates, as the Tar Heels won the national championship.

NSCAA Poll of Sept. 27

Teams 1999 Rec. Points Last Wk.
 1. Santa Clara    9-0-0 300 1
 2. Florida        9-0-0 288 3
 3. North Carolina 7-2-0 274 2
 4. Nebraska       8-1-1 253 4
 5. Penn State     6-2-1 250 5
 6. Notre Dame     6-2-0 239 6
 7. USC            6-2-0 222 7t
 8. Texas A&M      9-1-0 218 9
 9. UCLA           8-1-0 191 13
10. Virginia       6-2-0 189 17
11. Wake Forest    7-1-0 163 16
12. BYU            8-1-0 162 10
13. Hartford       5-1-1 155 7t
14. Baylor         7-2-0 141 14
15t. Michigan      6-2-1 123 22
15t. Clemson       6-3-1 123 NR
17. Stanford       5-3-0 105 23
18. Richmond       6-2-1 93 11
19. Connecticut    5-4-0 84 NR
20. Missouri       7-2-0 71 24
21. Kentucky       6-2-1 61 NR
22. Boston College 6-2-0 40 18
23. William & Mary 7-2-0 35 25
24. San Diego      8-1-0 32 NR
25. SMU            6-3-0 25 NR
Received votes: Georgia, California, Illinois, Duke, Harvard, San Diego
State, James Madison, Boston University
Maryland Opponents in bold.

1999 SOCCER TIMES PRESEASON POLL

Teams '98 Rec. Pts.
 1. Santa Clara      22-1-1 294
 2. North Carolina   25-1-0 290
 3. Notre Dame       21-3-1 283
 4. Connecticut      21-2-2 247
 5. Florida          26-1-0 244
 6. Portland         19-3-2 238
 7. Nebraska         16-4-1 222
 8. Penn State       21-4-1 218
 9. Clemson          16-7-0 177
10. Dartmouth        16-2-2 170
11. William & Mary   17-3-2 164
12. Hartford         17-5-0 155
13. Virginia         13-7-2 147
14. Stanford         11-7-2 138
15. Michigan         14-7-1 128
16. San Diego State  19-3-1 125
17. UCLA             17-4-1 105
18. Vanderbilt       17-6-0 91
19. Northwestern     16-5-1 82
20. BYU              20-5-0 79
21. Baylor           15-5-1 65
22. Harvard          12-5-1 52
23. Texas A&M        13-7-0 49
24. Duke             7-11-2 34
25. Wake Forest      13-7-1 28
Received votes: USC, Georgia, California, Minnesota, Pacific, Richmond,
MARYLAND, Wisconsin, Old Dominion, UNC Greensboro, Massachusetts, James
Madison

1999 SOCCER AMERICA PRESEASON POLL

    Teams             '98 Rec. '98 NCAAs
 1. Santa Clara       22-1-1 Semifinals
 2. North Carolina    25-1-0 Runner-Up
 3. Notre Dame        21-3-1 Quarterfinals
 4. Portland          19-3-2 Semifinals
 5. Connecticut       21-2-2 Quarterfinals
 6. Nebraska          17-4-1 Round of 16
 7. Florida           26-1-0 Champions
 8. Penn State        21-4-1 Quarterfinals
 9. Hartford          17-5-0 Round of 16
10. Clemson           16-7-0 Round of 16
11. Dartmouth         16-2-2 Quarterfinals
12. San Diego State   19-3-1 Round of 16
13. Stanford          11-7-2 First round
14. Virginia          13-6-3 Round of 32
15. William & Mary    17-3-2 Round of 16
16. Michigan          14-7-1 Round of 32
17. Vanderbilt        17-6-0 Round of 32
18. Northwestern      16-5-0 Round of 16
19. Baylor            15-5-1 Round of 32
20. BYU               20-5-0 Round of 16
Maryland Opponents in Bold