Woman's Soccer Faces Pair Of Ranked Teams This Week
9/27/1999 8:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
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. 43Maryland 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
2The number of goals Sara Gustafson scored to lift Maryland past Duke, 4-3 in OT.
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
