Sept. 7, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland junior forward Sara Gustafson (Reisterstown, Md.) was named to the Soccer America Women's Team of the Week for the week ending Sept. 5 after scoring her first career hat trick in Maryland's 3-1 upset of No. 4 Penn State on Tuesday, Aug. 29. It was the first time Gustafson has been honored by Soccer America.

She was also named Maryland's female student-athlete of the week, an honor she shared with her male soccer counterpart Nick Downing (Redmond, Wash.)

Gustafson leads the No. 9 Terps in scoring with three goals and six points.

Maryland continues its season on Saturday, when the Terps travel to Richmond to face the Spiders at 7 p.m.