Maryland Enters ACC Tournament As No. 6 Seed, Meets No. 3 Seed And Host Clemson
11/14/2001 7:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Nov. 14, 2001
ACC Tournament First Round- THURS., NOV. 15, 2001 * 8 p.m. No. 6 Maryland (10-8-1, 1-4-1 ACC) at No. 3 Clemson (14-4, 4-2 ACC) Riggs Field (6,500/Grass), Clemson, S.C.
Maryland Enters ACC Tourney As No. 6 Seed, Meets Host Clemson
* The Terrapins have earned the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament and will square-off against host Clemson, ranked ninth nationally at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, at Riggs Field.
* The 2001 tournament marks the second consecutive year the Terrapins have drawn the six-seed in the tournament. Overall, Maryland is 8-13 in first round ACC Tournament games.
* This year's tournament will be held at Riggs Field on the campus of Clemson University. Clemson has hosted the tournament two other times, 1988 and 1994. Virginia won the tournament championship both years Clemson has been the host.
The Terps in ACC First Round Games
* Maryland brings an 8-13 overall ACC Tournament record into their Thursday contest with Clemson and 5-9 in first round games. The Terps have won their first-round matchup three out of the past five years, downing NC State 7-0 in 1996, Clemson 4-2 in 1997, and North Carolina 2-0 in 1998. In 1999, Maryland dropped a 2-0 decision to Virginia in the first round. Last season, the Terps lost a heartbreaker to Duke 2-1 in double overtime.
Maryland/Clemson and Other Fun First Round Facts
* Maryland is 11-25-1 overall against Clemson. Head coach Sasho Cirovski is 2-9 against the Tigers. His two wins have come in the first round of the ACC Tournament in 1997 and the other at Riggs Field in 1999.
* Maryland has won one ACC title, the 1996 ACC Championship. UM was the No. 2 seed in the tournament, which was played in Charlottesville, Va. That year, the Terps started their run with a 7-0 win over NC State, followed it up with a 5-1 win over Wake Forest and eventually upset host Virginia 2-0 in the championship game.
* Maryland is 5-9 in ACC Tournament first round games.
* The Terps are 1-1 against schools hosting the ACC Tournament. Maryland lost to Clemson 3-0 in 1994 and beat Virginia for the championship 2-0 in 1996.
Current Terps Vs. Clemson
Three current Terrapins have scored points against Clemson in their careers. Siba Mohammed (Tamale, Ghana) had two assists in Maryland's 1999 2-1 win at Clemson. Abe Thompson (Fairfax Station, Va.), who is redshirting this season, scored a goal with Beckett Hollenbach (Havertown, Pa.) adding an assist in the Terps' 3-2 loss at Ludwig Field last season.
Sumed Making his Mark
Maryland redshirt-sophomore Sumed Ibrahim (Tamale, Ghana) has added his name to the Terps' all-time single-season assists chart. Sumed has 13 assists this season, and needs one more to tie two Terps who are in the top spot with 14.
Maryland's Single Season Assists Chart 1. 14 Gino Ferrin (1985) 14 Keith Beach (1998) 3. 8 Sumed Ibrahim (2001) 13 Eberhard Klein (1964) 5. 12 Carlos Martin (1961) 6. 11 Keith Beach (1996) 7. 10 Rocco Morelli (1969) 10 Randy Merkel (1997) 9. 9 John Garvey (1990) 9 Taylor Twellman (1999)
Sumed On The Charts Again
Redshirt-sophomore Sumed Ibrahim has been hot all season for the Terps, scoring goals and setting them up with great frequency. The Ghana-native is averaging 1.72 ppg and leads the team in goals (9) and assists (13). His 31 points have moved him onto the single-season points chart at the No. 10 spot, tying him with Abe Thompson and Gary Furlong (1986). His point-total makes 2001 the fourth consecutive season that a Terrapin has tallied 31 or more points. In 1998, it was Taylor Twellman (1998-99) with 40, and then Twellman again in 1999 with 33. 2000 saw Thompson accumulate 31 and now Sumed, also with 31.
The leading scorer in the South Atlantic Region, Sumed has scored over five-times as much as his freshman year totals when a nagging groin injury held the midfielder back. That year, he scored one goal and had two assists in 20 games.
Maryland's Single Season Assists Chart 1. 52 Cliff Krug (1960) 2. 47 Eberhard Klein (1964) 3. 46 Rocco Morelli (1968) 4. 42 Rasim Tugberk (1969) 5. 40 Taylor Twellman (1998) 6. 38 Rocco Morelli (1969) 7. 36 Shane Dougherty (1996) 8. 33 Taylor Twellman (1999) 9. 32 Rasim Tugberk (1970) 10. 31 Sumed Ibrahim (2001) 31 Abe Thompson (2000) 31 Gary Furlong (1986)
