Terps Head To George Mason To Finish Road Swing
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MARYLAND (7-6-1) at GEORGE MASON (7-4-3)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2003 * 7:00 p.m.
GEORGE MASON STADIUM (5,000/Grass), FAIRFAX, Va.
Live Audio: wmucsports.com
#16 WAKE FOREST (9-3-3) at MARYLAND (7-6-1)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2003 * 7:00 p.m.
LUDWIG FIELD (4,500/Grass), COLLEGE PARK, Md.
Live Audio: wmucsports.com * Live Stats: umterps.com
Terps Head To George Mason To Finish Road Swing
* Maryland (7-6-1 overall, 1-4 ACC) closes out its three-game road swing as the Terps travel to local rival George Mason (7-4-3, 2-2-1 CAA) this Wednesday at 7 p.m., in Fairfax, Va. The Terps come off a pair of 1-0 losses at ACC foes No. 6 Virginia and NC State last week. Wednesday's game will be broadcast live on WMUCSports.com and on 88.1 FM in College Park.
* The Terps return to the friendly confines of Ludwig Field this weekend as they host No. 16 Wake Forest on Saturday night at 7 p.m. The Demon Deacons enter the week at 9-3-3 overall prior to their game vs. Clemson on Tuesday. The Maryland/Wake game will also be broadcast live on WMUCSports.com and live stats will be available on umterps.com.
* George Mason enters Wednesday's game coming off a pair of losses to CAA opponents Virginia Commonwealth (3-0 on Oct. 18) and UNC Wilmington (2-1 on Oct. 16). Prior to the losses, the Patriots had won three in a row with 1-0 victories over Penn, James Madison and Villanova. George Mason's scoring parade is led by Amy Alecci, who has four goals and two assists for 10 points. Goalkeeper Sarah Coughlin has a 1.10 GAA, starting all 14 games.
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Top 5 Terp Tidbits
* Maryland is undeafted in its last eight regular-season games vs. George Mason, going 7-0-1. * The Terps have shutout George Mason in six of the seven wins in the streak and have outscored them 20-3 in the eight games. * The Terps play the third-toughest schedule in the nation based on opponent win percentage. * Maryland picked up its 35th all-time win over a NSCAA Top 25 team when they beat No. 24 Clemson on Friday, Oct. 10. * Maryland has scored the first goal of the game in seven of its last 10 games, with all of those goals coming in the first 16 minutes of action -- and five of the seven within the first five minutes.
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Terps' Strength Of Schedule Among the Nation's Toughest
* The Terps play the third-toughest schedule in the nation based on opponents' win percentage through last weekend's play. Maryland's foes have a 161-82-28 record for a 64.6 win percentage. Only Florida State (68.1) and Kentucky (65.6) have played opponents with a better win percentage. Maryland plays a tougher schedule than the following Top 5 teams in the nation: No. 1 North Carolina (64.2) No. 2 Notre Dame (57.0), No. 3 UCLA (58.9), No. 4 Portland (54.9) and No. 5 Virginia (61.3). Every opponent Maryland plays for the remainder of the season has a record that is at least three games over .500. Overall, 14 of the 18 Terp opponents have winning records.
The Series With George Mason
* Maryland holds an 8-5-1 series lead against George Mason, dating back to the first meeting in 1987. Maryland has a 7-0-1 record in the last eight regular-season games, outscoring the Patriots 20-3 in those games. The Terps have shutout the Patriots in six of the seven wins in the streak. George Mason did win a 1997 NCAA Tournament game in College Park.
* In last season's game Audra Poulin scored two goals in the first 16 minutes of the match to lift the Maryland women's soccer team to a 3-0 victory over George Mason on Oct. 16, 2002. The Terps used a well-balanced attack in outshooting Mason, 19-6 and holding the Patriots leading scorer Katy Robertson to just one shot.
* Junior Kristen Barnhill made two saves in posting her second straight whitewash in her first two career starts. The Terps increased the lead to 3-0 as freshman Ali Andrzejewski knocked in a rebound shot from Jen Biscoe in the 78th minute. The play started with the Lindsay Givens corner kick as she was credited with an assist on the play.
* In the last game at Mason, the Patriots and Terps played to a 1-1 tie in Fairfax, Va., on Sept. 26, 20001. Jen Biscoe scored her first goal of the season as Maryland came back from a 1-0 deficit to tie the game. George Mason got on the board early in the first period as junior midfielder Kerri Beck scored from five yards out in the seventh minute after receiving a tip pass from senior defender Erika Webster .
* George Mason's last win came in the 1997 NCAA Tournament, when the Patriots upset the Terps, 2-1 in College Park.
* Three years ago at Ludwig Field, on Sept. 27, 2000, Maryland blanked George Mason behind a solid defense playing with a pair of marking backs and a sweeper, at Ludwig Field. Keeper Riki-Ann Serrins recorded her fourth shutout of the season. Maryland got on the board as Kim King scored on a shot into the left side of the net from eight yards out at the 55:28 mark in the second half.
Scoring Early and Often
* Maryland has had a knack for the early goal this season. The Terps have scored the game's opening goal -- all within the first 16 minutes of action -- in seven of the last 10 games. In five of those instances, the goal came in the first five minutes of action: Ali Andrzejewski scored 2:54 into the 3-2 win over Towson, Katie Ludwig scored 1:14 into the 1-0 win over Loyola, Simone Dekker scored 2:13 into the 3-1 victory over No. 23 Tennessee, at Florida State, Mallory Mahar headed in a throw-in from Lindsay Givens just 4:38 into the match, and Mahar turned the trick again as she headed in the first goal off a Kimmy Francis' corner kick just 3:39 into the win over James Madison. Andrzejewski scored 10:15 into the 2-1 win over Clemson. Overall, the Terps have scored the first goal in the game eight times this season and are 6-1-1 in those games.
Ludwig Moves Up All-Time Scoring, Goals Charts
* With her five-point game vs. James Madison, senior Katie Ludwig is now tied for eighth on Maryland's all-time scoring chart with 44 points. With the two goals in the win over the Dukes, she is also tied for ninth all-time in career goals with 17.
* Ludwig is tied with Audra Weber (1991-94), who also had 44 career points. She is 10 points away from Kelly Amonte, brother of long-time NHL star Tony Amonte, who had 54 points in her four-year career from 1992-95.
* On the goals list, Ludwig is tied with WUSA star Emily Janss of the New York Power, who also had 17 from 1996-99. Ludwig can tie Weber on the goals list with one more tally and can tie Amonte for seventh with three more goals.
* Jenny Biscoe is close to cracking the all-time scoring list as she has 37 points, five off Janss, who had 42.
Terps Moving Up Assist Chart
* Two Terps have moved up the Maryland career assist chart this season. Jenny Biscoe and Lindsay Givens are now tied for fifth in assists with 17. Biscoe picked up her 17th career helper assisting Katie Ludwig's late goal in the win over James Madison. Next up on the list is Michelle Salmon (1994-97), who had 19.
* Givens got her last helper in the Clemson win -- her third of the season -- all on throw-ins this season. Her last two throws set up Mallory Mahar goals.
* Kimmy Francis now has 12 career assists and is tied for 10th on the list in just her second year with the Terps. She has four assists in her last six games.
* Givens has 11 of her 16 career assists on throw-ins. Biscoe led the squad in assists last season with nine including a school-record tying three at Rutgers on Sept. 6, 2002. Dana Jarzyniecki set the record originally vs. Howard on Oct. 11, 2000.
* Biscoe also stands fourth on the career chart for career game-winning goals with seven entering her senior season. She needs just one to tie Jackie Mynarski (1996-99) for third all-time with eight. Keri Sarver holds the school record with 17.
Playing The Best
* The Terps, who reached the second round of the NCAA Women's College Cup last season, will take on 11 teams that played in the 2002 College Cup. They will also face six teams that finished the 2002 season ranked in the NSCAA Top 25 including three from the top ten in No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Penn State and No. 10 Tennessee.
* "I strongly believe this 2003 women's soccer team is going to be the best yet in my time here at Maryland," said Shannon Higgins-Cirovski. "We have an incredibly challenging schedule again. I am excited to be playing some of the best teams in the nation, as the only way to be the best is to play the best -- and that's what we are striving to do again."
* Maryland will host two of the four teams that advanced to the NCAA College Cup Semifinals in North Carolina (Oct. 5, at 1 p.m.) and Penn State (3-0 loss on Sept. 7). The Terps will also face challenges from NCAA qualifiers and ACC foes Florida State (2-1 loss on Sept. 26), Clemson (2-1 win on Oct. 10), Virginia (1-0 loss on Oct. 14) and Wake Forest (Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.).
* Once again, Higgins-Cirovski has scheduled one of the nation's competitive schedules. The Terps take on seven teams in this week's NSCAA poll including four of the top 12. The Terps face No. 1 North Carolina (4-0 loss on Oct. 5), at No. 5 Virginia (1-0 loss on Oct. 14), , No. 11 Duke (Oct. 31), No. 12 Penn State (3-0 loss on Sept. 7), No. 16 Wake Forest (Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.), No. 16 Tennessee (3-1 win on Sept. 20), and at No. 18 Washington (2-1 loss in overtime on Aug. 29). The following opponents are listed in other receiving votes or are ranked in other polls:, Clemson (2-1 win on Oct. 10), Florida State (2-1 loss on Sept. 26) and NC State (1-0 loss on Oct. 19).
* The wins over No. 23 Tennessee and No. 24 Clemson marked the 34th and 35th victories for the Terps over a ranked team since the program started in 1987, all of those wins have come since 1991. Those wins were the 11th and 12th over a ranked team with Higgins-Cirovski as the Terps' head coach.
* During each of Higgins-Cirovski's seasons at Maryland, she has led the Terps to at least one upset win or tie of a top-10 ranked team, leading Maryland to a 4-3 win at No. 9 Duke on Sept. 19, 1999 and a 2-1 victory over Clemson on Oct. 17, 1999; a 3-1 win over No. 4 Penn State on Aug. 29, 2000; a 1-0 overtime over No. 8 Clemson on Oct. 13, 2001 and a 1-1 tie at No. 2 North Carolina last season, on Nov. 1, 2002.
* Maryland has played the No. 1 team in the country on 17 occasions, 16 vs. North Carolina and once vs. Notre Dame in 1996 and is still seeking its first victory in a game vs. the No. 1 team.
What's Up With Women's Soccer
* Maryland sophomore midfielder Danielle Malagari (Clarksburg, Md.) is writing this season's team journal, "What's Up With Women's Soccer." The sophomore opened the diary with a five-day journal from the team's team to Seattle to open the season. She has continued with periodic updates during the season.
Media Information
* WMUC Radio: Maryland's student radio station WMUC (88.1 FM) will broadcast up to 11 Maryland women's soccer games in 2003. A pregame show will air approximately 30 minutes prior to kickoff. WMUC's broadcasts can be heard live on the Internet at wmucsports.com and will be linked to umterps.com. Ariel Agami will handle the play-by-play, Eric Gladstein (color commentary), Jordan Weinstein and Jared Hopkins (color commentary/stats).
* Email Straight To You: If you would like the latest Maryland women's soccer news emailed directly to you as soon as it breaks, email women's soccer contact Jason Yellin at jyellin@umd.edu with the message "Women's Soccer Email" as the subject and you will receive every update distributed about the team.
* Scores on your cell phone: Fans can now get score updates sent directly to their cell phones! Just go to any schedule page at www.umterps.com to sign up for the service.
* Terps on the Web: For up-to-date game stories, statistics, schedules and results, and other Maryland athletic department information, please locate www. umterps.com on the Internet.
