Women's Soccer To Meet Loyola In NCAA Tournament
11/10/2004 7:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Nov. 10, 2004
College Park, Md. -
NCAA Tournament • First Round
• The Maryland Terrapins (7-6-4) makes their ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament in ten seasons as they travel to State College, Pa., to face Loyola (Md.) in the first round on Friday, November 12 at 5:00 p.m. The second game will see host No. 5 Penn State take on Binghamton at 7:30 p.m. The winners of Friday's games will meet in the second round Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
Terps back In The Tournament For Ninth Time
• The Terps return to the NCAA Women's College Cup for the fourth consecutive year and ninth time in ten seasons. Maryland holds a 6-7-1 record in tournament play and is 5-2-1 all-time in the first round.
• Twice the Terps have made it into the quarterfinals (1995 and 1996), while also making it through to the second round in 1998, 1999 and 2002.
A Look Back At The ACC Tournament
• For the second time this season, the Maryland women's soccer team took No. 1 ranked North Carolina into a second overtime. But on Wednesday evening, for the second time this season, the Tar Heels were able to come out on top, this time by a 1-0 win in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament at the SAS Soccer Center in Cary, N.C. North Carolina's All-American forward Heather O'Reilly took a cross from Jamie Gilbert and headed the game winner into the right corner of the net in the 103rd minute. UNC pressured the Terrapin defense throughout the game, but sophomore goalkeeper Nikki Resnick was up to the challenge, stopping a season high 10 shots.
• Maryland women's soccer team advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament by beating NC State 4-2 in a shootout Sunday, Oct. 31 at Ludwig Field. Sophomore goalkeeper Nikki Resnick came up big for the Terps in the shootout, stopping two shots, including the first one, to take some of the pressure off of the Maryland shooters.
• With the game a 0-0 tie through four periods of play a shootout would determine the winner. Resnick made a diving save to her left on NC State's first attempt to give the Terps the advantage. Kimmy Francis converted the first PK to give Maryland a 1-0 lead. NCSU's Anna Helenius made good on the Wolfpack's second attempt to tie the shootout at 1-1, but Simone Dekker responded by making her attempt to put the Terps back on top 2-1. NC State's Amy Graul tried to tie the shootout, but this time Resnick made the save diving to her right to keep the score 2-1. Maryland's Nataly Arias and NC State's Megan Sadler each converted their attempts to give Maryland a 3-2 edge with one more Maryland goal being the clincher. That task fell to Terp freshman Carissa Gilbert, who missed seven matches earlier this season due to injury. Gilbert fired the ball past Connors into the bottom right corner of the net to give Maryland the victory and send the team to the ACC Quarterfinals.
Scouting The Greyhounds
• Loyola enters the Tournament on an automatic bid as a result of winning the MAAC Tournament with a 2-0 win over Rider. The Greyhounds are 16-3-0 on the season, and have not lost since a 4-1 decision to Washington on Sept. 19 in College Park. Over its last 12 games, Loyola has only allowed one goal, that coming in a 4-1 win over Fairfield on Oct. 10.
Four Terps Earn All-ACC Honors
• Junior midfielder Mallory Mahar, after earning second team honors each of her first two seasons, was named to the All-ACC first team in a vote of league coaches. Mahar leads Maryland with seven goals on the season.
• Kimmy Francis was named to the All-ACC second team for the third straight year after netting six goals and a team-high four assists this season.
• Nataly Arias and Kelly Rozumalski were named to the All-Freshman team.
Dekker Honored For Work In The Classroom
• Junior midfielder Simone Dekker was named to the CoSIDA District 2 Women's Soccer All-Academic first team. Dekker holds a 3.95 GPA in finance, has started every game this season for the Terps and has tallied one goal and one assist.
