Nov. 11, 2004
CARY, N.C. -
The Maryland Terrapins take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Atlantic Coast Conference semifinals Friday night at 8 p.m. at the SAS Soccer Stadium. The Terps defeated Clemson 2-0 in the quarterfinals, while the Tar Heels advanced after a 2-0 win over NC State.
The Terps defeated UNC earlier this season, 1-0, in College Park. Domenic Mediate scored the game-winner in the 75th minute on an assist from Kenney Bertz.
The two teams are among the hottest in the league, as the Terps have won seven straight and the Tar Heels have won seven of their last eight.
In 57 meetings on the pitch, the two teams have never finished in a tie.
All four of the top seeds advanced in the ACC Tournament. Top-seeded Wake Forest defeated Virginia Tech and fourth-seeded Virginia downed Duke in first round action.
GameTracker will be available on www.umterps.com and www.theacc.com.
Terp Tidbits
Maryland is 2-1 all-time against UNC at the ACC Tournament. The last time the two teams met at the tournament was in 1998, when Maryland came away with a 2-0 win.
Abe Thompson became Maryland's all-time leading scorer with his goal against Clemson in the quarterfinals. Thompson has 110 points, passing Eberhard Klein (1962-64). Thompson also has 43 career goals (two shy of Cliff Krug's all-time mark). Jason Garey scored his 17th goal of the season against the Tigers. It was the most goals in a season since 1994 (Shane Dougherty) and his 43 points are the most for a Maryland player since 1969. He has scored five of Maryland's last seven goals.
Left back David Glaudemans was credited with an assist on Jason Garey's goal. It was the first point of his collegiate career.
The Terp defense has shut out its last four opponents and has allowed just two goals in the last seven games. In the last seven, opponents are averaging just 0.28 goals per game.
Noah Palmer has 31 shutouts for his career. He is Maryland's all-time leader in that category. He also has a career GAA of 0.85, which is just .03 off of Dom Macina's record.
Maryland has won seven straight and nine of its last 10.
The Terps are 10-0-1 when Jason Garey scores a goal.
Maryland is an even 13-13-2 all-time at the ACC Tournament. The Terps are 4-2-1 in the semifinal round.
When leading at the half, Maryland is 10-0.
The Terps have been shutout just once this season (a 1-0 loss in overtime at William & Mary). Maryland is 14-3-1 when scoring at least one goal this season and is 11-1 on the year when scoring at least two goals.
