Terps Women's Soccer Meets Washington In NCAA Sweet Sixteen
11/18/2004 7:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Nov. 18, 2004
College Park, Md. -
NCAA Tournament • Sweet Sixteen
• The Maryland Terrapins (9-6-4),making its ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament in ten seasons, continues its run through the postseason with a Sweet Sixteen game at No. 15 seed Washington on Saturday, November 20 at Husky Soccer Field at 5:00 p.m. PST.
• The winner of the game will advance to the quarterfinals to play the winner of the Princeton/Boston College game.
• Maryland holds a 8-7-1 overall record in tournament play and is 0-1 in third round matches, having lost to No. 1 Notre Dame in 1996 when the tournament only fielded 32 teams.
A Look Back At The First And Second Rounds
• The Terps snapped Penn State's 39-game home winning streak and advanced to the NCAA's Sweet Sixteen with a 1-0 win in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 14 at Jeffrey Field. Junior Nikki Resnick stopped nine shots for Maryland on the afternoon, including two amazing stops in one-on-one situations with Penn State's All-American forward Tiffany Weimer.
• Mallory Mahar scored one goal and assisted on two others to lead the University of Maryland women's soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Loyola (Md.) Friday night at Jeffery Field in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Freshman Kelly Rozumalski scored her third goal of the season off Mahar's first assist to make the score 2-0 in the 53rd minute. Junior Simone Dekker capped the scoring with her second goal of the season for the 3-0 win.
Scouting the Huskies
• Washington enters the Sweeet Sixteen after winning two games in the Auburn, Ala. subregional. The Huskies defeated host school Auburn 1-0 in the second round to advance to meet the Terps. UW beat Birmingham-Southern in the opening round 5-0.
• Overall on the season, Washington is 16-4-1 and is 6-1-0 on its home field in 2004. The Huskies are lead by two-time Pac-10 player of the year Tina Frimpong, who has posted 14 goals and five assists on the season. Nikki Gamble is the team's second leading scorer with 10 goals and five assists.
The UM-UW Series
• Terps and the Huskies have met once before, a 1-0 Washington victory in the ACC/Pac-10 Challenge on Aug. 29, 2003 in Seattle, Wash. The two teams were supposed to meet earlier this season, but the game was cancelled due to inclement weather.
NCAA Tournament Notes
Mahar Makes Her Mark
• During their run through this season's NCAA Tournament junior midfielder is writing her own chapter in Maryland's postseason record book.
• With her two assists in the 3-0 shutout of Loyola (Md.) in the first round, Mallory Mahar tied Emmy Harbo and Valerie Lawrence for the most assists in a single game.
• Mahar is also tied with Keir Sarver for the most game winning goals in a single tournament with two. Sarver netted two game-winners in 1996, while Mahar has both for the Terps this season.
• One record Mahar does not have to share is for the fastest goal from the start of a match. The previous record was with 10:56 elapsed by Tricia Taliaferro in 1995 vs. James Madison. Mahar scored with just 8:18 off the clock in the 3-0 win over Loyola.
Records Galore For Resnick
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• Resnick is the first goalkeeper in the school's history to record two shutouts in NCAA play, either in a single tournament or a career. The two shutouts in this season's NCAA Tournament raises her season total to seven, which is third on the all-time single-season list.
Niehaus Almost There
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• The Washington game will also be the third NCAA game this season for the Terps, which will tie the Maryland record for the most games played in a single tournament. The Terrapins also played three games in 1996, reaching the Elite Eight in 1996 before falling to No. seed Notre Dame, 2-1.
Playing The Best
• Once again, Higgins-Cirovski has scheduled the nation's toughest schedule, according to soccerrating.com. Including Washington, the Terps will have played 12 of the other 63 teams in the NCAA Tournament field, including the top three seeds. The Terps have played: No. 1 seed North Carolina (1-2 (2ot) loss, Sept. 24; 1-0 (2ot) loss, Nov. 3), No. 2 seed Penn State (0-6 loss, Oct. 27; 1-0 win, Nov. 14), No. 3 seed Virginia (0-0 tie, Oct. 5), No. 14 seed UCLA (2-1 win, Sept. 12), Loyola (Md.) (3-0 win, Nov. 12), Duke (1-0 win, Oct. 23), Florida State (1-1 tie, Oct. 13), Wake Forest (2-0 loss, Oct. 16), Clemson (1-0 win, Oct. 2), Virginia Tech (0-2 loss, Sept. 2), and William & Mary (1-1 tie, Aug. 29).
• During five of Higgins-Cirovski's six 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. Most recently, the Terps stunned No. 3 UCLA 2-1 at the Virginia Soccer Classic on Sept. 12, 2004. A month and a half later, Maryland beat No. 10 Duke 1-0 in overtime at Ludwig Field. The Terps topped all of those victories with a 1-0 shutout of No. 2 seed Penn State in the 2004 NCAA Tournament. The win also snapped the Nittany Lions 39-game home winning streak and was head coach Paula Wilkins' first ever loss at Jeffrey Field.
ACC Leads The Way, But Only Three Remain
• The ACC, widely regarded as the best women's soccer conference in the country, was represented in the 2004 NCAA Tournament by eight schools, one-eighth of the entire field.
• Four of the eight ACC teams won its first round match with three (No. 1 seed North Carolina, Duke and Maryland) advancing to the Sweet Sixteen.
Resnick Having A Record-Setting Season
• When the season started Nikki Resnick was competing for a starting position, now 18 games into the 2004 season, she has not only proved to be worthy of the starting spot, she is placing herself on several single-season record lists.
• With a limited roster and the nation's toughest schedule to face, Resnick has certainly been busy in the Maryland net this season. She is currently second on the single-season saves list with 107, trailing only Heather Rowe's 134 from the 1989 season. That 1989 team finished the season with a 3-12-1 record.
• Resnick is fourth on the single-season shutout list with seven, trailing a trio of former Terps who posted nine. The Boca Raton, Fla., native's shutouts haven't been easy either, as she blanked No. 5 Penn St., No. 6 Virginia, No. 10 Duke, and NCAA participant Clemson.
• Resnick is also in line to set numerous sophomore-season goalkeeping records. She is already the top sophomore keeper in minutes played (1835:51) and shuouts (seven). When she steps on the field vs. Washington she will also own the sophomore mark for goalkeeper games played with 20. She currently shares the record of 19 with Missy Price (1994),
Francis And Mahar Moving Up The Charts
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• Not just a goal scorer, Francis is also among the all-time leaders in assists. Her four assists on the season leads the team and has tied her for fourth on the career charts with 19. The next closest current Terp is junior Simone Dekker with nine career assists.
• Also charging up the all-time charts is junior Mallory Mahar. With nine goals on the season, Mahar is now tied for ninth on the all-time list with 18. Mahar is also moving up the career points list. The team leader with 22 points, a career high, Mahar has 44 for her career, and is tied for 10th place.
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
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