Women's Soccer Battles No. 1 UNC In ACC Quarterfinals

Nov. 3, 2004

College Park, Md. - ACC Quarterfinals

After advancing past the No. 9 seed NC State in a shootout on Oct. 31, the eighth seeded Maryland women's soccer team plays top-seeded, and No. 1 in the nation, North Carolina in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament this afternoon. The game starts at 5:30 p.m. at the SAS Soccer Center in Cary, N.C.

The winner of today's game will advance to play the winner of the 4/5 game between No. 4 seed Duke and No. 5 seed Wake Forest. That semifinal game is scheduled to take place on Friday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Scouting The Tar Heels

The Tar Heels are ranked No. 1 in the nation in every major poll and are undefeated at 16-0-1 on the season. UNC has not lost a match since the 2002 NCAA title game, a 2-1 loss to UCLA. Leading the way for North Carolina is All-American Heather O'Reilly with 11 goals and 29 points. Jamie Gilbert is the team's second leading scorer with nine goals. Goalkeeper Aly Winget has posted seven shutouts and owns a 0.37 goals against average.

The UMD-UNC Series

The Maryland-North Carolina series dates back to the start of the Terps' varsity program in 1987. In fact, UNC, along with Virginia and NC State, is one of only three teams to have played Maryland at least once in each varsity season.

The Terps and the Tar Heels have met in the ACC Tournament on six previous occasions. The last time the two schools locked up in the ACC's was 2001 with UNC winning 4-0.

Four Terps Earn All-ACC Honors

Junior forward Mallory Mahar was named to the all-ACC first team after finishing the regular season with a team-leading seven goals. Junior forward Kimmy Francis, who lead the team with four assists and was second with six goals, earned a spot on the all-ACC second team.

Two Terps were named to the all-ACC Freshman team - midfielder Nataly Arias (2 goals, 3 assists) and forward Kelly Rozumalski (2 goals).

Women's Soccer Battles No. 1 UNC In ACC Quarterfinals

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