College Park, Md. -

The Maryland Terrapin women's soccer team returns to College Park to host the Maryland/adidas Classic on Thursday, September 8 and Sunday, September 11. The other schools participating are Villlanova, Rutgers and UC Santa Barbara.

• This season marks the return of the Maryland/adidas Classic after scheduling problems forced the cancellation of the tournament in 2004. This is the sixth time the Terps have hosted an in-season tournament, compiling a 7-5 record.

• The tournament kicks off with Rutgers taking on UCSB at 5 p.m. on Thursday, with the Terps and Wildcats meeting in the night cap at 7:30 p.m. The Sunday slate features UCSB and Villanova meeting at Noon, while Maryland and Rutgers are scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. start.

Tournament Schedule
Thursday, September 8
5:00 p.m. - Rutgers vs. UC Santa Barbara
7:30 p.m. - Villanova at Maryland

Sunday, September 11
Noon - UC Santa Barbara vs. Villanova
2:30 p.m. - Rutgers at Maryland

Scouting Villanova
• The Wildcats are 2-2-1 on the season, going 2-2 at home and tying Georgetown, 1-1, in their only road game so far in 2005. Prior to this season's 2-1 loss to St. Joe's, the Wildcats' previous 17 losses were all shutout defeats.

• Villanova is led by Nikki Mabery and Kelly Breslin who each have scored a pair of goals and added an assist. Nova is averaging 24.2 shots per game and a +13.8 shot advantage heading into the Maryland/adidas Classic.

• The Wildcats are coming off a 2004 season that saw them compile an 14-6-2 record and a fifth-place finish in the Big East. Villanova returns 18 letterwinners (six starters) from that squad that advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

• Head Coach Ann Clifton is in her ninth season at the helm of the Nova program and has a record of 100-54-20 (.632)

Scouting Rutgers
• The Scarlet Knights are 2-1 on the season with all three games being played at Rutgers. The Knights won their first two games by shutout (6-0, Temple & 2-0, Fairleigh-Dickinson) before losing a 2-1 decision to St. Joe's this past Sunday.

• Leading the way offensively for Rutgers is freshman Kristen Edmonds, who has totaled 10 points on four goals and an assist. Junior Domenique Esposito is second on the team with six points on two goals and two assists. Keeper Nora Crawford has played all 270 minutes for the Knights, but has only been forced to make one save in three games. Rutgers is outshooting its opponents 28-3 heading into the Maryland/adidas Classic.

• Head Coach Glenn Crooks is in his sixth season at Rutgers and has compiled a record of 54-43-11 (.551). Overall, he is in his 13th year as a head coach with a record of 99-98-20 (.502).

Scouting UC Santa Barbara
• The Gauchos are 1-3 in 2005 after dropping three straight decisions following a season opening 2-1 win over Fresno State. UCSB has only scored two goals in its four games and have been outshot 52-21.

Maryland vs. The Big East
• After losing two games to Big East schools last weekend at the Notre Dame Invitational, the Terps have an all-time record of 9-10-2 vs. teams currently in the Big East.

• Of those 21 games vs. the Big East, Maryland has played 12 (six each) vs. Villanova and Rutgers. Against the Wildcats, the Terps are 4-2-0, while they own a 4-1-1 lead in the series with the Scarlet Knights.

The Maryland-Villanova Series
• This will be the first meeting between the two schools since 1992. The Terps and Wildcats met each season from 1987 to 1992.

• Maryland is 4-2-0 all-time vs. Villanova with the Terps outscoring the Wildcats 12-9 in the six contests.

• The home team has won every game between the two schools, with Maryland taking the first meeting of the series in 1987 at the WAGS Tournament in Virginia.

The Maryland-Rutgers Series
• This will be the first meeting between the two schools since the first round of the 2003 NCAA Tournament, which saw the game end in a 1-1 tie. The Scarlet Knights advanced on penalty kicks 4-3.

• The Terps are 2-0 vs. Rutgers at Ludwig Field.

• Maryland is 4-1-1 vs. the Scarlet Knights, with its only loss coming in 1989 - the Terps third year as a program. Outside of that 6-1 loss, Maryland has outscored Rutgers 12-5 in the last five meetings.

• No current Terps have scored points vs. Rutgers, but two were involved in the 2003 shootout - seniors Kimmy Francis and Danielle Malagari. Mallory Mahar and Ashly Kennedy started that game, while Simone Dekker and Lauren Krasko came off the bench for the Terps.

The Last Time vs. Rutgers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (Nov. 14, 2003) - Maryland's women's soccer season came to an end on Friday night as the Terps were defeated in a penalty kick shootout, 4-3, in the NCAA First Round. The game ended in a 1-1 tie at the end of regulation and remained tie through two overtime periods.

Rutgers' Adrienne Dugandzic scored the winning penalty kick goal on the Scarlet Knight's fifth shot. Maryland had received shootout goals from Lindsay Givens ,Ali Andrzejewski and Audra Poulin .

The game recorded as a tie finishes the Terps record at 11-8-2.

Maryland tied the game at 1-1 in the 63rd minute on senior Katie Ludwig's sixth goal of the season. Ludwig knocked home the goal from 20 yards out into the back left corner of the Rutgers goal.

Rutgers took a 1-0 lead as Carli Lloyd scored in the 26th minute. Meghan Cameron sent a cross from the right side into the box where Lloyd deposited it past Terp keeper Kristen Barnhill.

Maryland controlled the game for the first 20 minutes before Rutgers started to mount an attack. The Scarlet Knights took seven of the final eight shots of the first half beginning with Lloyd's goal.

The game was Maryland's first-ever overtime game in NCAA Tournament history in 14 all-time games.

At Ludwig Field
• Since its opening in 1995, Ludwig Field has proved to be a tremendous home-field advantage for the Terps women's soccer team. All-time Maryland is 87-25-8 (.758) at Ludwig Field.

• This season the Terps are 1-0-1 at Ludwig Field. Maryland battled Towson to a scoreless tie in the season opener and defeated Rhode Island 4-0 on Aug. 28. The four goals vs. the Rams is the highest scoring output for Maryland at Ludwig Field since beating Wake Forest 5-1 on Oct. 25, 2003.

Ludwig Field Records
Goals in a Game: 4 by Sara Gustafson vs. Howard, 10/11/00
Assists in a Game: 3 by Dana Jarzyniecki vs. Howard, 10/11/00
Points in a Game: 8 by Sara Gustafson vs. Howard, 10/11/00
Saves in a Game: 13 by Riki-Ann Serrins vs. Penn State, 8/29/00

Team Records
Goals in a Game: 9 vs. Howard, 10/11/00
Assists in a Game: 8 vs. Howard, 10/11/00
Points in a Game: 26 vs. Howard, 10/11/00
Shots in a Game: 36 vs. Old Dominion, 9/24/95
Saves in a Game: 13 vs. Penn State, 8/29/00

Playing The Best
• Once again, the Terps boast one of the nation's most competitive schedules. The Terps take on eight teams in the preseason NSCAA poll including three of the top four and five of the top 10. The Terps are at No. 1 Notre Dame (0-6 L), host No. 2 North Carolina (Oct. 2), host No. 4 Penn State (Sept. 16), at No. 7 Virginia (Oct. 23), host No. 8 Wake Forest (Sept. 30), at No. 9 Duke (Oct. 16), host No. 11 Boston College (Oct. 29), and vs. No. 19 UConn at the Notre Dame Invitational (1-2 L, 2OT).

• During five of the past six seasons, Maryland has at least one upset win or tie of a top-10 ranked team: 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.

Media Information
• WMUC Radio: Maryland's student radio station WMUC (88.1 FM) will broadcast every home Maryland women's soccer game in 2005. 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.

• 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 Patrick Fischer at pfischer@umd.edu with the message "Women's Soccer Email" as the subject and you will receive every update.

• 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.