POWER IN PINK
10/10/2008 8:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 10, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The Maryland Terrapin women's soccer welcomes the No. 9 Duke Blue Devils to College Park on Sunday, Oct. 12, for a 1 p.m. match.
Tickets and Game Promotions
• Click here for ticket information for all 2008 Maryland women's soccer home games.
• Click here for a complete list of game promotions for this season.
Event Multimedia
• Fans will be able to watch the Florida State game live on the internet by logging on to www.accselect.com. Single-game passes are $5.95, while access to all content is available for $12.95 a month or $99.95 a year. Fans can also follow the games on GameTracker, which is available on UMTerps.com.
• Fans will also be able to listen to the game by logging on to www.wmucsports.com or they can follow the games on Gametracker.
Power In Pink
• The Maryland-Duke match will feature the Terrapins wearing pink jerseys as part of Under Armour's Power In Pink campaign to raise money and awareness in the fight against breast cancer. Under Armour is proud to support our women's Collegiate teams by providing Power in Pink uniforms
According to the American Cancer Society: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer. About 182,460 women in the United States will be found to have invasive breast cancer in 2008. About 40,480 women will die from the disease this year. Right now there are about two and a half million breast cancer survivors in the United States. The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is about 1 in 8. The chance of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 35. Breast cancer death rates are going down. This is probably the result of finding the cancer earlier and improved treatment.
Under Armour proudly supports breastcancer awareness and research. For each item purchased throughout the Power in Pink promotion, $2.00 will be donated to breast cancer charities.
Scouting The Blue Devils
• Duke is 10-2-1 (2-1-1 ACC) on the season, and is coming off of a 3-1 victory over No. 15 Wake Forest on Thursday before travelling to College Park. • Offensively, the Blue Devils are led by junior forward Elizabeth Redmond, who has 10 goals and four assists for 24 points. Defensively, senior keeper Cassidy Powers has allowed just 10 goals on the season and boasts a goals against average of 0.81. • Head Coach Robbie Church is in his eighth season at the helm of the Duke program, compiling a record of 89-56-17 (.602). Overall he has a career record as a head coach of 176-105-28 (.615) in 15 seasons.
Kaplan Honored By Soccer Buzz
• Freshman Becky Kaplan was named to the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week for her efforts last week against No. 9 Florida State and Miami.
• Kaplan, a defender from Oyster Bay, N.Y., helped hold the Seminoles, who are averaging nearly three goals per game in 2008, scoreless in regulation in FSU's 1-0 win in overtime. She also played a key role in the Terps' 1-0 win over Miami on Oct. 5, helping limit the Hurricanes to just five shots and clearing a rebound from in front of the Maryland net in the final minutes of the second half to preserve the victory.
• Kaplan has seen action in all 12 of Maryland's matches this season. She has started nine of those matches at three different positions - offensive center midfielder, defensive center midfielder and center back, where she's played the last seven matches.
Already A Career Year
• For Maryland senior forward Kaila Sciascia, the 2008 season has already been a career year. The native of East Northport, N.Y., has already set season bests for goals (6) and points (13) and tied her season-high of one assist.
Record-Setting Day
• Several records fell or were tied during Maryland's 10-0 romp over Mount St. Mary's on Sept. 21.
School Single-Game Assists: 3, Annesia Faulkner (tied with Dana Jarzyniecki vs. Howard (10/11/00) and Jenny Biscoe at Rutgers 9/6/02))
Ludwig Field Single-Game Assists: 3, Annesia Faulkner (tied with Dana Jarzyniecki vs. Howard (10/11/00))
Ludwig Field Goals in a Game: 10
Ludwig Field Assists in a Game: 11
Ludwig Field Points in a Game: 31
Youth Movement
• In Maryland's season opening 5-0 win over George Mason, a total of 19 Terps saw the field. Of those 19, 12 were either freshmen or sophomores. Six of the Terps' starting 11 were either freshmen (2) or sophomores (4).
• Through 12 games in 2008 here's a breakdown of games played and started by class (132 possible starts):
Games Started
Seniors: 33, Juniors: 23, Sophomores: 38, Freshmen: 38
Games Played
Seniors: 42, Juniors: 35, Sophomores: 57, Freshmen: 90
Playing Overtime
• The 0-0 tie with Eastern Kentucky last season marked the third-straight home opener that has ended in a scoreless tie. In 2005 and 2006 the Terps played to a 0-0 draw against Towson.
• During the three-plus seasons under Coach Pensky, Maryland has played 22 overtime games (33% of its total games [66]) with a record of 2-8-12 in those games.
• The Terps played eight overtime matches last season tying the program record for overtime games in a season. Maryland was 1-4-3 in OT a year ago. The 2004 team also played in eight overtime contests, going 2-2-4.
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 89-42-15 (.661) at Ludwig Field.
• Through the seasons, the Terps have had a knack for shutting teams out at Ludwig Field. Maryland has won 62 of its 89 victories (69.7%) at Ludwig Field via shutout. Add in the nine 0-0 ties the Terps have had at Ludwig Field and it totals 71 times that Maryland has shutout its opponent in 146 games (48.6%).
Media Information
• WMUC Radio: Maryland's student radio station WMUC (88.1 FM) will broadcast most home Maryland women's soccer games in 2008 and select road games. 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.
• GameTracker: Follow Terps games live in 2008 on your computer with GameTracker. Links for all games that will be available can be found at www.umterps.com.
