#2 Terps Travel to UMBC Tuesday
9/12/2011 8:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 12, 2011
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Sporting a perfect 5-0 record, the No. 2 Maryland men's soccer team heads up I-95 for a non-conference match at UMBC Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Maryland's high-flying offense was once again on display Friday night with a 4-0 rout of No. 8 Boston College. Patrick Mullins scored two goals to lead the Terps to their first 5-0 start since 2004. The defense also remained steadfast, tallying its third shutout in five contests in 2011.
UMBC enters Tuesday's match with a 2-0-2 record after tying Navy in its last outing Saturday. The Terps lead the all-time series, 11-2-2.
Tuesday's match will be available on the Live Well Network, WMAR-TV's newly-formatted digital channel. Fans can find the game on Comcast channel 204 and on Verizon channel 463.
Event Multimedia
· Fans can follow Tuesday's action via an interactive live blog on UMTerps.com.
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· Fans will be able to follow all of the action on umterps.com via Gametracker.
| Maryland's Probable Starters (2011 statistics) | |||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Player | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown | GP/GS | G | A | Pts. |
| D | 2 | Taylor Kemp | Jr. | 5-11/153 | Highlands Ranch, Colo. | 5/5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| M | 6 | Helge Leikvang | So. | 6-1/170 | Oslo, Norway | 5/5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| M | 10 | Sunny Jane | So. | 5-6/146 | Prospect, Ky. | 5/5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 11 | Casey Townsend | Sr. | 5-11/161 | Traverse City, Mich. | 5/5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| F | 15 | Patrick Mullins | So. | 6-1/172 | New Orleans, La. | 5/5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| D | 8 | Widner Saint Cyr | R-So. | 5-9/150 | Port Au Prince, Haiti | 5/5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | 18 | Alex Lee | Sr. | 5-10/159 | Rockville, Md. | 4/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 22 | London Woodberry | Jr. | 6-1/160 | McKinney, Texas | 5/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M | 23 | Kaoru Forbess | Sr. | 6-0/164 | Garland, Texas | 4/4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| M | 27 | John Stertzer | Jr. | 6-0/170 | Oakton, Va. | 5/5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| GK | No. | Player | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown | GP/GS | GAA | Sv. | W-L-T |
| 21 | Will Swaim | R-Sr. | 6-2/177 | Ellicott City, Md. | 5/5 | 0.40 | 5 | 5-0-0 | |
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Scouting The Terps
· Maryland moved up to No. 2 in the NSCAA poll last week and looks to remain there after toppling No. 8 Boston College, 4-0, last Friday night.
| 2011 Maryland Terrapins: 5-0-0, 1-0-0 ACC (Soccer America #6, NSCAA #2, TopDrawerSoccer.com #2) | |||
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· The Terps are led on offense by 2011 MAC Hermann Trophy watch list selection Casey Townsend and his sophomore counterpart Patrick Mullins. Towsend, a Traverse City, Mich., native, is the top returning scorer for the Terps after scoring nine goals for 2010 ACC champion Maryland. He is already halfway to that mark in 2011, with five goals through five matches. The 2010 ACC Freshman of the Year, Mullins is tied with Townsend with five goals and has also dished an assist for a team-high 11 points.
· John Stertzer has been the statiscial leader in the midfield thus far, tallying three goals and three assists. Kaoru Forbess, Helge Leikvang and Sunny Jane have sealed up the remainder of the midfield with rookie Alex Shinsky earning significant playing time as well as the first player off the bench.
· Taylor Kemp returns for his third season as a starter at outside back and, along with senior captain Alex Lee, have led a dynamic defensive effort through five games. Widner Saint Cyr and London Woodberry have been solid as well.
· Redshirt senior Will Swaim has started every match in 2011 at goalkeeper, replacing three-year starter and current Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath.
2011 Preseason Preview
· Part 1: Forwards featuring Casey Townsend
· Part 2: Midfield featuring senior Kaoru Forbess
· Part 3: Defense featuring senior Alex Lee
· Part 4: Overall Outlook featuring head coach Sasho Cirovski
· WATCH! Season Preview Video
Scouting The Retrievers
· UMBC enters Tuesday night's match with a 2-0-2 record after tying Navy last Saturday.
| 2011 UMBC Retrievers: 2-0-2, 0-0-0 America East (Soccer America NR, NSCAA NR, TopDrawerSoccer.com NR) | |||
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· UMBC has only notched three goals this season, but conversely has only surrendered one score through four matches.
· Andrew Bulls leads the team with one goal and one assist. Dan Louisignau boasts a .957 save percentage with three shutouts this season.
· Tuesday's game is a homecoming for Maryland assistant coach Brian Rowland. Rowland was a four-year starter at keeper for UMBC, earning All-America honors in 2002.
· Maryland is 11-2-2 against UMBC all-time.
Poll Central
· Follow the Terps and their opponents in the 2011 season via these national polls:
NSCAA Poll
Soccer America Poll
TopDrawerSoccer.com Poll
Terps Cruise to First ACC Win
· The No. 2 Maryland men's soccer team passed its first conference test Friday night with a 4-0 rout of No. 8 Boston College at a festive Ludwig Field.
· Sophomore Patrick Mullins scored twice and goalkeeper Will Swaim secured his third shutout of the season as the Terrapins outshot the Eagles, 18-4. Casey Townsend and Taylor Kemp accounted for Maryland's other two goals.
· Head coach Sasho Cirovski, who was honored before the game for earning his 300th win on Sept. 4 against Radford, has now led the Terps to their first 5-0 start since 2004.
Cirovski Nets Career Win No. 300 vs. Radford Sunday
· Head coach Sasho Cirovski secured victory number 300 as the No. 4 Maryland men's soccer team defeated Radford, 2-1, at Ludwig Field.
· The Maryland victory vaults Cirovski into 10th all-time amongst active NCAA Division I men's soccer head coaches.
Maryland Soccer on Display in Stanford Win
· The Terps needed only 22 seconds to net their first of four goals in a 4-0 rout of Stanford in front of 7,178 fans at Ludwig Field.
· The crowd, which ranked as the second most in Ludwig Field history, and a live Fox Soccer Channel audience were treated to four first half goals by the Terps, including two from senior Casey Townsend.
· The four first half goals were the most for the Terrapins since scoring four on September 15, 2009 against Duquesne in a 7-0 drubbing. Ironically, Townsend scored two first half goals in that match as well.
Terps Top St. John's, West Virginia to Open Season
· A pair of second half surges lifted Maryland to its first two victories of the season, defeating St. John's, 3-0, and West Virginia, 3-1, in the Terps' opening weekend.
· Maryland rallied to overcome an early one-goal deficit against the Mountaineers for its first win at home in front of nearly 5,000 fans Monday.
Head Coach Sasho Cirovski
· The winningest head coach in Maryland men's soccer annals, Sasho Cirovski returns for his 19th season at the helm of the prestigious Terp program. Here are just a few of his highlights with the Terps.
· National Champions (2005, 2008)
· NSCAA National Coach of the Year (2005)
· ACC Coach of the Year (2003, 2005)
· 16 NCAA postseason appearances
· Four ACC Tournament titles
· Six appearances in the College Cup
· 17 straight winning seasons
· 37 MLS players
· 30 First Team All-ACC picks
· Eight MAC Hermann Trophy finalists
Townsend Earns Preseason Honors
· Casey Townsend recently earned two lofty national preseason honors. The senior was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List and garnered College Soccer News Preseason All-America honors.
· Townsend was tabbed to the initial 42-player list for the MAC Hermann Trophy, the top individual honor in college soccer. A senior from Traverse City, Mich., the 2010 First Team All-ACC pick is Maryland's top returning scorer after tallying nine goals as a junior.
· Townsend was also named a College Soccer News Second Team Preseason All-American. He is currently 15th in TopDrawerSoccer.com's listing of the top 100 prospects for professional soccer in the college senior class.
Three-Headed Maryland Monster
· Junior John Stertzer, senior Casey Townsend and sophomore Patrick Mullins have combined to tally 13 of Maryland's 16 goals this season.
· Stertzer, a native of Oakton, Va., has tallied three scores and also leads the Terps in assists with three. Townsend has tallied a team-high five goals, including two against Stanford. Mullins, last year's ACC Freshman of the Year, is tied with Townsend with five goals, including two against No. 8 Boston College.
Scoring Frenzy
· Maryland has tallied a hefty 16 goals in its first five matches in 2011.
· The Terps are averaging a league-best 3.2 goals per game. Casey Townsend and Patrick Mullins lead the ACC with one goal per game.
Protect This House
· Maryland is tremendous at its home venue, Ludwig Field, boasting a 161-36-12 record since the facility was built in 1995.
· The Terps have not lost more than two games at home in a season since 2001, boasting a 95-11-8 record in the last 10 years.
ACC Freshman of the Year Returns for Terps
· Sophomore Patrick Mullins was tabbed ACC Freshman of the Year in 2010 after appearing in 21 games and registering 14 points.
· As a midfielder, Mullins was also a TopDrawerSoccer All-Rookie second team pick.
· The New Orleans, La., product will move up to a striker position in 2011, accompanying Casey Townsend and replacing four-year starter Jason Herrick.
From College Park to the MLS
· Maryland had another banner day at the 2011 MLS SuperDraft with three student-athletes being selected.
· Zac MacMath was selected by the Philadelphia Union with the fifth overall pick. Billy Cortes (38th - NYRB) and Jason Herrick (45th - Chicago) were also taken in the draft. Underclassmen Matt Kassel and Ethan White later signed homegrown deals with New York and D.C.
Terps Land Top Recruit
· Incoming freshman Alex Shinsky heads to Maryland as TopDrawerSoccer.com's No. 1-rated recruit in 2011. The midfielder is also the No. 2-ranked recruit in the nation by College Soccer News.
· Shinsky is a member of U-17 U.S. National Team where he scored a goal for the U.S. U-17 National Team in the FIFA World Cup in Malawi.
Will The Thrill
· Redshirt senior Will Swaim enters the 2011 season atop the depth chart at goalkeeper after serving as a reserve to All-American Zac MacMath for three seasons.
· Swaim began his career at Maryland as a starter during his freshman season and has made a valiant return to a starting role in 2011, giving up only two goals in five games thus far.
One for the Money, Two for the Show, Three to Get Ready, Four to Go...
· Maryland has won five games to start the season for the first time since 2004.
· The Terps are looking to go 6-0 for the first time since 2003.
Fan Friendly Ludwig Field
· The Maryland men's soccer team has increasingly attracted more and more fans to Ludwig Field season after season. Heading into this season, more than 325,000 fans have filled the stands to take in exciting Terrapin soccer action since the facility opened in 1995. In Maryland's win against Stanford Sept. 2, a near-record crowd of 7,178 showed up to support the Terps in an early season non-conference showdown.
· A program-high crowd of 7,260 watched Maryland top No. 9 Duke in 2010. The Terps were second nationally in overall attendance in 2009. Maryland has averaged more than 2,000 fans per match in each of the last seven seasons.
The Terps When (2011)...
| Maryland | Tendency |
| Overall Record | 5-0-0 |
| Home | 4-0-0 |
| Away | 0-0-0 |
| Neutral | 1-0-0 |
| ACC Record | 1-0-0 |
| Non-Conference Record | 4-0-0 |
| Day Games | 0-0-0 |
| Night Games | 5-0-0 |
| Leading after first half | 2-0-0 |
| Trailing after first half | 2-0-0 |
| In overtime | 0-0-0 |
| Maryland has more shots | 5-0-0 |
| Opponent has more shots | 0-0-0 |
| Maryland has more saves | 0-0-0 |
| Opponent has more saves | 4-0-0 |
| Maryland wins more corners | 3-0-0 |
| Opponent wins more corners | 2-0-0 |
| Maryland commits more fouls | 2-0-0 |
| Opponent commits more fouls | 2-0-0 |
| Maryland scores first | 4-0-0 |
| Opponent scores first | 1-0-0 |
| Games decided by one goal | 1-0-0 |
| Games decided by 2-4 goals | 2-0-0 |
| Games decided by 4 or more goals | 2-0-0 |
| vs. top 25 ranked opponents | 1-0-0 |
| vs. unranked opponents | 4-0-0 |
| On Sunday | 1-0-0 |
| On Monday | 1-0-0 |
| On Tuesday | 0-0-0 |
| On Wednesday | 0-0-0 |
| On Thursday | 0-0-0 |
| On Friday | 3-0-0 |
| On Saturday | 0-0-0 |
| Games in August | 2-0-0 |
| Games in September | 3-0-0 |
| Games in October | 0-0-0 |
| Games in November | 0-0-0 |
| Games in December | 0-0-0 |
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Media Information
· Terps on the Web: For up-to-date game stories, statistics, schedules and results, and other Maryland athletic department information, please log-on to www.umterps.com on the Internet.
· GameTracker: Follow Terps games live in 2011 on your computer with GameTracker. Links for all games that will be available can be found at www.umterps.com.
