Oct. 26, 2012

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 7-ranked Maryland Terrapin women's soccer team is the No. 2 seed in the 2012 ACC Tournament. The Terps play host to No. 7 seed Miami on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 10:00 a.m. at Ludwig Field. The match time was moved from its original 1 p.m. starting time in an effort to avoid any inclement weather.

• The winner of Sunday's match will advance to the ACC Tournament semifinals and face the winner of the No. 3 seed Wake Forest/No. 6 seed Duke match, which will also be played at 1 p.m. on Sunday in Winston Salem, N.C.

• The semifinals and finals of the 2012 ACC Tournament will be held at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., on Friday, Nov. 2 and Sunday, Nov. 4, respectively.

Tickets and Game Promotions
• Tickets can be purchased at Ludwig Field on the day of the match. Adult tickets are $8, while children, students and seniors are $5. All students from ACC schools are admitted free with a valid school ID.

Parking Information
General Information: After 4 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends, there is no charge for parking in Lots Z1 or 1b or in Regents Drive Garage. Lots R2 and R3 are limited to vehicles displaying current valid permits for the respective lots at all times. The Stadium Drive Garage is closed on weekends.

Event Multimedia
• Fans will be able to follow all of the action on umterps.com via Gametracker.

• Maryland's student-run radio station, WMUC, will also be broadcasting the match at WMUCsports.com.

• Updates will also be posted to the Maryland Women's Soccer Facebook page and Twitter feed, so "Like" and "Follow" to get updates sent straight to you.

ACC Championship Central
• For complete information on the 2012 ACC Women's Soccer Championship, including the complete schedule, ticket information and multimedia information, click here.

As the No. 2 Seed
• This season marks the third time that the Terrapins will compete at the ACC tournament as the No. 2 seed.

• Maryland was the No. 2 seed in 2010 and advanced to the ACC title game. The Terps topped Duke, 1-0, in the quarters before advancing to the championship match with a 1-0 overtime victory over Boston College. Maryland and Wake Forest played to a 1-1 tie, but the Demon Deacons took home the trophy on penalty kicks.

• The first time the Terps were the No. 2 seed was 1999. Maryland defeated Duke, 2-1, in the quarters, but fell to No. 3 seed Wake Forest, 1-0, in the semis.

Maryland In The ACC Tournament
• Maryland has an all-time record of 10-20-4 (Maryland won three of four ties on penalty kicks) in ACC Tournament games dating back to the first year of the event in 1988.

• The Terps were the No. 7 seed in the 2011 ACC tournament and had to travel to Charlottesville, Va., to play No. 2 seed Virginia. The Cavaliers advanced over Maryland, 2-0. Jasmyne Spencer led the offense with two shots, while Domenica Hodak had two "team saves" on the defensive side of the field.

• The 2nd-seeded Terps won their first ACC tournament game since 2003 with a 1-0 decision vs. Duke in 2010. Senior Molly Dreska scored the game-winner in the 71st minute, finishing a cross from junior Sade Ayinde into to the upper right 90 from 17 yards out. Senior Colleen Deegan started the play with a nice long ball to Ayinde at the left corner of the Blue Devil 18. Redshirt junior Yewande Balogun made three of her four stops in the first half to keep a rested Duke squad off the board.

Maryland advanced to its first ACC title game with a 1-0 overtime victory over Boston College in the semis. Sophomore Danielle Hubka scored the game's lone goal 55 seconds into the first overtime, finishing a long ball sent over the top of the Eagle backline by junior Skyy Anderson. Terp keeper Yewande Balogun was tremendous in goal, making six saves.

The Terrapins run in the ACC tournament came to an end with a 1-1 tie vs. Wake Forest in the title game. But the Demon Deacons took home the tropy, winning the shootout 3-1. Junior Ashley Grove gave Maryland a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute, but Wake tied the match in the 19th minute. The two teams went scoreless for the remaining 100 minutes, sending the match to a shootout. The Terps and Deacs each coverted their first PK attemps, but WF keeper Aubrey Bledsoe stopped the next three Maryland attempts to seal the title for Wake Forest

• The Terps entered the 2009 tournament as the No. 6 seed, but once again drew the North Carolina Tar Heels in the opening round. UNC won the match 3-0.

• Maryland made the 2005 tournament as the No. 8 seed. Maryland matched-up with No. 1 seed North Carolina and was dealt a 3-1 defeat by the Tar Heels. UNC scored three goals in the first 10 minutes. Ashly Kennedy scored Maryland's goal in the 69th minute.

• In 2004, the Terps played NC State in the first round game at Ludwig Field (Boston College had not yet joined the conference). Maryland was the No. 8 seed, while the Wolfpack was seeded ninth. The game was played to a 0-0 tie through 110 minutes so a shootout determined which team would advance. All- ACC goalkeeper Nikki Resnick made two huge saves in the shootout and Maryland advanced 4-2. The Terps played No. 1 seed North Carolina in the quarterfinals and that game went into overtime with a 0-0 score, but UNC got a goal from Heather O'Reilly in the 103rd minute to advance with a 1-0 win.

• 2003 was the last time the Terrapins won an ACC tournament game, topping Clemson 2-1 in the quarterfinals. Maryland, the No. 6 seed, got two goals from Kimmy Francis to defeat the No. 3 seed Tigers. No. 2 seed Florida State knocked off the Terps in the semifinals, 1-0.

• In 2002,  Maryland advanced the ACC Tournament semifinals for the first time in three years, as they knocked off host Florida State, 4-2 on Nov. 7, before a television audience on Sunshine Network. All four goals in the win came from freshmen: Ali Andrzejewski, Simone Dekker, Kimmy Francis and Mallory Mahar. Maryland lost North Carolina, the eventual league champion, North Carolina in the semifinals, 4-0.

• In 1999, as its highest seed ever, No. 2 seed Maryland advanced to the semifinals with a 2-1 quarterfinal win over No. 7 seed Duke on Nov. 4, 1999 before falling to No. 3 seed Wake Forest, 1-0, in the semis on Nov. 5.

• Maryland had its only runs to the ACC finals in 1995 and 1997, the only other time the ACC Women's Soccer Tournament was held at Wake Forest. In 1995, as the No. 3 seed, the Terps defeated Clemson 2-0 in the first round and NC State 1-0 in the second round before falling to eventual champion North Carolina 3-0.

• In 1997, Maryland escaped NC State in the first round, 4-3, in penalty kicks after tying 1-1 in regulation. The Terps advanced to the finals with a 2-1 win over Duke. In that win, Jackie Mynarski scored Maryland's first goal, while Keri Sarver added the winner. Ali Wolff made five saves for the win. The Terps dropped the final to North Carolina, 4-0.

Scouting The Terps
• Maryland secured the No. 2 seed in the ACC tournament when Wake Forest dropped a 3-0 decision to Virginia Tech on Wednesday, Oct. 24.

• The Terrapins opened the 2012 season with a 3-0 shutout at Navy (recap | stats) that featured a one-hour 46-minute lightning delay. Becky Kaplan scored the first two goals of the season for Maryland, while Alex Reed tallied the insurance goal. Four freshmen - Aubre Baker,Riley Barger, Shannon Collins and Sarah Molina - recorded assists in their first collegiate games.

• Maryland had a short turnaround for a match at Villanova that ended in a 0-0 tie (recap | stats). Shannon Zickler filled in for Rachelle Beanlands in net for the Terps and made four saves to record her first career shutout.

• The Terps outshot the Buckeyes, 19-10, but Ohio State took advantage of a Maryland defensive lapse to pull out a 1-0 upset (recap | stats) in Columbus, Ohio.

• Maryland fell behind George Mason 1-0, but scored the game's final three goals to earn a 3-1 win over the Patriots on Aug. 31 (recap | stats). Freshman Gabby Galanti scored two minutes into her Terrapin debut to tie the match. Senior Becky Kaplan scored the game-winning goal in the 59th minute and freshman Ashley Spivey added the insurance goal in the 65th minute. Senior Domenica Hodak had two assists in the match, while Spivey, junior Hayley Brock and freshman Alexis Prior-Brown each had one helper.

• Senior Olivia Wagner scored two goals, while freshman Ashley Spivey and junior Hayley Brock each chipped in a goal and an assist as Maryland thumped Towson, 5-0 (recap | stats), in the Terps' 2012 home opener. Senior Becky Kaplan scored the first goal of the game for Maryland, giving her her third game-winning goal of the season. Redshirt freshman Amanda Gerlitz and freshman Gabby Galanti each earned their first career assists in the victory.

• Senior Becky Kaplan put the Terps ahead with her first goal of the game in the third minute, then scored the game-winner in the 89th minute to lead Maryland to a thrilling 2-1 road victory at Alabama (recap | stats) on Sept. 6. Junior Hayley Brock assisted on both of Kaplan's goals with senior Olivia Wagner also getting an assist on the game-winner.

• A 30-yard strike into the upper left 90 by Kristina Maksuti in the 70th minute gave Fordham a 1-0 upset (recap | stats) of Maryland on Sept. 9 at Ludwig Field. The Terps held a 29-5 shot advantage over the Rams and had 13 corner kicks to Fordham's 0.

• Maryland bounced back in a big way - a historic way - becoming the first team ever to defeat North Carolina three times in three consecutive seasons when the Terps topped the Tar Heels, 2-1 (recap | stats), on Sept. 13. Junior Alex Reed gave the Terrapins a 1-0 lead with her goal in the 41st minute. Junior Hayley Brock netted the game-winner, finishing a solid ball across the box from senior Beck Kaplan in the 55th minute. Carolina made it a one-goal game on a penalty kick by Maria Lubrano in the 78th minute, but Maryland defense held off the Tar Heel charge and redshirt freshman keeper Rachelle Beanlands made two big second-half saves to preserve the history-making win.

• The Terrapins improved to 2-0-0 in the ACC for the first time since 1997 with a 4-1 win over Clemson (recap | stats) on Sept. 16 at Ludwig Field. Senior Becky Kaplan got the Terps on the board early with her team-leading seventh goal in the sixth minute. Senior Danielle Hubka scored her first of the season, which proved to be the eventual game-winner, in the 19th minute. Junior Hayley Brock scored Maryland's final two goals in the 74th and 76th minutes, respectively. Senior Olivia Wagner had two assists on the day, while Kaplan and freshmen Gabby Galanti, Sarah Molina and Ashley Spivey each had one helper.

• Maryland's top goal-scorers senior Becky Kaplan and junior Hayley Brock came through with goals to help the Terps earn a hard-fought 2-2 tie at No. 4 Duke (recap | stats) on Sept. 20. Brock scored in the 10th minute, finishing a long ball from senior Domenica Hodak. After the Blue Devils tied the match in the 54th minute, Kaplan gave Maryland the lead back with a quality, composed finish in the 75th minute off of a feed from freshman Aubrey Baker. The high-powered Blue Devils came through with the game-tying goal in the 87th minute to send the game to overtime.

• Hayley Brock and Becky Kaplan did it again with each scoring a goal to lead the Terps to their first win at Wake Forest since 1996 with a 2-1 victory on Sept. 23 (recap | stats). Brock score the first goal of the game, putting back her own rebound in the 10th minute. Kaplan scored what proved to be her fifth game-winner of the season in the 69th minute. Brock and Alex Reed earned assists on the counter-attack goal.

• Maryland fell behind No. 3 Virginia in the first half, but scored three times in the game's final 17 minutes to pull out a 3-1 victory over the Cavaliers (recap | stats) on Sept. 27. Senior Olivia Wagner scored the game-tying and game-winning goals on free kicks, while senior Danielle Hubka added the insurance goal off of assists from senior Becky Kaplan and junior Hayley Brock.

• The Terps had their five-game unbeaten streak come to an end with a 1-0 loss at No. 16 Virginia Tech (recap | stats) on Sept. 30. The Hokies scored the game's lone goal in the 44th minute on a quick restart following a questionable foul called on freshman Gabby Galanti, who appeared to have been pulled down by a VT defender on the play. Redshirt freshman Rachelle Beanlands made six saves for the Terps, while senior Olivia Wagner and junior Hayley Brock paced the offense with three shots apiece.

• Freshmen Maisie McCune and Erika Joab scored their first collegiate goals in the Terrapins' 5-1 win over Francis Marion (recap | stats) on Oct. 3. Junior Hayley Brock scored twice, including the game-winner, while freshman Ashley Spivey added her third of the season. Junior Kristen Schmidbauer and freshman Gabby Galanti each had two assists.

• Freshman Ashley Spivey scored twice to lead Maryland to a 3-0 victory at NC State (recap | stats) on Oct. 7. Junior Hayley Brock scored the game-winner off an assist by sophomore Cory Ryan. Spivey then added the insurance goal, finishing a long ball from senior Domenica Hodak. Spivey then tacked on an unassisted goal to put the game completely out of reach. Redshirt freshman Rachelle Beanlands made six saves behind the backline of Hodak, sophomore Shade Pratt and freshmen Shannon Collins and Erika Nelson to earn the first shutout in a conference match since Oct. 13, 2011 when the Terps won at Florida State, 3-0.

• Junior Hayley Brock added another chapter in her storybook season when she scored the game-winning goal two minutes into the first overtime to give the Terps a 3-2 win at No. 23 Boston College (recap | stats) on Oct. 11. Freshmen Shannon Collins and Gabby Galanti scored in regulation to send the match to overtime, while redshirt freshman Rachelle Beanlands made five stops in the victory.

• Miami continued to be a thorn in the side of the Terps, upending Maryland 1-0 in overtime (recap | stats) on Oct. 18. The game was a physical contest that saw three yellow cards and three red cards issued, including a red card to Hayley Brock, who will miss the game vs. the Seminoles.

• Maryland and Florida State battled to a stalemate for 85 minutes, but the Seminoles scored in the 86th minutes to top the Terps, 1-0 (recap | stats) on Oct. 21.

Scouting The Hurricanes
• Miami earned a spot in the ACC tournament with its 1-0 win over No. 1 Florida State on Thursday, Oct. 25. The Hurricanes slotted into the No. 7 seed when Boston College lost at Virginia on the same evening.

Series History vs. the Hurricanes
• This will be just the 10th all-time meeting between Maryland and Miami and the Hurricanes hold a 6-2-1 lead in the series.

• Maryland has never faced Miami in the ACC tournament previously.

Youth Movement
• Through the regular season the Terrapins have played 14 true or redshirt freshmen. That might not seem too significant until noticing that Maryland's freshmen have played more than 46% of the team's on-field minutes. Freshmen have logged 8,529 of the team's 18,421 minutes.

• But the Terp freshmen aren't just playing - they're contributing. Seven freshmen - Ashley Spivey, Shannon Collins, Riley Barger, Gabby Galanti, Sarah Molina, Rachelle Beanlands and Erika Nelson - have started for the Terps this season with Spivey and Collins starting every game. Freshmen have totaled 37 of the team's 120 points this season.

Head Coach Jonathan Morgan
• Jonathan Morgan enters his first season at the helm of the Maryland women's soccer program after spending the previous five seasons on the Terrapin sideline as an assistant coach. He is 11-5-2 (.667) as the Terps' head coach.

Terps Toppling Top 10 Teams
• Maryland has defeated a Top 10 ranked team 20 times in its history. The Terps' most memorable Top 10 victory, 2-1 at No. 2 North Carolina on Oct. 24, tied for he highest ranked opponent ever defeated by Maryland. The Terrapins defeated No. 2 Boston College on Oct. 7 in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Those two victories mark the first time in program history that Maryland has defeated two Top 10 teams in a single month. The Terps then added to that with another 2-1 win over No. 8 Florida State on Oct. 28. The latest Top 10 win for the Terps came on Sept. 27, 2012 at Ludwig Field when Maryland defeated No. 3 Virginia, 3-1. Earlier this season, the Terps topped No. 6 North Carolina on Sept. 13, 2012 to become the first team in history to defeat the Tar Heels three straight times in three consecutive seasons. Here's a list of all of the Terps' Top 10 wins:

Starting Strong
• Maryland started 4-0-1 in ACC play for the first time in the program's 26-year history.

• Maryland's 2-1 win over No. 6 North Carolina on Sept. 13 gave the Terrapins their first 1-0-0 start in conference play since 2001. The last time the Terps opened ACC play with a win was on Sept. 2, 2001 when Maryland defeated No 17 Duke, 2-0, at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C. From 2002-11, Maryland was 0-8-2 in conference openers.

• Maryland followed that up with a 4-1 win over Clemson on Sept. 16, which put the Terps at 2-0-0 in the ACC for the first time since 1997.

• The Terps continued their unprecedented success in the ACC by earning a 2-2 tie at No. 4 Duke on Sept. 20 and then winning 2-1 at No. 13 Wake Forest on Sept. 23.

• The ACC record grew to 4-0-1 with a thrilling come-from-behind 3-1 victory over No. 3 Virginia on Sept. 27. The Terps scored three times in the game's final 17 minutes to earn the win.

• Maryland started the 1996 season with a 2-0-1 record in the conference with wins over Wake Forest and Florida State and a tie with Virginia, but the Terps lost to NC State in their fourth ACC game.

Non-Conference Success
• Dating back to its 10-0 win over Mount St. Mary's in 2008, Maryland has lost only three times in its last 40 matches vs. non-ACC opponents. The Terps have outscored its non-conference opposition 112-21 in those 40 matches.

• The Terps recorded 20 straight wins over non-ACC foes before tying Georgetown, 1-1, in second round of the NCAA tournament in 2010. Maryland is now 32-3-4 in its last 39 non-conference games. The Terps had been unbeaten in 31-straight non-conference games prior to losing, 1-0, at Oklahoma State in the Sweet 16 of the 2011 NCAA tournament. So far this season Maryland has defeated Navy, 3-0, tied Villanova, 0-0, dropped a 1-0 decision at Ohio State, topped George Mason, 3-1, thumped Towson, 5-0, pulled out a late 2-1 win at Alabama, dropped a 1-0 decision to Fordham and finished its regular-season non-conference slate with a 5-1 win over Francis Marion.

120 And Counting At Ludwig Field
• The Terps won their 100th match at Ludwig Field with a 6-0 victory over Iona on Aug. 20, 2010. 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 120-50-21 (.683) at Ludwig Field.

• Through the seasons, the Terps have had a knack for shutting teams out at Ludwig Field. Maryland has won 75 of its 120 victories (62.5%) at Ludwig Field via shutout. Add in the 12 0-0 ties the Terps have had at Ludwig Field and it totals 87 times that Maryland has shutout its opponent in 191 games (45.5%).

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Media Information
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