Sunday, November 23
College Park, MD
1 PM
Maryland
vs
North Carolina
#4 Maryland Welcomes UNC To Ludwig Field Sunday Afternoon For Second Round Of NCAA Tournament
11/21/2025 2:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
No. 4 Maryland (12-1-3) vs UNC (9-5-5)
November 23, 2025
Ludwig Field
1:00 p.m.
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Where We've Been
- The Terps had a fantastic 2025 regular season, holding a 12-0-3 record - completing an undefeated season for the first time since the 2016 season.
- Maryland went 8-0-2 record B1G play.
- The Terps had the number three scoring offense in the nation - averaging 2.50 goals per game.
- Maryland only trailed for 78 seconds throughout the entire regular season.
- With a .844 won-lost-tied percentage, the Terps led the Big Ten and ranked fifth in the nation.
Maryland celebrates Big Ten Championship (Nov. 7)
Series History - UNC
- Sunday's matchup will be the 72nd between the Terps and Tar Heels in each program's history.
- Maryland holds a 44-22-5 vs. long-time ACC rival UNC, with the most recent matchup coming in 2013.
- In College Park, The Terps hold a 23-10-1 record vs. UNC.
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Coach Cirovski holds an 16-7-3 record vs. the Tar Heels.
Maryland taking on UNC in 2012
BIG TEN Postseason awards
- The Terps dominated the Big Ten postseason awards in 2025, securing six spots on the All-Big Ten First Team: Luca Costabile, Lasse Kelp, Laurin Mack, Sadam Masereka, Stephane Njike, and Leon Koehl.
- The six selections to the first team is the most in program history since joining the Big Ten in 2014.
- Coach Cirovski earned his third Big Ten Coach of the Year honor as the Terps won the Big Ten Championship.
- Lasse Kelp was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Laurin Mack was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year.
- Albi Ndrenika was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team.
- Rocket Ritarita and Farouk Cisse were named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, but 𝓢𝓘𝓧 All-Big Ten First Team members
— Maryland Men's Soccer 🐢 (@MarylandMSoccer) November 13, 2025
The most in program history, notching the previous high of five in 2016 👏
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terps in the Ncaa tournament
- The Terps will be competing in their 42nd NCAA Tournament, the fifth most in NCAA history.
- With 62 wins in the NCAA Tournament, Maryland ranks sixth all time.
- Cirovski's 31 tournament appearnces is the most by any head coach in NCAA history.
- 51 wins by Coach Cirovski is second all-time.
- Between 2001-22, Coach Cirovski led Maryland to 22 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances which is the second most in NCAA history.
- A four seed has never won the College Cup in the current format.
- In Maryland's three championships under Coach Cirovski, they won as the one, two, and 11 seeds.
Maryland winning their last NCAA Championship in 2018
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