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Maryland Earns No. 4 Seed in NCAA Tourney

Maryland Earns No. 4 Seed in NCAA Tourney

March 14, 2011

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    COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland women's basketball team earned a No. 4 seed in the 2011 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament the Women's Basketball Committee announced Monday night. The Terrapins will tip off with 13th-seeded St. Francis (Pa.) Sunday at 12:20 p.m. in Comcast Center.

    Tickets to Sunday's game, as well as tickets to all sessions, are available at umterps.com. Parking will be free in the lots surrounding Comcast Center.

    All of the NCAA Tournament games will be shown on ESPN networks for the eighth straight year.

    Also traveling to College Park will be fifth-seeded Georgetown and 12th-seeded Princeton, who will play Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The winners of the Maryland-St. Francis and Georgetown-Princeton games will play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22. The winner of the College Park site will head to Philadelphia for the East Regional Semifinals and Finals next weekend.

    The Terrapins (23-7, 9-5 ACC) earned the 19th NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. Maryland is 27-17 all-time in NCAA Tournament games, including 10-2 in games played in College Park.

    The Terps have made seven NCAA Tournament appearances in Brenda Frese's nine years in College Park. In her 12 years as a head coach, Frese's teams have made eight NCAA Tournament appearances. She's coached her teams to four Sweet Sixteens (1999, 2006, 2008, 2009), four Elite Eights (1999, 2006, 2008, 2009) and the 2006 National Championship. She is 16-6 as a head coach in the NCAA Tournament.

    Maryland finished the year ranked No. 18 in the Associated Press poll and was fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

    The Red Flash (22-11, 14-4 NEC) claimed an automatic bid with a 72-57 win over Monmouth Sunday in the Northeast Conference championship. St. Francis captured their NEC record 11th league title and has won back-to-back championships.

    To see the rest of the bracket, please log on to ncaa.com.

    NCAA TOURNAMENT CREDENTIALS INFO
    To apply for credentials to the 2011 College Park Regional, please log on to ncaa.com/media. Credential applications will be received through Sport Systems. The credential process is open from Monday, March 14 at 8:30 p.m., until Tuesday, March 15 at 5 p.m.

    -Terps-