Originally Released: Oct. 31, 2002

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1 2728 Comcast Center College Park, Md Ph: (301) Fax: (301) Contact: Jason Yellin Originally Released: Oct. 31, 2002 Day Date Opponent (NSCAA Ranks)... Time Radio UConn Classic at Storrs, Conn. Fri. Aug. 30 vs. Fordham (-/-)...W, 5-0 Sun. Sept. 1 at Connecticut (-/9)...L, 1-3 WHUS Fri. Sept. 6 at Rutgers (-/RV)...W, 5-2CN8-TV Sun. Sept. 8 VA. COMMONWEALTH (-/-) W, 2-1 WMUC MARYLAND/FILA CLASSIC Fri. Sept. 13 LOYOLA (25/-)...W, 2-1 WMUC Sun. Sept. 15 NOTRE DAME (25/11)...L, 2-5 WMUC Fri. Sept. 20 at Wake Forest* (-/8)...L, 1-3 Sun. Sept. 22 GEO. WASHINGTON (-/-)...W, 5-0 WMUC Fri. Sept. 27 DUKE* (-/22)...W, 3-2 WMUC Sun. Sept. 29 WILLIAM & MARY (-/-)...W, 1-0 WMUC Fri. Oct. 4 NC STATE* (23/-)...(ot) L, 1-2 WMUC Tues. Oct. 8 at Penn State (-/13)...L, 0-1 WMAJ Fri. Oct. 11 VIRGINIA*(-/-)...W, 2-0 WMUC Wed. Oct. 16 GEORGE MASON (RV/-)...W, 3-0 WMUC Sun. Oct. 20 at Clemson* (RV/-)...W, 3-2 Fri. Oct. 25 FLORIDA STATE* (22/RV)...L, 0-1 WMUC Mon. Oct. 28 at James Madison (23/-)...W, 4-1 Fri. Nov. 1 at North Carolina* (23/2)...7:00 p.m. Thu.-Sun.Nov ACC Tournament at Tallahassee, Fla. NCAA Women s College Cup Wed. Nov. 13 NCAA First Round at Campus Sites. Sun. Nov. 17 NCAA Second Round at Campus Sites Sun. Nov. 24 NCAA Third Round at Campus Sites Sun. Dec. 1 NCAA Quarterfinals at Campus Sites Fri. Dec. 6 NCAA Semifinals at Austin, Texas Sun. Dec. 8 College Cup Championship at Austin, Texas * ACC game; Home games in ALL CAPS; times subject to change The No. 23 Maryland women s soccer team heads to Chapel Hill, N.C. to face the No. 2 North Carolina Tar Heels in the regularseason finale for both teams. The Terps (11-6 overall and 3-3 in the ACC) are playing for a chance to finish as high as No. 2 in the conference behind only North Carolina, which clinched the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament with a 3-2 win at Wake Forest on Wednesday night. The Tar Heels are overall and in the ACC. A Maryland win over North Carolina on Friday, coupled with a Florida State loss or tie to Virginia on Saturday would give the Terps second place in the ACC. That would equal the Terps best finish in the league, equalling their second place finish in 1999, which came in Shannon Higgins-Cirovski s first year as the Terps head coach. That year the Terps went overall and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. A Maryland win over North Carolina, along with a win by Florida State on Saturday would give the Terps a third place finish behind the Tar Heels and Seminoles. Maryland would be tied with Clemson at 4-3, but would get the advantage due to the 3-2 victory over the Tigers on Oct. 20. A tie between the Terps and Tar Heels would give Maryland a record. At that point they could finish anywhere from fourth through sixth, as the Terps lose tiebreakers to Florida State, Wake Forest and NC State should they all tie at A Maryland loss at North Carolina would mean the Terps would be 3-4 in the ACC and finish either fifth or sixth as North Carolina, Florida State, Clemson and NC State would all have.500 or better records in the league. For the Terps to finish fifth with a loss at UNC, Wake Forest would have to lose or tie against Duke on Saturday. Should Maryland lose and Wake Forest win against Duke, the Terps would finish sixth in the league Record: (3-3-0 ACC) 2002 Rankings:...NSCAA (23rd), S. Times (25th Tie) Head Coach:...Shannon Higgins-Cirovski (UNC 90) Coach s Record: (.537)/11th season Coach s Record at UM: (.539)/4th season Ass t Coach:Kerry Dziczkaniec (George Washington 93) Ass t Coach:...Steve Campbell (Maryland 96) Leading Scorer:...Audra Poulin (8 g, 3 a. 19 pts.) 2002 Record: (4-1-1 ACC) 2002 Rankings:NSCAA, S. America, S. Buzz, S. Times (2nd) Head Coach:...Anson Dorrance (North Carolina 74) Coach s Record: (.945)/24th season Coach s Record at UNC: (.945)/24th season Ass t Coach:... Bill Paladino (North Carolina 73) Ass t Coach:...Chris Ducar (Missouri 90) Leading Scorer:...Lindsay Tarpley (11 g, 11 a, 33 pts.) For the sixth time this Friday night, Maryland head coach and 2002 Hall of Fame inductee Shannon Higgins-Cirovski goes head-to-head with her college coach Anson Dorrance, North Carolina s legendary mentor. Higgins-Cirovski was a four-year star for the Tar Heels from , when North Carolina compiled an astonishing record on its way to four consecutive national championships. Higgins-Cirovski was also named national Player of the Year by Soccer America in 1988 and Higgins-Cirovski s jersey, No. 3, is one of nine numbers retired at North Carolina. Earlier this season, Dorrance was the man who introduced Higgins-Cirovski when she was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Oneonta, N.Y., on Oct. 14, Dorrance listed off Shannon s many accomplishments mixing in some humor with seriousness in his touching introduction. As a coach, she has faced her alma mater twice as the coach of George Washington. In 1993, the Tar Heels topped the Colonials, 4-0 and in 1994, UNC defeated George Washington, 2-0. At Maryland, Higgins-Cirovski and the Terps fell to North Carolina, 3-0 on Oct. 24, 1999 in College Park, 6-0 at Fetzer Field on Oct. 29, 2000 and 3-1 last season at Ludwig Field on Oct. 5, Friday s game will be just the second time Higgins-Cirovski coached against North Carolina in Chapel Hill following the 2000 game. The 1999 ACC Tournament marked the first time Higgins-Cirovski coached a collegiate game at Fetzer Field, where she played many memorable games. The Terps defeated Duke in the first round but fell to Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament. Dorrance speaks very highly of Higgins-Cirovski, as a player and a coach. Of all the players I have coached, no one is more suited to be a coach, said Dorrance. She is a brilliant field organizer and tactical genius. The cliché coach on the field certainly always applied to her during her playing career. Every team she presents will be well-organized and difficult to play. Women s Soccer SID:...Jason Yellin address:... jyellin@wam.umd.edu SID Phone/Fax:... (301) /(301) Website:... Women s Soccer SID:... Dave Lohse address:...dlohse@uncaa.unc.edu SID Phone/Fax:... (919) /(919) Website:... Team W-L-T Pct. W-L-T Pct. North Carolina Florida State Clemson Maryland NC State Wake Forest Virginia Duke Wednesday, October 23 Virginia 2, Duke 0 Friday, October 25 Florida State 1, Maryland 0 Saturday, October 26 Virginia 2, Wake Forest 1 Sunday, October 27 Duke 0, North Carolina 0 (2OT) Florida State 3, George Mason 1 Clemson 2, NC State 0 Wednesday October 30 Clemson 7, Charleston Southern 1 Duke 6, High Point 0 North Carolina 3, Wake Forest 2 NC State 1, Virginia 0 Friday, November 1 Maryland at North Carolina, 7:00 pm Saturday, November 2 NC State at VCU, 2:00 pm Florida at Clemson, 7:00 pm Duke at Wake Forest, 7:00 pm Virginia at Florida State, 7:00 pm

2 Rk. Team Record LW 1 Stanford North Carolina Texas Portland Texas A&M UCLA West Virginia Pepperdine Connecticut Penn State Santa Clara Charlotte Purdue Tennessee Florida State Southern California Notre Dame Denver Princeton Clemson Michigan Dartmouth Maryland Arizona State Wake Forest Also receiving votes: BYU, Virginia, Mississippi, Auburn, Cal, Washington Rk. Team Record LW 1 Stanford (15-1-0) 1 2 North Carolina (13-1-3) 2 3 Texas (14-2-1) 3 4 UCLA (12-3-0) 5 5 Portland (14-3-1) 6 6 Texas A&M (14-3-1) 8 7 Santa Clara (12-4-1) 4 8 West Virginia (15-1-1) 9 9 Pepperdine (14-1-2) Penn State (15-2-1) Connecticut (14-2-1) Clemson (10-6-0) USC (8-5-3) Charlotte (14-0-2) Villanova (12-1-4) Wake Forest (12-4-1) Arizona State (10-3-2) California (9-6-1) 7 19 Florida State (11-4-3) NR 20 Washington (8-5-3) Tennessee (12-5-1) Denver (13-1-2) Purdue (12-3-1) Utah (11-1-3) NR 25 Auburn (14-3-1) NR Rk. Team Record LW 1. Stanford North Carolina Texas Portland UCLA West Virginia Connecticut Pepperdine Charlotte Penn State Texas A&M Santa Clara Purdue Denver Princeton Villanova Michigan Tennessee USC Arizona State Florida State RV 22. Dartmouth RV 23. Wake Forest Utah RV 25. Michigan State RV Also receiving votes:: California (9-6-1), Clemson (10-6), MARY- LAND (10-6), Nebraska (10-5-3), Notre Dame (11-7), Virginia (9-5-2) The 17-time NCAA champion North Carolina Tar Heels hold an 18-0 lead in the series against Maryland dating to the first game between the teams in 1987, when the Terps varsity program started. North Carolina includes two games in its record against Maryland from 1986 when the Terps fielded a club squad, making their mark 20-0 against the Terps. Last season, Before the largest crowd (2,728) since a record of 4,380 came out on Oct. 10, 1997, the Maryland women s soccer team recorded its firstever goal against North Carolina. Courtney Beirne scored in the 23rd minute against the No. 1 Tar Heels, as Maryland fell, 3-1. The Terps had been outscored 77-0, after UNC took a 1-0 lead in the 5th minute of Friday s game, dating back to the first game in 1987, spanning 18 games. Beirne tipped in a pass from Jen Biscoe (Baltimore, Md.) to tie the game 1-1 at 22:20. Maryland s offense has continued its high-scoring pace this season with 40 goals in 17 matches for a 2.35 goals per game average. That total is 16 more than the entire season total for all of 2001, when the Terps tallied 24 goals in 19 games (1.26 per game). Maryland surpassed that 24-goal mark in the ninth game of this season in the 3-2 win over Duke on Sept. 27. The Terps 40 goals this season are the most since Shannon Higgins-Cirovski took over as coach and the most since 1998 when they scored 55. Maryland has seven players with 10 or more points after having just two last season. All-Time Series North Carolina leads The Last Five Meetings 10/5/01 North Carolina 3, Maryland 1 10/29/00 North Carolina 6, Maryland 0 10/24/99 North Carolina 3, Maryland 0 10/23/98 North Carolina 2, Maryland 0 11/9/97 North Carolina 4, Maryland 0 Home team in bold The attack has been led by Audra Poulin (Silver Spring, Md.), Ali Andrzejewski (Lutherville, Md.) and Katie Ludwig (Mount Laurel, N.J.). Poulin had been on a torrid stretch in mid-october, scoring four goals in a three-game span. She leads the team with a career-high eight goals and tops the Terps in points with 19. She posted her first multi-goal game against George Mason on Oct. 16, with two goals in the first 16 minutes. Poulin came into the season with just three goals in her first two seasons. Poulin was named to the Soccer America and Soccer Buzz Teams of the Week for her performances last week. The freshman sensation, Andrzejewski is second on the club with 18 points after scoring her team-high tying eighth goal at James Madison last Monday night. Ludwig was the difference in the Terps win at Clemson on Oct. 20, as she assisted the game-winning goal and scored the game-tying goal, both on great individual efforts. She now has 16 points to stand third on the team in scoring with six goals and four assists, all of which are career highs. For Poulin and Ludwig, the goal totals are more than each player had scored in all of last season. Ludwig had two goals in 2001, although she did play most of the year on defense and Poulin had three goals last season -- the first three of her career. The assists have also been coming at a fast rate with all of the goals. Redshirt Freshman Kimmy Francis (Richboro, Pa.) had a career-high four points as she added to her team-high assist total of eight with a pair against James Madison on Oct. 28. Francis also notched her second goal of the season on a free kick and is fourth on the team in scoring with 12 points. She also scored her first collegiate goal vs. George Washington. Francis eight assists are one short of tying the school record for for helpers by a freshman when Emmy Harbo had nine assists in Junior Jenny Biscoe has 10 points after scoring her second goal of the year at James Madison. She has six assists to rank second on the team to Francis. Earlier this season, she tied a school-record with a three-assist performance at Rutgers on Sept. 6. Biscoe scored her first goal of the season notching the game-winner at Clemson (10/20). Defender/midfielder Mallory Mahar (Medina, Ohio) has been a force on the offensive end all season with her headers in the box. All four of her goals including the first in the game at James Madison have come on headers off set pieces. She converted a corner kick from Francis for the first goal vs. the Dukes. Overall, she has 10 points on the four goals and two assists. Senior Kim King (Media, Pa.) has been an important cog off the bench as she has three goals and two assists for eight points this season. She notched the game-winning goal on a penalty kick in the win over Duke, scoring in the 66th minute and the game-winner in the 43rd minute against Virginia on Oct. 11. Freshman Simone Dekker (Ringwood, N.J.) has been a great addition, as the speedy forward has played in all 17 games and posted four goals and three assists for 11 points. Senior Dana Jarzyniecki (Rochester, N.Y.) continues to provide stability in the midfield in her fourth year. She has played in all 77 games since she came in College Park in 1999 and ranks tied for 11th in career assists with 11. Junior goalkeeper Kristen Barnhill (Charlottesville, Va.) has been strong in the net since she has been given the starting role for the last five games (she did come off the bench after seven minutes against Florida State to allow for senior Lynn Scharf to start). She has a 0.89 goals against average, playing in nine matches overall in 2002, stopping 83 percent of the shots she has faced. She posted a pair of shutouts over Virginia and George Mason in her first two collegiate starts. Those shutouts marked the first time in eight years that a Maryland keeper had shutouts in her first two starts. In September of 1995, freshman Kassie Knecht shut out William & Mary and Old Dominion in back-to -back games making three saves in each of her first two college starts. Barnhill posted a career-high seven saves in the big ACC win at Clemson on Oct. 20. She came up big in her first two major playing opportunities this season. First, she showed her worth when she came on in the 33rd minute against Duke, when Wilner was injured, and made five saves in preserving the Terps critical ACC win for her first collegiate victory. On Oct. 11, Barnhill drew her first start after Wilner was issued a red card at Penn State and was forced to sit out the Virginia, and Barnhill made three saves in posting her first solo shutout. She followed that up with two saves vs. the Patriots.

3 The Terps defense was strong as well with freshman goalkeeper Mariel Wilner (Owings Mills, Md.) in the net for the first 12 starts of the season. Wilner has a 1.65 goals against average and a.638 save percentage in her first collegiate season. Wilner picked up her first collegiate solo shutout with five saves against William & Mary. Aiding the keepers on the backline is junior All-ACC selection Lindsay Givens (Downingtown, Pa.) along with junior Katie Kruse (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), sophomore Lindsay Niehaus (Cincinnati, Ohio) and freshmen Mallory Mahar (Medina, Ohio) and Kristin McHugh (Gaithersburg, Md.). Mahar, who has also moved up to midfield in the last few games, has been a force on set pieces recording three goals all on headers off corner kicks this season including the game-winner vs. William & Mary. Jennifer Lovecchio (Vineland, N.J.) got back into action against Mason, playing 27 minutes after sitting out two games with a mild concussion. The ranks of the National Soccer Hall of Fame formally grew by three with induction ceremonies on Monday, October 14. Maryland head coach Shannon Higgins-Cirovski, a midfielder for the United States team which won the first women's world championships as well as four University of North Carolina NCAA championship teams was joined by Adolph Bachmeier, a defender and defensive midfielder from the 1950s and 1960s; Vladislav (Bogie) Bogicevic, a star midfielder for the North American Soccer League Cosmos from as the class of Higgins-Cirovski, who starred collegiately at the University of North Carolina is just the third women to enter the Hall as a player (joining April Heinrichs and Carin Jennings-Gabarra) and is the youngest person to enter the hall at just 34 years old. This really puts what being a pioneer is, into perspective, said Higgins-Cirovski. It is truly an amazing honor, obviously as you move past your playing days and reflect on them, they seem to move further away. It is so nice of the committee to recognize my accomplishments. To think of all of the players that I watched, such as Bogicevic and other Hall of Famers... to be joining them is such an honor. Higgins-Cirovski had a star-studded career at North Carolina. She helped the Tar Heels to four national championships (1986, 87, 88, and 89), scoring the game-winning goal in the final three titles. She posted an record as a collegian and was named a two-time first team All-American in 1988 and 89. She was named national Player of the Year by Soccer America in 1988 and named consensus national player of the year in At the conclusion of her career at UNC, the playmaking midfielder had tallied 39 goals and 51 assists for 129 points in 94 matches. She was the second-ever female recipient of the prestigious Hermann Trophy Award as the nation s top Division I women s soccer player in 1989 and also captured the Honda Award as the top female athlete in the nation after that season. She was honored with the first-ever Mary Garber Award given to the ACC s top female athlete. She is one of nine women s soccer players to have her number (No. 3) retired at North Carolina. She graduated from Chapel Hill in Higgins-Cirovski played for the United States national team from , as she helped the squad to the 1991 Women s World Cup title in China. Her free kick set up the first goal in the 2-1 championship victory over Norway in the 91 final. She retired from international play with 51 caps, second most of any player at that time. She was named to Soccer America s Team of the Century, as one of the top 11 players to have impacted women s soccer in the 20th century. She was also honored as one of the ACC s best players at the league s celebration in Higgins-Cirovski entered the coaching ranks in 1991 at George Washington University and led the Colonials for seven seasons. She led them to their only NCAA Tournament bid in She was named Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year in After coaching the United States U-18 team for a season, Higgins-Cirovski was hired as Maryland s women s head coach on Jan. 13, She joined her husband, Sasho, on the Maryland athletic staff, who has been the men s soccer coach since Each of the Terps defeats this season has come to a team that has been ranked in the NSCAA s Top 25 this season and five are ranked in this week s poll. Maryland, which is aiming to return to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in eight years faces one of the most difficult schedules in the nation. The Terps six losses have come to this week s No. 9 Connecticut (3-1 on Sept. 1), No. 10 Penn State (1-0 on Oct. 8), No. 15 Florida State (1-0 on Oct. 25), No. 17 Notre Dame (5-2 on Sept. 15) and No. 25 Wake Forest (3-1 on Sept. 20). NC State, which handed the Terps, their other loss was No. 23 two weeks ago. Three Terps are moving up the Maryland career assist chart. Lindsay Givens is tied for seventh all-time with 13 assists after picking up her second of the 2002 season on a corner kick that led to Ali Andrzejewski s goal vs. George Mason. Dana Jarzyniecki (Rochester, N.Y.) has 11 in her career to stand tied for 11th all-time at Maryland. She added her 11th assist against George Washington on Sept Keri Sarver (95-98) Emmy Harbo (95-98) Leslie Kerhin (92-94) Kelly Amonte (92-95) M. Deville (94-97) 13 Lindsay Givens (99-)13 8. T. Sheremeta (90-93) 12 Terri Rich (92-95) L. Basalyga (96-99) 11 D. Jarzyniecki (99-) 11 Jenny Biscoe (00-) 11 With her fast start this season Jenny Biscoe now has 11 career assists and is closing in on the top 10. Biscoe tied the school record for assists in a game with three at Rutgers. Jarzyniecki set the record originally vs. Howard on Oct. 11, Biscoe picked up her sixth assist in the win over George Mason. Three Terp defenders are still out with major injuries. Senior Valerie Lawrence is redshirting the 2002 season as she continues to recover from a torn ACL in her left knee. Junior captain Carly Viher is also out for the season after tearing the ACL in her left knee for the second time in just over a year on Sept. 17 in practice. She underwent surgery on Friday, Sept. 27. Junior Sally Harrison, who was granted a redshirt year in 2001 after playing just four games, will finish her college Rk. Team Record Pts. LW 1 Stanford (13) North Carolina (3) Texas UCLA Portland Texas A&M Santa Clara West Virginia Pepperdine Penn State Connecticut Southern California Charlotte Tennessee Purdue Princeton California Michigan Denver Wake Forest Florida State Notre Dame Washington nr 24 Brigham Young nr 25T MARYLAND t Virginia nr Others receiving votes: Arizona State 21, Clemson 20, Nebraska 19, Utah 18, Villanova 12, Auburn 8, Dartmouth 6, Harvard 4, Mississippi 4, William & Mary 3, Washington State 2. Date NSCAA SAmer. SBuzz STimes Preseason NR NR RV RV Sept. 3 NR NR NR RV Sept NR RV RV Sept. 16 NR NR NR RV Sept. 23 NR NR NR NR Sept NR NR RV Oct. 7 NR NR NR RV Oct. 14 RV NR NR RV Oct RV 25 Oct NR RV 23 Goals: 2 by Ali Andrzejewski at Rutgers (9/6/02) & vs. GW (9/22) 2 by Audra Poulin vs. George Mason (10/16/02) Assists: 3 by Jenny Biscoe at Rutgers (9/6/02) * Ties School Rec. Points: 5 by Ali Andrzejewski at Rutgers (9/6/02) Shots: 8 by Mallory Mahar at Connecticut (9/1/02) 8 by Kimmy Francis vs. George Washington (9/22/02) Saves: 7 by Kristen Barnhill atclemson (10/20/02) Goals: 5 vs. Fordham (8/30), at Rutgers (9/6), vs. GW (9/20) Assists: 6 at Rutgers (9/6/02) Points: 16 at Rutgers (9/6/02) Shots: 34 vs. George Washington (9/20/02) Shots On Goal: 14 vs. Fordham (8/30/02) Corner Kicks: 14 vs. George Mason (10/16/02) Fouls: 14 vs. George Mason (10/16/02) Offsides: 12 vs. Fordham (8/30/02) Saves: 6 at Connecticut (9/1/02) & vs. Duke (9/27/02) Pos. Player Hometown GP/GS, G-A=Pts. F 4 Katie Ludwig Mount Laurel, N.J. 16/16, 6-4=16 F 11 Kimmy Francis Richboro, Pa. 16/16, 1-6=8 F 18 Ali Andrzejewski Lutherville, Md. 16/13, 7-2=16 M 5 Jenny Biscoe Baltimore, Md. 16/16, 1-6=8 M 6 Audra Poulin Silver Spring, Md. 16/15, 8-3=19 M 9 Mallory Mahar Medina, Ohio 16/15, 3-2=8 D 16 Katie Kruse Chagrin Falls, Ohio 10/4, 0-0=0 D 17 Lindsay Niehaus Cincinnati, Ohio 16/14, 0-0=0 D 21 Lindsay Givens Downingtown, Pa. 16/16, 0-2=2 D 22 Kristin McHugh Gaithersburg, Md. 15/11, 0-0=0 GK 0 Kristen Barnhill Charlottesville, Va. 8/3, 0.87 GAA

4 career this season after suffering a dislocated knee cap suffered in an intrasquad scrimmage on Sept. 16, She did play the first seven minutes against Florida State on Senior Night, but is not expected to play again this season. Sophomore Melissa Anderson (Annapolis, Md.) will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a concussion at Clemson. She is undergoing further oberservation and will not suit up again this season. Sophomore Jennifer Lovecchio sat out the Penn State and Virginia games with a mild concussion. But played 27 minutes vs. George Mason and has played in three of the last four matches. Maryland will have a chance to pick up its biggest win on program history on Friday night as they travel to the No. 2 team in the country, North Carolina. The Terps have never beaten a top-3 team with the biggest win coming against No. 4 Penn State in The Terps have of the toughest schedules in the nation, having faced three teams ranked in the top 11 already this season. Against Duke, Maryland picked up its 32nd all-time win against a team ranked in the NSCAA Top 25, beating the No. 22 Blue Devils, 3-2 on Sept. 27. Last season, Maryland defeated No. 17 Duke, 2-0 on Sept. 2 and No. 8 Clemson, 1-0 in overtime on Oct. 13. The only way to be the best is to play the best, said head coach Higgins- Cirovski. We have added high caliber teams such as Connecticut, Notre Dame and Penn State to go along with the challenging ACC schedule. I think we have one of the best schedules in the country. Oct. 8, 1993 Maryland 2, #8 William& Mary 1 Oct. 1, 1995 #12 Maryland 2, #7 Duke 1 Oct. 12, 1997 #19 Maryland 2, #9 Clemson 0 Nov. 7, 1997 #18 Maryland 2, #8 Duke 1 Sept. 18, 1998 Maryland 3, #9 Duke 1 Sept. 19, 1999 Maryland 4, #9 Duke 3 (OT) Oct. 17, 1999 Maryland 2, #9 Clemson 1 (OT) Aug. 29, 2000 #23 Maryland 3, #4 Penn State 1 Oct. 13, 2001 Maryland 1, #8 Clemson 0 (OT) During each of Shannon Higgins-Cirovski s seasons at Maryland, she has led the Terps to at least one upset of a top- 10 ranked team, leading Maryland to a 4-3 win at No. 9 Duke on Sept. 19, 1999 and a 2-1 victory over Clemson on Oct. 17, 1999; a 3-1 win over No. 4 Penn State on Aug. 29, 2000 and a 1-0 overtime over No. 8 Clemson, last season on Oct. 13. Maryland takes on 12 teams that played in last season s Women s College Cup including three teams that advanced to the NCAA national quarterfinals including runner-up North Carolina. In addition to the Tar Heels, Maryland will also take on 2001 NCAA qualifiers (Clemson, Connecticut, Duke, Florida State, Loyola, Notre Dame, Penn State, Rutgers, Virginia, Wake Forest and William & Mary). Of those 12 teams, eight were ranked in the top 20 of the final NSCAA poll. In taking on preseason No. 9 UConn in the second game of the season, Maryland got a quick taste of what much of its season will be like -- games against top ranked teams. Once again, Higgins-Cirovski has scheduled one of the nation s competitive schedules. The Terps take on eight teams in the preseason NSCAA poll including five in the top nine. The Terps face No. 2 North Carolina (Nov. 1), No. 6 Virginia (W, 2-0 on Oct. 4), No. 7 Notre Dame (L, 5-2 on Sept. 15), No. 8 Penn State (L, 1-0 on Oct. 8), No. 9 Connecticut (L, 3-1 on Sept. 1), No. 14 Clemson (W, 3-2 on Oct. 20), No. 17 Florida State (L, 0-1) and No. 19 Rutgers (W, 5-2 on Sept. 6). Maryland will have a trio of juniors serve as team captains this season: midfielder Jen Biscoe (Baltimore, Md.) and defenders Lindsay Givens (Downingtown, Pa.) and Carly Viher (Mentor, Ohio). Givens served as a captain last season along with graduated goalkeeper Ali Wolff. Biscoe and Givens were both named to the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic team for last season. With the Terps 5-2 win at Rutgers on Sept. 6, Maryland head coach Shannon Higgins-Cirovski picked up her 100th career college coaching victory. Higgins-Cirovski currently has a career mark at George Washington and Maryland. She went at George Washington from in leading the Colonials to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. At Maryland, Higgins-Cirovski has led the Terps to NCAA bids in 1999 and 2001 and has a mark in three-plus seasons on the sidelines. Straight To You: If you would like the latest Maryland women s soccer news ed directly to you as soon as it breaks, women s soccer contact Jason Yellin at jyellin@wam.umd.edu with the message Women s Soccer as the subject and you will receive every update distributed about the team. WMUC Radio: Maryland s student radio station WMUC (88.1 FM) will broadcast up to 11 Maryland women s soccer games in 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. Josh Madden will handle play-by-play. He will be assisted by Mark Zaner and Ariel Agami. WMUCSports.com will air the Shannon Higgins-Cirovski show every other Thursday at 7 p.m. The show will air again this Thursday at 7 p.m. The first show ran on Sept. 12 with Higgins-Cirovski joined by junior Katie Ludwig. Senior Sarah McClellan was the guest on the second show which ran on Sept. 26. The third show ran on Oct. 9 with guest Lindsay Givens. The last show aired on Oct. 24 as Soccer America and Soccer Buzz Team of the Week player Audra Poulin joined the program in studio. The shows are available on umterps.com and WMUCSports.com with hosts Josh Maurer, Josh Madden and Ariel Agami. If you look up the word winner in a dictionary Shannon Higgins- Cirovski might be one of the definitions. Higgins-Cirovski could be defined as a person possessing every quality of a winner. Those qualities include the desire to be victorious, the will to achieve, the ambition to accomplish, the wish to be successful and the ability to triumph over every obstacle in one s path. Higgins-Cirovski, though, is much more than just a definition. She is the epitome of someone who strives to be a winner in every facet of his or her life. This fall, Higgins-Cirovski was recognized as the ultimate winner as she was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y., on October 14, She is just the third woman and is the youngest person ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The former head coach of the U.S. U-18 women s team and former head coach at George Washington University, Higgins- Cirovski was named head coach of the Maryland women s soccer program on Jan. 13, She joined her husband, Sasho, on the Maryland athletic staff.sasho Cirovski has been the men s soccer coach since Higgins-Cirovski s appointment meant an immediate impact for the Terrapins as she coached Maryland to its highest finish in ACC history, second place, with a conference record of in She coached Maryland to eight wins in its final 11 games and the Terps advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive year. She led Maryland to its first-ever win over a Top-5 team as Maryland upset No. 4 Penn State, 3-1, on Aug. 29, After the win, the Terps soared to No. 9 in the NSCAA Coaches poll, their highest ranking since Last season, Higgins-Cirovski led the Terps back to the NCAA Women s Soccer College Cup. Maryland finished behind the solid defense of All-ACC selections Lindsay Givens at back and Ali Wolff at goalkeeper. Both players were also named to the NSCAA All Mid-Atlantic Region teams along with midfielder Jen Biscoe. She continues to build Maryland into a national power in a conference in which she is generally regarded as one of the pioneers of the women s game in the United States. The Cirovskis have three daughters, Hailey (8), Karli (6) and Ellie Summer, whom Higgins-Cirovski gave birth to this past summer on July 15, National Soccer Hall of Fame Inductee (Oct. 14, 2002) 1999 ACC Coach of the Year after leading Maryland to a second place finish (4-2-1), its best ever. Coached Maryland to its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament in 1999, the Terps advanced to the second round. Named to Soccer America s Team of the Century, as one of the top 11 players to have impacted women s soccer in the 1900s. Honored by the ACC as one of the conference s all-time players in Named to the league s 50th Anniversary Team in Head coach at George Washington from , leading the Colonials to their only NCAA Tournament bid (1996) and a overall record in seven years. Named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 1994 when she led the Colonials to a record. Helped lead the U.S. to the 1991 World Cup title. Represented the United States in competition 51 times graduate of North Carolina, helped lead the Tar Heels to four NCAA titles and a cumulative record of from A two-time first-team All-American, national Player of the Year by Soccer America magazine in 1988 and 1989 and consensus national Player of the Year in recipient of the prestigious Hermann Award as the nation s top Division I women s soccer player and the Honda-Broderick award as the top female athlete in the nation. Scored the game-winning goals in the 1987, 1988 and 1989 NCAA championship matches. One of nine women s soccer players in UNC history to have her jersey number (3) retired by the university. Year Team Record Pct. Highlights 1991 G. Washington Beat No. 13 JMU 1992 G. Washington G. Washington Atlantic-10 Title Game 1994 G. Washington A-10 Coach of Year 1995 G. Washington A-10 West Div. Title 1996 G. Washington NCAA, A-10 Coach of Year 1997 G. Washington Career high 13 wins 1999 MARYLAND NCAA, ACC Coach of Year 2000 MARYLAND Beat No. 4 Penn State 2001 MARYLAND NCAA First Round 2002 MARYLAND th Coaching Win TOTALS (11 Years) NCAA, 3 Coach of Year at Maryland (4 Years) NCAA Appearances

5 Has won all four starts this season, 0.89 GAA and 82.9 save percentage. Moved to 5-1 with four saves in 4-1 win at JMU (10/28). Third win in a row came against Clemson (10/20), as she made a career-high seven saves. Became first Terp GK since Kassie Knecht in 1995 to post shutouts in first to college starts with two saves vs. Mason (10/16) in 2-0 win. Shutout hometown team Virginia (10/11) in first career start, making three saves. Played final 37:06 at Penn State (10/8), making five saves in relief after Mariel Wilner was issued a red card. Came on in relief of injured Mariel Wilner and played final 57:31, making five saves and earning first career win in key ACC match vs. Duke (9/27). Split shutout with Wilner in win over GW (9/22). Played final 24:16 of shutout win over Fordham (8/30). Year GP GS Min. GA Sv. GAA ShO : Did Not Play : Totals : Issued red card at Penn State (10/8) and sat out the Virginia game (10/11) and has not played since. Posted first solo shutout vs. Wm. & Mary (9/29) with five saves. Shared shutout with Barnhill vs. GW (9/22). Three saves in third win over VCU (9/8). Made six saves in loss at Connecticut (9/1). Started first college game vs. Fordham (8/30), played first 65:44 and did not allow a goal in making two saves. Four-year starter at McDonogh, set state record with 38 shutouts in a career. Named first-team All-State as a senior. Year GP GS Min. GA Sv. GAA ShO : Played late minutes at Wake (9/20), vs. GW (9/22), G.Mason (10/16), Clemson (10/20) and JMU (10/28). Joined team as a walk-on in September of Totals Tri-captain with Jen Biscoe and Lindsay Givens. Will miss her second year in a row after tearing her left ACL for second time on Sept. 17, 2002 in practice. Had surgery on Sept. 27. Underwent surgery to repair a miniscus tear in her knee on Aug. 27, Missed all of 2001 with a torn left ACL on Aug. 29, 2001 and undergoing surgery on Sept. 13, Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic Region third team in Redshirt Season 2002 Redshirt Season Tot Tied for second in points with 16 (6 goals, 4 asst.) Started 17 games at forward, playing 1191 minutes. Scored game-tying goal in 63rd min. and assisted Biscoe s game-winner in 84th min. in ACC win at Clemson (10/20). Worked way thru CU defenders on both plays. Assisted Simone Dekker s goal vs. NC State (10/4). Scored dynamic breakaway goal vs. Duke (9/27) to put Terps ahead 2-1, also taken down in box for PK. Named to the 2002 Maryland/FILA Classic All-Tournament team. Netted fourth goal of year on a blast vs. #11 Notre Dame (9/15). Assisted Ali Andrzejewski s game-winner vs. Loyola (9/13). Scored game-winner on a give-and-go from Kim King vs. VCU (9/8). Netted goal and assist in homecoming at Rutgers (9/6). Scored breakaway goal vs. Fordham (8/30) in 27th minute. Returns to starting forward position this season after playing on defense for much of 2001 season. Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic Region All-Freshman team in Tot Tri-captain with Carly Viher and Lindsay Givens. Started all 17 games in the midfield, playing 1068 min. Second game-winner at JMU (10/28), knocking in a rebound. Scored game-winner on diving header on a rebound shot by Katie Ludwig at Clemson (10/20), for first goal of the year. Goal was sixth career game-winner, fourth most by a player at UM. Has been hindered by knee and throat injuries. Second on the team with six assists. Assisted Andrzejewski s goal vs. Mason (10/16), giving her 11 for her career to tie for 11th all-time at Maryland in assists. Tied school record for assists in a game with three at Rutgers (9/6), record set by Dana Jarzyniecki on 10/11/00. Injured in throat vs. UConn (9/1) and did not play second half. Leading returning scorer for points on five goals and five assists in NSCAA and Soccer Buzz All-Region Third Team in Four of her five goals were game-winning goals last season. Returned to action vs. ECU (9/9/01) playing 18 minutes, exactly one year to the day she originally tore her ACL at Richmond. Returned from second surgery for a torn ACL in her right knee. That surgery took place on March 7, after initial surgery happened on Sept. 22, 2000 after the injury at Richmond (9/9/00) Tot Team s leading scorer with 19 points (8 goals, 3 asst.) Eighth in ACC in goals per game (0.50). Started 16 games in midfield, playing 1223 min. Eight goals on 27 shots after three on 68 last year. Named to Soccer America, Soccer Buzz Teams of the Week after three goals in four games vs. Mason & Clemson. Netted fourth goal in three games at Clemson (10/20). First career multi-goal game vs. Mason (10/16) with two goals in first 16 minutes including third career game-winner. Scored unassisted goal against Virginia (10/11) in 72nd minute. Four goals in first eight games passes last year s total. Scored first goal (game-winner) and added assist vs. GW (9/22). Assisted Dekker s goal with 0:06 left in 1st half at Wake (9/20) Primary assist on Ali Andrzejewski s game-winner vs. Loyola (9/13). Scored unassisted goal on free kick vs. VCU (9/8). Had Terps only goal in loss to UConn (9/1). Scored against Fordham (8/30) in season opener. Netted first-career goal for game-winner in 111th minute of 2OT vs. No. 8 Clemson (10/13/01). Member of the 2000 All-ACC Freshman Team. Received three honors from Soccer Buzz in 2000 (Freshman All-American third team, Mid-Atlantic Region third team and Mid-Atlantic Region All-Freshman team) Totals Has four goals and 11 points in 17 matches. Six of 11 points have come in ACC matches. Assisted Audra Poulin s goal at Clemson (10/20). Assisted Kim King s GW goal vs. Virginia (10/11). Netted second ACC goal vs. NC State (10/4). First career assist on Francis first-career goal vs. GW (9/22). Scored only goal at Wake (9/20) with 0:06 left in 1st half. Has started two matches in place of injured fellow freshman Ali Andrzejewski at FILA Classic. Posted second career goal in first career start vs. Loyola (9/13). Scored first career goal in homecoming at Rutgers (9/6) off a cross from Kim King. Lightning quick player, who was an all-state selection as a junior and senior. Scored 27 goals & added 13 assists for 67 points as a senior career points ranks 11th all-time at Maryland. Assisted Andrzejewski s goal at JMU (10/28). Started on Senior Night vs. Florida State (10/25). Has been a key off the bench in Terps first 15 games and has three goals and three assists in 702 minutes. Scored game-winner vs. Virginia (10/11) in 43rd min. Has been hampered by a variety of leg injuries during the off season, forcing her to miss spring, and early in Scored game-winner with a penalty kick vs. Duke (9/27). Assisted Katie Ludwig s game-winner vs. VCU (9/8). Scored Terps fourth goal at Rutgers (9/6) and assisted Simone Dekker s first career goal. Netted first career two-goal game vs. GW (9/21/01) with her third career game-winner Totals Starting freshman has played 1471 of 1543 minutes in 17 games at both back and midfield. Leads team in shots with 50. Has 10 points on four goals and two assists. Fourth goal, all on headers, came at JMU (10/28). Started in the midfield in four of the last five games. Six shots-- all on headers -- vs. NC State (10/4). Scored third goal, on headers, for game-winner, the lone goal in the 69th minute against William & Mary (9/29). Second goal vs. #11 N.Dame (9/15) to put Maryland ahead 1-0. Stellar freshman debut weekend at UConn in two starts. A force with potent header shot off corner kicks. Was named to the UConn Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring a goal and adding two assists. Assisted Audra Poulin s goal vs. UConn (9/1) which came on a header off a Kimmy Francis corner kick. Took eight shots in game. Scored first college goal on header off Francis corner kick vs. Fordham (8/30). Also assisted Melissa Anderson s goal vs. Rams with a header. All-State as a junior and senior at Medina Senior; Conference MVP Expected to miss the entire 2002 season because of a torn ACL in her left knee. Scored first-career goal vs. FSU in ACCs (11/8/01). Missed first game of career vs. GW (9/21/01) with a left ankle sprain originally suffered vs. ECU (9/9/01). Had started first 44 of first 45 games of her career Totals Dynamic, skilled offensive player has started 16 games. Leads team with eight assists, one short of freshman school record of nine set by Emmy Harbo in Career-high four points on a goal and two assists at JMU (10/28). Assisted Poulin s first goal vs. Mason (10/16). Corner kick assist on Mahar s game-winner vs. Wm. & Mary (9/29). Netted first career goal in win over GW (9/22);8 shots that game. Assisted Simone Dekker s goal vs. Loyola (9/13). Named to UConn Classic All-Tournament team after collecting three assists. Corner kick resulted in a goal by Poulin vs. UConn (9/1) for third assist of weekend. Posted two assists in college debut vs. Fordham (8/30), one on a corner kick to Mahar and another on a cross to Poulin. Sat out the 2001 season as an injury redshirt after suffering a torn ACL on April 19, 2001 during the spring season. NSCAA H.S. All-American, Gatorade and NSCAA Pennsylvania Player of the Year in

6 Returned to action playing 27 min. vs. Mason (10/16) and 32 at Clemson (10/20) after sitting out Penn State (10/8) and Virginia (10/11) with a concussion. Key defensive player, who has played in 14 of 17 games, starting seven, totalling 860 minutes. Has been hampered by a right foot injury suffered vs. ND (9/15). Drew first career start vs. Loyola (9/13) and played 73 minutes. Came off the bench first two games for 87 minutes at UConn Classic. Made a key defensive save vs. Fordham (8/30) in final seconds to secure Terps 5-0 shutout win Redshirt Season Totals Started 13 of 17 games this season, giving her 77 consecutive games played streak dating to her first game as a freshman. Played 1063 minutes mostly in a defensive midfielder role. 11th career assist came Audra Poulin goal vs. GW (9/22). Stands tied for 11th all-time in UM history in career assists with 11. Set the school record for assists in a game with three against Howard (10/11/00), which was tied by Jenny Biscoe on 9/6/ Totals Returned to action and started, playing first seven min. vs. Fla. State (10/25). Still recovering from a dislocated kneecap suffered last season and is sidelined to start Earned a redshirt season in 2001 after suffering a dislocated left kneecap in a scrimmage on Sept. 16. Missed first-career game vs. GW (9/21/01), had started first 45 games of her career dating to freshman season Totals Suffered concussion at Clemson (10/20) will miss the remainder of the season. Came off the bench to play 227 min. in 14 of first 15 games. Notched second goal in win over GW (9/22). Scored first collegiate goal vs. Fordham (8/30). As a freshman, played 601 minutes in all 19 games in First college point came vs. Loyola (9/30/01) as she assisted Courtney Beirne s late goal. Anne Arundel County Player of the Year, Baltimore Sun All- Metro, All-South and All-County in Committed to Maryland by presenting coach Shannon Higgins- Cirovski with a cake decorated in red and white with a Terrapin turtle with the word yes coming out of its mouth Totals Senior defenders has started last five matches for Terps and been a key as the Terps have gone 4-1. Played key defensive role late vs. NC State (10/4) and Penn State (10/8). Played final 18 min. of shutout vs. Wm. & Mary (9/29) Played 26 min vs. GW (9/22) & first 2 games of year. Played all but four minutes in last 16 regular season games in 01. Third in total minutes playing 1721 of 1801 in 2001 season Tot Played in all 17 games this season on defense, starting 15 including last 10 in row. Returning sophomore defender who started last 15 games playing all 1461 minutes in First career assist vs. Mt. St. Mary s (10/30/01). Made game-saving defensive save vs. No. 8 Clemson (10/13/ 01) with 4:04 left in regulation Drew first start vs. GW (9/21/01), played full 90 minutes Totals Second on team points with 18 and tied for teamhigh in goals with eight. Tied for third in ACC in game-winner goals w/three. Scored eighth goal at JMU (10/28). Rebound shot banged in for seventh goal vs. Mason (10/16). Assisted Katie Ludwig s goal vs. Duke (9/27). Named Maryland Student-Athlete of Week against GW game. Netted second two-goal game in win over GW (9/22). Freshman sensation returned to starting lineup at Wake (9/20) after being slowed by a right knee strain. Came off the bench in 66th minute and scored in the 74th minute for third game-winner vs. Loyola (9/13). Named CN8-TV Star of the Match after scoring two goals and adding an assist at Rutgers (9/6), including game-winner. Scored Terps first goal of 2002 for her first collegiate goal vs. Fordham (8/30) -- also the game-winner. Member of the United States U-16/U-17 National Team as well as a U-19 National Team Pool member. Two-time Maryland state Player of the Year. Baltimore Sun Player of the Year as a senior, scoring 20 goals and adding 15 assists for 55 points. Two-time NSCAA All-American for both high school and club team played with the Bethesda Dragons Second year as a team captain, serving along with Jen Biscoe and Carly Viher. Started all 17 games and leads Terps in minutes, playing 1529 of a possible 1543 this season. Tied for seventh all-time at UM in career assists with 13. Has started all 58 games of her career. Has sat out just 13 minutes this season at the end of easy victories over Fordham (8/30) and George Mason (10/16). 13th career assist came on corner kick that lead to Andrzejewski s goal vs. Mason (10/16). Defensive star of the game vs. Virginia (10/11). Throw-in assist led to Mallory Mahar goal vs. #11 Notre Dame (9/ 15), assist was 12th of career.. Started both games on defense at UConn and was named to UConn Classic All-Tournament team for solid defensive play. Came off field for final six minutes for Fordham (8/30) for first time in two seasons, as she played all 1,801 minutes in Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic First Team, NSCAA All-Region Second Team in Second team All-ACC in All six of her assists last season came on throw-ins. Only field player to play all 1801 minutes in Named to Soccer Buzz Elite Team of Week (9/3/01). Scored first career goal vs.towson (8/31/01) on a throw-in that deflected off a Towson defender. Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American in 1999; NSCAA Mid-Atlantic third team Redshirt Season Totals Freshman on defense, started first six games and come off the bench for four before starting again at Penn State (10/8) and last six matches. Played 1058 minutes. Started both games at UConn on defense playing 143 minutes. Comes to Maryland with a winning background having led the Bethesda Fury to the 2001 national club championship. First-team All-State selection as a senior at Quince Orchard Made first UM start on Senior Night vs. Florida State (10/25) and played forst even minutes. Action for the final seven minutes vs. Mason (10/16). Played final 21 minutes vs. GW (9/22) with one shot. Played in three games as a junior at UM in Joined Terps as a walk-on for the 2000 season. Played freshman year at Division III Bridgewater College in Virginia, finishing second on the team in points with BC n/a Totals Came off bench as a midfielder in 10 of 17 games, playing 218 minutes. Assisted Anderson s late goal in win over GW (9/22). Assisted Anderson s goal vs. Fordham (8/30) for first college point. WCAC player of the year in 1999 & Tallied 71 goals and 47 assists in her four years at Good Counsel and was team s leading scorer last three years. All-State, All-Met, All-County, All-League as a sophomore, junior and senior Reserve goalkeeper backing up Wilner and Barnhill. Drew first start on Senior Night and played first 6:58 allowing one goal on a penalty kick vs. FSU (10/25). Did not see any regular-season action in Posted four shutouts in 2002 spring season including 2-0 win over national runner-up North Carolina in ACC Spring Tournament at Wake Forest. Has recorded two CD s of her own original music for voice & guitar. Year GP GS Min. GA Sv. GAA ShO : Did Not Play : Totals :