2007 Review Notebook First Team All-League Selection
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M E D I A A N D RECRUITING GUIDE Before Maryland: A forward/midfielder from Marlborough School in Camarillo Springs, Calif. ... currently plays for Eagles SC - the 2005 and 2007 USYS national champions ... three-time 2007 REVIEW NOTEBOOK first team all-league selection ... 2007 first team all-CIF and IMPROVEMENT SHOWS ON THE FIELD EVEN AS INJURIES IMPACT SQUAD all-AAF Southern ... helped lead the Mustangs to back-to-back Sunshine League titles in 2006 and 2007 ... scored 19 goals in A QUICK LOOK AT 2007 • 2007 was the final season for four Terrapin seniors. Ashly 14 games ... also competed in track and volleyball at Marlborough • The 2007 Terrapin women's soccer team showed the college Kennedy was a two-time team captain that earned numer- ... three-time league champion in track ... two-time second team soccer community that the Terps will be a force to be reckoned ous freshman accolades in 2003. Melissa Hornfeck was all-league in volleyball ... chose Maryland over Stanford, Cal- with in the future ... and that the future could begin in 2008. a two-time junior college player of the year before finishing Berkley, Pepperdine and USC. her final two seasons as a Terp. Shelley McDuff and Kelly • Playing one of the nation's toughest schedule Maryland Rozumalski shared team captain duties with Kennedy in battled some of the top teams in the country and took three 2007, but will best be remembered for their contributions on Personal: Daughter of Jim and Laurie Vellutato ... older sister top 15 teams into overtime before losing the match. The of Michael … enrolled in letters and sciences. the 2004 squad that advanced to the NCAA tournament Sweet Terps also dropped a one-goal decision at Miami, which was 16. an NCAA tournament team in 2007. MEGAN • Freshman goalkeeper Yewande Balogun had a remarkable BALOGUN EARNS firsrt season and was rewarded with as spot on the All-ACC FRESHMAN HONORS WATSON freshman team. She finished third in the conference in saves • Goalkeeper Yewande Balogun was named to the All-ACC per game (4.13) and was fourth in goals against average freshman team and picked up a pair of additional honors by (0.84) and third in shutouts per game (0.33). She made a Soccer Buzz. season-high nine save at Miami in a 1-0 defeat and became • Balogun was named a third team freshman All-American the first Terrapin goalkeeper to register an assist since 1998 by Soccer Buzz. The national women's soccer website also 23 with a helper in the 2-0 win over Lehigh on Sept. 30. named Balogun to its Mid-Atlantic all-freshman team. Midfielder • 5-7 • Junior • The injury bug bit the Terps again in 2007, marking the fourth Hockessin, Del. consecutive season that Maryland has had significant injury PLAYING OVERTIME St. Mark's HS (Pittsburgh) problems. Sophomore midfielder Molly Dreska was lost for • The 0-0 tie with Eastern Kentucky marked the third-straight the year due to a knee injury suffered during the summer. home opener that has ended in a scoreless tie. In 2005 and Pensky’s TAKE Balogun started the first 15 games of the year, but suffered 2006 the Terps played to a 0-0 draw against Towson. "We are elated to have Megan in our program. She comes to a broken foot at Duke and missed the final three games of • Maryland played five overtime games last season, going 0-1-4 Maryland with a focus and energy to get better every day, and the year. Sophomore defender/goalkeeper Mary Casey filled in those matches. All four ties ended in 0-0 finishes, tying the play at the highest level. She has integrated herself into the in admirably between the pipes, but battled injury issues 2006 Michigan Wolverines for the most 0-0 ties in a season team this summer, and we look for Megan to contribute in any herself earlier in the season. Casey, arguably the team's best in NCAA history. number of different spots this fall." defender, missed the North Carolina game due to an injury • During the past four seasons, Maryland has played 27 over- sustained late in the match against Wake Forest. The short- Caitlin McDowell As a sophomore at Pitt (2007): Started all 15 games she played handed Terps took the 12th-ranked Tar Heels into overtime, time games (nearly 40% of its total games) with a record of in for the Panthers ... took 11 shots with four being on-goal ... but eventually fell by a 2-1 score. 4-9-14 in those games. Big East Academic All-Star. • The Terps have played eight overtime matches this season IMPACT FRESHMEN • The 2007 season also saw the return of Nataly Arias, who • Maryland played 10 freshmen in 2007, including six who missed the entire 2006 season due to a knee injury. The tying the program record for overtime games in a season. As a freshman at Pitt (2006): Started 16 of 19 games on year ... started matches. redshirt-junior showed no ill effects from her time away and Maryland is 1-4-3 in OT this year. The 2004 team also played started the season's last 14 consecutive games ... first collegiate led the Terps in points (11) and goals (5). in eight overtime contests, going 2-2-4. • Goalkeeper Yewande Balogun logged 1392 minutes for the goal was the game-winner in 1-0 win at DePaul (9/29) ... second Terps in their first 15 games and posted a 0.84 GAA with five goal came in 2-1 loss at Marquette (10/6) ... also registered OFFENSIVE DEFENSE shutouts to her credit. Balogun will miss the final three games assists in 1-1 tie vs. Marshall (9/8) and in 4-2 loss at Connecticut • Maryland defenders - Brittany Cummins, Mary Casey, due to a broken foot suffered in the Virginia match. (10/22). .. named a Big East Academic All-Star. Ashly Kennedy and Mallory Baker - all tallied points for • Mallory Baker and Caitlin McDowell each picked up their the Terps last season. Kennedy had two goals and an assist first collegiate assists in the 2-1 win over Fairleigh Dickinson. Before College: Played four years in the Delaware Olympic and tied for third on the team with five points. Casey had a Baker started every game last season for Maryland, while Development Program in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 ... helped goal and two assists and finished sixth in points with four. McDowell played in all 18 games with 17 starts. lead St. Mark's to the State Championship as a freshman and Cummins had a pair of assistsm, whule Baker finished the a conference title as a sophomore and junior ... first team all- year with one. Goalkeeper Yewande Balogun added her • Annesia Faulkner was been a spark off the bench for the state and all-conference as a junior ... team captain in each of name to Maryland's list of defensive players with points in Terps, but earned her first collegiate start in the team's ACC her seven seasons of the DSB Kickers ... led the Kickers to the 2-0 win over Lehigh on Sept. 30. She became the first opener at No. 14 Clemson. She earned her first career point state championships in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005 ... scored Terrapin goalkeeper since 1998 to assist on a goal. The only with an assist on Kelly Rozumalski's goal in 2-2 tie at 10 goals and added 16 assists in 2004 ... totaled 14 goals and defensive regular to not have a point last season was fresh- Duke. 20 assists in 2005 ... ... also competed in basketball (2002-03) man Olivia Onyeador, but she only moved into the starting • Olivia Onyeador made her first career start against No. 12 and winter track (2004-05). line-up regularly when Balogun broke her foot in the 15th North Carolina. She played a tremendous match at the right game of the season. Casey then moved to keeper, opening back spot, filling in for the injured Mary Casey. She moved Personal: Daughter of Dennis and Marianne Watson … younger up a center back spot for Onyeador. back into the starting line-up against Virginia Tech when Casey sister of Kyle … member of the National Honor Society ... enrolled replaced Balogun in goal. in letters and sciences. Nataly Arias 2 0 0 8 2 0 WOMEN'S SOCCER 2007 RESULTS Overall: 6-9-3 • ACC: 1-8-1 Home: 5-4-2 • Away: 0-4-1 • NEUTRAL: 1-1-0 Date Opponent W-L-T Score Overall ACC Attend Goals scored GK of Record A31 EASTERN KENTUCKY T 0-0 2OT 0-0-1 -- 608 -- Balogun S2 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 2-1 1-0-1 -- 535 Rozumalski (Baker, Casey) Balogun Casey (Rozumalski, McDowell) S7 vs. USC (-/13) 1 L 1-2 OT 1-1-1 -- Arias (Cummins) Balogun S9 vs. Loyola Marymount 1 W 3-0 2-1-1 -- Ricker (McDowell) Balogun Kennedy (unassisted) Bresani (Casey) S14 DARTMOUTH W 1-0 2OT 3-1-1 -- 832 Arias (Sciascia) Balogun S16 GEORGE MASON W 1-0 4-1-1 -- 565 Arias (Dowling) Balogun S22 Kent state T 1-1 2OT 4-1-2 -- 869 Kennedy (unassisted) Balogun S27 at Clemson (-/14) * L 0-1 2OT 4-2-2 0-1-0 361 -- Balogun S30 LEHIGH W 2-0 5-2-2 -- 550 Sciascia (Rozumalski) Balogun Sciascia (Balogun) O5 WAKE FOREST (-/18) * L 0-1 5-3-2 0-2-0 797 -- Balogun O7 NORTH CAROLINA (-/12) * L 1-2 OT 5-4-2 0-3-0 2,072 McDowell (Arias, Bresani) Balogun O11 at Florida State (-/15) * L 0-2 5-5-2 0-4-0 736 -- Balogun O14 at Miami * L 0-1 5-6-2 0-5-0 441 -- Balogun O21 at Duke * T 2-2 2OT 5-6-3 0-5-1 445 Rozumalski (Faulkner) Balogun Arias (Rozumalski) O25 at Virginia (-/3) * L 0-3 5-7-3 0-6-1 442 -- Casey O28 Virginia TECH * L 1-2 OT 5-8-3 0-7-1 1,011 Arias (Kennedy) Casey N1 Boston COLLEGE (-/10) * L 0-2 5-9-3 0-8-1 689 -- Casey N4 NC State * W 2-0 6-9-3 1-8-1 1,108 Rozumalski (Cummins, McDowell) Casey Bunting (Maynard) *-ACC Game; 1-Hoosier Classic (Bloomington, Ind.) Shelley McDuff SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS TERP SEASON HIGHS TERP INDIVIDUAL HIGHS OPP.