2005 REVIEW NOTEBOOK TERPS KNOCK OFF TWO TOP 15 TEAMS, MAKE ACC TOURNEY A QUICK LOOK AT 2005 ACC HONORS PAIR OF TERPS • While the 2005 season failed to live up to the preseason hype surrounding the • Junior goalkeeper Nikki Resnick and senior forward/midfielder Kimmy Francis team, which looked to follow up a Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament performance were named to the All-ACC teams prior to the ACC Tournament. in 2004 with another deep run in the NCAA Tournament, there were plenty of • Resnick was named to the All-ACC first team, marking her first all-conference bright spots for the Terps. honor. She was an All-ACC Tournament selection in 2004. Francis earned the • Playing the nation's toughest schedule, Maryland battled some of the top teams third second team All-ACC honor of her career. in the country and pulled off two major upsets, beginning with a 1-0 shutout of #11 Wake Forest at the end of September. Nataly Arias gave Maryland the RESNICK TOPS IN ACC victory by ripping a 35-yard blast past the Demon Deacon goalkeeper for the • Goalkeeper Nikki Resnick , a native of game's lone goal. The Terps pulled off another upset in their final home game Boca Raton, Fla., led the ACC in saves per of the season, sending the team's seven seniors out with a memorable victory, game (6.24). In Maryland’s 10 ACC games 2-1, over No. 8 Boston College at the end of October. last season she stopped 78 shots for an amazing 7.8 saves per game average. • Junior goalkeeper Nikki Resnick had a remarkable season and was rewarded as a first team All-ACC selection. She led the conference in saves per game • For the season Resnick has made 106 in both conference games and all games. The Boca Raton, Fla., native, also saves in 17 games. Among the other seven set the Ludwig Field record for saves in a game with 14 against No. 1 North teams in the ACC Tournament, the next Carolina on Oct. 2. closest save total belongs to Clemson's Ashley Phillips with 82. • Senior Kimmy Francis capped off her remarkable career by leading the team in points, goals, assists and shots. She finished among the all-time top 10 in RESNICK SHUTS points, goals, assists, shots and game winning goals. OUT THE ACC • Another bright spot for the Terps was the emergence of a strong freshman class. • Nikki Resnick is fifth in career shutouts at Maryland got significant contributions from five freshmen - Kimmy Bunting, Maryland with 11, but six of those shutouts Aimee Bresani, Amanda Paizs, Lauren Sands and Kaila Sciascia. Bunting have come against ACC opponents, includ- played three different positions, including starting and earning a shutout in goal. ing three ranked among the Top 11 in the Bresani started each of the 17 matches that she played and missed only one nation at the time. game due to a broken nose. Paizs made five starts and helped solidify a defense • In 2005, Resnick tied for eighth in the con- that had to be shuffled due to various injuries. Sands provided an offensive spark ference with four shutouts overall, but three off the bench and appeared in 11 games. Sciascia played in all 18 games, one of those have come in ACC play which ties of only eight Terps to do so and the only freshman, made eight starts and was her for fourth in shutouts in ACC games. third on the team with 31 shots. • The seven seniors - Mel Anderson, Simone Dekker, Laura Desobry, Kimmy Francis, Lauren Krasko, Mallory Mahar and Danielle Malagari - left a last- FRANCIS FINISHES IN FINE STYLE ing legacy which includes three NCAA Tournament appearances, the school's • Senior captain Kimmy Francis moved up first Sweet 16 appearance since the tournament expanded to 64 teams, and several of Maryland’s all-time lists during 10 victories over Top 25 opponents. Since 2002, the Terps have shutout their the 2005 season. opponents on 24 occasions, including 14 during the past two seasons. • With an assist on Aimee Bresani's goal vs. BC, Francis moved into sole possession of third place on the career points chart with 67. She was tied for third with Robin McCullough with 66. In second place is Emmy Harbo with 140 points. • With her goal vs. NC State, Francis moved into a sole-possession of the sixth spot on Mel Simone Laura Kimmy the all-time goal scoring list with 22 goals. Anderson Dekker Desobry Francis She is two shy of tying Jackie Mynarski for fifth with 24 goals and three shy of Michelle Deville, who compiled 25 goals during her career. Francis is already one of only eight players in the history of Maryland women’s soccer to score 20 or more goals in their careers. Lauren Mallory Danielle • The senior from Richboro, Pa., is second on the career shots list with 225. With Krasko Mahar Malagari 11 shots in the 2-1 victory over NC State, Francis passed Emmy Harbo who fired 214 shots during her career. 22 North Carolina (L, 0-4 at Ludwig, L, 1-3 in Cary, N.C.), hosted No. 3 Penn State LONG RANGE THREAT (L, 0-3), at No. 5 Notre Dame (L, 0-6), at No. 7 Virginia (L, 0-2), at No. 10 Duke • Sophomore midfielder Nataly Arias has (L, 0-1), at No. 11 Florida State (L, 1-3), hosted No. 14 Boston College (W, 2-1 made a habit of scoring big goals for the W), vs. No. 16 UConn at the Notre Dame Invitational (L, 1-2, 2OT), hosted Terps in ACC action - or should it be long No. 22 Yale (L, 0-1 L). Maryland also faced Clemson (T, 0-0, 2OT), which also goals. Two of Arias’ four career goals have received votes. come on 35-yard blasts to either tie or beat a Top 15 opponent. • During six of the past seven seasons, Maryland has at least one upset win or tie of a top-10 ranked team: a 4-3 win at No. 9 Duke on Sept. 19, 1999 and a • Last year with the Terps trailing 1-0 vs. 2-1 victory over Clemson on Oct. 17, 1999; a 3-1 win over No. 4 Penn State No. 14 Florida State at home, Arias fired on Aug. 29, 2000; a 1-0 overtime over No. 8 Clemson on Oct. 13, 2001 and a 35-yarder with her right foot that sailed a 1-1 tie at No. 2 North Carolina last season, on Nov. 1, 2002. Most recently, past FSU’s keeper into the net to give the the Terps stunned No. 3 UCLA 2-1 at the Virginia Soccer Classic on Sept. 12, Terps a 1-1 tie. 2004. A month and a half later, Maryland beat No. 10 Duke 1-0 in overtime at • Arias did the exact same thing on Sept. 30 Ludwig Field. The Terps topped all of those victories with a 1-0 shutout of No. vs. No. 11 Wake Forest, but this time the 2 seed Penn State in the 2004 NCAA Tournament. The win also snapped the game was scoreless at the time and the Nittany Lions 39-game home winning streak and was head coach Paula Wilkins' Terrapins were able to hold on for a 1-0 first-ever loss at Jeffrey Field. The Terps extended that streak in 2005 with a 2-1 victory. upset of No. 8 Boston College on Oct. 29 at Ludwig Field. PLAYING OVERTIME • Maryland has played six overtime games in 2005, tying for the second most in WINS OVER TOP 25 TEAMS team history with the 1988 team. That '88 squad was 1-3-2 in those six games, while this year's Terrapins are 1-2-3. SINCE ‘99 Sept. 19, 1999 Maryland 4, #9 Duke 3 (OT) • The record for most overtime games in a single season belongs to the 2004 Oct. 17, 1999 Maryland 2, #9 Clemson 1 (OT) Maryland team, which played in eight overtime contests (2-2-4). Oct. 22, 1999 Maryland 1, #11 Wake Forest 0 PLAYING THE BEST Nov. 4, 1999 Maryland 2, #21 Duke 1 • Once again in 2005, Maryland's strength of schedule was the toughest in the Aug. 29, 2000 #23 Maryland 3, #4 Penn State 1 nation, according to SoccerRatings.com. The Terrapins' opponent rating, which Oct. 20, 2000 Maryland 2, #23 Florida State 0 is the average rating of their opponents, is 1772. The only teams even close to Sept. 2, 2001 Maryland 2, #17 Duke 0 Maryland are Washington (1762), Stanford (1747) and Santa Clara (1741). Oct. 13, 2001 Maryland 1, #8 Clemson 0 (OT) Sept. 27, 2002 Maryland 3, #22 Duke 2 • Another way to judge the quality of schedule Maryland played in 2005 is to look Nov. 7, 2002 #16 Maryland 4, #19 Florida State 2 at its opponents combined overall record. The Terps 2005 opponents combined Sept. 20, 2003 Maryland 3, #23 Tennessee 1 to go 262-114-30 (.682). Compare that to Florida State's (.604) or Penn State's Oct. 10, 2003 Maryland 2, #24 Clemson 1 (.596) (the two Terp opponents to make the College Cup) opponent winning Nov. 5, 2003 #25 Maryland 2, #23 Clemson 1 percentage. Sept. 12, 2004 Maryland 2, #3 UCLA 1 • Maryland played 11 of the 64 teams (17% of the field) in the 2005 NCAA Tourna- Oct. 23, 2004 Maryland 1, #10 Duke 0 ment. The Terps played 12 of their 18 games (66.7% of the schedule) against Nov.