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title: Men’s Soccer to Clash in College Cup
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# Men’s Soccer to Clash in College Cup

*December 7, 2018* — by [Maryland Athletics Staff](/author/maryland-athletics-staff)


> 10 Things to Know Ahead of Tonight’s Final Four Match vs. Indiana

*113018msoc04 1920x1080 — The Terps defeated Kentucky, 1–0, on Nov. 30 to advance to the 14th College Cup in program history.*

The 11th-seeded Maryland men's soccer team will take on No. 2 seed Indiana in the NCAA Tournament semifinals at 10:30 tonight in Santa Barbara, Calif., airing on ESPNU.

Here are 10 things to know as the Terps battle the Hoosiers, with the winner advancing to Sunday’s 8 p.m. national championship:


	UMD will be competing in the 14th College Cup in program history, its first since 2013 and ninth under head coach Sasho Cirovski.
	 
	Maryland advanced after a 1–0 win at Kentucky in the quarterfinals last Friday. UMD’s backline shut down the nation's No. 5 scoring offense and overcame a Wildcat team that was 12–0 (32 goals for/2 goals against) heading into the match.
	 
	The Terps are 7–1–1 after starting the season 4–5–3 and have not given up a goal in the last 320 minutes of play.
	 
	Maryland is in the postseason for the 18th consecutive year and is making its 38th NCAA Tournament appearance. The Terps are 57–30–8 all-time in the tournament and 6–5–1 in their 13 national semifinals. They’ve won three national championships (1968, 2005, 2008).
	 
	Senior Chase Gasper is the lone UMD player to have played in a College Cup, as he appeared in the 2014 edition as a freshman at UCLA.
	 
	Indiana leads the all-time series, 4–2–7. The two teams have met twice this season, with Indiana winning, 2-1, in Bloomington, Ind., and the teams drawing in the Big Ten semifinals, 1–1. The Hooisers defeated the Terps in a penalty shootout to advance.
	 
	Maryland and Indiana have played each other in the national semifinals once before: a 3–2 double-overtime victory for the Hoosiers in 2004. Future pro stars Jason Garey and Maurice Edu both scored for the Terps in that match.
	 
	UMD has been efficient in its three NCAA tournament matches so far, with all three of the its opening goals coming on its first shot on goal.
	 
	The Terps put three players on the United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Team: Donovan Pines (first team), Amar Sejdic (second team) and Dayne St. Clair (third team). It is Sejdic's second all-region honor of his career.
	 
	UMD also placed three players on the All-Big Ten teams: Sejdic and Pines earned first-team plaudits, while William James Herve was a unanimous selection to the all-freshman team. Sejdic is now one of three players in Maryland's short history in the Big Ten to earn first-team honors twice (joining Chris Odoi-Atsem and Mael Corboz), while Pines, after earning all-freshman honors, then second-team honors as a sophomore, is one of just three Terps to be selected to an All-Big Ten team in three seasons (with Odoi-Atsem and Eryk Williamson).



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