Oct. 2, 1999

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Cavaliers held Maryland to one shot in the second half and had a corner as time expired in the game, but they could not get the equalizer and fell to the #3 Terrapins 3-2 today in College Park. Meredith Elwell (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) netted both goals for Virginia and moved to eighth place all-time in the ACC in goals scored with 61.

Maryland got on the board early as Carissa Messimer tipped in a Keli Smith centering pass just 2:02 into the game. Molly Kauffman tipped in a Rachel Hiskins pass with just under 10 minutes to play in the half to put the Terps up 2-0.

With time expired in the first half, Maryland was awarded a penalty corner which they converted as Hiskins hit a backdoor from Smith to put the Terrapins up 3-0 at the break.

From there the Cavalier defense roared to life, limiting the Terrapins to one shot in the stanza. Meanwhile the Cavaliers got on track offensively as Elwell slammed in a pass from Carrie Goodloe (St. Louis, Mo./John Buroughs) halfway through the period. She scored her second goal of the afternoon as she stuffed in a rebound of a Jess Coleman (Oceanport, N.J./Shore Regional) corner shot at the 9:32 mark.

Just before time expired, the Cavaliers were awarded a corner and the opportunity to send the game into overtime. But Coleman's shot was directed out of bounds and the Terrapins prevailed 3-2.

Virginia travels to Richmond on Wednesday, Oct. 6 to face the Virginia Commonwealth Rams at 7:00 pm.

STATISTICS:

                   1   2   F   
Virginia (7-3)     0   2   2
Maryland (11-1)    3   0   3

Scoring Summary: M: Messimer (Smith) / 32:58, M: Kauffman (Hiskins) / 9:45, M: Hiskins (Smith) / 0:00, V: Elwell (Goodloe)/17:08, V: Elwell/9:32
Goals: V: Elwell 2 M: Messimer, Hiskins, Kauffman
Assists: V: Goodloe M: Smith 2, Hiskins
Saves: UVA: 2 (Worthington 2), M: 6(Hohnstine 1, Erlich 4, Rizzo 1)
Shots: UVA 11, M: 13
Corners: UVA 12, M: 11