July 20, 2001

In the first preseason poll of the year, Maddogsoccer.com has picked the Maryland men's soccer team to begin the season at No. 27. Maryland is one of six ACC teams either ranked or receiving votes. The ACC's six teams are the most for any conference in the poll.

Maryland is slated to play eight teams that are either ranked or receiving votes in the poll. In 2001, the Terps will face No. 2 Virginia (Nov. 2- Home), No. 4 Creighton (Sept. 9- Home), No. 10 UCLA (Aug. 31- at Virginia), Clemson (Oct. 28- Away), South Carolina (Oct. 19- Away), North Carolina (Oct. 7- Away), Duke (Sept. 22- Away), and Wake Forest (Sept. 29- Home).

After weathering the storm of seven season-ending injuries, the Terps are coming off a 10-9 year in which they narrowly missed the NCAA tournament. Maryland returns fourteen letterwinners this season, including All-America candidate Beckett Hollenbach (Havertown, Pa.) and last year's leading scorer Abe Thompson (Alexandria, Va.), who finished the year with 13 goals and five assists. Thompson is also listed on Maddogsoccer's list of "21 finishers to keep an eye on in 2001."

Maddog Soccer's Preseason Top 30
1. Southern Methodist	16. Washington
2. Virginia      	17. South Carolina
3. San Diego    	18. North Carolina
4. Creighton    	19. Bradley
5. Indiana      	20. Brown
6. Connecticut 	        21. Duke
7. Furman       	22. Alabama-Birmingham
8. St. John's   	23. Lehigh
9. Saint Louis   	24. Boston College
10. UCLA        	25. Ohio State
11. Clemson     	26. James Madison
12. Penn State  	27. Maryland
13. Santa Clara 	28. San Jose State
14. Stanford     	29. Dayton
15. Rutgers     	30. Memphis
 

Others Receiving Votes: Wake Forest, Hartwick, Rhode Island, William & Mary, UMBC, Davidson, Vermont, Dartmouth, Portland, Charlotte, Loyola Marymount, Syracuse, CS-Fullerton, Illinois-Chicago, Kentucky, Marquette, Marist.

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