October 16, 2013

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New devices SGA, others work to get out the Greek vote could assist Registration drive aims to help Greek life members heart issues influence next month’s City Council elections Bioengineer lectures about field’s future

By Marissa Laliberte @thedbk For The Diamondback

dents alone could translate into serious political muscle in city elections, said Michael Sikorski, Interfraternity Council external affairs vice president.

Recognizing this, the Student GovBy Darcy Costello of Greek life are working to change ernment Association reached out to @dctello this trend with a push to get students Staff writer to vote in the Nov. 5 College Park City the IFC, the Panhellenic Association and individual fraternity and sororCouncil election.

Consisting of about 3,000 students, ity chapters, encouraging them to Local elections historically see lower voter turnout than presidential the Greek life population is larger than register to vote and to push their and midterm elections, but members that of most student groups. Those stu- chapter members to engage in city

Robert Fischell’s devices have saved countless lives around the world. Yesterday, he gave faculty, staff and students a glimpse at four of his prospective inventions, which he hopes will soon help patients who suffer from heart troubles, epilepsy and migraines.

About 200 listeners gathered in the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center for “Medical Technology for Humanity, Fun and P rofit,” to h e a r f ro m the biomedical engineer who established the university’s robert fischell Biomedical engineer Fischell Department of Bioengineering and the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Medical Devices.

This was the second lecture Fischell — who won a $1 million TED Prize in 2005 for his migraine research — has given at this university, in what Provost Mary Ann Rankin said she hopes will be an annual event.

Fischell first described his stent improvements, which help open coronary arteries to reduce blockage. His stents are used more often than any other medical devices in the world, he said.

Previous stents had about a 50 percent failure rate because the arteries would close back up, but Fischell said his stents had no failures in a clinical trial of 159 patients in Europe and Brazil. Flexibility and a tapered cone-shaped end were the keys to his successful devices; flexibility allowed the wires to get around curves in the arteries, while the tapered point guided the device through blood vessels that were 99 percent closed.

affairs. Greek life members, including chapter presidents and executive board members of both the IFC and PHA, embraced the idea, leading to an effort that is “unprecedented in recent memory,” Sikorski said.

The SGA governmental affairs committee also pushes voter registration — primarily through its Terps Vote See VOTE, Page 3

COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD Humans vs. Zombies game members fight cancelation

By Josh Logue @jmlogue Staff writer Fewer zombies have been spotted shambling around the campus than in previous semesters, but the Nerf Activity Society hopes to resurrect the living dead.

Over the summer, University Police halted the student group’s biggest event

Matthew Gentzel, junior fire protection engineering major, uses his blowgun.

The Nerf Activity Society is working to resurrect the Humans vs. Zombies game after police halted it over security concerns. photos by sung-min kim/for the diamondback

of the year, a two-week game called Humans vs. Zombies that spans the entire campus, citing security concerns. But representatives from the group met with Student Government Association President Samantha Zwerling and University Police Chief David Mitchell on Oct. 9, the first official step toward addressing university concerns and potentially bringing back the game.

Humans vs. Zombies involves a team of “human” students fending off “zombie” students with NERF toy weapons called blasters. In past years, the club held the See ZOMBIES, Page 2

See LECTURE, Page 3

Greek life community widely attends first campus tailgate

Taking Cole Field House back in time

Organizers pleased with event outside Comcast

By Teddy Amenabar @TeddyAmen Staff writer

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In its heyday, Cole Field House was witness to important events in both university and NCAA history. The Terrapins basketball teams will return to Cole on Friday for the first time since 2002, and school officials are busy preparing for their historic homecoming. STORY P. 2

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A LONG JOURNEY INTERRUPTED Terps outside linebacker Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil took a winding path to College Park — and success on the field — before injury ended his season P. 8

Despite heavy rain in the days leading up to the first official oncampus tailgate, the Greek life community came out in large numbers Saturday morning, and students and university officials said they hope the event will be the first of many.

Held outside Comcast Center and co-sponsored by the Interfraternity Council, the Student Government Association, University Police and the athletic department, the tailgate saw more than 1,000 student attendees, said Eshe Hill, SGA communications director. The tailgate was only open to IFC members and their guests, but every IFC chapter that could come to the tailgate did, said Mike Sikorski, IFC external affairs vice president.

“We thought it went very well,

given the scope of what was done,” University Police Maj. Marc Limansky said. “I look forward to working with them on future events.”

Each university body involved in planning the tailgate met extensively before Saturday to map out the event, “giving a little bit to get a lot” in a successful Greek event on the campus, Limansky said. No medical or alcoholrelated issues were reported, he added.

“People were having a good time and really showing their school spirit,” he said.

Despite Terrapins fans’ enthusiasm, one aspect of the event was beyond university officials’ control.

Better weather was the only thing that could have improved the tailgate, University Police Chief David Mitchell said. To help future tailgates function more smoothly, an alternative plan could be formed in case of rain, as the hundreds of students and guests tracked away a great deal of mud after the event, Sikorski said.

All parties involved in planning See TAILGATE, Page 3

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Athletics preparing Cole Field House for Maryland Madness Basketball teams returning for first time since 2002; officials expect full house

By Matt Bylis @mattbylis Staff writer For the first time since 2002, the Terrapins basketball teams will return to Cole Field House on Friday for Maryland Madness, and school officials are busy preparing for their historic homecoming.

From installing new floors to updating the building’s sound system, university maintenance has a long to-do list. Workers began preparing Oct. 7 and aren’t expected to finish until Thursday, but it’s all worth it to breathe new life into the gym that was once a national landmark, said Nathan Pine, a deputy athletic director.

In its heyday, Cole witnessed important events in both university and national history. It opened in 1955, hosted 16 AllAmerican players and the first nationally televised women’s basketball game in 1975, and held the record for housing the most upsets of No. 1-ranked teams in the country. Cole also hosted one of the first modern diplomatic events between the United States and China: a pingpong match in 1972.

The basketball programs moved to Comcast Center in 2002, and Cole transitioned

ZOMBIES From PAGE 1 game outside, and everywhere on the campus was within the bounds of the game, said Elise Arao, NERF society president.

But in the spring, after police orders, the club had to hold NERF games inside, reserving the top floor of Stamp Student Union for a few hours one evening because they weren’t allowed to use the blasters outside.

“The NAS has never thought there was an issue with it, but the university thought there was,” said Arao, a senior studio art major. “[But] not being allowed to use blasters isn’t really a sustainable option for the club.”

Police aren’t against the activity itself, University Police Maj. Marc Limansky said.

“The university just wants to restrict the time, place and fashion in a reasonable way,” Limansky said.

The club’s policies have evolved over the yea rs to add ress other concerns f rom pol ice. T he g roup banned masks, Arao said,

into a space for student activities. The ROTC and new student orientation programs, among others, also took up residence in the building’s office space. The challenge now is to restore it back into shape for basketball, Pine said.

“We have to bring in temporary flooring, floor seating, a sound system, video board, dining services, merchandise and more all throughout the week,” he said.

The preparations displaced some intramural teams that use Cole’s turf field and some classes were moved, though other classrooms and offices have been operating as usual.

“We have had this planned since last spring, so there have been a lot of accommodations made for this event,” Pine said. “That being said, the campus has been tremendous, and we realize that this is not easy for them.”

Cole will not have all the amenities found at Comcast, Pine said, but the trip back in time adds a unique element to the annual Maryland Madness event, and officials expect a full house. He added that the floor will bear close resemblance to the way it looked when it was a permanent basketball arena.

“It’s a great chance for this

Cole field house served as the home of the Terrapins basketball teams until the programs moved to Comcast Center in 2002, and on Friday, the building will welcome Terps fans back for Maryland Madness. University maintenance workers have been busy preparing Cole for the event, bringing in floor seating, a new sound system and a video board. james levin/the diamondback “There’s so much history in that arena, and it will feel good to have it incorporated with our basketball team again. It has been too long since our team has been in that arena.”

As the university’s athletic program changes, junior biology major Shima Ge said it is important to reflect on the past.

“The move to the Big Ten is such a huge change,” Ge said.

“The fact that this is our last basketball season in the ACC makes it very fitting that they return to the place where all the

classic ACC games were held.”

Pine said a time-lapse video was being shot throughout the assembly so people can see the entire transformation process.

He also said Maryland Madness will be on a live video stream at umterps.com, so those who cannot make Friday’s event can watch on their computers.

“It’s a special event for this campus,” Pine said. “And we want to make sure students get as excited as the fans are.”

after we’ve had so many tragedies in the country,” she said.

Police temporarily halted a Humans vs. Zombies game in 2008 after a university facu lt y memb er t hou g ht a student’s blaster was a weapon. Shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and the Washington Navy Yard in September, a mong ot her incidents, make it difficult for police to justify allowing a game that could alarm passersby, Limansky said.

“To d ay’s env i ron ment won’t permit a 24-hour, openended, two-week event that covers the entire campus,” Li ma nsky sa id. “To have a situation where folks are running around without any reasonable restriction on time and place could create a very dangerous situation.”

Sarah Dagen, a senior Russian literature and language major, hoists her NERF blaster, the toy weapon of choice for many Humans vs. Zombies Pol ice officers on the competitors. The university banned use of the blasters outside, worried they looked too much like real weapons. sung-min kim/for the diamondback campus who are allowed to after police raised concerns changing the blasters’ origi- “It does fire a projectile, but use weapons m ight do so i f t hey m istook someone about another student group nal colors, as well as tamper- it’s a toy.”

Concerns that people may jumping out with a toy gun we a r i n g m a s k s du r i n g a ing with the toy guns’ orange nighttime advertising event. tips, which allow the blasters mistake NERF toys for real for a potential criminal, LiAnd the club strictly enforces to comply with a federal law weapons reignited after recent mansky said.

Still, nine games involva rule requiring participants requiring all toy or imitation shootings in Aurora, Colo., to clearly identify themselves firearms to be clearly marked. and Newtown, Conn., Zwer- ing up to 400 students have been held on t he ca mpus “At the end of the day, it’s ling said. with visible bandannas.

“Everyone is just on high alert since the club’s inception in The NERF society prohibits a toy, not a gun,” Arao said.

October 2008. However, Limansky said the department was not officially aware of these games.

Andrew Yu, a four-year member of the club, said he thinks members have done a good job of working with the police and university administration to resolve concerns.

“Hopefully they see things the way we see them,” he said.

“Not to undermine the concerns, but this is a toy and marketed as such.”

Arao said she doesn’t see any problems with the game in its current form, but she looks for wa rd to hea ri ng police concerns and suggestions. At the Oct. 9 meeting, police suggested possible locations, such as Reckord Armory or Ritchie Coliseum, where the club could reserve spots to play and police could be on hand if necessary, Limansky said.

“Our club tries to be respectf u l to the ca mpus community,” Arao said. “If the campus has a problem, t h at’s not somet h i n g we want to ignore.”

generation to get a glimpse of what Maryland basketball was like and to honor our history,” women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese said in a news release.

Men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon previously expressed a desire to have one game in Cole each year, and if all goes well Friday, officials may explore that idea.

“We’re going to have to put some money, scoreboard, court, fix up the seating for us to do that,” Turgeon told

The Washington Post. “Instead of playing a team on Dec. 21 at Comcast, playing a game on Dec. 21 in Cole Field House, I think, we’ll fill it up and fans will be real excited to do it.”

The excitement is not limited to those inside the operation.

Sophomore finance and marketing major Chris Papadopoulos said he’s looking forward to reliving the history that has been made in the building.

“It’s exciting to be back at the birthplace of Maryland basketball tradition,” he said.

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LECTURE From PAGE 1 Fischell said he expected the stents to gain approval in Europe this month, but it will be a while until Americans have access to them. He said his company cannot yet afford the 1,000 test cases and one-year follow-up the Food a nd Dr ug Ad m i n istration requires. But once the technology does hit the States, he said, doctors will see economic advantages.

“If they can do twice as many cases and are paid by the case, it’ll be a huge financial success,” Fischell said.

Using one of his companies, NeuroPace, Inc., the inventor also helped design a device to help combat epilepsy, which 2.3 million Americans have.

Doctors can replace a piece of cranium bone with a device that pinpoints the area of the brain that causes epileptic seizures and then turns that area off when the stimulations warn of a seizure.

Once installed, the machine cannot be seen, and patients can continue their lives as normal.

Fischell said epilepsy drugs do not last and cannot cure the condition, but his device has cured 15 percent of patients.

His system is awaiting approval in the U.S. because the FDA said titanium in the devices might cause brain problems.

Fischell also established A n ge l M e d ic a l S y s te m s, wh ich h is g ra nddaughter named, and invented a system that predicts heart attacks.

T he A ngel Med Gu a rd i a n System tests heartbeats every 90 seconds and can detect a heart attack even before symptoms arise. Patients feel buzzing in their chests, and a pager-sized device begins

ROBERT FISCHELL, a retired biomedical engineer and university alumnus, talked about four of his inventions he hopes will improve patients’ lives. james levin/the diamondback beeping and flashing, alerting them to call their doctor or 911.

Those who use the technology receive treatment within one hou r — b efore hea r t muscle can die — in contrast to the four-and-a-half or more hours it takes heart attack victims without the warning device, Fischell said.

Fischell said 90 percent of device owners said it improved their quality of life because they didn’t need to worry about an unexpected heart attack.

The device has been approved i n ever y cou nt r y except the U.S., Fischell said, because the FDA worries the heartbeat data might confuse cardiologists.

The final device Fischell presented helps relieve migraines.

About 36 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches, he said, and 60 percent of those who take medication for migraines still experience pain.

Rather than using drugs, Fischell invented a device to send an electric pulse to the brain to depolarize the neurons that cause headaches. The signal sends in one-tenth of a millisecond, and the pain goes away within 15 minutes, he said.

Fischell said there is no possibility of adverse effects from

the device because a similar but more powerful device used on depression patients has had no repercussions. He hopes to gain FDA approval by the end of the month.

The inventor ended his lecture with philosophies, encouraging students to fi nd oppor tu n ities a nd work hard.

Sen ior mathematics major Tricia Sessions said Fischell’s advice and accomplishments inspired her to look beyond her major.

“I liked that he started in physics [with his degree] and then did something totally different,” Sessions said. “I like that I can think of a different career instead and still be successful.”

Sessions was not the only student to think about different career paths. Junior e le c t r ic a l e n g i ne e r i n g major Eashan Samak said he switched his major from bioengineering after hearing Fischell speak last year.

“I cha nged my major because of him,” Samak sa id. “I wa nt to i nvent a nd ma ke a d i fference, and it’s inspiring to see someone already making a difference.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

TAiLGATE From PAGE 1 the tailgate will submit reports on how it went, Sikorski said, and tailgate coordinators plan to meet next week and discuss what went well and what could be improved.

“From the IFC, we thought it went extremely well,” he said.

As this university prepares to move to the Big Ten next year, moving tailgates onto the campus could encourage higher attendance at games — students had to show their ticket to Saturday’s football game against Virginia to be eligible to attend the tailgate, which officially ended at 3:15 p.m. to make sure students got to the game before kickoff, Sikorski said.

“Our event helped kind of combat the idea that students don’t want to go and support athletics,” said Josh Ratner, SGA student affairs vice president.

However, ESPN commen-

Good day, sunshine

tator and university alumnus Scott Van Pelt seemed to disagree about the presence of student fans at Saturday’s game, calling the lack of students in the crowd evidence of “home-field indifference.” “ It’s a t h re e-h o u r i nvestment of you r ti me to cheer your team,” Van Pelt said during his broadcast Monday. “It’s not a burden.”

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Astronomy expert encourages campus community to study sun surface

By Laura Blasey @lblasey Senior staff writer When meteorologists call for sunny skies, Kirk Collins packs up his SUV. He drives from his Olney home to College Park, sets up his equipment beside Hornbake Library and stares at the sun.

For the past two years, Collins has shown up to teach what he calls “sidewalk astronomy.” About once a week, he sets up a high-powered telescope and a stool and gives passing pedestrians the chance to study the sun’s surface.

“Do you want to look at the sun?” he asks students walking by on their way to class. Those who stop for a minute or two will hear about the sun’s cycles and visible light on Earth as Collins takes photos and videos of the sun with his laptop.

The black blotches are sunspots, he explains, while the wispy yelloworange clouds are solar flares.

“When you look now, you’ll see a torch flare,” Collins said to a female student looking into the telescope lens Tuesday. “You’ll know when you see it. It’s about 10 Earths tall.”

“This is definitely worth missing class for,” she said.

Collins is an astronomy expert, but he’s not a professor. He doesn’t work at this university, nor is he a student — he comes to the campus as his own form of educational outreach.

He used to volunteer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, which did a lot of science education like this, Collins said.

When hard financial times hit, the center had to find ways to cut back.

“We had lots of educationa l stuff before, when we had money,” Collins said.

“This is our budget,” he added, pulling a $1 bill out of his pocket.

When NASA could no longer afford to educate students, Collins took it upon himself to continue the effort.

He chose this campus after learning

ABOUT 1,000 STUDENTS attended the first on-campus tailgate Saturday outside Comcast Center. The event was open only to Interfraternity Council members and guests, but that could change if university officials hold another tailgate. rebecca rainey/for the diamondback

KIRK COLLINS, an astronomy expert, uses his telescope to study the sun. about the university’s astronomy resources through the National Capital Astronomers, a Washington-area group that advocates for science education and observation and hosts telescope-building workshops. The university and its observatory on Metzerott Road are listed as resources on the group’s website.

His telescope isn’t the kind you can buy at a store — it’s high-powered and heavy, with the NASA logo emblazoned on the side.

But the unique look at space that it offers is perfect for Collins’ purpose.

Most people don’t get the chance to study the sun the way NASA scientists do, and providing this opportunity is his way of serving the community, Collins said. All he has to do is set up the means for observation. “ T h e s u n i s j u s t o ut i n t h e daytime,” he said. “You don’t have to lose any sleep [to observe].”

Now is an especially fascinating time to study the sun, as it nears the completion of its 11-year solar cycle, Collins said. That’s called the solar maximum, and it means the sun’s poles are shifting, creating flares and colorful displays of light, known as auroras, in colder areas of the globe.

Collins doesn’t heavily advertise his

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service. He’ll sometimes ask students walking by if they’d like to look through his telescope, but usually he just sits by the curb of Campus Drive with his wooden stool and poster of sun facts.

“Maybe one out of a hundred students will stop,” he said.

He’s proud when people do take a few moments out of their day, he said. Earlier this month, campus blog Hidden UMD featured him in a post, along with a few of his photos of the sun’s surface — a nice promotion, he said, smiling.

Brendan Lockhart, a junior physics major, has looked through Collins’ lenses before. Yesterday afternoon, he decided to check out the telescope again.

“You could see the sunspots and just some really beautiful pictures,” Lockhart said. “It’s a shame more people don’t stop by.”

Collins is hopeful NASA’s outreach will start up again soon so students can get more exposure to science education. For now, the sidewalk astronomer will continue to practice his craft at the university.

“There’s no money now, but maybe someday we will again,” he said. lblaseydbk@gmail.com

initiative — during presidential and midterm election years. This year is neither of those. But SGA Governmental Affairs Director Lindsey Anderson saw November as an opportunity to help students engage in local elections, which she said could have a more direct impact on their lives compared to national elections.

“For a lot of Greek life members, especially those who live in District 3, the ordinances City Council enacts have a direct impact on their lives,” said Anderson, a senior English and government and politics major. “We saw a chance to give students a voice in the City Council, and we wanted to help get us there.”

A nderson estimated about 280 students registered after the voting initiative, and she said SGA representatives will continue to reach out to registered voters to turn out.

For students in Greek life, support for the movement comes from a desire to have their voices — and the voices of all students living off the campus — heard in the city, said David Friedman, Phi Gamma Delta chapter president.

“It’s very important for the Greek community to start paying attention and becoming proactive with issues in the community because they do affect us and they are affecting us,” said Friedman, a junior accounting and finance major. “There’s an opportunity to make a difference given our numbers, and voting is one of the ways that we can enact change.”

Prior to the Oct. 8 registration deadline, the IFC contacted chapter presidents, urging them to encourage members to register to have a voice in the city’s election. Sikorski said he passed along information from the SGA, adding messages about why students should care and how they could get involved.

Other chapter presidents discussed the importance of register-

But Mitchell, also a university a lu m nu s, sa id he was pleased to see Greek life members and their parents enjoying themselves on the campus before the game.

“T hey were absolutely having a great time,” Mitchell said. “To top it off, Maryland won, so it’s a good day.” tamenabardbk@gmail.com

“IT IS INTEGRAL THAT WE PUT SOMEONE ON CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS OUR INTERESTS IN MIND, CAN REPRESENT US WELL.” CHRIS RATCHKO

Sigma Nu chapter president ing and voting in chapter meetings, sent out emails and reached out to individual members, especially those who live off the campus and are directly affected by the city’s ordinances.

Fried m a n esti m ated the Ph i Gamma Delta chapter had about 40 new registered voters this semester. And Chris Ratchko, Sigma Nu chapter president, said his fraternity saw more than 20 registrations.

For Ratchko, this election cycle is an opportunity for students to elect a representative who will advocate for them in City Council meetings. The SGA voted Oct. 2 to support two candidates: university graduate student Matthew Popkin and incumbent Robert Day, in District 3, which encompasses downtown College Park and its studentheavy neighborhoods. Popkin and Day are also running against incumbent Stephanie Stullich; the three will vie for the district’s two city council seats.

“T here is a clea r d iscon nect between the students and members of the community, so I think it is integral that we put someone on City Council that has our interests in mind, can represent us well and prove that we truly do want to make College Park a livable community,” Ratchko said.

The movement in Greek life has been notable, Friedman said. But he added that it’s important for all students living off the campus — not just those from the Greek population — to get involved in the city and its election.

“It’s an opportunity for all students to come together and change the place where we all live,” Friedman said. “We have a unique ability to motivate our members as we are a student-run organization, but the movement shouldn’t end with us — we should all unite under this and make a change.” dcostellodbk@gmail.com

CLARIFICATION Due to an editing error, Monday’s story “Proposed golf course redevelopment draws ire” referred to real estate developer Brian Gibbons’ plan as “transit-oriented.” It specifically targets car drivers, not general transit.

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Bringing the passion back to Cole With Friday’s Maryland Madness, Terps have a chance to fill field house with revitalized energy

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he Terrapins men’s basketball team had just lost to Arizona in its first game of the season.

It was a disappointing start for a team ranked second in the Associated Press preseason poll. Terps fans were certain that this would be the year they would finally hoist the national championship trophy. A Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchup with Illinois on Nov. 27, 2001, would be a chance to prove that these lofty expectations were not rooted in fantasy.

I had been to many games at Cole Field House before this trip to College Park, but this game seemed to carry special significance. This Terps team featured a starting lineup with four future NBA players. That March, I was in Minneapolis watching the Terps in their first-ever Final Four. The

stars seemed to be aligning for a special season, and this game would test whether this team was for real.

Cole rocked that night. The excitement was palpable and the passion inside the arena was contagious. The student section roared the entire game, essentially willing their team to victory. For most of the night, I could not hear myself speak. It was as if my high-pitched cheers added nothing to the deafening noise emanating from every corner of the arena.

Coach Gary Williams pumped his fist and the crowd erupted; Chris Wilcox notched his first slam dunk of the night and the crowd erupted; Juan Dixon stole the ball in the open court and scored a breakaway dunk and the crowd erupted. The noise was constant,

and it was amazing.

Beating the Fighting Illini on that November day marked the Terps’ 80th consecutive nonconference victory at Cole. It was a place where no opponent wanted to play.

Why was beating the Terps at Cole Field House so difficult? The answer became clear to me when I rubbed Testudo’s nose after we defeated Illinois on that cold fall night. The secret sauce consisted of just one ingredient: the students. I was only in third grade, but I knew I wanted to be just like the raucous kids who cheered for their team from Cole’s red seats. I admired their unmatched passion a n d t h e i r re f u s a l to l e t t h e i r team lose.

Pride meant something to those students. They did not care that Cole had no air conditioning and

was full of asbestos; they just wanted to do their part in ensuring a Terps win.

Most of my classmates never had the chance to watch a game at Cole.

They never experienced the intense excitement that routinely filled that historic arena.

This Friday, however, students will have an opportunity to embrace Cole’s storied history. We will have an opportunity to fill an old venue with the same passion I witnessed 12 years ago. But showing up to Maryland Madness is not enough.

My p e e rs ca n n o t a cce p t wh a t alumnus Scott Van Pelt has bemoaned as a Terps student section culture of “home-field indifference,” rather than a home-field advantage.

What has happened to the passion that filled Cole? To the students who

refused to let their team lose? To the stadium where opponents were almost always defeated?

It’s no secret that the student se c t i o n s i n Co m ca s t Ce n te r and Byrd Stadium are too often emotionless or worse, empty. A culture of apathy has destroyed the revered boisterousness that opposing teams once knew characterized this university’s students.

Maybe a trip to Cole will inspire my peers just as it inspired me when I was a little kid. Hopefully a small window into the passion that previously existed can stir that same excitement once again.

Ben Kramer is a junior go v e r n m e n t a n d p o l i t i c s a n d history major. He can be reached at bkramer1@terpmail.umd.edu.

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Going out isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Courtesy and respect sorely lacking at bars

Best nights in College Park are determined by people you’re with, not places you go

It’s fine for guys to flirt with girls when going out — but they should know when to stop

KEVIN HOGAN I’ll never forget the first night I went out in college. It was the Saturday before the start of classes my freshman year, and a girl on my floor had just caught wind of a fraternity party going on that night. She was assembling a posse to go hit the town and asked me and my roommate to come along. Excited by the prospect of attending our first real college party, we quickly donned our button-downs and khaki shorts and joined the crew that was heading out.

After spending the entirety of high school acting more straight-edged than a yardstick, the situation had me feeling pretty stoked. I was excited to board a crowded bus that smelled like alcohol, excited to wander through College Park at night with people I barely knew, excited to break the rules a little bit and, most of all, excited not to tell my parents what I was up to.

But my enthusiasm started to wane when we arrived at the party. We were surrounded by upperclassmen who all knew one another and found ourselves tucked in a corner, a few of us nervously sipping cheap beer out of Solo cups.

After a couple of hours of making small talk among ourselves, we decided to call it a night and headed back to our North Campus highrise. Throughout my first semester of college, I saw several more nights that culminated in awkward chitchat at a stranger’s house party.

While my experiences “going out” have certainly improved since then, I have yet to overcome this initial disappointment with

College Park nightlife. Even my best nights out have failed to live up to the image of a college party that movies like Old School and Animal House have shaped in my mind.

That’s not to say Route 1 on a Friday night isn’t a spectacle. All the ladies are made up and in their best dress and all the guys are wearing something brightly colored with a collar. There are lines outside the bars and packs of students roaming the streets off the campus. And in the later hours, once the students’ blood alcohol content has crept up a bit, they start acting silly, talking loudly and being exceptionally friendly.

Something about this scene has always seemed a little bit forced to me, though. I almost get the sense that everyone is hopping from bar to bar or party to party, searching for a stereotypical “good time” that is perpetually elusive. We keep going out to look for this good time because we see so many other people looking for it. We figure it must be hiding in one of these mobs of people somewhere.

I don’t mean to say people don’t have fun when they go out in College Park; I often have a great time. Over the years, though, I’ve learned that the amount of fun I have going out is almost entirely determined by the group of people I go with; not by where we are and what we do. In that regard, maybe it’s OK that our school doesn’t offer a party atmosphere fit for a Hollywood blockbuster.

And maybe our efforts to find the best venue for our weekend diversions would be better spent surrounding ourselves with the people we care about most.

Kevin Hogan is a senior computer engineering major. He can be reached at khogandbk@gmail.com.

MARIA ROMAS Last weekend, my roommate and I were standing outside of Ratsie’s, waiting for our other girl friend to meet up with us. We were just chatting when a group of guys approached and started chatting with us, too. Initially, we didn’t feel threatened. We were happy to carry a conversation with them, as we tend to enjoy meeting people while we’re out.

Then they started moving in. It was just the two of us, and these guys had created a semicircle, essentially pinning us against the building. I saw my roommate’s eyes begin to get a bit panicky and frantic, and I started to feel the same.

Thankfully, at that moment, one of my guy friends happened to be passing by and shouted a hello. I yelled his name, g ra b b e d my ro o m m a te a n d p u s h e d through the semicircle. But what really got me was when one of these guys actually said, “Oh, look, she’s being saved.”

This guy obviously could tell from the looks on our faces that we were uncomfortable. But instead of being courteous or trying to assuage our distress, he pushed his apparent advantage — and knew what he was doing was save-worthy.

And this isn’t unusual.

Going out to a party or bar is sometimes incredibly difficult as a woman. I constantly feel as though I have to rebuff unwanted advances and repeat the word

“no” multiple times before anyone gets the point. And most of the time, it’s not even an attraction thing — usually I’m just out with my friends and would rather spend time with them than have some stranger chat me up.

And this is not some sort of stuck up and obnoxious way for me to complain about being hit on by guys. This scenario happens to nearly all women who go out, regardless of race, shape, size, age or any other factor, really.

It’s sad to me that it has become so commonly accepted for men to try to push their luck when it comes to the party setting.

I understand that on the dance floor, if it’s a group of girls, guys see it as a time to “make a move.” Sometimes it’s even welcome.

However, after the first “No thanks, I’m just dancing with my girls tonight” or a mere shout of “I’m OK,” why do men feel the need to continue to harass? One shouldn’t even think that more and more persistence will reap some kind of reward. Nobody in his right mind could imagine that by simply attempting to wear us down, women will concede and just listen to whatever he says.

I’m not saying guys should avoid approaching girls at bars or parties — nor am I saying girls don’t throw themselves at guys, too. There is clearly a dynamic of young people looking to get together with others they are attracted to while out at bars. But if a girl gets turned down, it’s far less likely she will be persistent in her desire or need to get with that specific guy. It would be nice if that understanding was universal.

Maria Romas is a senior English major. She can be reached at mromasdbk@gmail.com.

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By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer The “cloud” and “online” are some of the biggest buzzwords of the next video game generation. It’s a future, as Microsoft and Sony promise, filled with the potential for limitless growth, where the distinction between single-player and multiplayer becomes meaningless.

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Most games aren’t art, but it would still be a shame to lose any of them to the annals of time. It’s a problem without an obvious solution, especially if the Internet is as integral to these next-generation experiences as the developers claim. wzhangdbk@gmail.com

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“They kind of overlook you if the team has a bad record,” Cudjoe-Virgil said in September. “They’ll probably assume that it’s not any good players or not worth my time even going there. So I mean, it is what it is. I can’t do anything about it right now.”

When he was at Seton Hill, Cudjoe-Virgil said he felt like he was destined for more. He didn’t feel like he was meant to be playing for small crowds in small stadiums in small towns despite recording five sacks and blocking a school-record six kicks in his sophomore year.

And after the Griffins went 3-19 in his two years in Greensburg, Cudjoe-Virgil decided it was time to make a change.

He wanted to be closer to his mother, Marilyn Missouri, and he wanted to play on a bigger stage.

So he took a chance.

‘MY HEART DROPPED’ Cudjoe-Virgil’s decision to transfer to this university was just the start of the process.

He had to apply and get accepted. Even then, he still had to make the team.

The university accepted Cudjoe-Virgil, a kinesiology major, and his next step was to send his tape to Terps defensive line coach Greg Gattuso.

One night, Cudjoe-Virgil’s phone rang.

“I didn’t know who it was,” he recounted in September. “[Gattuso] left me a voicemail. He said it was a coach from University of Maryland.

My heart dropped. I was like, ‘I got to call him back like right now.’ I called him back and he just said, ‘Come up here. Come talk to us and

see where we’re going to go.’”

Cudjoe-Virgil made the team, but he still had work to do. He was a walk-on for the fall 2012 semester and had to pay his way through school. It burdened his family, he said, and he spent the summer working a security job and taking an extra class in addition to the Terps’ offseason workouts.

“I’ve always been a work ethic guy,” Cudjoe-Virgil said.

“I think all my coaches will say I always work hard. I get that from my mother, too.

She’s always worked hard, so I think that’s where I get my work ethic from. Just always going out there with a chip on my shoulder, saying I could be better than this.”

Soon, Cudjoe-Virgil was working his way into the Terps’ linebacker rotation. He battled with Marcus Whitfield for a starting outside linebacker spot, and though Whitfield won the starting job, CudjoeVirgil still played extensively.

Edsall often talks about trying to put the Terps’ best players on the field at the same time, and Cudjoe-Virgil made sure there was no reason to be absent when the Terps took the field for a game.

“Cudjoe just has a different attitude on things,” outside linebackers coach Lyndon Johnson said at the team’s media day in August. “He wants to be good. He wants to play. He just has a natural motor, a built-in motor where he’s just going to keep coming.

He’s not afraid to make mistakes, which I think is probably his largest asset. He may not be as athletic as some guys naturally, but he goes so fast and when he makes a mistake, he can recover.”

Everything Cudjoe-Virgil had worked for came to fruition in the first weeks of the season. In the West Virginia game, playing before friends

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OUTSIDE LINEBACKER YANNIK CUDJOE-VIRGIL had three sacks for the Terps this season before he suffered a torn pectoralis Saturday, ending his season. christian jenkins/the diamondback and family at an NFL stadium, his second-quarter interception set up a touchdown to put the Terps up 30-0 entering halftime.

An unheralded recruit, Cudjoe-Virgil was proving the worth of his hard work.

“He sure practices or plays like he has a chip on his shoulder,” defensive coordinator Brian Stewart said earlier this season. “I don’t talk to him about that specifically, but he does practice and play like that.”

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himself into the Terps’ defensive schemes on the field, Cudjoe-Virgil also took on a significant leadership role.

Though he had never played a snap in live game action in College Park, the coaching staff placed Cudjoe-Virgil on the team’s leadership council before the season began.

“He’s a vocal guy,” Johnson said. “He’s not a quiet guy.

Guys listen to him because he does do it the right way.

He does it the right way in the classroom. He does it the right way in the field.

The guys can’t really knock

response

against him and say, ‘Why listen to him?’”

And that made it that much more difficult for the Terps when Cudjoe-Virgil’s injury was announced Monday night — though some players don’t expect him to stray too far.

“It’s definitely hard to see somebody go down with a season-ending injury, but all you got to do is give them as much support as they need, and then he’s also been out there being a leader,” Whitfield said yesterday. “It’s almost as if he hasn’t even left off the field. He’ll definitely be at practice today.”

Cudjoe-Virgil will have surgery Friday, Edsall said, and then begin a rehab process with the goal of returning and contributing in his redshirt senior year in College Park.

He’s the second member of the Terps’ defense to suffer a season-ending injury, as cornerback Dexter McDougle is out for the year with a shoulder injury suffered at Connecticut on Sept. 14.

“That’s just the nature of the business,” Edsall said.

“But I feel bad for [CudjoeVirgil] because I know he epitomizes everything I want to see in a football studentathlete here in Maryland.”

Besides, the hard work of a rehab process shouldn’t be anything new for Cudjoe-Virgil. He’s shown time and time again during his career that he’s willing to do what it takes to get what he thinks he deserves.

Even if it does involve a little risk.

“I just took the chance, prayed,” Cudjoe-Virgil said in September. “I got this opportunity, I got to be on scholarship. I got to get playing time.

It’s all worth it. I’ll never think twice about what I did.”

A backline searching for stability was again undone by an individual miscue, as goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands was not close enough to the near post on Duke’s first goal.

“We were in total control of the match,” Morgan said. “A kid makes an individual good play.

And then she hits a shot from practically zero angle, and we are not covering our near post, so we got punished for it.”

With an offense that’s been held to one goal or fewer in eight of the past 10 matches, the defense has been unable to pick up the slack. In half of those games, the Terps allowed two or more goals.

The Terps have already allowed 20 goals with five regular-season games left, plus the possibility of postseason tournaments, and are on pace to eclipse last year’s mark of 24 goals allowed.

With their anemic offense and leaky defense, the Terps are 3-7 over that 10-game stretch which included seven matchups against ranked opponents.

D e s p i te t ra i l i n g ea rly Sunday, the Terps kept holding possession and firing shots, and they eventually broke through the Duke backline.

The Terps now face a fivegame stretch that could determine whether they make the ACC or NCAA tournaments for the fifth straight year. After facing deficits in games many times this season, they now face one in their record with postseason possibilities on the line.

“It’s really hard to come back whenever,” defender Megan Gibbons said. “I think we did a really good job after being scored on … of being able to get goals back.”

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FORWARD PATRICK MULLINS scored two goals, including one on a penalty kick, in the Terps’ 5-0 victory over Marshall last night at Ludwig Field. lena salzbank/for the diamondback

HERD From PAGE 8 David Kabelik received the ball down in the left side of the box and took one touch toward the goal line. Then he stopped suddenly, cut back and charged a right-footed strike that deflected off Thundering Herd defender James Campbell and into the back of the net.

Just seconds from the end of the first half, though, Terps forward Jake Pace and Thundering Herd defender Matt Freeman got in a tussle on the left sideline, resulting in a yellow card for Freeman and a red card and ejection for Pace.

Pace will be ineligible for the Terps’ home matchup with Wake Forest on Saturday night.

“It looked like a very innocent situation that became inflamed,” Cirovski said.

The Terps played the final 45 minutes with 10 men, but they continued to control the ball and produce scoring chances. Mullins netted his second goal of the game in the 72nd minute, heading it past Atwell off a service from defender Jereme Raley for his 10th goal of the season.

“It was just composure, really,” Metzger said. “We lost a man, but we just took

one forward off and just tried to keep the ball on the ground instead of trying playing the ball over the top.”

The Terps added a fifth goal in the 88th minute.

Midfielder Widner Saint Cyr chipped a cross into the middle of the box, where forward Ryan Reid finished with his head for his first career goal.

Reid was seeing the first action in his career,and Saint Cyr had only played four minutes before last night.

Defender Gordon Murie also played for the first time this season in the closing minutes.

“To get a few guys that deserved some minutes and [are] coming back from injuries was really gratifying,” Cirovski said.

The Thundering Herd forced goalkeeper Zack Steffen, who made four saves in the match, to make several stops over the final 11 minutes of regulation to preserve his shutout as the Terps coasted to victory.

The Terps have now gone nine matches without a loss. “[Coming out slow] has been a recurring theme, unfortunately,” Metzger said. “But tonight was a good night to finally put that behind us.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

FORWARD JAKE LAYMAn averaged 5.5 points in 38 games during his freshman year with the Terps. His career high of 20 came against Virginia Tech on Jan. 5. file photo/the diamondback

LAYMAN From PAGE 8 morning’s open scrimmage.

“He’s playing with a little more confidence.”

Layman put his self-assurance on display in the scrimmage, totaling a team-high 20 points in 20 minutes. He appeared more aggressive with the ball than he did most of last season and drained several 3-pointers during the intrasquad scrimmage.

After Layman hit his first three shots from distance, Terps defenders began closing in harder on him. Perhaps last season Layman would have given the ball up in that situation, choosing to defer to a teammate when he didn’t have an open shot immediately available.

Saturday, though, he pulled another asset out of his arsenal as defenders rushed toward him. Layman used a pump fake to create space, split the defense and knocked down a midrange pull-up jump shot.

“Jake’s really improved,”

coach Mark Turgeon said at the team’s media day last week. “I think about Jake from last year at this date to today’s practice? Wow. It’s not even close.”

Turgeon also said Layman was one of the team’s best players during the summer tour to the Bahamas. Overmatched foreign teams that couldn’t handle the Terps’ size played zone, so Layman was able to find a rhythm with his three-point jump shot.

The reason he played so well in the Bahamas and Saturday afternoon?

“I think for me, it’s just coming in with a new confidence level this year,” Layman said. “Confidence in my moves and my shooting ability, more than I had last year.“ Enhanced confidence seems to be a theme for Layman this year. It’s helping his own game, sure, but it’s also giving his teammates more reason to feed him the ball.

Take Saturday’s scrimmage. Layman began heating up, and his teammates on the Red team made a conscious

“HE HAS NO IDEA HOW GREAT HE’S GOING TO BE. HE’S CAPABLE OF HITTING 10 THREES IN ONE GAME. HE’S CAPABLE OF BLOCKING DUNKS, DUNKING ON PEOPLE, GUARDING ANYWHERE FROM SOMEBODY AT 6-2 TO 6-10. THAT DOESN’T COME AROUND TOO OFTEN.” DEZ WELLS

Terrapins men’s basketball forward effort to get him open and in a position to score. He seemed to get a touch on nearly every possession.

“In that situation, we just want to find him, get him as many shots as possible,” guard Nick Faust said. “He’ll knock them down.”

It all works together. If Layman plays well, his teammates trust him, and that helps build his confidence.

That’s a new feeling for Layman, who often didn’t seem settled during an up-and-down freshman campaign.

“He’s a confident kid; it’s great to see,” Turgeon said.

“He’s got a chance to be special, he really does. I’m happy for

him because [at times] last year it wasn’t very fun.”

Layman smiled after each drained jumper Saturday. His teammates believe he’s headed for more success, too, thanks to his belief in his abilities.

And if Layman’s been listening to forward Dez Wells, his confidence won’t be wavering any time soon.

“He has no idea how great he’s going to be,” Wells said.

“He’s capable of hitting 10 threes in one game. He’s capable of blocking dunks, dunking on people, guarding anywhere from somebody at 6-2 to 6-10. That doesn’t come around too often.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Terps trail early amid ACC slide Team fails to erase deficits against top league competition

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer

While recruiters and scouts flooded the likes of DeMatha and Good Counsel in the Washington area and Gilman and Loyola Blakefield in the Baltimore area, CudjoeVirgil toiled in relative anonymity at Towson.

A Trinidadian immigrant, he felt he was good enough to play Division I football, but he was never offered the chance.

So he set out to Seton Hill University, a Division II school in Greensburg, Pa., a town of fewer

Seven times this year, the Terrapins women’s soccer team has surrendered a game’s opening goal. In six of those games, the Terps have lost.

For a team with only one comeback win, back on Aug. 26, Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Duke was no different.

“It’s tough,” coach Jonathan Morgan said Sunday. “I just thought our kids did a really good job responding today.”

While the Terps haven’t had many come-from-behind heroics, they’ve still been resilient at times this season. They fell to No. 1 Virginia by one goal and didn’t trail then-No. 6 North Carolina until the 58th minute. Only twice have the Terps lost by three goals or more, both times against top-5 teams.

Before Sunday, however, the Terps had been outshot in every loss. Against Duke, the Terps created numerous opportunities despite trailing, outshooting the Blue Devils, 16-9.

The stats showed dominance everywhere but the scoreboard. Luck might not have been with the Terps — they had two potential penalties in the box waived by the referee, and the Blue Devils’ second goal came from a disputed corner kick — but there were still scoring chances. Defender Erika Nelson nearly tied the game in the 89th minute, but her header hit the post.

“They defended their tails off,” Morgan said. “They moved the ball.

They built from the back. They attacked. They were dangerous.”

The Terps gave up two goals to the second-worst offense in the ACC.

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OUTSIDE LINEBACKER YANNIK CUDJOE-VIRGIL took a winding path to the Terps and College Park after starting his career as an unheralded recruit at Towson High School outside Baltimore. file photo/the diamondback

AN UNTIMELY ENDING Chest injury cuts breakout season short for Division II transfer Cudjoe-Virgil

By Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen Senior staff writer

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ecruiting interest in Yannik CudjoeVirgil entering his senior year at Towson High School in 2009 was tepid.

The future Terrapins football outside linebacker didn’t show well at a junior combine at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Towson wasn’t a public school power, and it was overshadowed by private schools in the area.

Towson University showed slight interest but ultimately backed off.

So after graduation, Cudjoe-Virgil set out on a journey that started in western Pennsylvania and brought him back to his home state and to College Park. He thrived during the Terps’ 5-1 start until a pectoralis injury ended his season in Saturday’s game against Virginia.

“It’s tough because you feel bad for anybody when they get a season-ending injury, but especially for a guy like Yannik,” coach Randy Edsall said. “That guy just works his tail off each and every day to be the best he can be. He gives great effort in classroom, gives it in the weight room, gives it on the practice field, was playing well. You feel for him. You really do.”

One of the Terps’ best pass rushers, CudjoeVirgil made an immediate impact this season.

He was third on the Terps with three sacks and also pulled in an interception in the Terps’ 37-0 win over West Virginia in Baltimore on Sept. 21.

But for many of the Terps, it was how CudjoeVirgil ended up at this university that established his influence on the team. It wasn’t just his production on the field — it was how he got to the point in which he could be one of the Terps’ top defensive players.

“He’s a good leader,” Edsall said in August.

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Terps counting on Layman’s growth

“Unbelievable work ethic, just unbelievable work ethic. That guy, ever since the day he got here, to be and set a standard. If a linebacker ever wants to know what it takes to work, they should just go with Yannik and be with him.”

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MEN’S SOCCER | No. 4 TERPS 5, THUNDERING HERD 0

Breakout season expected as sophomore continues to mature, gain confidence

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer Jake Layman began his ACC career in blistering fashion. The Terrapins men’s basketball forward started the conference opener against Virginia Tech on Jan. 5 and scored 18 first-half points, hit four 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 20 points in a 94-71 rout before a sold-out Comcast Center.

Four days later though, the 6-foot-8 forward came off the bench and finished 1-of-4 from the field for three points in a 65-62 loss to Florida State. Such was the story of Layman’s freshman season, in which his flashes of explosiveness

were matched with uneven performances. He finished the year averaging 5.5 points per game, tied for sixth on the team.

But this season, coaches and tea m m a te s t h i n k L ay m a n i s ready to subdue his consistency struggles. And while they point to improved shooting, added muscle mass and enhanced awareness, none of those traits are the top reason the Terps believe Layman is ready for a breakout season.

It’s his confidence.

“He’s got a little bit more of a swagger to him,” assistant coach Scott Spinelli said after Saturday See LAYMAN, Page 7

JAKE LAYMAN: BY THE NUMBERS

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COACH SASHO CIROVSKI (center) argues with referees after forward Jake Pace received a red card at the end of the first half.

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Mullins scores twice in blowout Pace sent off with red card in first half of Marshall rout, shutout

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Staff writer After a series of midweek contests marred by slow starts, sloppy plays and draws, the Terrapins men’s soccer team put together a complete performance last night at Ludwig Field.

Despite playing down a man for the second half, the No. 4 Terps thrashed visiting Marshall, 5-0, dictating all facets of play for a full 90 minutes, something they’ve struggled to do in Tuesday games all season.

“Overall, a great night,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “I thought we played very well from the first whistle to the last. We were in control of the match.”

The Terps dominated possession

from the get-go, moving the ball with precision and quickness. Defender Mikey Ambrose and midfielder Michael Sauers worked the left sideline and found gaps in the Thundering Herd backline with balls over the top to forwards Patrick Mullins and Schillo Tshuma in the middle and midfielder Tsubasa Endoh on the right side.

Mullins had two open looks during the game’s opening minutes. On the first, he grounded the ball into the arms of goalkeeper Tyler Atwell, who made four saves in the match. The second, Mullins attempted to slot into the topleft corner, but Atwell made a leaping save to maintain the scoreless tie.

Midfielder Dan Metzger broke through for the Terps in the 19th minute. He collected the ball 40 yards from goal,

took one touch forward and ripped a powerful strike into the bottomleft corner past a diving Atwell, who was late to react with traffic in front of the goal.

Less than three minutes later, the Terps struck again. Endoh received the ball at the top-right of the box and made several cuts to avoid Marshall defenders before he was taken down for a foul in the box. Mullins finished his sixth penalty kick goal in as many attempts in the top-right corner to give the Terps a 2-0 lead.

The Terps continued to maintain possession over the final 23 minutes of the first half before netting another goal in the 45th minute. Midfielder See HERD, Page 7