Terps ready for Deacons by routing Marshall; Three ACC Schools in top ten and six in top 25

BALTIMORE, Maryland October 14, 2013 - With the ACC showdown with Wake Forest due in  five days, the Maryland Soccer team warmed up tonight by routing Marshall, 5-0.  All American Patrick Mullins scored two goals for the second straight game, and three other Terrapins also scored in a match that saw the Terps out shoot the Thundering Herd by 16-6.   Mullins, voted the number one player in America by Top Flight in the preseason, is on a late season tear, having scored five goals in the last three games.  Against Marshall, Mullins took five shots and all were all on goal.  Wake Forest, meanwhile, was losing by one goal to No. 23 Akron. In the latest poll, incidentally, California remains No. 1, Notre Dame No. 2 and Washington No. 3.  Maryland has moved up one spot to No. 4.  UCLA also moved up one spot to No. 5 while Cal State-Northridge dropped, by virtue of a loss, from No. 4 to No. 6. Clemson is the third ACC school in the top ten as it moved up a whopping eight spots to No. 9.  Other ranked ACC schools include Wake Forest at No. 15, Virginia at No. 19 and North Carolina at No. 21.  Meanwhile, UMBC retained its top ten ranking, holding at No. 8.  On Wednesday the Retrievers got a goal from Kadeem Dacres with 12 seconds remaining to beat Vermont in Burlington, 2-1.  The Retrievers improved to 11-1-1 while Vermont lost for the first time at home this season.