More Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Maryland Wins ACC Soccer Title; Ravens endure long weather delay, but lose in OT after rallying to force OT

BALTIMORE, Maryland November 17, 2013 - Mullins leads Maryland to ACC Title:  The box score will show that Maryland won the ACC Soccer Championship - in their last season in the ACC - when Virginia scored an own goal in the waning minutes of play.  But anyone who witnessed it will know it was Patrick Mullins who scored the goal; the only thing Virginia did was be in the right place at the right time and have Mullins use it like a pinball player uses a bumper.  Mullins got possession deep in the offensive end, then raced toward the end line and turned to the goal despite a defender hanging all over him.  As he boared in on goal he had no direct angle to shoot and the Cavaliers braced for a centering pass.  But Mullins instead smashed a pulsating shot across the goal mouth.  Cavalier Defender Kevin McBride was facing the open goal just a foot or two from the line.  He tried, frantically, to display his legs to deflect the cross away, but the shear speed and power of the played ball frustrated his intentions, and the ball deflected off one of his legs and directly into the goal.  McBride collapsed on the ground, realizing the gravity of his error.  Virginia Coach George Gelnovatch would not directly blame McBride when interviewed by the Baltimore Sun, but allowed that the senior would have been better off letting the ball go, chancing that another Terp would not get there to tap it in.  It was difficult to speculate since replays shown did not give an adequate picture.  Gelnovatch told the Baltimore Sun that he did not speak with McBride because he was a big boy and would be fine after the game.  But even big boys need a lift from time to time. It is clear that Virginia, ranked No. 12, would be awarded an NCAA bid despite the loss.  Maryland, on the other hand, will certainly get a first round bye with the win. The top 16 teams get byes in the 48 team tournament.  Correction: The NCAA will announce the field for the National Soccer Tournament on Monday, not Sunday evening as reported here before. Ravens lose in overtime after late rally ties game in regulation:  Even as Maryland's basketball team prepared to take the floor in College Park, the Ravens were defeated in overtime in Chicago when a 37-year-old FG was ruled good when it may well not have been.  The Ravens had marched down the field in the waning seconds of regulation and tied the game on Justin Tucker's field goal with two seconds left.  The Ravens had moved to a first and goal with just over a minute left on deft running by Ray Rice, who was outstanding in defeat with well over 130 rushing yards on a quagmire field.  Rice raced inside the ten to the Bear three on first down, but was stopped at about the one on second down.  A third down pass from Flacco to Tory Smith was high in the 40 miles per hour wind.  Flacco had to dig a low snap out of the brown watery muck, then stand and throw with the feroucious Bears boaring in on him.  In overtime the Ravens came up one yard short of a first down on the first series of downs and had to punt, but Sam Koch's punt went over 50 yards. The defense forced a third and long but the Bears converted.  Seconds later a long pass was caught giving the Bears a first down at the Ravens 30.  Several plays later their FG attempt, from 37 yards, looked to be over the right post - making it no good - but the game officials, who blew several calls, called it good.  It was on the Basketball.  Terps stop Beavers: