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Terps Edge Booters, 3-2

By Ernest Dempsey
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

A large crowd of people
circling Carr's Hill Field and
sitting on its overlooking earth
wall watched Virginia's soccer
team lose to a somewhat
unethical Maryland club, 3-2, in
very fast and spirited soccer
action yesterday afternoon.

The game had an unusual
beginning as the Terps arrived
45 minutes late, thereby
breaking the 2 P.M. contract
kickoff hour and making
themselves liable to forfeit in this
all-important ACC match.
However, in gallant fashion, the
Cavalier booters held an
impromptu field meeting and
elected to play in spite of
Maryland' irresponsible action.

It would not have been the first
Maryland loss by way of a forfeit as
the Terps had to forego their
October 6th game with N.C. State
(a loss which may become very
important in determining the ACC
championship) because of an
ineligible player in the lineup.

The first score of the day came
8 minutes into the second period
when Maryland's All-American,
Rasim Tugburk, hit on a long shot
which drifted past the outstretched
arms of Virginia goalie, Jim Glazer.
It was Tugburk's eighth goal of the
season and further widened the
margin of his team scoring lead.

As it had in the first quarter,
play seesawed back and forth until
the halftime horn sounded. When
play resumed, Maryland's Kambiz
Behbahni wasted no time in getting
his team another mark on the
scoreboard as he m 2 minutes into
the third period, with an assist from
halfback Pete Milhado.

11 minutes later, Virginia's Sam
Crosby drove the ball into the
Maryland net with an assist from
Dave Peyton, and the Cavaliers
were back in the thick of it.
However, Nick Skirka, a 23-year
old Terp sophomore, put a damper
on Virginia' hopes by scoring with
3½ minutes to go in the quarter.

In an unfortunately futile
attempt to rally the Cavalier effort.
Sam Crosby climaxed a flurry of
activity in front of the Maryland
goal by rebounding the ball off of
the Terp goaltender for score
number two. However, the final
horn sounded 2 minutes later to
end the game in favor of the
College Park delegation.

As in any matchup of two
high-strung, potential champions,
yesterday's contest was filled
accusations of foul play on the part
of the two officials, taunts between
the two clubs, injuries (severe ones
suffered by Maryland fullbacks Jim
Solarski and Billy Walker), and a
near post-game list fight between
two sportswriters. Nevertheless,
when the dust had cleared, Virginia
coaches Richard Lewis and Ian
Falconer agreed that their team had
not played the best soccer it is
capable of, and just could not
expect to beat the soccer- oriented
Terps without topnotch play.

A Cavalier victory yesterday
would have virtually clinched the
ACC championship. However, the
Maryland win has set in motion the
components of a very exciting title
race, of which Virginia is very much
a part.