12/14/08 07:07 AM
Soccer champ will be ACC team
FRISCO, Texas — An all-Atlantic Coast Conference final will decide the champion for the first time in the 50-year history of the NCAA men’s soccer tournament. Secondseeded Maryland meets 13th-seeded North Carolina for the College Cup today (1 p. m., ESPN2).
“The fact that it is two ACC teams bodes extremely well for our conference,” North Carolina coach Elmar Bolowich said.
There are no secrets between these longtime rivals. Maryland (22-3-0) owns two wins over North Carolina this season, taking a 2-1 decision at home in early November, then earning a 1-0 victory over the Tar Heels in the ACC quarterfinals five days later.
But the Tar Heels (15-7-1) beat another ACC rival, top-seeded Wake Forest, 1-0, in Friday’s semifinals.
