The Virginia Cavaliers had not forgotten anything about their short stay at last year's ACC men's soccer tournament, not the four goals they had allowed to Clemson in the quarterfinals nor the deficient overall form that had ended a two-year reign atop the nation's most competitive league.
So when they arrived at Maryland SoccerPlex yesterday for the 2006 event, the Cavaliers were intent on making amends for last fall's messy performance and regaining their place among the conference elite.
The result-- a 2-0 victory over those same Tigers -- was cleaner than their play, but enough to send the third-seeded Cavaliers into tomorrow night's semifinal against second-seeded Wake Forest. In the first match of the day, the Demon Deacons ousted North Carolina on penalty kicks after 110 scoreless minutes.
In last night's final match, fourth-seeded Maryland faced No. 5 seed Boston College for the right to face top-seeded Duke -- a 2-1 winner over No. 9 North Carolina State in tomorrow's second semifinal.
"We are glad to be where we are this time as opposed to where we were last year," Virginia Coach George Gelnovatch said. "It wasn't so much the team that we played against; I really felt like it was the way we lost
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