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No. 6 Maryland men’s soccer plays to 1-1 draw against No. 19 UCLA

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October 21, 2024

No. 6 Maryland men’s soccer plays to 1-1 draw against No. 19 UCLA

Since the start of Big Ten conference play, Maryland men’s soccer has felt like a car rolling down a hill, continuously gaining momentum and picking up positive results.

Monday night was the first time in a while it hit a bump, as rival No. 19 UCLA came to town and played it to a 1-1 draw, in which the Terps also lost one of their best players to injury.

“I thought it was an excellent college soccer game tonight,” head coach Sasho Cirovski said. “At the end of the day, probably a fair result.”

Rivalry games always tend to bring out a different gear in teams, and that was certainly the case for the Terps early.

Many Maryland games this season have gotten off to slow starts. The Terps usually work the ball around methodically, looking for defensive breakdowns.

But within the game’s first minute, Albi Ndrenika fizzed a ball across the face of UCLA’s goalie.

The game looked wide open, with Ndrenika and Leon Koehl putting Maryland’s forwards in a lot of dangerous positions. But UCLA launched some dangerous counter attacks the other direction as well.

The Bruins’ aggressive press forced Maryland into uncharacteristically giving the ball away multiple times. About five minutes into the match, Laurin Mack had to make an impressive save diving down to his right to prevent the Terps from falling behind 1-0.

It became a question of which team would strike first. The answer was the home team.

Ndrenika played a ball down the right wing to Sadam Masereka who collected it off a ricochet and was instantly through on goal in the right side of UCLA’s box.

Instead of closing down Masereka’s angle, Wyatt Nelson froze in the Bruins’ goal and Masereka drilled it right through his legs, giving Maryland a 1-0 advantage. It was Masereka’s third goal in his last four games.

“He’s a hell of a player, but I think it took him a little bit to get adjusted and everything,” captain Alex Nitzl said. “Now you can see every single game he’s gaining more confidence.”

UCLA responded well, though, and looked like the better team for the first half’s final 15 minutes.

With around a minute to go in the half, Koehl went down with an injury to one of his legs and did not return for the remainder of the match.

Despite trailing, the Bruins came out of their locker room for the second half with all of the momentum, and they quickly capitalized with a beautifully worked equalizing goal 10 minutes into the period.

Nicholas Cavallo crossed a ball to Maryland’s back post, where Phillip Naef was waiting. He touched it back down for Tamir Ratoviz, who took a touch and slotted it near-post past Laurin Mack.

With 30 minutes to go, the game stood at one goal apiece, and both teams began hunting for all three points.

With Koehl out, Cirovski dropped his team into a 5-3-2 formation, making Chris Steinleitner a third center back.

UCLA gave Maryland multiple scares, the worst being an empty net chance that Jace Clark — who came in off the bench to help replace Koehl — made an incredible block on.

“Jace is known for those kind of tackles,” Mack said. “He’s giving great effort in general all the time.”

Maryland had chances of its own, including two impressive individual efforts from Max Rogers that went just wide, but in the end, both sides had to settle for just one point.

Three things to know

1. Koehl injury looms large. Koehl’s status will be massively important for Maryland going forward. He is instrumental, pulling the strings in its midfield as well as being the team’s penalty kick taker. He has converted all six of his opportunities from the spot so far. Cirovski said postgame that the injury ultimately forced him to change his formation.

2. Maryland’s goal scorer benched. Midway through the second half, Cirovski elected to remove Colin Griffith for Matias De Jesus as he switched formations. Griffith and Cirovski proceeded to get into a heated argument on the sidelines, and Griffith was ineligible to return for the rest of the game.

“It was a coach’s decision to take him out of the game, we had some other players that played well in the first half,” Cirovski said. “I think Colin was a bit rusty from his injury, and you know, wasn’t at his level.”

3. Mack shined. Mack made four saves, with maybe his biggest play not being credited as a stop. Midway through the second half, Maryland lost track of Naef who got completely through on Mack. But the netminder came out, closed him down and took the ball off of him.

“I’m trying to make pressure on the striker. That’s my job and I think I did it pretty well in that situation,” Mack said.

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November 21 Colder Winds Bring Snow To Central Maryland And Winter Storm Warning In The Mountains – Just In Weather

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November 21, 2024

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November 21 Colder Winds Bring Snow To Central Maryland And Winter Storm Warning In The Mountains – Just In Weather

November 21, 2024

Thursday Morning Report

The squall line last night validated and even overachieved expectations. Winds gusted over 50 mph in many areas AND much needed rainfall added up to 0.94” in Baltimore through midnight. More was added afterward.

Colder air and a large upper-level trough will settle in Pennsylvania on Friday. This will bring in a taste of winter. The expectations for snow have now expanded to Central Maryland, and yes, it might be cold enough for some stickage on grassy areas.

A Winter Storm Warning is in place for the high mountains of far Western Maryland and West Virginia. Snow is still expected to reach 1-foot accumulation along with 50 mph winds.

Let’s take a look……

Morning Surface Weather

Storm 1, which brought us rain and wind, is moving away and sending much-needed rain to the drought areas of Metro New York and New England.

Storm 2 is the main event that will pivot from the Great Lakes and nearly stall in Pennsylvania on Friday. This will include a strong upper-level source of cold air and instability. Snow will spread our way and enhance over the Appalachian mountains.

Weather Preview

Storm Animation Today through Saturday Night

Watch the main storm spin in PA and pivot the next wave of energy that will enhance the snow on Friday, then pull away this weekend.

November 21 weather snow rain storm

Jet Stream Friday Morning

The core of the cold air will be over our region. There is a trough swinging through the Southeast US with enough enhanced energy to develop snow.

November 21 weather jet stream cold Friday

Snow and Rain Mix Friday

Notice the blue shading (snow) into metro Baltimore. A closer look is below.

TODAY

Wind Forecast 7 AM to 7 PM

November 21 weather wind forecast Thursday

Wind Gusts at Noon

The stronger winds will be moving east, so it will be less windy this afternoon.

November 21 weather wind forecast Thursday noon

Radar Simulation: Noon to Midnight

There will be some showers with rain and maybe flakes after dark.

Heavy snow will get going in the mountains.

November 21 weather rain snow radar Thursday

Afternoon Temperatures

November 21 weather temperatures Thursday afternoon

Radar Simulation Tonight

7 PM Wed to 7 AM Thu

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY November 21

Sunrise at 6:57 AM

Sunset at 4:48 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore: 35ºF

Record 16ºF in 1951

Normal High in Baltimore: 55ºF

Record 79ºF 1900

Baltimore Drought Update

0.94” of rain fell Thursday… The updated deficit:
6.66 inches BELOW AVERAGE rainfall since September 1st
7.12 inches BELOW AVERAGE rainfall since January 1st
THE BURN BAN REMAINS IN PLACE

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22

Turning colder with developing snow from the North, and it will reach the northern suburbs during the morning.

Snow will mix with rain near and south of Baltimore.

Heavy snow will be raging in the mountains.

Morning Temperatures

November 21 weather temperatures Friday morning

Morning Radar Simulation

November 21 weather snow radar Friday morning

Radar Forecast 7 AM to Midnight

November 21 weather snow radar Friday

Winds At Noon

November 21 weather wind forecast Friday noon

Afternoon Radar

November 21 weather snow radar Friday afternoon

Afternoon Temperatures

November 21 weather temperatures Friday afternoon

WINTER STORM WARNING

This includes Garrett County, MD, and the high mountains of PA and WV.

Snow 6 to 12+ inches with wind gusts to 50 mph.

Note this is over the extreme drought region and is much needed.

November 21 Winter Storm Warning Snow

Snow Roads Profile

November 21 snow forecast Maryland road profile

Snow Forecast Models

There is a lot of agreement between the GFS and ECMWF.

Yes, I see a dusting or more on the grassy areas north of Baltimore.

GFS

November 21 weather snow forecast GFS

ECMWF

November 21 weather snow forecast ECMWF

NAM 3Km

November 21 weather snow forecast NAM

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My Winter Outlook Report

Winter 2024 to 2025 Snow Forecast Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Delaware

7 Day Forecast

Colder air will continue to spill in through Saturday.
Some rain showers later today with a mix of flakes.
Heavy snow develops in the mountains.
Snow and mixed showers will expand into Central Maryland on Friday.
Briefly mild early next week. Then, rain on Wednesday may set up a colder Thanksgiving storm.

November 21 weather forecast 7 day Friday

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Damp and cold end to Maryland’s week

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November 21, 2024

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Ex-teacher who sexually abused 14-year-old Maryland student to serve fraction of 30-year sentence

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November 20, 2024

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$Ex-teacher who sexually abused 14-year-old Maryland student to serve fraction of 30-year sentence$

A former middle school teacher who repeatedly sexually abused a 14-year-old student in Maryland has been sentenced to three decades in prison, but she’ll only serve one year, a judge ruled.

Melissa Marie Curtis, 32, pleaded guilty to three counts of a third-degree sex offense on June 20, according to information from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and District Court of Maryland court papers obtained by USA TODAY on Wednesday.

The Montgomery County Police Department initiated an investigation in early October 2023 when the eighth-grade victim, now an adult, reported he was sexually abused by Curtis who was a teacher at Montgomery Village Middle School, according to a previous news release from the agency.

At the time of the offenses, detectives reported, the student was 14 years old and Curtis was 22.

Judge: Teacher to serve 12 months in jail

Curtis, who is from the town of Upper Marlboro in Prince George’s County, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office told USA TODAY Wednesday.

But Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Theresa Chernosky suspended most of Curtis’ sentence, allowing her to serve 12 months year in jail followed by five years of supervised probation, the spokesperson said.

When she is released, Curtis must register as a sex offender, the spokesperson said, and will not be permitted to have unsupervised contact with minors other than her children.

The prosecutors office did not respond to a request for comment about the sentencing.

Teacher abused 14-year-old in classroom, car, at home

The victim told detectives the abuse began in 2015, the spokesperson said, when he volunteered for an after-school program that Curtis was running and “they were often alone together”

Charging documents show the victim told detectives Curtis sexually abused him in a classroom, in a car, at his home, and as well as Curtis’ home “more than 20 times” when he was in middle school. The complaint goes onto say Curtis also gave the boy drugs and alcohol multiple times.

A warrant for Curtis’s arrest was obtained on Oct. 31, 2023 and Curtis turned herself in on Nov. 7, 2023, officials reported.

At the time, Curtis had been a teacher for about two years in Montgomery County and taught at Lakelands Park Middle School as well.

A spokesperson told Fox 5 Curtis left Montgomery County Public Schools in 2017.

USA TODAY has reached out to Montgomery County Public Schools.

Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.

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