Nov. 8, 2000

Winston-Salem, N.C. - Maryland senior midfielder Rob Birch (West Islip, N.Y.) was honored with second team all-ACC recognition Wednesday night at the 2000 ACC men's soccer banquet, which is held in conjunction with the conference's annual tournament. Birch has been a stronghold for the Terps this season in the midfield, even scoring three goals and two assists. The conference honor is the first for Birch in his career, and marked the only Terp to earn all-ACC honors this week.

The No. 6 seed Terrapins take on No. 3 seed Duke Blue Devils at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Wake Forest. No. 2 seed Virginia and No. 7 seed NC State begin the action at 3:00 p.m., with No. 4 seed Clemson and host No. 5 seed Wake Forest wrapping things up at 8 p.m. No. 1 seed North Carolina receives a bye for the first round and awaits the winner of the Clemson/Wake Forest game to begin their ACC action on Friday at 5:30 p.m.

All-ACC Men's Soccer Team
First Team
Chris Carrieri, North Carolina	Forward
Ali Curtis, Duke        	Forward
Alecko Eskandarian, Virginia	Forward
Danny Jackson, North Carolina	Defender
Mark Lisi, Clemson      	Midfielder
Kyle Martino, Virginia   	Midfielder
Oguchi Onyewu, Clemson  	Defender
Robert Russell, Duke    	Midfielder
Ben Stafford, Wake Forest	Forward
Fabio Tambosi, Clemson   	Forward
Doug Warren, Clemson    	Goalkeeper

Second Team
Rob Birch, Maryland       	Midfielder
Michael Bucy, North Carolina 	Midfielder
Jordan Cila, Duke	        Forward
Jeff Haywood, Duke	        Goalkeeper
Caleb Norkus, North Carolina	Forward
Nick Olivencia, NC State	Forward
Trevor Perea, Duke      	Midfielder
Mike Potempa, Clemson    	Defender
Eddie Robinson, North Carolina	Midfielder
Aaron Thomas, Wake Forest	Midfielder
Steve Totten, Virginia   	Midfielder

ACC Player of the Year	Chris Carrieri, North Carolina
ACC Rookie of the Year	Alecko Eskandarian, Virginia
ACC Coach of the Year	Elmar Bolowich, North Carolina