Maryland champ after beatng Lobos

The Terrapins ended three years of frustration.
CARY, N.C. (AP) -- Maryland goalkeeper Chris Seitz spotted the body language he was looking for and made the biggest save of the NCAA championship game.
Seitz stopped a penalty kick by Andrew Boyens to help preserve a slim lead and the Terrapins went on to beat New Mexico 1-0 for the NCAA title, ending three years of frustration in which Maryland lost in the semifinals.
Marc Burch's deflected free kick gave Maryland the lead in the 30th minute.
Hand ball
The penalty kick was awarded just after halftime when a Maryland defender used his hand to block a mid-air bicycle kick by the Lobos' leading scorer, Jeff Rowland.
As Boyens approached for the kick, Seitz could tell by the way Boyens was lining up which way he was shooting.
"He opened up and from that point on I knew he was going to my left and I just tried to get there," Seitz said.
Boyens placed his shot well short of the left post and the ball caromed off Seitz's diving body back to Boyens' feet. He missed the open net and fired high.
"It's the most disappointing thing you can go through," said Boyens, who scored the game-winner and had an assist in Friday's 2-1 semifinal win over Clemson. "You've got the weight of your team on your shoulders when you're standing there by yourself and to miss it, it's horrible."
Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski said Seitz's save seemed to deflate New Mexico.
Big lift
"The other team starts to feel, 'It's just not our day.' And our team gets that great save as a lift. I think that's what happened at that point," Cirovski said.
Maryland (19-4-2) broke through when a foul on New Mexico's David Gualdarama about 25 yards out gave the Terrapins a free kick. Burch fired a low, hard shot around the wall New Mexico set up. The ball nicked the foot of a Lobos defender, catching goalkeeper Mike Graczyk leaning to his left.
"When you're playing a team of that caliber and you're playing a big game like that, sometimes it comes down to the bounce of the ball," New Mexico coach Jeremy Fishbein said.
Top-seeded Maryland attacked and second-seeded New Mexico (18-2-3) counterpunched from the start of the College Cup final, and each had opportunities.
"We played just as well," said Rowland, who scored a team-leading 16 goals this season. "I think luck was more on their side this time. We showed ourselves and we know we could have won that game."
Muscular forwards
Maryland's muscular forwards Jason Garey and Burch kept up the pressure by keeping the ball on the ground and attacking the Lobos' tall, powerful defenders. The speed of New Mexico's Blake Danaher forced two Terrapin defenders to commit intentional fouls, drawing two yellow cards in the first half.
The Lobos were outshot 19-11 but never stopped threatening until the Maryland goalkeeper collected a missed header with 11 seconds remaining.
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