Virginia coach George Gelnovatch called his team’s ACC clash with No. 2 Maryland Wednesday night a must-win game, and the No. 6 Cavaliers responded with a 3-0 victory to end the Terrapins’ seven-game unbeaten streak.

German Yannick Reyering showed why is one of the most dangerous targetmen in the country by scoring once and setting up another goal to the delight of the 3,618 fans at Klockner Stadium.

Reyering flicked Nico Colaluca‘s corner kick to freshman Jonathan Villanueva, who scored from just inside the six-yard box for the Cavs’ first goal in the 28th minute. Four minutes later, Reyering increased Virginia’s lead with his team-high eighth goal of the season

Adam Cristman closed out the scoring, finishing off a Colaluca breakaway with his third goal of the season in the 79th minute.

Ryan Burke now has 26 career shutouts, one shy of matching the school record of 27 held by Jeff Causey.

“It’s a great win for us,” said Gelnovatch. “They have a great team. We respect Maryland a lot. Our guys wanted to win this one at home, and they went out executed.”

Virginia is 12-2-0 and 4-2-0 in the ACC. Maryland fell to 10-2-1 and 3-2-1 in the ACC.

#1 SMU 2 TULSA 0. The Mustangs (13-0-1) put the Conference USA game away early, getting goals from Brazilian Bruno Guarda and Richard Oliva in the first 17 minutes. Mustang goalkeeper Matt Wideman picked up his eighth shutout of the season.

#4 DUKE 3 DAVIDSON 1. The ACC-leading Blue Devils (9-2-1) won back-to-back games for the first time in over a month with the non-conference win over Davidson. Graham Dugoni, Chris Loftus and Zach Pope scored for Duke. The struggling Wildcats have lost seven of their last eight games.

WINTHROP 1 #7 CLEMSON 2. Michael Brooks scored two goals in leading Clemson (10-2-1) to a comeback victory before a record Winthrop crowd of 1,810 fans. Daniel Revio had scored in the 52nd minute to put Winthrop ahead before the Tigers rallied with goals from Brooks in the 54th and 75th minutes. The loss snapped the Eagles’ nine-game unbeaten streak. Clemson coach Trevor Adair was duly impressed. “This was a great atmosphere,” he said. “It was a great crowd and Winthrop has a superb facility. Winthrop is one of the best teams we have faced all year.”

#8 WEST VIRGINIA 2 AMERICAN 1 (OT). The Mountaineers (11-1-2) were 47 seconds away from falling to AU when Finn Tony Lindroos tied the score with the first goal of his collegiate career. In the fourth minute of overtime, Reed Cooper punched in Dan Stratford‘s cross for his second goal of the season. Garth Juckem‘s goal in the 65th minute for American put WVU behind in a match for only the third time all season.

#11 UIC 1 NORTHWESTERN 0. Pavle Dundjer‘s goal in the 76th minute gave UIC (10-1-2) its third straight win. The Serbian knifed past a throng of Northwestern defenders and launched a laser that escaped the grasp of diving Wildcat keeper Will Briley.

#10 NOTRE DAME 3 MICHIGAN STATE 0. The Irish have won six straight games, and Joseph Lapira has scored in each of them. He scored two goals in each of the first five games, and added one against the Spartans to give him 18 goals and 39 points and rank first in the nation in both categories. Matt Besler and Michael Thomas also scored for Notre Dame (10-3-2).

OAKLAND 0 #14 CINCINNATI 1 (OT). Kenny Anaba scored in the 96th minute for the only goal on a sloppy, wet afternoon at the OU Soccer Field. The Bearcats (9-3-2) extended their school-record unbeaten streak to eight matches.

#22 UC IRVINE 1 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 4. Sophomore Ben Cox and freshman Sunghyun Kim each had a goal and an assist, while juniors Fergie Agwu and Sean Franklin also scored, as the Matadors (5-3-4) moved into sole possession of first place in the Big West. They also extended their unbeaten streak to seven (4-0-3) with the win. The Anteaters (8-3-2) lost their second straight conference game.

#25 CREIGHTON 1 DRAKE 0. Ryan Junge scored the game-winning goal in the 70th minute as the Bluejays (8-3-3) extended their unbeaten streak to five matches. Ten minutes before Junge’s goal, CU keeper Matt Allen stopped Peter Kariotis‘ penalty kick.