Maryland won the NCAA Division I menÆs title 37 years after its first national championship when the Terrapins beat New Mexico, 1-0, Sunday in the final at the SAS Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.

The MenÆs College Cup victory came after three straight years during which Sasho Cirovski's Maryland team advanced to the final four only to fall in the semifinals.

This year, the No. 1 seed Terrapins crushed SMU, 4-1, in the semifinals with four goals in six minutes on either side of halftime. In the final, senior transfer Marc Burch scored the only goal with a free kick from 25 yards that deflected off a Lobo defender and gave goalie Mike Gracyzk no chance.

Freshman goalie Chris Seitz made the key defensive play for Maryland, diving to stop Andrew Boyens' penalty kick in the 50th minute. Boyens knocked the rebound over the top with Seitz beaten on the ground.

Maryland was one of the first soccer powers south of the Mason-Dixon Line in the 1960s and shared the 1968 national title with Michigan State.

New Mexico, a 2-1 winner over Clemson in the other semifinal, had never advanced beyond the third round before this year.

SEMIFINALS

Dec. 9 in Cary, N.C.

New Mexico 2 Clemson 1. Goals: Barklage (Boyens, Watson) 20, Boyens (Gualdarama) 63; Richards 40.

New Mexico — Graczyk, Ashwill, Boyens, Wootton, Brown, Barklage, Moss, Watson, Gualdarama, Rowland, Bagwell. Subs: Danaher, Loeseth, Wright, Hanna.

Clemson — Marfuggi, Gibson, Sturgis, OÆHara, H.Usry, B.Moore, Quintanar, Richards, Albright, Buchholz, J.Moore. Subs: Routh, Poe, Roberts

Referee: Terry Vaughn.

Att.: 8,645.

Dec. 9 in Cary, N.C.

Maryland 4 SMU 1. Goals: Zusi (Glaudemans) 44, Garey (Goldbolt, Rogers) 47, Garey (Edu) 47, King pen. 50; da Silva (Guarda) 55.

Maryland — Seitz, Dello-Russo, Glaudemans, Lancos, Delagarza, Goldbolt, King, Rogers, Edu, Garey, Burch. Subs: Rodkey, CÆdeBeca, Allen, Zusi, Beckman.

SMU — Wideman, Gonzalez, Lopez, Mirsky, Needham, Zindel, Guarda, Chun, Saintus, Hashimoto, da Silva. Subs: Mann, Corbin, Wileman, Uremovich.

Referee: Eric Simmons

Att.: 8,645.

FINAL

Dec. 11 in Cary, N.C.

Maryland 1 New Mexico 0. Goal: Burch 31.

Maryland — Seitz, Dello-Russo, Glaudemans, Lancos, Delagarza, Goldbolt, King, Rogers, Edu, Garey, Burch. Subs: CÆdeBeca, Zusi.

New Mexico — Graczyk, Ashwill, Boyens, Wootton, Brown, Barklage, Moss, Watson, Gualdarama, Rowland, Bagwell. Subs: Danaher, Loeseth, Wright, Hanna, Vitagliano.

Referee: Michael Kennedy.

Att.: 6,922.

MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYERS

Offensive — Jason Garey, Maryland

Defensive — Chris Seitz, Maryland

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:

Jason Garey, Maryland, Chris Seitz, Maryland, Robbie Rogers, Maryland, A.J. Godbolt, Maryland, Michael Dello-Russo, Maryland, Andrew Boyens, New Mexico, Lance Watson, New Mexico, Mike Graczyk, New Mexico, Dane Richards, Clemson, Justin Moore, Clemson, Paulo da Silva, SMU.