VU women to face Maryland on Saturday

The Vanderbilt women's basketball team will face Maryland on Saturday in the semi finals of the Spokane (Wash.) Regional of the NCAA Tournament. The No. 1 seeded Terrapins defeated No. 8 seed Nebraska, 76-64, on Tuesday night.

Maryland, (32-3), finished the regular season second in the ACC behind North Carolina and has defeated the likes of LSU, Duke (twice), Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Virginia. Maryland's three losses were to Rutgers, North Carolina and Duke (in ACC Tourney). Maryland is ranked fifth nationally in the RPI ratings. Forward/center Crystal Langhorne, who averages 17 points per game, is the Terrapins leading scorer. Maryland won the national championship in 2006.

Vanderbilt (25-8) advanced by defeating West Virginia, 64-46, on Monday night. Vanderbilt is 34-20 all time in the NCAA Tournament. The last time the Commodores advanced to a regional semifinal was in 2005 when they lost to Michigan State, 76-64, in Kansas City.

The Vanderbilt-Maryland winner will face the winner of the Pittsburgh-Stanford matchup for the right to advance to the Final Four.

Tip off time for Saturday’s game has not yet been announced.