COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Jeff Quijano picked the perfect lyrics for the No. 18 Michigan men’s soccer team’s season when he recorded a team music video last week: “It’s far from over.”

That message was probably on the minds of every player when the team trailed one of the nation’s most storied soccer programs at the half on Saturday.

And it must have been going through Quijano’s mind when he left the locker room for the second half. The senior defender scored just four minutes into the period to even the game, 1-1.

The game and the season were far from over for the Wolverines (17-4-3), who continued the trend of dominating the second stanza in their 3-2 overtime victory. Their second-half heroics propelled them past No. 3 Maryland and into their first-ever College Cup.

“I find that your prayers get answered when you have good players,” Michigan coach Steve Burns said after the game. “When you’ve got good players, you’ve got a good second-half team.”

The Wolverines, who are riding a nine-game win streak, have yet to score a first-half goal in the NCAA Tournament, while they have surrendered two.

No team so far, though, has had an answer for Michigan's second-half onslaught. The team has outscored opponents 8-2 after halftime in its three tournament games.

On Saturday, the second-seeded Terrapins were in complete control of the match for the first 45 minutes. Five saves by redshirt junior goalkeeper Chris Blais and a few squandered opportunities by Maryland (19-3-1) kept Michigan, the 10th seed, hanging around.

“We thought that we were right still in the game at the half,” Burns said. “We needed to get our attacks forward. … Once we were able to get the pressure off of us and established on them, that's when the chances started to come.”

Burns, as he always seems to do, made the necessary changes at halftime to put his team in position to score. The comeback victory marked the first time all season that Maryland had surrendered a lead.

“Maryland is very good,” Burns said. “They’ve done a great job with being able to press you in your back half of the field. We felt that we could play through a lot of that pressure, but we also had to recognize when he needed to go back at them with counters and with direct play. And we needed Justin Meram … and Soony (Saad) to be able to secure the ball.”

Added Meram: “By me dropping (back on defense), we didn't have to go long every time. It helped the rhythm. Once we had rhythm and we're playing at our best, not many people can stop us.”

Michigan came out of the break with that rhythm, looking like a different team. Accordingly, its scoring came from some different sources. Maryland held the “Three Amigos” — Meram, sophomore Hamoody Saad and freshman Soony Saad — to an unusually low 10 shots combined. Neither Quijano nor freshman midfielder Fabio Pereira had tallied a goal this season before Saturday, but each contributed one against the Terrapins.

Quijano came out of the break looking like a different player. Apart from being a disruptive force on defense all day for the Wolverines, his score took a world of pressure off the team.

“I felt like I was due for a goal,” Quijano said. “Coach told me at halftime, he told me I gotta keep it up, I gotta keep playing well. … The goal was actually a bit funny because the ball was flying in the air, I saw Soony coming in to wind up and take it. I mean, Soony’s got 19 goals, you figured I should let him take the shot. But something told me I need to hit this one, and it went in.

“It feels awesome. I came through for my team and that’s all I really wanted to do.”