Monthly Archives: September 2009

MEN’S NEWS … Unranked Santa Clara was the weekend’ big winner, beating No. 7 Notre Dame (2-0) and No. 8 Purdue (3-1).

No. 10 Wake Forest and No. 12 Indiana lost for the first time this season. Washington beat No. 20 Illinois, 1-0, and Penn edged No. 25 Pitt, 2-1, in overtime.

No. 10 Wake Forest and No. 12 Indiana lost for the first time this season. Dartmouth defeated No. 15 West Virginia, 1-0, Washington beat No. 20 Illinois, 1-0, and Penn edged No. 25 Pitt, 2-1, in overtime.

The biggest rout: Three days after losing for the first time, No. 4 Florida State took it out on No. 24 UAB with an 8-0 win. Three different Seminoles had two goals.

PERFECT STARTS
Unbeaten and untied Top 25 teams …
1. North Carolina (6-0-0) 1
2. Stanford (7-0-0) 2
3. Portland (7-0-0) 3
5. Boston College (6-0-0) 6
18. Maryland (7-0-0) NR
25. South Carolina (6-0-0) NR

TOP 25 RESULTS:
Sunday, Sept. 13
No. 2 Stanford 2 (Nogueira 56, Press 58) No. 7 Notre Dame 0.
No. 3 Portland 2 (Enyeart 11, Foxhoven 86) Miami, Fla. 0.
(Pilots complete sweep of Nike Portland Invitational before 3,038 fans.)
No. 4 Florida State 8 (Lim 2, 25, McCarty 10, 29,  Bolinsky 33, 84, Switzer 51, Price 63) No. 24 UAB 0.
No. 5 Boston College 4 (G.DiMartino 16, 63, V.DiMartino 54, Caldwell 76) Long Beach State 0.
No. 6 UCLA 2 (Larsen 2, 46) Gonzaga 0.
Santa Clara 3 (Patton 3, Webster 18, 82) No. 8 Purdue 1 (Forbes 15).
No. 9 California 4 (Omarsdottir 3, Morgan 9, 16, Kevorkian 81) SMU 2 (Briggs 18, Scovill 86)
Connecticut 4 (Cunningham 17, Giddings 31, 55, Clark 39) No. 10 Wake Forest 2 (Hutchinson 48, Fountain 88)
Arizona vs. No. 11 Rutgers (10 pm ET kickoff)
St. John’s 2 (Ludeman 73, McGrath 76) No. 12 Indiana 1 (McKay 11)
Colorado College 0 No. 13 Kansas 0.
No. 14 Florida 3 (King 41, Tymrak 48, Thompson 54) Colorado 1 (Russell 80).
No. 15 West Virginia 0 Dartmouth 1 (O’Dea).
No. 16 Virginia 4 (Lenczyk 12, 20, Rostedt 26, L.Miller 56) Seton Hall 0.
Charlotte 2 (Beam 26, McGowan 87) No. 17 Georgia 3 (Vorless 17, Perry 37, Dennis 64).
No. 18 Maryland 1 (Dreska 60) James Madison 0.
No. 20 Illinois 0 Washington 1 (Perez 83).
No. 23 Penn State 3 (Toney 29, 47, Evans 49) Boston Univ. 0.
Penn 2 (Campbell 85, McDermott 94) No. 25 Pittsburgh 1 (Nicassio 53) (OT).
No. 25 South Carolina 2 (Mattern 56, Grimsley 64) UNC Wilmington 0.
(Goalie Mollie Patton hasn’t given up a goal in 540 minutes.)
No. 25 Vanderbilt 1 (Andrews 3) Missouri 1 (Bonnick 56).

Saturday, Sept. 12
No. 1 North Carolina 2 (Washington 82, McDonald 88) No. 21 Texas A&M 0.

(Read more below for other Sunday results and highlights from around the country.)

MEN’S NEWS … Sophomore Stephen Knox‘s first goal of the season gave Boston University a 1-0 win over No. 3 St. John’s on Sunday night at Nickerson Field.

No. 1 Akron and No. 4 Wake Forest rolled on the road on Sunday. Golden goals gave New Mexico a 2-1 win at No. 15 Notre Dame and No. 17 Northwestern a 3-2 victory over Tulsa.

American was the only other Top 25 team to fall to an unranked team, dropping a 3-0 decision to Monmouth.

With UC Santa Barbara trailing Loyola Marymount, 2-0, in the second half, it looks like only three Top 25 teams will complete Week 2 with unbeaten and untied records: No. 1 Akron, No. 12 South Florida and No. 20 Duke (4-0-0).

(Read Monday morning’s Soccer America Daily for the new Soccer America Top 25.)

TOP 25 RESULTS:
Sunday, Sept. 13
Cincinnati 0 No. 1 Akron 3 (own goal 17, Nanchoff 80, Mwila 81).
Boston Univ. 1 (Knox 34) No. 3 St. John’s 0.
Clemson 1 (Thornton 89) No. 4 Wake Forest 3 (Opara 6, Randolph 60, 83).
(Ike Opara scores in last game before joining U.S. U-20s.)
No. 6 Dartmouth 2 (Keat 25, pen. 60) Rhode Island 0.
51st minute: No. 7 UC Santa Barbara 0 Loyola Marymount 2 (Baca 24, Da Silva 34).
Marquette 0 No. 8 UC Irvine 1 (Thompson 57).
No. 11 California 3 (Wiedeman 16, Cosgriff 35, Jimenez 71) Cal Poly 1 (Gray pen. 66).
No. 13 Louisville 1 (Rolfe 50) UIC 1 (Trout 63).
No. 15 Notre Dame 1 (own goal) New Mexico 2 (Davis 38, 92) (OT).
No. 16 Indiana 2 (Bruin 54, Adlard 83) Seattle 0.
No. 17 Northwestern 3 (Bellizzi 23, Eliason pen. 66, 99) Tulsa 2 (Albertson 33, Parada 75) (OT).
No. 18 Connecticut 0 Iona 0.
No. 22 Northern Illinois 1 (De La Cerda 85) Oakland 0.
Monmouth 3 (Clark 1, Kinne 7, Caiella 42) No. 23 American 0.
No. 24 Michigan 3 (Fuzetti 10, Saad 25, Keller 74) Lipscomb 0.
No. 25 South Carolina 1 (Ruthven 45) George Mason 0.

Saturday, Sept. 12
No. 2 North Carolina 2 (Loyd 33, Farfan 65) No. 19 N.C. State 1 (Sanchez 2).

(Read more below for other Sunday results and highlights from around the country.)

SMALL COLLEGE NEWS … Jim Regan played at Bethany College, where he was enshrined in its Hall of Fame in 2005. Son Seth was an all-conference selection for Wheeling Jesuit.

On Wednesday night, they squared off when Wheeling beat Bethany, 5-1, but they switched sides (VIDEO). Jim is in his 27th season as the head coach at Wheeling Jesuit and needs only four more wins to reach the 300 mark in his career. Sean, in his first season as the head coach at Bethany, is still seeking his first win. The Bison is 0-4-0.

“Most people dream of playing professionally,” Seth told woaktv.com, “but when I was little, I never missed one of my dad’s games and I wanted to follow in his footsteps. Now to be the head coach at Bethany where he played and run the program that John Cunningham, who was like a second grandfather to me, started, is a dream come true.”

WOMEN’S SOCCER … UCF knocked No. 5 Florida State from the unbeaten ranks Thursday when it defeated the Seminoles, 1-0, on Courtney Whidden‘s golden goal on a header off fellow senior Becca Thomas‘ free kick that touched off a massive celebration among the fans in a school record crowd of 1,142 in Orlando.

“I knew we could do it,” said Whidden. “This team has worked so hard and finally we are getting recognition. We are showing everybody that we need to be ranked. We got what we deserved tonight.”

UCF (4-1-1) had already beaten one ranked ACC team, defeating Duke, 3-2, on Stacie Hubbard‘s late goal off another set piece. The Knights’ only loss was a 4-0 defeat at No. 1 North Carolina.

“Credit to UCF,” said FSU coach Mark Krikorian.  “They came in, had a great game plan and were very organized.  They were disciplined in their defending and limited our chances.  I would say it was a fair result for the game.”
 
Thursday’s Scoreboard

* WEEKEND TOP 25 ACTION:
Friday, Sept. 11
No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 8 Purdue (Santa Clara Tournament)
No. 3 Portland vs. No. 20 Illinois (Nike Portland Invitational)
No. 10 Wake Forest vs. No. 23 Penn State (UConn Classic)
No. 16 Virginia vs. No. 15 West Virginia (Virginia Nike Classic)

Saturday, Sept. 12
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 21 Texas A&M

Sunday, Sept. 13
No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 7 Notre Dame (Santa Clara Classic)
No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 24 UAB

* INJURY REPORT. Cincinnati lost defender Logan Ballinger with a season-ending injury in Sunday’s match against South Carolina. The junior, the Bearcats’ second-leading scorer when she was injured, will seek a medical redshirt.

MEN’S NEWS … The hottest duo in the men’s ranks is UMBC’s Andrew Bulls and Levi Houapeu.

For the third straight game, Bulls had two goals, while Houapeu added three assists in the Retrievers’ 3-1 win over St. Francis (Pa.) that improved their record to 4-0-0, making them the first Division I men’s team to win four games. Bulls, a sophomore, now has seven goals and four assists in four games. Houapeu, a junior, has four goals and six assists.

Their reputations as scoring threats extend beyond the college game. Bulls’ goal for the Baltimore Bays was named the 2008 Goal of the Year in the first year of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Houapeu was named to the all-tournament representing D.C. United this summer at the Super-20 men’s championships.

UMBC’s 4-0-0 start is the program’s best since the 1999 season. It will host Mount St. Mary’s Saturday in the final game of the adidas Kick Off Classic.

* OFF TO EGYPT. Goalie Brian Perk and midfielder Michael Stephens played their last game for UCLA Thursday night before leading off to Cyprus, where the USA will begin preparations Sunday for the Under-20 World Cup beginning later this month in Egypt. Both played 79 minutes before coming out in the Bruins’ 4-0 win over UC Davis.

The Bruins should make do without their seniors thanks to one of the deepest squads to grace Westwood in the program’s long history. That was evident Thursday night as freshmen Chandler Hoffman and Evan Raynr combined for three goals off the bench. Brian Rowe, who did not have to make a save in his 20 minutes of action Thursday, will assume starting goalkeeper duties while Perk is away.

* U-20 COLLEGIANS:
Brian Perk (UCLA)
Aaron Maund (Notre Dame)
Ike Opara (Wake Forest)
Brian Ownby (Virginia)
Dillon Powers (Notre Dame)
Michael Stephens (UCLA)

Thursday’s Scoreboard

* WEEKEND TOP 25 ACTION:
Friday, Sept. 11
No. 6 Dartmouth vs. No. 18 Connecticut (Nike Hypertherm Classic)
No. 21 Virginia vs. No. 20 Duke

Saturday, Sept. 12
No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 19 N.C. State