Monthly Archives: October 2009

WOMEN’S NEWS … Marika Gray‘s goal in the 54th minute gave unranked Virginia Tech its second upset win of the week, this time a 1-0 win over No. 2 North Carolina Sunday afternoon in Blacksburg. With the victory, the Hokies moved into first place in the ACC with a 4-0 win.

Goalie Kristin Carden was outstanding for Virginia Tech with 10 saves. Her biggest save came in the 67th minute when she denied Casey Nogueira after a scramble right near the goal line. Carden had made five saves in the Hokies’ 2-1 win at No. 16 on Thursday.

The loss was Carolina’s first ever to Virginia Tech and only its eighth ever in ACC play.

* TOP 25 UPSETS. No. 12 St. John’s, No. 15 Florida, No. 16 Ohio State and No. 25 Kansas were the other Top 25 teams to lose to unranked teams in Sunday. St. John’s’ dropped its first Big East game when it lost, 1-0, at home to Cincinnati. Ole Miss knocked off Florida, 3-2. Katie Schoepfer‘s late penalty kick gave Penn State a 2-1 win over Ohio State, while Kansas dropped a 2-1 decision to Texas, its second Big 12 loss of the weekend on the road.

— It was otherwise an afternoon for stalemates. No. 7 South Carolina, No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 12 St. John’s and No. 13 Rutgers all had to settle for ties. No. 1 Santa Clara and No. 11 California also played to a draw, tying, 1-1, at Buck Shaw Stadium.

(Click here for more Sunday women’s results.)

* TOP 25 RESULTS:
Sunday, Oct. 4
ACC: Virginia Tech 1 (Gray 54) No. 2 North Carolina 0.
No. 3 Portland 2 (Foxhoven 29, pen. 57) Washington State 1 (Dallstream 73).
ACC: No. 5 Florida State 4 (Hunter 4, Jaurena 6, McCarty 30, Price 78) Miami (Fla.) 1 (Rickers 45).
ACC: No. 6 Boston College 2 (MacNeil 62, V.DiMartino 72) N.C. State 1 (Dugal 8).
SEC: Mississippi State 1 (Wannek 71) No. 7 South Carolina 1 (Jacobs 46).
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Big East: Pittsburgh 0 No. 8 Notre Dame 0.
Big Ten: Purdue 1 (Forbes 19) No. 9 Michigan State 1 (Peterson 50).
No. 11 Santa Clara (Goynes 72) No. 10 California 1 (Morgan 42). Big East: No. 12 St. John’s 0 Cincinnati 1 (Ranson 40)
SEC: Mississippi 3  (Weatherly 61, Breathitt 84, Curran 102) No. 15 Florida 2 (Thigpen 63, Annis 78).
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Big East: South Florida 0 No. 13 Rutgers 0.
Big Ten: Penn State 2 (Nairn 38, Schoepfer pen. 75)  No. 16 Ohio State 1 (Granberg 85).
(Buckeye  Courtney Jenkins missed a penalty kick.)
Big East: No. 17 Connecticut 2 (Ruutu 38, Busque 77) Georgetown 1 (Jordan 76).
ACC: Clemson 0 No. 18 Wake Forest 3 (Feger 41, 40, Fountain 63).
SEC: Auburn 0 No. 20 LSU 2 (Rutledge 20, Clarke 51).
(Tigers are 4-0-0 in SEC play.)
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SEC: Vanderbilt 0 No. 21 Georgia 3 (Farley 33, Simpson 64, Hooker 78)
ACC: Duke 0 No. 22 Maryland 4 (Hubka 11, Dreska 24, Spencer 38, Ayinde 90).
Big 12: Texas 2 (Rivera 67, Doniak 78) No. 25 Kansas 1 (Noble 59).
(Longhorns are on a four-match unbeaten streak.)

Saturday, Oct. 3
Weber State 0 No. 14 Oregon 1 (Kuhns 108) (OT).
Mountain West: No. 25 BYU 2 (Anderson 2, Ringwood 100) Utah 1 (Isleib 35) (OT).

MEN’S NEWS … Kyle Nakazawa extended his scoring streak to six games when he scored on a free kick from 25 yards early in No. 2 UCLA’s game at Washington, but the Bruins had to settle for a 1-1 tie in their Pac-10 showdown when they conceded an own goal early in the second half. Nakazawa has seven goals and four assists in his last six games. The senior’s seven goals match a career high.

* ZIPS REMAIN PERFECT. On Saturday, No. 1 Akron improved to 9-0-0 with a 3-0 win at Florida Atlantic. Teal Bunbury led the Zips with two goals. Akron, which has allowed just one goal all season, has not allowed a goal in the last 574 minutes.

* RETRIEVERS FALL. No. 25 UMBC lost for the first time after nine wins Saturday when the Retrievers fell at Vermont, 3-1, in their America East opener. Marty Galvin led the Catamounts with two goals and an assist on fellow senior Matt Hennessey‘s goal. UMBC now falls to 0-8-2 in its last 10 America East road games.

(Click here for more Sunday men’s results.)

* TOP 25 RESULTS:
Sunday, Oct. 4
Pac-10: Washington 1 (own goal 50) No. 2 UCLA 1 (Nakazawa 8).
Northeast: Fairleigh Dickinson 0 No. 9 Monmouth 1 (Kinne 84).
WCC: St. Mary’s 1 (Coehlo 45) No. 18 Portland 1 (vanSchaik 69).
Big Ten: No. 11 Ohio State 0 No. 21 Northwestern 1 (Hilgard 52).
Conference USA: No. 23 Kentucky 0 UAB 1 (Gumede 15).
(Game draws crowd of 1,774 fans at the UK Soccer Complex.)

Saturday, Oct. 3
Mid-American: Florida Atlantic 0 No. 1 Akron 3 (Bunbury 2, 30, Speas 38).
Big East: No. 7 South Florida 2 (Fairclough 51, Anor 83) Cincinnati 0.
Ivy: Yale 0 No. 8 Harvard 1 (Rogers 103).
America East: No. 19 Boston Univ. 3 (Appiah 22, 25, Prunier 43) Stony Brook 0.
Big East: DePaul 0 No. 20 Louisville 6 (Rolfe 4, Knight 13, 16, DelPiccolo 20, Walker 55, Tufty 87).
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Big East: No. 22 Connecticut 1 (Cascio 56) No. 13 Georgetown 0.
America East: Vermont 3 (Hennessey 13, Galvin 23, 65) No. 25 UMBC 1 (Bulls 30).
CAA: No. 25 Old Dominion 0 UNC Wilmington 0.
Ivy: Columbia 1 (Adafin 51) No. 25 Brown 2 (Thompson 42, Elenz-Martin 104) (OT).

[COLLEGE] No. 8 Notre Dame extended its NCAA record conference unbeaten streak to 56 games when it rallied to win at Big East rival West Virginia, 3-2, on Taylor Knaack‘s goal 41 seconds into overtime. No. 9 Michigan lost for the first time in 10 games when it fell at Big Ten rival Indiana, 1-0, on Carly Samp‘s goal with 21 seconds left in regulation. For all the Friday action and the weekend Top 25 schedule …

MEN’S NEWS … UC Santa Barbara set a school regular-season attendance record Friday night when the No. 12 Gauchos drew 10,114 fans to watch them beat No. 11 Indiana, 3-0, in a nationally televised game at Harder Stadium. Danny Barrera and Canadian freshman Michael Nonni led UCSB with a goal and an assist apiece.

* GAME OF THE DAY:
Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, Calif.
UC Santa Barbara 3 Indiana 0. Goals: Barrera (Tetteh) 39, David (Nonni) 51, Nonni (Barrera) 61.
UC Santa Barbara — Hayden, Boxall, Hoyle, McGlynn, Tetteh, Silva, Barrera, Hedevag, David, Walker, Nonni. Subs: Zerah, Ibrahim, Madueno.
Indiana — Soffner, Sarkodie, Wiet, Meyer, Balchan, Alexander, Jordan, Yeagle, Kelly, Bruin, Adlard. Sub: Hagedorn.
Referee: Alex Gorin.
Att.: 10,114.

* NAKAZAWA FIREWORKS. Senior Kyle Nakazawa scored two goals and set up the third to lead No. 2 UCLA to a 3-1 win at Oregon State in their Pac-10 opener. Nakazawa has six goals and three assists in his last five games and extended his scoring streak to five games. He has scored or assisted on eight of UCLA’s last nine goals.

* ACC SHOWDOWNS. No. 15 Duke defeated No. 3 Maryland, 2-0, and No. 5 North Carolina edged No. 16 Virginia, 1-0, in overtime. Zack Schilawski‘s first career hat trick lifted No. 4 Wake Forest to a 5-1 win over Virginia Tech, while Tyler Lassiter‘s two goals led N.C. State past No. 14 Boston College.

* BATTLE OF THE BAY. In their Pac-10 opener, No. 6 California beat No. 17 Stanford, 1-0, thanks to Andrew Wiedeman‘s team-leading ninth-goal of the season.

— After opening with seven straight wins, No. 9 Monmouth had to settle for a 0-0 tie at Northeast rival Sacred Heart.

(Click here for more Friday night men’s results as  well as the weekend Top 25 schedule.)

* FRIDAY’S RESULTS:
Top 25
Pac-10: Oregon State 1 (Ramsey 19) No. 2 UCLA 3 (Nakazawa 38, 87, Hollingshead 62).
ACC: No. 15 Duke 2 (Finley 52, Harrison 79) No. 3 Maryland 0. (Highlights)
(Blue Devils remain perfect at home with a 6-0-0 mark.)
ACC: Virginia Tech 1 (Bentley 63) No. 4 Wake Forest (Lubahn 6, Adams 12, Schilawski 48, 59, 70).
(Senior Zack Schilawski gets his first career hat trick.)
ACC: No. 5 North Carolina 1 (Brown 109) No. 16 Virginia 0 (OT).
(Game draws 3,192 fans at Fetzer Field.)
Pac-10: No. 6 California 1 (Wideman 49) No. 17 Stanford 0.
Northeast: Sacred Heart 0 No. 9 Monmouth 0.
No. 12 UC Santa Barbara 3 (Barrera 39, David 51, Nonni 61) No. 11 Indiana 0.
(Bears draw 1,320 fans, largest regular-season crowd in Kevin Grimes era.)
ACC: N.C. State 2 (Lassiter pen. 65, 103) No. 14 Boston College 1 (Fitzpatrick pen. 6 (OT).
WCC: Santa Clara 0 No. 18 Portland 1 (Warner pen. 77).
Horizon: Loyola (Ill.) 0 No. 24 Butler 0.

MEN’S NEWS … The Stanford’s women’s 11-0-0 start has overshadowed the Cardinal men’s remarkable turnaround. It takes a 6-1-0 record into Pac-10 play, which begins Friday when it travels to Berkeley to face archrival Cal.

Stanford, ranked No. 17 this week, has already matched its output of only 14 goals last season when it finished 4-11-3 — quite a feat when you consider that the Cardinal’s best attacker, Bobby Warshaw, was moved to center back.

Stanford, which hasn’t qualified for the NCAA Tournament since 2002 when it lost to UCLA, 1-0, in the final, has been bolstered by the return of sixth-year senior Evan Morgan and fifth-year senior T.J. Novak, who were injured early last season.

* RECORD CROWD? UC Santa Barbara’s emergence as a national power has created several intersectional rivalries. The Gauchos will host Indiana on Friday in a rematch of their 2004 NCAA Division I final the Hoosiers won penalty kicks.

The match will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel (11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT), and UCSB will be shooting for a regular-season record crowd. The school record at Harder Stadium is 9,749, set last November when the Gauchos hosted Cal Poly. The national record is 22,512 for the 1980 Bronze Boot game between Saint Louis and reigning national champion SIU-Edwardsville at Busch Stadium.

Weekend Top 25 Schedule

* LIBERTY ROLLS. One of the most dominant teams in the country has been Liberty, who began the week ranked first in scoring (3.2 goals per game) and third in defense (0.33 goals per game). The Flames head into Big South action at Coastal Carolina on Saturday with a 5-1-1 and shutout streak of 346 minutes.

A trio of sophomores — Darren Amoo and Phillip Aseweh from Ghana and Timothy Bullock from nearby Forest, Va. — have combined for 14 goals in seven games. None was much of a factor or part of the team last season. Amoo started four games before suffering a season-ending injuries. Bullock made only four appearances off the bench, while Aseweh played at Virginia Tech.

(Click here to hear Coach Jeff Alder talk about Liberty’s successful start.)

WOMEN’S NEWS … Last year, Stanford put up a five-spot when it made the trek down El Camino Real to Santa Clara. Thursday night, the No. 1 Cardinal outdid itself, pounding the Broncos, 6-2. Buck Shaw Stadium sure feels like home!

Christen Press and Kelley O’Hara combined for four goals and two assists, giving them 30 points apiece for the 11-0-0 Cardinal, who matched its best start ever in 1991.

The Santa Clara program has been rejuvenated this season, but the Silicon Valley Super Clasico was no contest. Even a special pre-game speech by San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Singletary, a friend of strength and conditioning coach Greg Marshall, was of little help to the Broncos.

“Stanford proved today how good a team they are,” said Santa Clara coach Jerry Smith. “They beat us in every aspect of the game tonight and you have to hand it to [Stanford coach] Paul Ratcliffe, his staff, and his players.  They did a tremendous job.  I’ve been saying for weeks they are the best team in the country and they beat us good today. I think my team is pretty solid team and today they made us look average.”
 
* GAME OF THE DAY:
Oct. 1 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Santa Clara 2 Stanford 6. Goals: Angeli (Bosio) 16, Shim pen. 80; O’Hara (Press) 25, Press (Nogueira) 37, Noyola (Taylor) 53, O’Hara (Taylor) 55, Press (O’Hara) 62, Hing-Glover 87.
Santa Clara — Henninger, LaPonte, Potts, Angeli, Matheson, Perry, Reynolds, Webster, Patton, Vernon, Bosio. Subs: Lahman, Orand, Miller, Chun, Poach, Lewis, Aozasa, Beaudoin, Johnson, Shim, Jeffers, Crum.
Stanford — Maker, Quon, Jenkins, Garciamendez, A.Riley, Nogueira, McCann, Noyola, O’Hara, Taylor, Press. Subs: Verloo Dickerson, Stannard, K.Riley, Watkins, Finley, Averbuch, Heath, Redman, Hing-Glover.
Referee: Vince Cortes.
Att.: 1,483.

* BC COACH FUMES. No. 2 North Carolina survived another scare, getting late penalty kicks from Casey Nogueira and Ali Hawkins to defeat No. 6 Boston College, 2-1, on Thursday night before a crowd of 1,800 at the Boston College Soccer Complex. Both goals resulted after the Eagles were called for handballs in the penalty area — calls that infuriated BC coach Alison Kulik, who had to restrain herself from confronting referee Andrew Chapin.

“Clearly, both of those [handballs] weren’t intentional,” she told the Boston Globe. “It’s unfortunate … What’s done is done. I can’t change the result. For me, to go after the middle guy [Chapin], as tempting as it might have been, serves me no purpose. I’d let my team down. They need me on Sunday and I need to be there [for another ACC home game against N.C. State]. That’s my job. It crossed my mind.”

Midfielder Gina DiMartino had chipped Tar Heel goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris (back from the U.S. national team camp) in the 55th minute for BC, which won its opening nine games of the season before dropping back-to-back games to No. 5 Florida State, 3-2, and now Carolina.

Weekend Top 25 Schedule