The weekend drew some of the largest men’s crowds on record. Virginia set a Klockner Stadium attendance record for its game against Virginia Tech with 7,906 fans, the largest crowd of the season in men’s soccer. Saint Louis drew the second largest crowd in Hermann Stadium history, while Connecticut also drew more than 5,000 fans for Coach Ray Reid’s 300th victory. Wake Forest and Clemson both drew their largest crowds of the season.
TOP CROWDS-2007 MEN’S SOCCER
7,906 Virginia-Virginia Tech (Sept. 28)
Crowd broke Klockner Stadium record.
7,243 Indiana-UCLA (Sept. 2)
Hoosiers’ “Fill the Bill” promotion draws record IU soccer crowd.
6,309 Rutgers-Notre Dame (Sept. 21)
Overflow crowd spilled into a standing-room only section.
6,300 Clemson-South Carolina (Aug. 31)
Sixth largest crowd in Tigers’ history.
5,812 Creighton-UCLA (Sept. 8)
UCLA visit attracted record crowd in Omaha
5,758 Saint-Louis-UCF (Sept. 29)
Homecoming audience was second largest crowd in Hermann Stadium history.
5,116 Connecticut-St. John’s (Sept. 28)
Ray Reid picked up 300th career win.
5,111 Boston University-Boston College (Sept. 1)
Eagles won Beantown derby, 1-0
5,022 Maryland-West Virginia (Sept. 7)
Fifth largest crowd in the history of Ludwig Field.
5,013 Duke-Maryland (Sept. 22)
Blue Devils prevailed, 2-1, in overtime
4,263 Connecticut-Syracuse (Sept. 30)
Julius James provided game-winner for UConn.
4,240 Indiana-Maryland (Aug. 31)
Opening night of the annual adidas/IU Credit Union Classic.
4,023 Creighton-Tulsa (Sept. 22)
Sixth largest crowd in Bluejay history.
3,981 Duke-West Virginia (Sept. 15)
Mountaineers handed Blue Devils another home loss.
3,864 Saint Louis-Indiana (Sept. 15)
SLU won share of Saint Louis/Nike Soccer Classic.
3,716 Creighton-San Diego State (Aug. 31)
The Bluejays tied a Morrison Stadium record with 13 corner kicks.
3,604 Connecticut-Canisius (Aug. 31)
UConn led nation in average attendance in ’06.
3,527 Brown-Santa Clara (Sept. 7)
The Bears upset the Broncos.
3,459 Duke-Villanova (Sept. 7)
Duke outshot ‘Nova, 25-4, but lost, 1-0.
3,317 Wake Forest-Maryland (Sept. 29)
No. 1 Deacons draw largest crowd of the season.
3,275 Connecticut-Georgetown (Sept. 15)
Huskies opened Big East play with a win
3,159 Clemson-Duke (Sept. 28)
Largest crowd of the season at Riggs Field.
3,143 San Francisco-UCLA (Sept. 20)
Late Bruin goal silences Negoesco Stadium crowd.
3,121 Duke-Delaware (Aug. 31)
John Rennie’s last season as Duke coach began with win.
TOP CROWDS-2007 WOMEN’S SOCCER
5,008 Texas A&M-Dartmouth (Aug. 31)
Women’s College Cup will be played at Aggie Soccer Stadium.
4,892 Portland-Florida State (Sept. 1)
Pilots’ 2007 home opener drew a sellout crowd at Merlo Field.
4,495 North Carolina-Texas A&M (Sept. 7)
Ninth largest crowd in Texas A&M history.
3,480 Portland-Kansas (Sept. 15)
Pilots won Nike Invitational opener.
3,264 Notre Dame-Michigan (Aug. 31)
Tie ended Irish’s 32- game home winning streak.
3,131 Texas A&M-College of Charleston (Sept. 2)
Crowd boosted Aggies’ opening weekend total of more than 8,000.
3,099 North Carolina-South Carolina (Sept. 1)
UNC’s 1-0 loss was only its 10th at home in its history.
(Preseason games not included.)
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