Dec. 7 in Los Angeles, 7 pm PT

PENN STATE (16-7-0) at UCLA (15-3-3)

Internet Broadcast: http://www.uclabruins.com

With seven goals in two playoff games, UCLA has scored more goals than any other team in the tournament. The Bruins, winners over Loyola Marymount (4-2) and Cal (3-2), have also allowed more goals (four) than any other team left in the tournament.

Penn State hasn't allowed a goal in two playoff games. Sophomore Chad Severs had golden goals to break up scoreless duels against defending champion North Carolina and William & Mary.

NUMBER:

14

UCLA had 14 players receive all-Pac-10 recognition. Three players made the Pac-10 first team: seniors Scot Thompson and Tim Pierce and junior Adolfo Gregorio.

Dec. 7 in Stanford, Calif., 7 pm PT

CLEMSON (14-4-3) at STANFORD (16-4-2)

Stanford and Clemson are coming off long Thanksgiving weeks. Both needed penalty kicks to win their second round games and won their third-round games in overtime.

Of concern to Stanford is the health of All-America candidate Roger Levesque, who has been slowed by a knee injury in recent weeks.

NUMBER:

4

Clemson advanced to the final eight for the fourth time in the last six years under Coach Trevor Adair, but the last time the Tigers made the final four was in 1987 when they won their second national crown.

Dec. 7 in College Park, Md., 1 pm ET

CONNECTICUT (17-5-0) at MARYLAND (19-4-0)

Maryland, the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, is the top seed left after the elimination of Wake Forest in the third round.

UConn beat Maryland, 2-0, on Oct. 12 before 4,500 fans in Storrs, Conn. The Huskies finished the season 11-0-0 at Morrone Stadium but are only 3-4-0 away.

NUMBER:

42

It's been 42 years since Maryland and UConn met in the NCAA Tournament. The only other time the teams faced each other in NCAA action was in 1960 when Maryland beat UConn, 4-0.

Dec. 8 in Brookline, Mass., 1 pm ET

CREIGHTON (17-3-2) vs BOSTON COLLEGE (18-4-0)

BC, champion of the Big East, hosts Creighton, winner of the Missouri Valley title, in a battle of Jesuit colleges at Northeastern's Parsons Field, where the Eagles have played all their NCAA Tournament games.

Both teams have gotten big contributions from transfers. For BC, Kyle Singer (Virginia) was Big East Goalie of the Year. Defender Paul Chase (Providence) scored in the third-round win over SMU. Neil Krause (Assumption) is the Eagles No. 3 scorer with 16 points. For Creighton, three transfers — Brazilian Luiz Del Monte (Harris Stowe), Trinidadian Damien Westfield (Young Harris JC) and Liberian Kama Bennah (West Valley JC and Canada JC) — played in the third-round win at St. John's.

NUMBER:

11

Creighton relaunched men's soccer in 1990. The Bluejays made the NCAA tournament for the first time in 1992 and have been back every year since, a streak of 11 years.