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Nov. 29 in Gainesville, Fla. Florida 3 Penn State 1. Goals: Yohe (Bell) 38:40, Doran (Wambach) 48:59, Tullis (Fotopoulos) 86:05; Convey 22:31. Florida — Flaherty, Bell, Reynolds, Mitts, Gilhart, Hall, Doran, Pini, Baxter, Fotopoulos, Wambach. Subs: Yohe, Tullis, Stevens, Moriera. Penn State — Oleksiuk, Samuel, Strom, Mills, Verdrager, Pickett, Lawson, Medina, Convey, Young, Dutchka. Subs: […]

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) capped a 25-0-0 season by rallying to defeat Illinois-Springfield 2-1 in the NAIA championship match at Birmingham, Ala. The Blue Raiders have now won three national titles in the past four years. Illinois-Springfield jumped out to an early lead on a 29th-minute goal by Dan Butler, but Lindsey Wilson tied the match […]

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) won its first-ever soccer championship with a 2-1 victory over Simon Fraser (B.C.) in the NAIA Women’s final match played in Mobile, Ala. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish for Simon Fraser, which won the 1996 title but fell to Mobile in the 1997 final. Azusa forward Kendra Payne opened the […]

SECOND ROUND Nov. 28 St. John’s 1 Penn State 0 Santa Clara 4 UNC Greensboro 1 Stanford 3 San Diego 1 (2OT) Nov. 29 Maryland 3 Jacksonville 0 Clemson 1 William & Mary 0 Indiana 2 Butler 1 (2OT) Virginia 1 South Carolina 0 UCLA 0 Creighton 2 QUARTERFINALS Dec. 5-6; date and site TBA […]

Nov. 28 in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame 1 Portland 2. Goals: Heft (Makinen, Grubb) 72:21; O’Hanley 27:44, Talbot (Koleski) 87:06. Notre Dame — Beene, Grubb, Lindsey, Brown, Boxx, Vanderberg, Makinen, Streiffer, Gerardo, Erikson, Heft. Sub: Jones. Portland — Harrison, Eaton, Sharpe, Smart, French, Stiles, Johnson, O’Hanley, Talbot, Barton, Koleski. Sub: Del Bosque. Att.: 1,062. […]

Nov. 28 in Santa Clara, Calif. Santa Clara 1 Connecticut 0. Goal: Horvath (Slaton, Celio) 6:50. Santa Clara — Gordon, Kraus, Nanez, Pickup, Slaton, Serlenga, Hollis, Celio, Horvath, Little, Clemens. Subs: Weber, Aldama, Cathcart. Connecticut — Eskerud, Dorn, McCann, J.Tietjen, Gardiner, M.Tietjen, Molinaro, Zimny, Borisjuk, Carlson, Monroe. Subs: Spinelli, Butler, Carabino, Toups. Att.: 2,351. SEMIFINALS […]

Nov. 27 in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 3 Dartmouth 0. Goals: Sheppard (Remy) 36:38, Borgman (McDowell, Remy) 66:40, Karvelsson (Remy) 84:17. North Carolina — Mullinix, Fair, Stoecker, Borgman, Roberts, McDowell, Schwoy, Kluegel, Parlow, Florance, McDonald. Subs: Karvelsson, Sheppard, Remy, Lawler, Marslender, Murphy. Dartmouth — Luckenbill, Eastman, Castro, Rasala, Hearey, Lang, Prairie, Roda, Post, Murray, […]

SECOND ROUND Nov. 28 St. John’s 1 Penn State 0 Santa Clara 4 UNC Greensboro 1 Stanford 3 San Diego 1 (2OT) Nov. 29 Jacksonville (19-4-0) at Maryland (14-7-0) William & Mary (15-7-2) at Clemson (21-1-0) Butler (19-4-1) at Indiana (19-2-0) Creighton (15-3-2) at UCLA (17-3-0) South Carolina (16-4-0) at Virginia (15-3-3) QUARTERFINALS Dec. 5-6 […]

Nov. 27 in Mobile, Ala. Mobile 1 Azusa Pacific 1 (Azusa Pacific wins 3-1 on penalties). Goals: Law 76:20; Alfiler 74:14. Simon Fraser 3 Lindenwood 2. Goals: Trotman (Maglio) 18:14, Maglio (Lehnert) 63:07, Trotman (Seabrook) 88:48; Buchanan (Wade) 24:51, Massman (Gaultney) 47:09. CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 28 in Mobile, Ala. Azusa Pacific (24-0-0) vs. Simon Fraser (15-3-2)

The policies of a recreational league I joined discourage “the manipulation of the rules to further winning.” I think they mean cheating. Why use such a round-about description? Have words like restroom — you can get charged with vagrancy if you took a nap in one — made us euphemism-mad? Or do sports people have […]

Nov. 27 in Birmingham, Ala. Lindsey Wilson 4 William Carey 0. Goals: Odhiambo (Digollo) 47:31, Odhiambo (pen.) 51:40, Menyongar (Bueso) 62:11, Bueso (Menyongar) 79:34. Illinois-Springfield 1 Seattle 0. Goal: Butler (Lee) 87:22. CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 28 in Birmingham, Ala. Lindsey Wilson (24-0-0) vs. Illinois-Springfield (20-6-1)

First Round Pool A Nov. 23 in Mobile, Ala. Mobile 4 Dominican (N.Y.) 0. Goals: Froberg (Grant) 14:26, South (Landeen) 21:00, Law 56:32, Froberg 80:04. Nov. 24 in Mobile, Ala. Transylvania 2 Dominican (N.Y.) 2. Goals: Byrd 66:45, Campbell (Kelley) 82:37; Irwin (Dmochowski) 49:17, Irwin (DiMaria) 70:32. Nov. 25 in Mobile, Ala. Mobile 2 Transylvania […]

First Round Pool A Nov. 23 in Birmingham, Ala. Illinois-Springfield 1 Harris-Stowe State 0. Goal: Lee (Avdogdu) 77:47. Nov. 24 in Birmingham, Ala. Life 5 Harris-Stowe State 3. Goals: Cvetkovic (Leach) 3:47, Lowther (Austin) 14:49, Connolly (Cvetkovic) 22:59, Lowther (pen.) 61:20, Leach (Connolly) 82:50; Kipnusu (Wilson) 40:26, Wilson (Joako) 70:00, Joako 72:09. Nov. 25 in […]

GROUP A Nov. 25 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 2 (Gogic 17, Djordjevic 55) Porto (Portugal) 1 (Zahovic 76). Half: 1-0. Att.: 70,000. Nov. 25 in Amsterdam Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 0 Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) 1 (Simic 68). Half: 0-0. Att.: 30,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Olympiakos 5 3 1 1 7 […]

FIRST ROUND Group A: Central 3 (Panama or El Salvador), Caribbean 3 (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba or Bahamas) and Bermuda. Group B: Mexico, Costa Rica, Caribbean 2 (Dominica, St. Kitts/Nevis or Jamaica), Central 4 (Nicaragua or Honduras). Group C: Canada, Central 1 (Belize or Guatemala), Caribbean 1 (Guyana, Surinam, Aruba or Netherlands Antilles), Caribbean 4 […]

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QUARTERFINALS Nov. 19 in Baltimore Brevard 5 Rhode Island CC 1 Meramec 1 Anne Arundel 0 Dixie 1 Monroe 0 Champlain 4 Brookdale 0 SEMIFINALS Nov. 20 in Baltimore Meramec 4 Brevard 3 (PK) Champlain 2 Dixie 1 THIRD-PLACE MATCH Nov. 22 in Baltimore Brevard 2 Dixie 1 (3OT) CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 22 in Baltimore Champlain […]

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 19 in Trenton, N.J. Yavapai 2 DuPage 0 State Fair 0 Mt. Ida 0 (State Fair wins on penalties.) Springfield 3 Mercer Co. 2 Reinhardt 3 Tyler 2 SEMIFINALS Nov. 20 in Trenton, N.J. State Fair 0 Yavapai 0 (State Fair wins on penalties.) Reinhardt 0 Springfield 0 (Reinhardt wins on penalties.) THIRD-PLACE […]

Former Tampa Bay Mutiny defender Frank Yallop will re-join the team as an assistant coach for the 1999 MLS season. Yallop, waived by the Mutiny on Nov. 1, will begin his new duties on Jan. 1. He will join holdover assistant coach Perry Van Der Beck on the Mutiny coaching staff. “It’s always great when […]

Senior forward Tawni Epperson scored on a breakaway in the second minute of the fourth overtime period to give Macalester a 1-0 win over College of New Jersey and the school’s first NCAA title in any sport. It was the longest championship match since Ithaca beat Cortland on penalties in 1990. Both teams saw free […]

Nov. 24 in Rome Roma (Italy) 1 (Totti pen. 90) FC Zurich (Switzerland) 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 19,400. Nov. 24 in Zurich Grasshoppers (Switzerland) 3 (Kavelaschvili 20, Turkyilmaz 32, Comisetti 53) Girondins Bordeaux (France) 3 (Wiltord 5, 73, Micoud 19). Half: 2-2. Att.: 10,000. Nov. 24 in Bologna Bologna (Italy) 4 (Fontolan 25, 74, Kolyvanov […]

FIRST ROUND Nov. 20 in Tampa South Florida 1 William & Mary 2 (2OT). Goals: K.Alvero (Curry, Houser) 87:06; Dominguez (Knott) 14:12, Pillari 117:49. South Florida — Miller, Elias, Hanaes, Loevland, Beaudoin, Scrivens, B.Alvero, Houser, Curry, K.Alvero, Waltrip. Subs: Zigler, Anatol, Nicoletto, Cudjoe, Alva-Cavero. William & Mary — Brown, Chittum, Ross, Coffin, Hernandez, Knott, Stoddart, […]

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 21-22 St. Lawrence 2 Williams 2 (Williams wins on penalties.) Ohio Wesleyan 2 Trinity (Texas) 1 Rowan 1 Johns Hopkins 0 (3OT) Greensboro 2 Macalester 1 (3OT) SEMFINALS Nov. 28 in Delaware, Ohio Williams (17-1-0) at Ohio Wesleyan (16-6-0) Rowan (16-5-1) vs. Greensboro (17-3-0) CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 29 in Delaware, Ohio Semifinal winners

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 21-22 Lynn 1 USC Spartanburg 2 (2OT) Truman State 0 Mercyhurst 1 So. Connecticut 4 New Hampshire Coll. 2 Seattle Pacific 2 Grand Canyon 1 (3OT) SEMIFINALS Dec. 3 in Spartanburg, S.C. Mercyhurst (17-3-1) at USC Spartanburg (22-0-0) So. Connecticut (18-2-1) vs. Seattle Pacific (14-6-2) CHAMPIONSHIP Dec. 5 in Spartanburg, S.C. Semifinal winners

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 21-22 Franklin Pierce 5 C.W. Post 0 Lynn 7 Belmont Abbey 0 So. Indiana 0 Ashland 1 Sonoma State 4 Mesa State 1 SEMIFINALS Dec. 4 in Boca Raton, Fla. Franklin Pierce (21-0-0) at Lynn (17-1-0) Ashland (17-2-1) vs. Sonoma State (22-1-0) CHAMPIONSHIP Dec. 6 in Boca Raton, Fla. Semifinal winners