Category: College Soccer Reporter

Top seed Oklahoma City rallied for two goals 11 seconds apart to beat Hastings, 2-1, the quarterfinals of the NAIA Men’s National Championships. The Stars are joined by No. 2 seed Rio Grande, No. 14 Mt. Vernon Nazarene and unseeded Bethel (Tenn.). OCU meets Bethel in one semifinal, and Rio Grande faces Mt. Vernon Nazarene in a battle of Ohio teams. For all the quarterfinal results and semifinal schedule …

All the 2008 women’s all-conference teams and individual conference awards have been released. The Women’s College Cup, which begins Friday, will feature All-ACC Offensive Player of the Year Casey Nogueira (North Carolina), All-Big East Offensive Player of the Year Kerri Hanks (North Carolina) and the Pac-10 Player of the Year Christina DiMartino (UCLA). For all the conference awards (ACC to MAAC) …

The rest of the the 2008 women’s all-conference teams and individual conference awards from the Mid-American to WCC …

A rash of injuries to star players has impacted the men’s soccer season like none other in recent memory. The most notable injury was a knee injury 2007 Hermann Trophy winner O’Brian White is reported to have suffered playing for Connecticut — an injury that could impact his value in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. But other college stars have also been affected.

Akron, Ohio, is best known as the home of NBA star LeBron James, but they also take their soccer seriously in the Rubber City. The University of Akron’s elimination from the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament following the decision of the NCAA to move its third-round game from Akron’s Lee Jackson Field to Northwestern has the Zips’ faithful steaming.

The feel-good story of the 2008 postseason continued Tuesday as Westmont advanced to the quarterfinals of the NAIA Men’s National Championships with a 1-0 win over Baker. While the Warriors were competing in Fresno, Calif., school resumed Monday for the first time since last month’s Tea Fire burned parts of the Montecito campus, destroying eight buildings and 15 faculty homes and leaving more than 60 students, faculty and staff without homes.

Unseeded Bethel (Tenn.) defeated No. 12 seed Southern Nazarene, 2-0, on goals by Dawyne Smith and Felix Obilo and moved into the quarterfinals of the NAIA Men’s National Championships. No. 7 seed Notre Dame (Ohio) lost to No. 10 Maine-Fort Kent in a shootout after their game ended in a 2-2 tie. For all the first-round results and quarterfinal schedule …

Trinity Christian of Illinois pulled the biggest upset of the day at the NAIA Women’s National Championships with a 1-0 win over No. 7 seed Cal Baptist in Daytona Beach, Fla. Freshman Allison Doyle scored less than two minutes into the contest for the Trolls, who are making their first ever appearance in the nationals. They are the only lower seed in this year’s tournament to defeat a higher seed. For all the results and goal scorers …

Making its first appearance in the NAIA Men’s National Championship, Mt. Vernon Nazarene upset Lindsey Wilson, 1-0, on Adam Worrall‘s second-half goal. The Blue Raiders went into the game with 35 national championship wins, the most of any current NAIA program. Top-seed Oklahoma City needed a goal from Stephen Sheffield in the second overtime to earn a 2-1 victory over the host school, Fresno Pacific. For all the results and goal scorers …

No Women’s College Cup has ever featured the depth of talent in the frontlines of the four participants. They include an Olympic gold-medalist (UCLA’s Lauren Cheney) and a former Hermann Trophy winner (Notre Dame’s Kerri Hanks). For a look at the North Carolina, Notre Dame, Stanford and UCLA frontlines …

SOCCER AMERICA profiles Stanford junior Kelley O’Hara, the elder in one of the nation’s most prolific attacks. O’Hara will lead the Cardinal (22-1-1) as it moves into Friday’s Women’s College Cup semifinals for only the second time.

Cynthia Morote-Ariza of Loyola (Ill.) and Milwaukee’s Sarah Hagen remain the NCAA Division I women’s leaders in points and goals, respectively, but they can be overpassed by North Carolina’s Casey Nogueira and Notre Dame’s Keri Hanks, who will be competing in the Women’s College Cup. For all the NCAA Division I leaders …

Top-seed Lindsey Wilson won its opening game at the NAIA Women’s Championship with a 3-0 win over McKendree in Daytona Beach, Fla. The higher seeds won all four games on Monday. For all the results and goal scorers …

Bowling Green men’s coach Fred Thompson handed in his resignation on Monday.

Akron sophomore Steve Zakuani maintained his lead among NCAA Division I men’s scorers in points (47) and goals (20). The only player with a realistic shot of catching him is Wake Forest’s Cody Arnoux, who has 39 points and 17 goals. For all the NCAA Division I leaders …

No. 1 seed Wake Forest left no doubt who has the most explosive attack in men’s soccer, trouncing No. 16 seed Dartmouth, 7-0, on Sunday to move into the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament.

Akron was the highest remaining seed in the NCAA Tournament to fall in the third round when the No. 5 Zips fell at unseeded Northwestern, 1-0, in a game that was decided by two shots two minutes apart in the second half — a Northwestern shot into a fierce wind that found the upper corner and an Akron shot that hit the crossbar.

No. 2 seed Maryland extended its winning streak to 13 games. Creighton and North Carolina won in overtime. Indiana beat Michigan, 3-0, in a battle of Big Ten foes. South Florida needed penalty kicks to oust upstart UNC Greensboro. St. John’s edged Big West champion UC Irvine, 3-2.

Three teams from the ACC (Wake Forest, Maryland and North Carolina), two from the Big East (St. John’s and South Florida) and Big Ten (Indiana and Northwestern) and one from the Missouri Valley (Creighton) make up the final eight in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament. For the quarterfinal schedule and third-round scores …

The 50th edition of the NAIA Men’s Championship begins Monday at Fresno Pacific. Sixteen teams are taking part at the tournament, which begins Monday with four first-round games. Here’s a look at this year’s finals …

UCLA advanced to the Women’s College Cup for the sixth straight year in dominating fashion thanks to a 6-1 win over Duke Saturday. Olympic gold-medalist Lauren Cheney broke an early 1-1 tie with a goal in the 18th minute.

No. 1 regional seeds Notre Dame, Stanford, UCLA and North Carolina all won to set a dream Women’s College Cup, which begins Friday in Cary, N.C. The four entrants have a combined 92-2-5 record. For the Women’s College Cup schedule …

The 25th annual NAIA Women’s Championship begins Monday at Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach, Fla. Sixteen teams are taking part at the tournament, which begins Monday with four first-round games. Here’s a look at this year’s finals …

Three players on defending champion and top-ranked Wake Forest — Cody Arnoux, Sam Cronin and Marcus Tracy — head the list of 15 players who have been named semifinalists for the 2008 Missouri Athletic Club Men’s Hermann Trophy.

Players on the eight quarterfinalists in the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament hail from 30 state and three foreign countries. California led all states with 48 players representing six teams.