Category: College Soccer Reporter

Action heats up this week in 18 NCAA Division I men’s conferences that will send their conference champions to the NCAA Tournament. Tuesday will feature first-round play in the ACC and quarterfinal action in the CAA. For all the results and schedules …

Matt Murphy, who scored important goals in a pair of wins that gave UC Irvine its first Big West regular-season title, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week. For all the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week selections for games played Nov. 3-9 …

The draws for the NCAA Division II and III Men’s Tournaments were held on Monday. The Division II Tournament begins on Wednesday, and the Division III championship begins a day later. For the complete schedules …

The 64-team field for the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament will be announced by the NCAA Women’s Soccer Committee on Monday. Soccer America analyzes how weekend results affect teams on the bubble and predicts who will get at-large bids.

For the second time in three years, Notre Dame finished as No. 1 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25. Two years ago, the Irish were 20-0-1. This year, they are 21-0-0. For the final Soccer America Women’s Top 25 …

The ACC Tournament final in Cary, N.C. drew the largest women’s crowd of the weekend. A crowd of 5,116 watched North Carolina beat Virginia Tech, 3-0. The Women’s College Cup will return to WakeMed Soccer Park on Dec. 5 and 7 …

The top six teams all won and held their spots in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25. For this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 and last week’s results …

Connecticut was the only seeded team to fall in the Big East quarterfinals when the Huskies lost at home to DePaul, 1-0. UNC Greensboro pulled an upset in the Southern Conference quarterfinals when the No. 7 Spartans beat No. 2 Furman. For all the weekend results …

Denver is the second team to clinch an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament thanks to Saturday’s 1-0 win over Air Force and New Mexico’s 1-0 loss to San Jose State on Sunday that gave the Pioneers their first-ever Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship.

Champions were crowned at 27 Division I women’s conference tournaments. Three teams — North Carolina (ACC), Toledo (Mid-American) and Denver (Sun Belt) — won their third straight titles. CAA champion Northeastern and SEC champion Tennessee were the lowest seeds — at No. 6 — to prevail. For all the conference tournament results …

Women’s head coaching positions are open at Kentucky, N.C. State and Northern Iowa. For information on these and other college openings …

Champions will be crowned this weekend at 27 Division I women’s conference tournaments. Action begins Saturday with the finals of the America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Mountain West and Sun Belt. For all the conference tournament results and schedules …

While conference tournament action continues this weekend, champions will also be crowned in the three women’s conferences that don’t hold postseason tournaments. There’s a three-way tie in the Ivy League. UCLA has the edge in the Pac-10, and the WCC features a winner-take-all finale between San Diego and Portland.

Men’s conference tournament action continued Saturday with quarterfinals in the America East, Big East and Southern Conferences. For all results and schedules.

No. 1 Wake Forest looks to extend its unbeaten streak to 22 games when it travels to Virginia Friday in its ACC regular-season finale. Another big ACC game pits No. 4 Maryland against No. 20 North Carolina. For this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 and last week’s results …

SOCCER AMERICA profiles Florida junior Lauren Hyde, one of the nation’s top center backs. She recovered from a foot injury in preseason to anchor the Gators’ backline. Florida heads into Friday’s SEC semifinal against Georgia with a 13-game winning streak.

Eight women’s conferences began tournament play with quarterfinal action on Wednesday. Two No. 7 seeds — Virginia Tech (over Florida State on penalties in the ACC) and Kansas (over Texas A&M, 4-2, in the Big 12) –advanced. Indiana State became the lowest seed to advance in the Missouri Valley since 2005 after the No. 6-seeded Sycamores upset No. 3 Drake, 1-0, in double overtime. The only conference in which form held — all four seeds won — was the Atlantic Sun. For all the conference tournament results and schedules …

Three top 10 teams fell on Wednesday in women’s conference tournament action. No. 7 Florida State lost to Virginia Tech on penalty kicks in the ACC quarterfinals, and No. 8 Texas A&M and No. 10 Texas fell to Kansas (4-2) and Missouri (2-1), respectively, on the first day of play in the Big 12.

For the third week in a row, Lindsey Wilson is No. 1 in both the NSCAA/adidas NAIA men’s and women’s rankings. Oklahoma City (men) and Lee (women) remained No. 2, while Notre Dame of Ohio and Martin Methodist moved up to No. 3 in the men’s and women’s rankings, respectively. For all the NAIA rankings …

Louisville, which had spent most of the season in the Soccer America Top 25 until a recent slump, beat West Virginia, 2-0, in the first round of the Big East Tournament.

The best men’s conference race in the country is in the Big West, where only three points separated the top five teams. Interest is so high that No. 21 UC Santa Barbara drew 9,749 fans on Wednesday night for its 0-0 tie with No. 25 Cal Poly in their top-of-the-table clash.

Midwestern State remained No. 1 in the NCAA Division II men’s rankings. Trinity (Texas) is again first in the Division III  rankings. York and Montclair State, also unbeaten and untied, follow at 2-3. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 men’s rankings …

For the second year in a row, Grand Valley State, No. 1 in the NCAA Division II rankings, is unbeaten and untied heading into the Great Lakes Conference Tournament. Williams is still No. 1 in Division III. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 women’s rankings …

There were no changes in the top spots in the NSCAA/adidas JC rankings. Yavapai (D1 men), Herkimer County (D3 men), Darton (D1 women) and Cerritos (D3 women) remained No. 1. For all the rankings …

Former U.S. national team star Paul Caligiuri resigned as Division II Cal Poly Pomona men’s coach to focus on other professional interests.