Category: College Soccer Reporter

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.

Freshman Cristian Gonzalez scored a goal in the 9th minute that held up to give No. 5 St. John’s a 1-0 win at Rutgers in a Big East makeup game that dropped the Scarlet Knights to last place in the Red Division and knocked it out of the Big East Tournament.

Maxwell Griffin, who scored both goals in 2-0 win over Stanford that clinched the Pac-10 title for UCLA, 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 Oct. 27-Nov. 2 …

Akron sophomore Steve Zakuani remains the NCAA Division I men’s leader in points (39) and regained the lead in goals (17). For all the NCAA Division I leaders …

UCLA is No. 1 in the second RPI Index of NCAA Division I women’s programs released on Monday. The Bruins are followed by North Carolina, Stanford, Florida State and Portland. Top-ranked Notre Dame is No. 6.

Finn Sanna Talonen, who propelled Florida State in its 2-2 tie at North Carolina, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week. For all the Women’s Team of the Week selections for games played Oct. 27-Nov. 2 …

This is the week when champions will be crowned in the 30 NCAA Division I women’s conferences whose champions earn automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament. (Host Longwood won the United Soccer Conference, which does not send a team to the NCAA Tournament, with a 1-0 win over top-seed Utah Valley on Monday.) Tuesday action includes quarterfinal play in the CAA and Ohio Valley. For all the conference tournament results and schedules …

A pair of freshman lead the NCAA Division I women’s ranks in points (Michigan State’s Laura Heyboer with 47) and goals (Milwaukee’s Sarah Hagen with 21). For all the NCAA Division I leaders …

Notre Dame remained No. 1 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 for the eighth straight week. UCLA moved up to No. 2, ahead of Stanford, thanks to its 1-0 win over the Cardinal on Friday. For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 and last week’s results …

UCLA became the first team to clinch a berth in the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament when it won the Pac-10 title Sunday a 2-0 win over Stanford. Top 10 teams Wake Forest, St. John’s, Loyola (Md.) and UIC all clinched their respective conference regular-season titles, while the Big Ten title when to Michigan State in outgoing coach Joe Baum‘s last regular-season game.

Wake Forest remained No. 1 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25 for the 11th straight week. Creighton and Akron exchanged places at No. 2 and No. 3. For this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 and last week’s results …

UCLA moved into first place in the Pac-10 with a 1-0 win over Stanford in a battle of undefeated teams. The WCC will go down to the wire as Portland and San Diego, both 6-0-0, meet next Saturday for the WCC title. Play wrapped up this weekend in other major conferences, where North Carolina (ACC) and Oklahoma State (Big 12) were crowned regular-season champions. Penn State and Minnesota shared the Big Ten title, while Florida and LSU claimed divisional crowns in the SEC.

Connecticut pulled an upset when it knocked off ranked Georgetown, 2-1, and joined Notre Dame, West Virginia and Marquette in the Big East semifinals. Boston University moved into the America East final with a 1-0 win over Maine, its eighth straight victory. For all the weekend conference tournament results …

There are three weekends left in the men’s season before the NCAA Tournament bids are announced. Here’s a look at the winners and losers and comebacks and setbacks so far …

No. 1 Wake Forest and No. 8 Loyola (Md.) put their unbeaten records on the line this weekend. The Demon Deacons travel to No. 7 North Carolina on Saturday, while the Greyhounds host St. Peter’s and Manhattan in MAAC action. For this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 results and schedules …

Play has begun at the inaugural Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. Both the United States and Canada are loaded with college prospects. (In the case of Canada, it has one player already in college: Memphis freshman Julia Ignacio.) Here’s a look at who is going where, based on verbal commitments …

Conference tournament play continued Thursday with Louisville and Cincinnati taking first-round games in the Big East. Binghamton and Maine won American East openers. For all the conference tournament schedules …

No. 3 UCLA hosts No. 2 Stanford in this weekend’s marquee match. Regular-season conference play concludes Friday for Big Ten and Big 12 teams. For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …

As evidenced by Thursday’s thriller at Fetzer Field, North Carolina and Florida State have developed one of the nation’s top rivalries. The 2-2 tie, which ended UNC’s 11-match winning streak, marked the fourth time in the last six meetings that the Tar Heels and the Seminoles have gone to overtime.

The University of the South, better known as Sewanee, dedicated its field house at the Sewanee soccer/lacrosse complex after alumnus Kyle Rote Jr., one of the pioneering stars of American pro soccer, at last weekend’s Homecoming Weekend.

Two weeks ago, defending champion Penn and Princeton appeared to be the favorites to compete for the Ivy League women’s championship, but Harvard’s young team has shaken up the race. With two games left to play, the Crimson have a two-point lead over Princeton and Columbia, while Penn and Yale are longshots. For a look at the Ivy contenders …

It’s the final weekend of the regular season for teams in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 except for those in the three conferences that don’t have postseason tournaments (Ivy, Pac-10 and WCC). For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …

For the second week in a row, Lindsey Wilson is No. 1 in both the NSCAA/adidas NAIA men’s and women’s rankings. Oklahoma City is No. 2 behind the men, while Lee is ranked second among the women. For all the NAIA rankings …

Conference tournament play began Wednesday with a play-in game in the Horizon League. Valparaiso held a 29-6 advantage in shots but fell to Youngstown State, 5-4, in shootout after they played to a 0-0 tie following 100 minutes of action. For all of this week’s conference tournament schedules …