Category: College Soccer Reporter

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 …

Yavapai (D1 men), Darton (D1 women) and Cerritos (D3 women) remained No. 1 in this week’s NSCAA/adidas JC rankings. There was a major shakeup in the D3 men’s rankings, where Herkimer County jumped three places to No. 1. For all the rankings …

Stanford is No. 2 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 heading into its showdown against No. 3 UCLA on Friday. In a year for high-quality freshmen, the Cardinal (16-0-1) has been blessed with three sensational first-year players — Californians Teresa Noyola, Lindsay Taylor and Camille Levin — who have combined for 26 goals and 15 assists in 17 games. Even more important, their skills complement each other — which should make Stanford a national contender for the next four seasons.

Conference tournament play begins this week in six conferences, most notably the Big East, where No. 1 Notre Dame puts its perfect record on the line on Sunday when it meets the winner of Thursday’s Cincinnati-St. John’s game. For all the conference tournament schedules …

Surging Campbell won its ninth straight game when it beat No. 7 North Carolina, 2-0. No. 12 South Florida also lost on the road, falling at Cincinnati, 1-0. No. 5 Northwestern recovered from its first defeat of the loss with a 1-0 victory at Loyola (Ill.). For all of the Tuesday action …

Midwestern State remained No. 1 in the NCAA Division II men’s rankings. Trinity (Texas), first in the Division III  rankings, is perfect at 16-0-0. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 men’s rankings …

No. 1 Grand Valley State is the only unbeaten and untied NCAA Division II women’s team at 18-0-0. Williams is still No. 1 in Division III despite its 1-1 tie with archrival Amherst. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 women’s rankings …

Akron sophomore Steve Zakuani remains the NCAA Division I men’s leader in points (35) but is now tied with UC Davis sensation Quincy Amarikwa in goals (15). For all the NCAA Division I leaders …

Michigan State freshman Laura Heyboer maintained her lead in points (45) among NCAA Division I women’s scorers. Another freshman, Milwaukee’s Sarah Hagen, has taken over the lead in goals (20). For all the NCAA Division I leaders …

Andy Adlard, who led resurgent Indiana with winning goals in a pair of big wins, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week. For all the Men’s Team of the Week selections for games played Oct. 20-26 …

There’s two ways to look at Monday’s announcement of the 20 players on the U.S. roster for next month’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup — which will rule them out of the NCAA Tournament. There’s the teams adversely affected by those players who will be going to Chile and those teams whose under-20 stars were not picked.

UCLA’s Kristina Larsen, who scored both goals in 2-1 win over USC, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week. For all the Women’s Team of the Week selections for games played Oct. 20-26 …

Loyola is located in Baltimore, one of the nation’s oldest soccer hotbeds, but the Greyhounds have been led in their unbeaten campaign by a trio of imports — Serbian keeper Milos Kocic and English strikers Phil Bannister and Jamie Darvill.

Women’s weekend play featured four big conference matchups involving Top 25 teams, and the visiting teams won all four games: UCLA over USC (Pac-10), North Carolina over Virginia (ACC), Florida over LSU (SEC) and Texas A&M over Colorado (Big 12). For a look at all the action …

There was no change in the top six spots in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25. Florida State moved up one spot to No. 7, while Big 12 teams Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State all climbed up two or more spots to round out the top 10. For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 and last week’s results …

Akron moved up to No. 2 behind top-ranked Wake Forest, while Maryland jumped two places to No. 4. No. 3 Creighton and No. 5 Northwestern rounded out the top five. For this week’s complete Soccer America Men’s Top 25 and last week’s results …

Defending women’s champion Southern California came close in its bid to break the attendance record for a regular-season women’s game, drawing 7,804 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum for a 2-1 loss to UCLA on Friday night. The regular-season attendance mark of 8,204 was set in 2006 when Texas A&M hosted North Carolina. For this season’s top men’s and women’s crowds …

On Senior Night, No. 1 Wake Forest’s seniors came through as Sam Cronin, Jamie Franks and Marcus Tracy all scored in the 5-2 win over Boston College. Akron clinched its fourth consecutive Mid-American regular-season championship with a 2-0 win over Western Michigan. Winners of Top 25 clashes were Michigan (over previously unbeaten Northwestern) and Connecticut (playing without stars O’Brian White and Akeem Priestley) over Notre Dame. North Carolina and Virginia both were upset in ACC matches.

Campbell extended its winning streak to seven games — all in Atlantic Sun play — with a 3-0 win over Thursday at USC Upstate.

Weekend play includes four Top 25 clashes: Boston College-Wake Forest, Northwestern-Michigan, UC Davis-UC Irvine and Connecticut-Notre Dame all on Saturday. For Soccer America Men’s Top 25 results and schedules …

Defending national champion USC hosts No. 3 UCLA at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Friday, and No. 7 Virginia hosts No. 5 North Carolina in an ACC match on Friday. No. 6 Florida travels to No. 13 LSU on Sunday for a battle of SEC divisional leaders, while No. 16 Colorado meets No. 11 Texas A&M Sunday in a Big 12 top-of-the-table clash. For Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …

Florida claimed the SEC regular-season title with a 3-0 win over Arkansas Thursday evening in front of a James G. Pressly Stadium crowd of 1,893. Florida State won its seventh straight game with a 4-0 win over Clemson in ACC action. In the America East, red-hot Boston University wrapped up the regular-season crown.

SOCCER AMERICA profiles USC goalkeeper Kristin Olsen. The Women of Troy face archrival UCLA Friday in their biggest match since last year’s Women’s College Cup at which they upset the Bruins in the semifinals en route to their first women’s soccer national championship. Olsen, now a junior, was a big part of USC’s success in 2007, earning Defensive MVP honors at the final four, and will be in goal on Friday when USC tries to break the NCAA women’s soccer attendance record by drawing 15,000 to the Coliseum.