Category: College Soccer Reporter

In an ACC battle of Top 25 teams, No. 20 Florida State broke out with a 5-0 win over No. 22 Wake Forest Thursday night in Tallahassee. ALSO: Virginia’s success on the road continued with a 3-2 overtime win at Maryland.

All Soccer America Women’s Top 25 teams are in conference play this week. There are four games involving Top 25 teams on tap for the weekend: West Virginia-Georgetown on Friday and Virginia-Boston College, Florida State-Duke, Oklahoma State-Texas on Sunday. For Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …

SOCCER AMERICA profiles one of the nation’s top sophomores, Andrew Wiedeman, whose play up front was a key factor in California’s 2007 Pac-10 title, and the Bears are again a force on the national scene.

The weekend’s top games include St. John’s-South Florida in a Big East battle of Top 25 teams and several derbies (Stanford-California and Michigan-Michigan State).  For all the Soccer America Men’s Top 25 results and schedules …

All Soccer America Women’s Top 25 teams are in conference play this week. There are five games involving Top 25 teams: Florida State-Wake Forest on Thursday, West Virginia-Georgetown on Friday and Virginia-Boston College, Florida State-Duke, Oklahoma State-Texas on Sunday. For Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …

It was big night for the nation’s top goal scorers. Akron’s Steve Zakuani has his second hat trick in less than two weeks to give him  the national lead with 14 goals. UC Davis star Quincy Amarikwa, who scored in the Aggies’ 2-2 tie with Cal State Fullerton, and Michigan State’s Doug DeMartin, who scored twice in a 3-1 win over UIC, are only one goal behind with 13 goals. Even last year’s leading scorer, O’Brien White, got into the act with two goals for Connecticut.

The weekend’s top games include St. John’s-South Florida in a Big East battle of Top 25 teams and several derbies (Stanford-California and Michigan-Michigan State).  For all the Soccer America Men’s Top 25 results and schedules …

With wins over Walsh (3-2) and Point Park (10-0), Rio Grande, No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas NAIA men’s rankings, improved to 12-0-1 with wins over Shawnee State (9-0) and Ohio Dominican (5-2). For all the NAIA men’s rankings …

There were no changes in the top five in the NSCAA/adidas NAIA women’s rankings with Lindsey Wilson first and Lee second. For all the NAIA women’s rankings …

You probably know all about the major unbeatens — No. 1 Notre Dame (14-0-0), No. 2 Stanford (12-0-1) and No. 3 UCLA (11-0-2) — but there’s another unbeaten you may have never heard about: the Lady Toppers of Western Kentucky. ALSO: Atlantic Sun leader Mercer achieves major turnaround.

Akron sophomore Steve Zakuani remains the NCAA Division I men’s points leader. UC Davis senior Quincy Amarikwa now leads the nation with 12 goals. For all the NCAA Division I leaders …

Michigan State freshman Laura Heyboer maintained her lead in points among NCAA Division I women’s scorers. She is tied with fellow freshman Sarah Hagen (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) for the national lead with 16 goals. For all the NCAA Division I leaders …

Lynn, No. 1 in the NCAA Division II men’s rankings, improved to 11-0-0, while Trinity (Texas), first in the Division III  rankings, is 12-0-0. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 men’s rankings …

Grand Valley State, No. 1 in the NCAA Division II women’s rankings, improved to 14-0-0. Williams is still No. 1 in Division III. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 women’s rankings …

Brookdale (D3 men) and Cerritos (D3 women) have taken over the top spots in this week’s NSCAA/adidas JC rankings. Yavapai (D1 men) and Darton (D1 women) round out the top spots in the JC rankings. For all the rankings …

Wake Forest coach Jay Vidovich picked up his 200th career victory as the top-ranked Demon Deacons crushed UNC Greensboro, 6-0, on Tuesday night. Maryland against needed a Casey Townsend overtime  goal to win, while North Carolina and UC Santa Barbara recorded convincing wins. Drake, on the other hand, fell in overtime, and Georgetown lost badly to American. For all the Top 25 game reports …

Portland and North Carolina, No. 4 and No. 5 in this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25, are No. 1 and No. 2 in the first NCAA Women’s Division I RPI index the NCAA released this fall.

This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Florida, which was hit hard by graduation, but the Gators have won seven in a row and are six-for-six in the SEC.

Michigan State’s freshman sensation, Laura Heyboer, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week. For all the Women’s Team of the Week selections for games played Oct. 6-12 …

It’s been another up-and-down season for UCLA, which failed to have a winning season for the first time in 41 years as an NCAA varsity sport in 2007.

SOCCER AMERICA profiles the University of Portland’s Michelle Enyeart, who is busy this fall on two fronts. She is one of the stars of the fourth-ranked Pilots (11-1-0) with five goals and seven assists in 11 games and is expected to be a key player on the U.S. under-20 women’s national team that is headed to the world championships next month in Chile.

Senior Quincy Amarikwa of surging UC Davis is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week. For all the Men’s Team of the Week selections for games played Oct. 6-12 …

While top-ranked Wake Forest put on another offensive display with a 4-1 win at N.C. State, six Top 25 teams lost over the weekend. The Cal-UCLA was decided in overtime when the Bruins’ Michael Stephens converted a penalty kick. The biggest surprise was LaSalle, which won for only the second time this season when it rallied from two goals down to defeat Charlotte, 3-2

Previously unbeaten UIC lost at Butler, 1-0, and dropped from No. 4 to No. 7. Saint Louis also lost for the first time when the Billikens fell, 1-0, at Fordham and dropped seven spots to No. 13. The only unbeaten teams left are No. 1 Wake Forest (12-0-0), No. 4 Northwestern (10-0-2) and No. 17 Loyola (Md.) (10-0-1). This week’s big climber was UC Davis, which moved from No. 17 to No. 7. For the complete Soccer America Men’s Top 25 …

The Big West clash between UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis in Santa Barbara drew the largest crowd of the weekend. The 4,007 fans watched visiting Davis defeat the Gauchos, 2-0. For the top 10 men’s crowds of 2008 …