Category: College Soccer Reporter

All three games from the Women’s College Cup in College Station will be broadcast live on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. For the men’s and women’s weekend schedules …

Patrick Nyarko is a big reason Virginia Tech is still alive in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, where the Hokies face No. 2 seed UConn on Saturday. He might have never left his native Ghana if he hadn’t started watching ESPN and CNN on television and if his father hadn’t been sold on the value of Virginia Tech’s academics.

Patrick Baker, who led Georgia to a record-breaking campaign in 2007, has been rewarded with a three-year contract extension.

All three games from the Women’s College Cup in College Station will be broadcast live on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. For the men’s and women’s weekend schedules …

Brian Nord of Concordia (Wis.) and Natalie Lappe of Greenville are the 2007 NCAA Division III goal scoring champions. For the Top 10 men’s and women’s goal scorers …

Samford University has handed Todd Yelton, one of the most sought-after young women’s soccer coaches in the country, a 10-year extension after he led the Bulldogs to an at-large berth in the 2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament from the unheralded Ohio Valley Conference.

Paul Kennedy continues the Men’s Elite 8 Countdown
Last year, UIC got off to a fast start before its season went up in — well — Flames. This season has been the reserve: a slow start followed by a late rush. With three straight wins on the road, unfancied UIC is one game away from advancing to the Men’s College Cup for the first time.

A year after leading Jacksonville to the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament, Coach Chris Kouns announced his resignation on Tuesday.

[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] The resignations of Catherine Byrne at Akron Monday and Chris Kouns at Jacksonville Tuesday bring the number of Division I women’s programs to lose their coaches to 17 since the end of the season. For a list of coaching openings and job postings …

Bradley is the only one of two schools left in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament that doesn’t have a football program, so interest in the Braves is high. By Monday afternoon, three buses had been filled to take fans to Sunday’s quarterfinal game at Ohio State.

All three games from the Women’s College Cup in College Station will be broadcast live on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. For the men’s and women’s weekend schedules …

Todd Bramble, who led Clemson to the quarterfinals of the 2006 NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament, has been named the head women’s coach at Alabama.

Rebecca Hornbacher, the winningest women’s coach in Iowa State history, has resigned after six seasons.

[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] The 2007 college season is not yet complete, and there are more than a dozen head coaching openings at NCAA Division I men’s and women’s soccer programs. For a list of coaching openings and job postings …

Brazilian Pablo Campos, who helped Fresno Pacific reach the quarterfinals at the recent NAIA men’s national championships, is drawing interest from MLS clubs.

The hottest men’s team in the last month has been Ohio State, unbeaten in its last 13 games. A trio of senior stars — Xavier Balc, Eric Brunner and Casey Latchem, all home-grown players — have carried the Buckeyes on their march to the quarterfinals, where they will host Bradley on Sunday.

The college season moves into the home stretch with the men’s quarterfinals Saturday and Sunday and the Women’s College Cup this weekend in College Station, Texas.

[ELITE 8] In contrast to fellow semifinalists UCLA, Notre Dame and Florida State, which all played in last year’s Women’s College Cup, USC continued its trek through uncharted territory by posting a 1-0 win at West Virginia on Friday night that moved the Women of Troy to the final four for the first time.

After five women’s titles, Franklin Pierce finally won its first NCAA Division II men’s championship, and Tampa, winner of three men’s crowns, won its first women’s title at the 2007 Division II championships in Orange Beach, Ala.

NCAA Division I Men’s Game Reports
Ohio State came back from two goals down to knock off defending champion UC Santa Barbara. Offensive explosions from No. 2 seed Wake Forest and No. 3 Connecticut sent them into the quarterfinals. Notre Dame returned to the final eight for the second straight year, while Virginia Tech, Massachusetts and UIC (thanks to a goal by Ian Sarachan, son of former Chicago Fire coach Dave Sarachan) booked their first tickets to the Elite 8.

Bradley’s emotional season continued when it stunned Maryland, 3-2, in overtime and moved into the quarterfinals for the first time. An epic Maryland collapse sent the game into overtime, where Bradley won on a golden goal Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski called “a great imitation of the Hand of God goal.” Cirovski termed the loss the most difficult in his 15 years with the Terrapins but also lauded the effort of the Braves whose season that had begun in tragedy continued in triumph.

[ELITE 8] No. 1 UCLA joined North Carolina and Massachusetts as the only teams to reach the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament five straight years when the Bruins outlasted Portland, 3-2, Friday night in a battle of West Coast powers.

[ELITE 8] If you haven’t heard of Sanna Talonen, the Finnish frosh, before, you certainly have now. The 23-year-old Talonen, a member of Finland’s senior national team, sent Florida State to the Women’s College Cup for the third consecutive season and for the fourth time in five years with a hat trick in the Seminoles’ 3-2 win over Connecticut Friday night at the Seminole Soccer Complex.