Category: College Soccer Reporter

[ACC TOURNAMENT] Five days after it had its 15-game unbeaten streak snapped, Virginia Tech gave one of its most dominating performances of the season with a 3-0 win over Maryland Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.

[PAC-10] UCLA stayed alive — barely. Its 1-1 tie with San Diego in its final Pac-10 game of the season left it with an 8-8-3 record for the season and an outside shot at making the NCAA Tournament. If the Bruins had lost to San Diego State in their regular-season finale, they would have finished with their first losing record in 41 years as an NCAA varsity sport and failed to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a quarter century.

[ACC TOURNAMENT] Wake Forest, ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25, needed two goals in the last two minutes to beat Clemson, 3-1, Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament in Cary, N.C. The Tigers finished their season with a 7-11-1 record, their worst record in the 41-year history of the program, but not before they threw the Wake offensive machine off track.

Play begins Thursday in the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament with two games at the Texas A&M regional: Texas A&M-Stephen F. Austin and Texas-BYU. The other 30 first-round games will be played Friday. For all the matchups …

WCC champion Portland swept this year’s conference individual awards. Angie Woznuk was the sixth UP player to be selected as the WCC Player of the Year in the last 15 years, while fellow senior Stephanie Lopez garnered WCC Defensive Player of the Year honors for the second time in her career. Keelin Winters was named the Freshman of the Year, while Pilot head coach Garrett Smith was selected as the Coach of the Year for the second time.

[BIG WEST MEN] Defending national champion UC Santa Barbara again looks to be a serious postseason threat. The Gauchos wrapped up the Big West championship and an automatic berth in the 2007 NCAA Men’s Tournament with a 3-2 comeback win at Cal State Northridge on Tuesday.

Five teams — Brown, California Ohio State, Santa Clara and defending national champion UC Santa Barbara — have clinched automatic berths in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament, and 43 spots remain up for grabs with one week left in the regular season. With the new RPI index as a guide, here’s an updated look at the 48 teams that might make the NCAA Tournament.

Georgetown and Connecticut each had a pair of major award winners in Big East women’s soccer. For all the individual awards and all-conference teams …

Englishmen David Clifton of Franklin Pierce and Jonathan Maloney of Montevallo, Senegalese Ahmadoul Gaye of defending national champion Dowling, Brazilian Leandro Pereira of Lincoln Memorial and Bosnian-born Berin Boracic give NCAA Division II men’s soccer an international flavor. All represent teams who have advanced to the NCAA Division II and all were honored as conference players of the year. For all the award winners …

Play begins this weekend with first- and second-round games in the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament. All games are Friday-Saturday except in the Texas A&M regional, which will play Thursday-Saturday. BYU, one of four teams in the regional, doesn’t play on Sundays. For all the matchups …

Steven Lenhart. Nathaniel Jafta. Amaury Nunes. Never heard of them? They are among the NAIA stars who will be on display at the 20-team Men’s National Championship, which kicks off Wednesday in Olathe, Kan., with four first-round games.

Two second-half goals by Emily Dixon gave Broome (N.Y.) Community College a 2-1 victory over Gloucester County (N.J.) College in the NJCAA Division III Women’s final on Sunday in Herkimer, N.Y.

Play begins this weekend with first- and second-round games in the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament. All games are Friday-Saturday except in the Texas A&M regional, which will play Thursday-Saturday. BYU, one of four teams in the regional, doesn’t play on Sundays. For all the matchups …

There were only a few surprises in the 2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament draw announced by the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee on Monday night.

Santa Clara’s Peter Lowry and Ohio State keeper Casey Latchem, who helped their teams nail down conference championships, are among the players named to this week’s Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week. For the complete Team of the Week for games played Nov. 5-11 …

Trinidadian Sherron Manswell, who scored two goals and assisted on a third in Boston College’s 3-1 win over Virginia Tech, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Nov. 5-11.

Sophomore Nikki Washington, who scored in all three games for North Carolina en route to its 18th ACC tournament title in 20 years, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Nov. 5-11.

Among the members of the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week are Chelsea Deptula (Hawaii), Ashley Berra (Memphis) and Katie McCoy (Sacramento State), whose play helped their teams earn their first NCAA Tournament bids. For the complete Team of the Week for games played Nov. 5-11 …

[ACC MEN’S AWARDS] Boston College transfer Alejandro Bedoya, who was instrumental in leading the Eagles to the 2007 ACC men’s regular-season title, was tabbed the Offensive Player of the Year, and BC coach Ed Kelly was named Coach of the Year. Four players on top-ranked Wake Forest were first-team all-ACC picks, and Demon Deacon midfielder Corben Bone captured Freshman of the Year honors. For all the ACC award winners …

Richland College of Texas won its second straight NJCAA Division III Men’s title and fifth in the last six years with a 1-0 win over Ulster County (N.Y.) Community College on Sunday at the national finals in Herkimer, N.Y.

There was no doubt about the No. 1 team in the final Soccer America Women’s Top 25 of the regular season. UCLA beat Washington State, 2-0, and Washington, 3-0, to finish the regular season at 16-1-2 overall and 9-0-0 in the Pac-10. The Bruins have an 18-game unbeaten streak, the longest in the country. For the Final Top 25 …

The NCAA Division I women’s regular reason has wrapped up. Champions were crowned in 31 conferences, 28 of which held tournaments. For the results, goal scorers, all-tournament teams and MVPs, they’re all here …

The NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee will reveal on Monday the 64 teams that will participate in the 2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament that begins later this week. The 64-team bracket will be revealed on the NCAA Women’s Soccer Selection Show that is set to air between 8 and 8:30 pm ET on ESPNews. Before seeding the top 16 teams and drawing the bracket, the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee must pick the 34 at-large teams who will join the 30 conference champions who have already qualified. After examining some of the key questions facing the committee, Soccer America’s predicts the 34 at-large teams …