Category: College Soccer Reporter

MEN’S NEWS … Like North Carolina, Maryland, Duke and Virginia the day before, Wake Forest made things hard on itself in its mid-week non-conference test. Corben Bone broke a 1-1 tie in the 53rd minute to lift the No. 9 Demon Deacons to a 2-1 victory against Elon on Wednesday night. But for a couple of great saves by Wake keeper Akira Fitzgerald, the Phoenix could have tied the score.
 
— Next up for Wake Forest is another non-conference game on Saturday against No. 6 Harvard. The Crimson improved to 6-0-0 with a 1-0 win at New Hampshire on Wednesday. Freshman Brian Rogers, who had the goal against UNH, has complemented All-American Andre Akpan beautifully up front. Rogers, who had started as an eighth-grader for his high school team in Bronxville, N.Y., already has four goals and three assists.

* BACK IN GOAL. During UMBC’s 8-0-0 start, much of the attention has been focused on Andrew Bulls and Levi Houapeu, who have combined for 18 goals. But one of the unsung stars has been freshman goalie Phil Saunders. He wasn’t even the starting goalie last year at Maryland’s Perry Hall High School — the starter was Zach Kane, now at Loyola (Md.) — but Saunders’ play with the Baltimore Bays caught the attention of UMBC coach Pete Caringi. “He played the last year of high school as a back and made all-state,” Caringi told the Catonsville Times, “but we knew he was probably the best goalkeeper in the state.”

Wednesday’s Results

* HAT TRICK HERO. Justin Meram, one of the many stars from JC juggernaut Yavapai now scattered across the country, had his first hat trick in No. 18 Michigan’s 5-1 victory over Bowling Green on Wednesday night. After being blown out by Notre Dame, 5-1, on opening day, the Wolverines have been unstoppable. The triumph was their seventh straight — and fifth straight by two or more goals.

WOMEN’S NEWS … Penn State’s 0-0 tie with Bucknell left it with a 4-4-1 record heading into Big Ten play against No. 13 Michigan State on Sunday (TV: Big Ten Network, live, 12 pm ET). It isn’t where the Nittany Lions, ranked sixth in the Soccer America Preseason Top 25 would like to be, but they have played the toughest schedule in the country.

Penn State has already beaten two Top 25 teams, No. 14 Virginia and No. 16 Connecticut, and its two other wins are over Boston University, which won the 2008 America East title, and James Madison, which reached the final 16 in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. The Lions lost to three teams in this week’s Top 25, No. 6 Florida State, No. 17 Wake Forest and No. 20 Rutgers, and the fourth loss was to West Virginia, which had been ranked every week up and until this week.

Soccer America MVP Alyssa Naeher extended her shutout streak in goal to 334 minutes, but the Nittany Lions cannot buy a goal. They had 30 shots against Bucknell but couldn’t score. The Lions would have lost but Bucknell’s Christa Matlack hit the post after she had dribbled around the sprawling Naeher.

Scoring has been the Lions’ problem. They only have 11 goals in nine games. Katie Schoepfer, who entered the season with 34 goals for Penn State, has scored only once in nine games.

Wednesday’s Results

* LOBOS REMAIN UNBEATEN. One of the hottest teams in women’s soccer is New Mexico, which matched its win total of each of the last four seasons with its eighth victory (to go along with two ties) in a 3-1 victory over Northern Colorado on Wednesday.

Sophomore Jennifer Williams has been a big factor in the Lobos’ success. Her goal 235 seconds into Wednesday’s game was her sixth gamewinner of the season. The biggest win of the season came last Sunday when the Lobos won at Texas, 1-0, thanks to — you guessed it — another Williams goal.

Coach Kit Vela was particularly impressed how her players responded after the disappointment of tying Rice, 1-1, two days earlier when they gave up a goal in the 88th minute. “They played hard for 90 minutes,” she said, “and never let down.”

SMALL COLLEGE NEWS … Top-ranked Tampa fell to fifth in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division II Men’s Top 25 after it was held to a 1-1 tie by West Florida in what Coach Adrian Bush termed an “ugly performance.” Northern Kentucky, which took over as No. 1, got two goals from Steven Beattie (the 40th and 41st of his career) to earn a 2-1 victory over Indianapolis in Great Lakes Valley action on Sunday.

* MEN RANKINGS:
NCAA Division II 1. Northern Kentucky, 2. Lynn, 3. Cal State Los Angeles.
NCAA Division III 1. Messiah, 2. Amherst, 3. Ohio Wesleyan

* WOMEN RANKINGS:
NCAA Division III 1. Messiah, 2. Puget Sound, 3. Williams
NCAA Division II 1. Seattle Pacific, 2. West Florida, 3. Saint Rose

* NAIA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
Men’s Offense: Arturo Guizar, Kansas Wesleyan (had three goals in wins over William Jewell, 3-2, and Graceland, 2-0)
Men’s Defense: Jesse Guevara-Lehker, Aquinas (notched shutouts against Concordia, Mich., 4-0, and St. Xavier, 1-0)

Women’s Offense: Kirsten Morley, SUNY-Canton (posted hat tricks against Morrisville State, 6-1 and Vermont Tech, 4-3)
Women’s Defense: Emily Evanson, Cal Baptist (earned shutouts against Simon Fraser, 0-0, and Concordia, Ore., 3-0)

MEN’S NEWS … Four ranked ACC teams were in action at home against unfancied opponents on Tuesday night, and they all won by one-goal margins, three on golden goals.

— No. 2 North Carolina needed a goal from sophomore Billy Schuler in the 98th minute to eke out a 2-1 win over East Tennessee State, which went into the game with one win in five matches. Freshman Enzo Martinez played a through ball into the box to Schuler, who chipped ETSU goalkeeper Scott Rosman from 10 yards.

— Despite playing most of the game with a man advantage and having a 29-7 advantage in shots, all No. 8 Maryland could muster was a goal by Jason Herrick with 12 seconds remaining in the first half for a 1-0 win over St. Peter’s. Freshman defender Taylor Kemp preserved the win when he headed Rumen Kerekov‘s shot away with goalie Will Swaim beaten with eight minutes left in the game. “We got the win and we got the shutout,” Coach Sasho Cirovski said. “We got some guys into the game and they came in and performed quite well.”

— Junior Cole Grossman‘s goal in the 102nd minute off a pass from freshman Andrew Wenger gave No. 12 Duke a 2-1 win over UNC Wilmington at soggy Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils had plenty of chances and outshot the Seahawks, 11-0, in a scoreless first half. “We should have been up two or three-nil,” said Coach John Kerr. “When you don’t capitalize on that play and those opportunities, you allow teams to get a little confident.”

— Neil Barlow‘s goal in the 92nd minute gave No. 13 Virginia a 2-1 win over George Washington for Coach George Gelnovatch‘s 200th career victory. “Winning is a hard business,” Gelnovatch said. “Any time a program and a head coach can accumulate 200 wins, it’s not an easy thing to do. This game was a reminder of that.” On the winning goal, Chris Agorsor fed Barlow in the box, collecting the first assist of his career.

* UMBC REMAINS PERFECT. Sophomore Andrew Bulls, the nation’s leading scorer, did it again scoring on a free kick in the 44th minute and leading UMBC to a 1-0 win Loyola (Md.) before 1,505 fans at UMBC Stadium. Bulls has scored 10 goals with at least one goal in all but one of UMBC’s eight games, all wins.

Freshman goalie Phil Saunders made three game-saving stops in the final two minutes to preserve the win for the Retrievers, the first team in the country to go 8-0-0, their best start ever as a Division I program. It was also their first win ever at home against Loyola and only their second in 22 games against their Baltimore neighbor.

* UCSB DOWNS TRI U-17S. Joe Eubanks‘ goal in the final minute of overtime gave UC Santa Barbara a 2-1 win over the touring Mexico under-17 national team before a crowd of 8,425. The Tri U-17s and Gauchos had traded goals on either side of halftime. Daniel Guzman put Mexico ahead in the 38th minute, and Peter McGlynn equalized in the 49th minute. Recent FC Dallas signing Bryan Leyva started for Mexico.

Tuesday’s Results

T&T CALL-UPS. Three players with ties to U.S. college programs are representing Trinidad & Tobago at the 2009 Under-20 World Cup in Egypt: Liberty freshman Uriah Bentick, College of Charleston standout Sean Da Silva and former Florida prep star Jesse Fullerton, who spent the 2008 season at FIU.

WOMEN’S NEWS … George Mason, one of the great names in women’s soccer is on the comeback trail. The Patriots defeated UMBC, 4-0, on Tuesday night and improved to 8-1-0, their best start since 1993. They need only two more wins for their first 10-win season since 1994. George Mason was the first team other than North Carolina to win an NCAA women’s national championship. It followed up on its 1985 title with a second-place finish in 1993.

First-year players have been key to the turnaround for the Patriots, who won only five games in 2008. Freshman Diana Kallenberger had two goals and an assist against UMBC to give her a team-high seven goals and four assists. Jamaican international Omolyn Davis, a transfer from NAIA power Lindsey Wilson, has six goals and three assists. Freshman Katie Frey picked up her fourth shutout of the season against UMBC.

“The girls did a great job of being professional,” said Patriots coach Diane Drake. “We told them we needed to find a way to win while still preserving players for Thursday.” That’s when GMU hosts preseason favorite James Madison in the CAA opener.

Tuesday’s Results

MEN’S NEWS … The sons of former U.S. men’s national team players are certainly making a name for themselves …

— Michael Nanchoff, son of George Nanchoff, heads the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week after scoring the winning goal that gave top-ranked Akron a 1-0 win over Indiana.

— Tyler Krumpe, who plays for father Paul Krumpe at Loyola Marymount, has started every game for the Lions, who knocked off unbeaten Dartmouth 3-2, on Sunday and are No. 20 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25.

— JC Banks, whose father Jimmy played with Paul Krumpe on the U.S. national team backline in the late 1980s, scored the first two goals on Monday night and helped No. 25 Wisconsin-Green Bay remain unbeaten with a 4-1 win over North Florida. JC’s two goals gave him a career-high seven goals.

* MONDAY’S RESULTS:
No. 25 Wisconsin-Green Bay 4 (Banks 26, 32, Ksenidi 58, Znaty 68) North Florida 1 (O’Neill 69).

* TRI U-17S ON TOUR. Mexico’s under-17 national team, which is preparing for the world championship next month in Nigeria, is kicking off a college tour Tuesday at UC Santa Barbara. The Tri will also played at Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday and an opponent to be determined on Saturday. Mexico’s roster includes Bryan Leyva, recently promoted from FC Dallas’ U-15/16 team to its pro team.

* LEADING SCORERS:
1. Andrew Bulls, UMBC 9
2. Levi Houapeu, UMBC 8
2. Matthew Skonicki, Winthrop  8
4. Chris Cutshaw, Bradley 7
4. Matt Eliason, Northwestern 7
(Through games played Sept. 20.)

WOMEN’S NEWS … Oregon women’s soccer is more than the Portland Pilots, the two-time national champions (2002 and 2005) and the top-drawing program in the country. Oregon State and Oregon both joined UP in this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25, giving the state of Oregon three teams in the Top 25 for the first time.

Oregon State (7-1-0) has a seven-game winning streak following its 3-1 win over Denver on Sunday. The Beavers have already surpassed their 2008 win total of six games and equaled the seven games they won in 2007. “We’ve been in the building [process] these past three years,” Melissa Peck, who scored in both games at the Oregon State Nike Invitational, told the Corvallis Gazette-Times. “To finally win some games, against some pretty good teams, it’s kind of special.” The Beavers will put their winning streak on the line on Friday when they travel to Portland.

Oregon (6-1-1) has won five games in a row and gone seven straight without a defeat. Junior Jen Stoltenberg‘s sixth of the season gave the Ducks a 1-0 win over Dartmouth on Sunday at the Oregon State tournament and earned her a place on this week’s Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week. “Our team was patient and persistent in our attack,” Oregon coach Tara Erickson said afterwards. “I think we’ve learned, from some of our previous games, how to manage the game.”

Oregon has had more success than OSU in recent years but has never advanced to the NCAA Tournament. In 2006, the Ducks went 6-1-2 in Pac-10 play and were 12-6-2 overall but did not get a bid. Oregon State’s only NCAA Tournament berth came in 1994.

* MONDAY’S RESULTS:
Campbell 1 Radford 0
New Mexico State 0 West Texas A&M 2
Seton Hall 1 Iona 0
South Carolina State 1 Wofford o (OT)
USC Upstate 1 Coastal Carolina 5

* INJURY REPORT. Senior Brittney Harrison, fourth all-time on Texas Tech’s scoring list for points and goals, was lost for the season after suffering an ACL knee injury in Friday night’s 2-1 loss to Alabama. Red Raider coach Tom Stone described Harrison, who had five goals in seven games, as “easily been the most dangerous player we’ve had.”

* RECORD BOOK. Junior Kaity Mattsson became Nicholls State’s all-time leading scorer when her goal in the Colonels’ 7-1 win over Texas Southern on Sunday gave her 18 goals in her career.

* LEADING SCORERS:
1. Morgan Marlborough, Nebraska 13
2. Rachel King, Louisiana Tech 11
3. Kelley O’Hara, Stanford 10
4. Kiersten Dallstream, Washington State 9
4. Maddy Elder, Clemson 9
(Through games played Sept. 20.)

MEN’S NEWS … Akron confirmed its No. 1 ranking in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25 by capturing the tournament it hosted this weekend with wins over Indiana (1-0) and Saint Louis (4-0).

The Zips, who lost 2008 Hermann Trophy winner Steve Zakuani to MLS’s Seattle Sounders FC, has been getting their scoring by committee. Sophomore Michael Nanchoff, son of former U.S. international George Nanchoff, had the winning goal against Indiana on a free kick. Sophomore Teal Bunbury, who scored twice against SLU, is the son of former Canada star Alex Bunbury.

Sophomores Kofi Sarkodie and Darlington Nagbe connected on a highlight-reel goal to open the scoring against Saint Louis. Freshman Yoram Mwila, who first came to Ohio from Zambia in 2006 to attend Brad Friedel‘s Premier Soccer Academies as part of the Grassroots Soccer Partnership, finished out the scoring with his third goal of the season.

Akron dominated the struggling Billikens, outshooting them, 21-3.  “If we are on the ball enough, we are going to find the seams,” Akron coach Caleb Porter said. “That’s what happened today, and we put the game away.”

* CROWD COUNT:
— The sell-out crowd of 2,443 fans for the Akron-Indiana game set a record for Lee Jackson Field.

— No. 2 North Carolina handed Duke its first loss of the season, winning, 1-0, before 4,439 fans, the second largest men’s crowd in Fetzer Field history.

— Missouri State spoiled a Missouri Valley record crowd of 5,609 at Creighton’s Morrison Stadium, beating No. 4 Bluejays, 1-0.

This weekend’s results

* PERFECT STARTS:
UMBC 7-0-0
Akron 6-0-0
Monmouth 6-0-0
Harvard 5-0-0
Stetson 5-0-0

WOMEN’S NEWS … The North Carolina attack that scored seemingly at will against UCLA (7-2) and Notre Dame (6-0) couldn’t buy a goal on Sunday. The Tar Heels piled up 40 shots but had to settle for a 0-0 tie with unranked Auburn. The result snapped the defending national champions’ 17-game winning streak and dropped them from the top spot in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 for the first time this season.

The result at the Duke Nike Classic came two days after a very sluggish performance in a 1-0 victory over LSU. To make matters worse, North Carolina star Nikki Washington was injured early in the second half of the LSU game and didn’t play against Auburn.

The closest Carolina came to scoring against Auburn was in the 86th minute when Casey Nogueira hit the crossbar with a free kick. Goalie Amy Howard was superb for Auburn with 12 saves, including a diving stop on an Alyssa Rich shot in overtime.

North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance blamed the result on his players’ atrocious work in the final third of the field. “‘We could have taken a film of today’s game and shown you every poor finishing decision that was possible,” he said. One bright spot for North Carolina was the play of Canadian freshman Ranee Premji in her first extended appearance for the Tar Heels.

* AGGIES’ SHOCKER. Portland, who was No. 3 in last week’s rankings, had won its first seven games by a margin of 22-2, but it was upset by Texas A&M, 3-1, Friday night in front of 3,542 fans at the Aggie Soccer Stadium. Junior Whitney Hooper scored two goals for A&M, which looked great in its opening game, a 3-0 win over USC, but has since suffered losses to Purdue, California and North Carolina.

“It’s nice to be winning again,” said Aggies coach G Guerrieri. “We’ve played a very difficult schedule, but we played those difficult games to get better and they helped us win this one today. Portland is a great team.”

* STANFORD ON TOP. Stanford, which beat Colorado, 4-0, and Wisconsin, 6-0, at its Nike Invitational to improve its record to 9-0-0, took over for North Carolina as the top team in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25.

On Sunday, the Cardinal overwhelmed Wisconsin with its multi-pronged attack. Kelley O’Hara scored her 10th goal, Christen Press had a goal and two assists, and Teresa Noyola was in superb form with a pair of assists. Freshman Mariah Nogueira added two goals to become the sixth Stanford player to have a multi-goal game.

This weekend’s results

* PERFECT STARTS:
Louisiana Tech 10-0-0
Stanford 9-0-0
Boston College 8-0-0
Maryland 8-0-0
South Carolina 8-0-0
Mississippi State 8-0-0
Chattanooga 5-0-0

MEN’S NEWS … No. 1 Akron remained perfect with a 4-0 win over Saint Louis on Sunday. Teal Bunbury, son of former Canada international, led the Zips with a pair of goals.

No. 18 Loyola Marymount knocked No. 5 Dartmouth from the unbeaten ranks with a 3-2 win.  Rafael Baca broke a 2-2 tie in the 82nd minute with his second goal of the game. Jamaican youth international Yannick Salmon scored twice in the second half to lead Rutgers past No. 21 Connecticut, 2-1. Marshall ended No. 25 Kentucky’s 15-game unbeaten streak with a 1-0 overtime win. Dustin Dawes‘ golden goal in the 102nd minute decide the Conference USA opener for both teams.

Michigan State goalie Avery Steinlage‘s NCAA record shutout streak was snapped at 1,319 minutes when the Spartans fell at San Diego.

(Click here for more weekend men’s results.)

WEEKEND TOP 25 RESULTS:
Sunday, Sept. 20
No. 1 Akron 4 (Nagbe 16, Bunbury 54, 71, Mwila 79) Saint Louis 0.
No. 18 Loyola Marymount 3 (Canty 44, Baca 52, 82) No. 5 Dartmouth 2 (Keat 76, 80).
No. 8 California 3 (Cosgriff 7, Wiedeman 59, 77) Santa Clara 1 (Hurtado 11).
No. 9 South Florida 2 (Sinclair 5, Mora 84) No. 23 Notre Dame 1 (Dike 78).
No. 10 Indiana 2 (Bruin 68, 106) FIU 1 (Cabas 85) (OT).
No. 13 Louisville 5 (DelPiccolo 19, Yanez 20, own goal 21, Braun 65, Rosendall 85) Pittsburgh 0.
Columbia 0 No. 14 Boston Univ. 1 (own goal 26).
No. 15. St. John’s 0 Seton Hall 0.
Princeton 0 No. 16 Monmouth 1 (Von Bargen 5).
(Loss is Princeton’s first of the season.)
No. 19 UC Santa Barbara 1 (Barrera 87) Wisconsin 1 (Miller 82).
No. 20 UC Irvine 2 (Garcia 67, Thompson 83) Sacramento State 0.
Rutgers 2 (Salmon pen. 62, 69) No. 21 Connecticut 1 (Cascio 10).
No. 22 Kentucky 0 Marshall 1 (Dawes 102) (OT).
(Wildcats’ unbeaten streak snapped at 15 games.)
No. 25 Northwestern 2 (Kupe 59, O’Neill 88) Lafayette 1 (Peckham pen. 54).

Saturday, Sept. 19
No. 4 Creighton 0 Missouri State 1 (Hoffman 45).
(Game draws Missouri Valley record crowd of 5,609.)
No. 22 N.C. State 1 (Carpenter 64) No. 7 Maryland 1 (Yates 89).
Fairfield 1 (Burridge 84) No. 12 Harvard 4 (Akpan 33, 60, Rogers 57, Wolfenson 82)
Western Michigan 1 (Suleman 80) No. 24 Michigan 5 (Keller 33, Cameron 41, Wood 71, Meram 71, Klein 89).
(Western Michigan falls to 0-6-0.)

WOMEN’S NEWS … Auburn held No. 1 North Carolina to a 0-0 tie Sunday at the Duke Nike Classic, snapping Carolina’s seven-game winning streak to start the season. The Tar Heels outshot Auburn, 40-4, but were stymied by Tiger keeper Amy Howard, who made 12 saves.

Carolina’s tie left only No. 2 Stanford (9-0-0), No. 4. Boston College (8-0-0), No. 9. Maryland (8-0-0) and No. 12. South Carolina (8-0-0) are the only unbeaten and untied Top 25 teams. The only Top 25 team to lose on Sunday was No. 24 Denver, which fell to Oregon State, 3-1.

(Click here for more weekend women’s results.)

WEEKEND TOP 25 RESULTS:
Sunday, Sept. 20
No. 1 North Carolina 0 Auburn 0.
No. 2 Stanford 6 (Press 21, Nogueira 23, 54, Verloo 32, Taylor 51, O’Hara 53) Wisconsin 0.
SMU 0 No. 3 Portland 6 (Johnson 22, Enyeart 27, 52, Schmidt pen. 49, Chandhoke 63, 63).
(Kendra Chandhoke scores two goals 27 seconds apart.)
No. 4 Boston College 4 (Bouchelle 12, Knowlton 18, 24, Mewis 37) Central Conn. State 0.
No. 5 UCLA 5 (Leroux 2, Lang 8, Larsen 14, 63, Wright 32) Missouri 0.
(UCLA head coach Jillian Ellis is ejected in second half.)
No. 10 Santa Clara 1 (Bosio 99) Colorado 0 (OT).
Eastern Michigan 1 (Sheridan 12) No. 11 Michigan State 1 (Heyboer 70).
(Lauren Hill was red carded in 78th minute.)
No. 12 South Carolina 6 (Small 4, Diaz-Matosas 20, Aaron 28, Grimsley 56, Holand 60, Brewer 74) South Alabama 1 (Stocker 86).
(Goal allowed is the first in Gamecocks’ eight games.)
No. 13 Notre Dame 2 (Barg 7, Scheidler 50) Northwestern 0.
No. 14 Florida 5 (Torosian 38, 67, Thigpen 67, 87, Thompson 68) Eastern Kentucky 1 (Muller 53).
No. 16 Virginia 2 (Farrelly 48, Lenczyk 89) American 0.
Columbia 1 (Yahr 53) No. 18 St. John’s 2 (Haas 33, Duggan 71).
No. 19 Connecticut 1 (Buske 67) Yale 0.
(Melissa Busque gets her third game-winning goal of the season.)
No. 21 San Diego 1 (Ochs 83) Missouri State 0.
No. 22 Indiana 2 (Herrera 15, pen. 62) Wisconsin-Green Bay 0.
Princeton 0 No 23 Rutgers 2 (Jones 19, 65).
Oregon State 3 (Wetzel 37, Buckland 70, Peck 80) No. 24 Denver 1 (Stewart 2).
No. 25 West Virginia 1 (Larkin 62) Tennessee 0.
No. 25 Kansas 4 (Morris 1, 70, Dolinsky 20, Johnson 56) South Dakota State 0.

Saturday, Sept. 19
UAB 0 No. 20 Wake Forest 1 (Winslow 85).

MEN’S NEWS … Michael Nanchoff‘s goal on a free kick in the 78th minute gave No. 1 Akron a 1-0 win over No. 10 Indiana before a record Akron crowd of 2,443 fans.

Junior defender Mike Volk‘s first career goal gave No. 25 Virginia a 1-0 win over No. 3 Wake Forest, snapping the Deacons’ home unbeaten streak of 35 games.

No. 2  North Carolina handed No. 11 Duke its first loss of the season the battle of Tobacco Road, winning, 1-0, before 4,439 fans, the second-largest men’s crowd in Fetzer Field history.

Ranked Connecticut and Notre Dame both won their Big East openers on the road.

In late night action St. Mary’s edged No. 20 UC Irvine, 2-1, on Dylan Lesley‘s golden goal.

(Click here for more Friday night men’s results as well as the weekend Top 25 schedule.)

TODAY’S TOP 25 RESULTS:
Friday, Sept. 18
No. 1 Akron 1 (Nanchoff 78) No. 10 Indiana 0.
No. 2 North Carolina 2 (Schuler 22, Brown 69) No. 22 Duke 1 (Finley 79).
No. 3 Wake Forest 0 No. 25 Virginia 1 (Volk 25).
San Diego 1 (Carminatti 34) No. 5 Dartmouth 2 (Bowers 64, Henderson 78).
No. 9 South Florida 1 (Anor 30) Marquette 1 (Lysak 57).
No. 13 Louisville 2 (Knight 11, Chavez 66) West Virginia 0.
No. 14 Boston Univ. 0 Boston College 1 (Worley 57).
No. 15. St. John’s 2 (Himeno 80, Terra 89) Georgetown 0.
No. 16 Monmouth 4 (Kinne 42, 44, Barbieri 51, Clark 84) Cornell 1 (Nissl 51).
(Hawks improve to 6-0-0.)
Ohio State 2 (Hegngi 32, 59) No. 17 Butler 1 (Pateros 81).
(Buckeyes remain unbeaten at 3-0-2.)
Michigan State 3 (Beca 7, 42, Saydee 89) No. 18 Loyola Marymount 0
(Avery Steinlage extends NCAA record shutout streak to 1,259 minutes.)
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 0 No. 19 UC Santa Barbara 2 (Silva 27, Ibrahim 46).
No. 20 UC Irvine 1 (Prieto 61) St. Mary’s 2 (Rivas 71, Lesley 107) (OT).
Villanova 1 (Griffith 41) No. 21 Connecticut 2 (Brickley 66, Ponce 67).
DePaul 1 (Leinauer 11) No. 23 Notre Dame 2 (Brovsky 10, Dike 59).
No. 25 Northwestern 0 South Carolina 0.

WOMEN’S NEWS … No. 3 Portland was shocked by unranked Texas A&M, 3-1, on Friday night before 3,542 fans in College Station, Texas. Whitney Hooper led the Aggies with two goals.

LSU gave top-ranked North Carolina a fight, holding the Tar Heels scoreless until Jessica McDonald‘s goal in the 77th minute gave them a 1-0 win at the Duke Nike Classic.

Toni Pressley‘s golden goal gave No. 6 Florida State a 1-0 win at No. 14 Florida before 3,526 in Gainesville. In another battle of Top 25 teams, No. 25 Kansas hammered No. 21 San Diego, 5-0.

(Click here for more Friday night women’s results as well as the weekend Top 25 schedule.)

FRIDAY’S TOP 25 RESULTS:
No. 1 North Carolina 1 (McDonald 77) LSU 0.
No. 2 Stanford 4 (Riley 24, O’Hara 50, Redman 78, 80) Colorado 0.
Texas A&M 3 (Kmezich 34, Hooper 43, 57) No. 3 Portland 1 (Winters 52).
No. 4 Boston College 4 (G.DiMartino 8, V.DiMartino 10, 76, Mewis 71) Harvard 1 (Sheeleigh 40).
No. 5 UCLA 6 (Cheney 17, 69, Lang 23, Barnes 62, Leroux 78, Smith 87) Utah 1 (Hair 35).
No. 14 Florida 0 No. 6 Florida State 1 (Pressley 93) (OT).
St. Mary’s 1 (Menzhuber 33) No. 7 California 4 (Oakes pen. 16, Morgan 57, Omarsdottir 67, 79).
Clemson 1 (Elder 2) No. 8 Georgia 2 (Miller 13, Patterson pen. 48).
No. 9 Maryland 3 (Dreska 29, 50, Spencer 85) Brown 1 (Walker 52).
(Molly Dreska opens scoring with shot from 40 yards.)
No. 10 Santa Clara 2 (Orand 34, Goynes 37) Wisconsin 1 (Owusu 89).
Kent State 0 No. 11 Michigan State 2 (Heyboer 24, Mueller 80).
No. 12 South Carolina 1 (Grimsley 28) No. 17 UCF 0.
(Gamecocks have yet to allow a goal this season.)
No. 13 Notre Dame 4 (Fowlkes 17, Augustin 44, 75, Henderson 88) DePaul 0.
No. 15 Purdue (Phillips pen. 80) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1 (Hagen 54).
(Visiting Panthers snap four-game losing streak.)
No. 18 St. John’s 2 (McConnell 15, Haas 42) Syracuse 0
No. 19 Connecticut 2 (Diakun 16, Clark 34) Providence 0.
No. 22 Indiana 2  (Velasquez 15, 62) Wisconsin-Green Bay 0.
No. 23 Rutgers 2 (Schacher 68, Jones 98) Seton Hall 1 (Desmond 86) (OT).
Oregon 4 (Bowns 14, 54, Libke 44, Kenney 80) No. 24 Denver 1 (Armstrong 87).
(Ducks improve winning streak to four consecutive matches.)
No. 25 Kansas 5 (Cressy 8, Williamson 34, Noble 64, Jackson 67, Morris 84) No. 21 San Diego 0.
Pittsburgh 1 (Habbel 30) No. 25 West Virginia 1 (Blank 16).

MEN’S NEWS … No. 6 UCLA survived its first game since seniors Brian Perk and Michael Stephens left to prepare for the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt, but it wasn’t easy. The Bruins went down a goal against Cal State Fullerton after only four minutes, but rallied on goals by freshman Evan Raynr and junior Shawn Singh to defeat the Titans, 2-1. In his first collegiate start in goal, sophomore Brian Rowe, Perk’s backup, was called upon to make five saves.

“At the end of the day, it was a good win after going down 1-0 and not having the best start,” said UCLA coach Jorge Salcedo. “As the first half wore on, we got better and had more energy and were able to get the win.”

* DERBY NIGHT. Thursday was derby night on the West Coast, where three other big matches were played. Defender A.J. Soares matched his career total with two goals in No. 8 California’s 3-0 win at San Francisco. He also had an assist on Davis Paul‘s opening goal.

In the Bay Area Classic’s other game, Stanford ended its six-game winless streak against Santa Clara and beat the Broncos, 2-0, on goals by juniors Bobby Warshaw and Daniel Leon. The visiting team also won the Pacific Northwest derby as Portland defeated Washington, 2-1, on goals by Keith Grubisich and Michael Nielsen.

* HAT TRICK HERO:
— Transfer Debola Ogunseye‘s third goal of the game in 89th minute earned Furman a 3-3 tie at Coast Carolina.

Thursday’s Scoreboard

* WEEKEND TOP 25 MATCHUPS:
Friday, Sept. 18
No. 1 Akron vs. No. 10 Indiana (Akron Tournament)
No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 22 Duke
No. 3 Wake Forest vs. No. 25 Virginia
Saturday, Sept. 19
No. 22 N.C. State vs. No. 7 Maryland
Sunday, Sept. 20
No. 5 Dartmouth vs. No. 18 Loyola Marymount (San Diego Nike Classic)
No. 9 South Florida vs. No. 23 Notre Dame

WOMEN’S NEWS … The first major women’s conference kicked off play Thursday night when Marquette edged South Florida, 2-1, on Kerry McBride‘s late goal in the Big East opener, and a full slate of games is scheduled for Friday. Notre Dame and West Virginia were picked to win their respective divisions, but both teams head into conference play with .500 records.

The Big East is as deep as its ever been with all 16 teams beginning conference action with legitimate shots of claiming the divisional crowns. Five are ranked in the Soccer America Top 25: No. 13 Notre Dame, No. 18 St. John’s, No. 19 Connecticut, No. 23 Rutgers and No. 25 West Virginia. And only one team has a losing record in non-conference play. Here’s a look at the divisional races with the teams cited in order of their preseason ranking.

* AMERICAN
1. West Virginia, 2-2-3 (Mountaineers have scored only seven goals.)
2. Connecticut, 4-2-0 (Huskies have won four games in a row.)
3. Marquette, 6-2-0 (Golden Eagles are very tough at Valley Fields.)
4. St. John’s, 5-1-0 (C.J. Ludemann leads Red Storm with two goals and four assists.)
5. South Florida, 3-3-1 (Six of USF’s 10 goals came against Austin Peay.)
6. Pittsburgh, 4-2-0 (Panthers opened with four straight victories.)
7. Syracuse, 3-2-2 (Tina Romagnuolo has four of Orange’s six goals.)
8. Providence, 4-2-1 (Both Friar losses came in overtime.)

* NATIONAL
1. Notre Dame, 3-3-0 (Irish are unbeaten in last 52 Big East games — 50-0-2)
2. Rutgers, 5-1-1 (Erin Guthrie allowed her only two goals last Friday against San Diego.)
3. Georgetown, 6-1-0 (Ingrid Wells leads Big East with seven assists.)
4. Louisville, 2-3-0 (Cardinals have only scored four goals.)
5. Villanova, 6-0-1 (Katie Ryan leads Big East with seven goals and two assists.)
6. Cincinnati, 4-3-0 (Julie Morrissey had four goals last week in pair of wins.)
7. Seton Hall, 3-3-0 (Nicki Gross leads Pirates with four of their eight goals.)
 8. DePaul, 4-2-2 (Blue Demons have already equaled last year’s win total.)

Thursday’s Scoreboard

* WEEKEND TOP 25 MATCHUPS:
Friday, Sept. 18
No. 12 South Carolina vs. No. 17 UCF
No. 14 Florida vs. No. 6 Florida State
No. 25 Kansas vs. No. 21 San Diego (Jayhawk Invitational)

MEN’S NEWS … Freshman midfielder Matt Lodge, the former English prison guard, scored his second goal on a free kick from 30 or more yards away in the last two games to lead No. 25 Kentucky to a 1-0 win over Alabama A&M and improve its record to 5-0-0, equaling the best start to a season in the 19-year history of the program.

“Credit goes to Matt Lodge,” UK head coach Ian Collins said. “He was feeling awful today, battling a bit of sickness. He really showed some toughness and guts to play as hard as he did tonight.”

The goal was Lodge’s team-high fourth of the year.  In his last game, Lodge scored both of UK’s goals in a 2-1 comeback win over SIU-Edwardsville.

— UMBC sophomore forward Andrew Bulls scored ninth goal of the season — and his fifth game-winning goal — to lead the Retrievers to a 1-0 win over neighboring Towson. UMBC tied a school Division I record with the 6-0-0 start, equaling the 1999 squad, which produced the nation’s best record of 19-1-2.

Bulls was fouled 23 yards from the goal, and his ensuing free kick went to the right of the four-man wall and just inside the right post, keeping his streak intact of having scored in every game.

Wednesday’s Scoreboard

* INJURY REPORT: Saint Louis forward Jimmy Holmes was lost for the season after suffering a knee injury in the first half of Saturday’s 3-1 win against Loyola (Ill.). The senior will apply for a medical hardship.

WOMEN’S NEWS … When Notre Dame co-captain Courtney Rosen was sidelined with a broken foot last month, it was the fourth time she has broken her foot in five years. What made the injury different was that it was the first time she has broken her left foot. Because of stress fractures to her right foot, Rosen has a screw placed in that foot.

Rosen was walking from the locker room to the practice field when her left foot gave out. “It was like a death in the family when she broke her foot,” teammate Michele Weissenhofer, who has also battled injuries, told the Notre Dame Observer. “That just shows how big of a part of the team she is.”

Without Rosen, a second-team All-Big East selection in 2008, the Irish have struggled, losing three of their last four games.

* TOP 25 ACTION: No. 22 Indiana dominated play against state rival Butler, but all the Hoosiers could muster was a goal by Orianica Velasquez Herrera in the 79th minute for a 1-0 victory that improved IU’s record to 7-1-0. The Hoosiers were stymied by keeper Jessica Schein, who made five saves. They also had Carly Samp‘s shot glance off the far post.
 
Wednesday’s Scoreboard

* HAT TRICK HERO:
— Kirby Zak scored three goals for Sam Houston State in its 6-0 win over Texas Southern.

WOMEN’S NEWS … Last year, it was Laura Heyboer who carried Michigan State with 21 goals in 24 games as freshman. This year it’s senior Lauren Hill who leads the Spartans with eight goals in six games. 

Hill’s goal with under a minute to go in the first half broke a scoreless deadlock against Detroit and Michigan State went on to win, 2-0, extending its unbeaten streak to 16 games at DeMartin Stadium — 9-0-2 last year and 5-0-0 so far in 2009.

After a shot by Samantha Cook bounced off the crossbar, Hill scored off the rebound with a header to extend her own streak of having scored in every game for the 5-0-1 Spartans.

“She has been on a roll and we want to keep it that way,” said Coach Tom Saxton. “Her goal today was an opportunistic one; she was in the right place and the right time and took advantage of the loose ball.”

Hill’s goal gives her 36 for her career and puts her within three of the MLS record held by Michelle Wise.

Tuesday’s Scoreboard

* RECORD BOOK:
— Rachel King needed only eight games to break the Louisiana Tech record for goals in a season, collecting her 10th goal of the season in a 2-0 win over Grambling State that improve the Lady Techsters’ record to 8-0-0.

SMALL COLLEGE NEWS … Stevens Tech, No. 2 in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division III men’s rankings, fell to Swarthmore for the second straight year and dropped to 10th in this week’s rankings.

After ending the Ducks’ 62-game home unbeaten streak in 2008, Swarthmore won, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon on sophomore Roberto Contreras‘ goal.

Messiah remained No. 1, and Amherst climbed to No. 2. Spencer Noon scored two goals in his first game for the Lord Jeffs in their 2-0 victory over Bowdoin.

MEN RANKINGS:
NCAA Division II 1. Tampa, 2. Northern Kentucky, 3. Millersville.
NCAA Division III 1. Messiah, 2. Amherst, 3. Ohio Wesleyan.

WOMEN RANKINGS:
NCAA Division II 1. Seattle Pacific, 2. West Florida, 3. Saint Rose.
NCAA Division III 1. Messiah, 2. Puget Sound, 3. Williams.

NAIA MEN’S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
Offense: Alex Hanne, Simon Fraser (Tied school record with six goals in 9-1 win at Menlo)
Defense: Tyler Stromberg, Azusa Pacific (Made 12 saves in wins over Notre Dame of Ohio and Mobile)

NAIA WOMEN’S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
Offense: Ashley Sherr, Fresno Pacific (Scored golden goal at Southern Oregon and added four more goals in win over Simpson)
Defense: Kylie Willet, Ashford (Back-to-back shutouts against Trinity Christian and Calumet College of St. Joseph)

MEN’S NEWS … Having lost his entire backline — including Rodney Wallace, Omar Gonzalez and A.J. DeLaGarza, who all start in MLS —  Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski was preoccupied with defensive issues in the 2009 preseason. But with only four goals in their first three games, scoring was the problem early on. That all changed Tuesday night as No. 7 Maryland routed Duquesne, 7-0, in the pouring rain.

Matt Kassel scored on a free kick from 25 yards out in the 13th minute opened the scoring. Fellow sophomore Casey Townsend put the game away with three goals.

“It was a very gratifying performance,” Cirovski said. “We’ve been talking about getting a little crisper in finishing and tonight I thought we made some good runs and good crosses and had some good goals. We showed a little more menace in our attack and we didn’t give up after we scored one. To be fair to Duquesne, they had two games over the weekend and I think they were a little fatigued and had a hard time keeping up with our energy and pace.”

— Senior Ronnie Bouemboue scored two goals and set up another as No. 21 North Carolina State defeated Campbell, 5-1. Next up for the Wolfpack: Maryland at home on Saturday.

— Neil Barlow‘s goal in the 38th minute was all No. 25 Virginia could muster from an 18-2 advantage in shots and the Cavaliers settled for a 1-0 win over Mount St. Mary’s. They play Wake Forest on Friday.

Tuesday’s Scoreboard

* HAT TRICK HEROES:
— Townsend’s hat trick for Maryland was his first in two seasons with the Terrapins.
— Honduran Romario Blandon‘s three goals gave VCU a 4-3 win over city rival Richmond.

MEN’S NEWS … What a difference a year makes! Last year at this time, no WCC men’s team had a record above .500. This year, every WCC team has a record above .500 except Santa Clara, which is 2-2-0.

The biggest win to date came Sunday night when Loyola Marymount upset unbeaten UC Santa Barbara, 2-1, on the road for Coach Paul Krumpe‘s 100 career win. Rafael Baca and Phil Da Silva spotted LMU to a 2-0 lead and redshirt freshman Max Young shut out the Gauchos for the first 86 minutes.

WCC RECORDS
Loyola Marymount (3-1-0)
San Diego (3-1-0)
St. Mary’s (2-0-2)
Gonzaga (3-1-2)
San Francisco (2-1-0)
Portland (2-1-1)
Santa Clara (2-2-0)

* DEMON EXPLOSION. DePaul scored 13 goals in 20 games last season but had eight in two games over the weekend. The Blue Demons upset previously unbeaten UC Irvine, 3-2, on Friday and cruised to a 5-1 victory over Buffalo two days later to claim the championship of the Marquette Invitational.

The wins gave DePaul three in a row for the week, and in all three games Soccer America Player of the Week Steffen Vroom opened the scoring. “It’s great when he scores because it relaxes everybody,” said teammate Mark Plotkin. “It gives us the confidence to score even more goals.”

* TUESDAY TOP 25 ACTION:
No. 7 Maryland vs. Duquesne
No. 22 N.C. State vs. Campbell
No. 25 Virginia vs. Mount St. Mary’s

This week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25

WOMEN’S NEWS … Of the nine NCAA Division I women’s teams who are still unbeaten and untied after Week 4, three have never made the NCAA Tournament:

— Louisiana Tech (7-0-0) set a school record for goals and shots (52) in its 12-0 win over Delta State on Sunday. It was 6-0 at the half, and even after Kevin Sherry pulled his starters, it was all Lady Techsters. Sub Brittany Coffinbargar needed only 17 minutes to record her first three goals of the season. Sherry has turned things around in three seasons at the WAC school. The Lady Techsters were 2-14-1 in 2007 and improved to 10-5-5 in 2008, tying Minnesota, Texas State and Washington for the biggest improvement.

— Mississippi State (6-0-0) is off to its best start ever. The Bulldogs defeated East Tennessee State, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon thanks to a pair of goals by Kat Walsh. “She has really been playing excellent soccer the last two weekends,” Coach Neil Macdonald said. One of the top freshmen for MSU is Monica Alvarado, who played for MLS club FC Dallas’ girls program and has played at the U-17, U-20 and now senior levels for Mexico.

— Marshall (6-0-0) has been a model of efficiency, parlaying nine goals into six wins, the most recent being a 1-0 victory over Ohio on Sunday. Then again, the Herd hasn’t needed much offense. It has yet to allow a goal. Erika Duncan‘s goal in the 87th minute ended Ohio dominance in the series (seven wins and a tie in eight previous games). “We really wanted this win,” Marshall coach Kevin Long said. “We wanted to break the spell that Ohio had over us.”

* TUESDAY TOP 25 ACTION:
No. 11 Michigan State vs. Detroit

This week’s Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
This week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25

COLLEGE CUP NEWS … UC Santa Barbara will host the Men’s College Cup for the first time in 2010, and the school has begun or is seeking support for several stadium projects. Phase I includes a facelift to Harder Stadium, the former football stadium. Phase II includes a new scoreboard and new plaza and entrance off Stadium Road, projects for which fundraising is underway. (Click here for photos of the work.)

MEN’S NEWS … The ACC season opened with two glamor showdowns, and a pair of freshmen played huge roles in the outcomes.

Enzo Martinez, the Uruguayan-born South Carolina prep legend, was the instigator in No. 2 North Carolina’s 2-1 comeback win over previously unbeaten N.C. State before 4,200 fans in Chapel Hill.

James Belshaw, who was developed in English pro club Walsall’s youth system and even suited up for a League One (third division) game against Carlisle last season, came up big in goal for Duke, helping the No. 20 Blue Devils edge No. 21 Virginia, 1-0, in overtime before 4,692 fans in Charlottesville.

Martinez, better known for his scoring (182 goals at Rock Hill Northwestern High School) than playmaking, was fouled for the penalty kick Zach Loyd converted (twice) and fed Michael Farfan on the winning goal. The Cal State Fullerton transfer took possession outside the box, beat a defender at the edge of the area, then blasted a shot that ricocheted off the right post for the goal.

Virginia had the edge in regulation, but the 6-foot-2 Belshaw was a dominating force in goal. The Blue Devils won on Daniel Tweed-Kent’s goal following a flurry of shots in the second overtime.

“We had an excellent game plan,” Duke coach John Kerr said. “We did our homework on Virginia and some of their weapons were not necessarily nullified, but less of a threat. We were fortunate a couple of times that they missed some opportunities, but we dug our heels in and worked together and found a way to win the game.”

* THIS WEEK’S TOP 25. Akron and North Carolina remained 1-2 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25. Wake Forest, Creighton and Dartmouth each moved up one spot to complete the top five. Five teams moved into the Top 25 for the first time this season: No. 12 Harvard, No. 16 Monmouth, No. 17 Butler, No. 18 Loyola Marymount and No. 25 Kentucky.

* TOP 25 RESULTS:
Friday, Sept. 11
No. 6 Dartmouth 0 No. 18 Connecticut 0.
No. 21 Virginia 0 No. 20 Duke 1 (Tweed-Kent 101) (OT).
(ACC opener for both teams attracts crowd of 4,692 at Klockner Stadium.)

Saturday, Sept. 12
No. 2 North Carolina 2 (Loyd 33, Farfan 65) No. 19 N.C. State 1 (Sanchez 2).

Weekend Scoreboard

* RECORD BOOK. Senior Alan McGreal became Canisius’ all-time leading scorer with 77 points when he scored in the Griffs’ 1-1 tie with Cornell in front of 1,206 fans at the Demske Sports Complex on Friday

WOMEN’S NEWS … Facing a make-or-break weekend, Santa Clara came through with wins over a pair of Top 10 team, Notre Dame (2-0) and Purdue (3-1), and won its Santa Clara Classic on goal difference over No. 2 Stanford.

Coming off a 4-12-4 record and their first sub-.500 season since 1983, the young Broncos have been under enormous pressure. They opened with shutout wins over San Jose State and UC Santa Barbara, then slumped to losses at Utah and Maryland.

Goalkeeper Bianca Henninger kept the Broncos in the first game with three saves in the opening minutes. Senior Jordan Angeli had the decisive goal against Notre Dame with a 35-yard rocket, and Santa Clara’s freshmen then went to work for the rest of the weekend.

Lauren Matheson added the second goal against Notre Dame. On Sunday, freshman Allie Vernon celebrated her first career start by scoring twice, the first just 168 seconds into the game when floated a ball over Purdue goalkeeper Jenny Bradfisch. Another freshman, Amanda Webster, had the third goal.

“I think [this weekend] really builds our confidence,” said Bronco coach Jerry Smith.  “Those were solid wins over two top-10 teams, and also NCAA Tournament teams, and it’s always good to win own tournament.  We had a number of contributors and a solid team effort over two games.”

“Our freshmen have also been making a number of impactful contributions whether it be goals, assists or significant plays,” said Smith.  “Olivia [Klei], Amanda and Lauren have been playing well in every game, and this was Allie’s first weekend and she was very good in both games.”

* THIS WEEK’S TOP 25. Unranked Santa Clara moved up to No. 10 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 with its wins over Notre Dame and Purdue. North Carolina, Stanford and Portland are again 1-2-3. The other unbeaten and untied teams in the Top 25 are No. 4 Boston College, No. 9 Maryland and No. 12 South Carolina. 

* TOP 25 RESULTS:
Sunday, Sept. 13
No. 2 Stanford 2 (Nogueira 56, Press 58) No. 7 Notre Dame 0.
No. 4 Florida State 8 (Lim 2, 25, McCarty 10, 29,  Bolinsky 33, 84, Switzer 51, Price 63) No. 24 UAB 0.

Saturday, Sept. 12
No. 1 North Carolina 2 (Washington 82, McDonald 88) No. 21 Texas A&M 0.

Friday, Sept. 11
No. 2 Stanford 2 (O’Hara 17, pen. 73) No. 8 Purdue 1 (Okoroafo 4).
No. 3 Portland 4 (Enyeart 6, 28, 62, Chandhoke 12) No. 20 Illinois 1 (Mykines 61).
(Michelle Enyeart records her first career hat trick in front of 3,524 fans.)
No. 10 Wake Forest 1 (Hutchinson 42) No. 23 Penn State 0.
No. 16 Virginia 1 (Farrelly 65) No. 15 West Virginia 1 (McCarthy 85).
(Game draws a crowd of 2,794.)

Weekend Scoreboard

* RECORD BOOK. Mississippi blanked Arkansas-Little Rock, 8-0, to set a school record with its fifth straight shutout.