Category: College Soccer Reporter

Navy is the 12th team in NCAA men’s history to win 600 games thanks to a 2-1 victory at Longwood on Tuesday night. The Mids improved to 7-5-2 in 2007 with the victory and became the third team this season (joining Loyola, Md., and Indiana) to reach the 600-victory plateau. For all Tuesday’s scores …

Georgetown picked up a critical Big East win with a 2-0 victory over visiting South Florida on goals by Sara Jordan and Stephanie Zare. The game was a makeup of a game called because of torrential rain earlier in the month in Tampa. For all Tuesday’s scores …

[RECORD] Senior Ashley Fortune set an NCAA women’s single-game record for assists with eight and scored four times to equal the NCAA Division I single-game mark for total points (16) in Francis Marion’s 14-0 win over Howard on Sunday.

Seven NCAA Division I men’s teams are averaging more than 2,500 fans per game. Only once before since the NCAA began keeping attendance records in 2000 have as many as four teams averaged 2,500 fans a game. For the Top 10 teams in average attendance …

There’s no stopping Wake Forest. The No. 1 Demon Deacons beat Coastal Carolina, 5-0, on Tuesday night to give them five wins by a margin of 25-0 in their last five games — 16-0 in the last three games, all on the road.

[TUESDAY TOP 25 ACTION] Scott Dillie came off the bench and scored to give No. 8 Virginia Tech a 1-1 tie at No. 23 Duke. The draw extended the Hokies’ unbeaten streak to 13 matches. In other Yop 25 action, German Yannick Reyering had his first career hat trick to lead No. 13 Virginia past Liberty, 3-0.

There was only one change in the 1-2 positions in the NSCAA/adidas rankings for NCAA Division II and III men and women. Amherst dropped from No. 2 to No. 12 in the Division III men’s rankings after falling to Wesleyan, 2-1, on Saturday. For all the Top 25 rankings …

North Carolina’s Meghan Klingenberg, whose golden goal beat Boston College in a key ACC match, was among four freshmen named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21. For the complete Team of the Week …

Sophomore Lauren Cheney, who was involved in all four Bruin goals in a pair of 2-0 Pac-10 wins over No. 2 Stanford and then-No. 14 Cal,  is Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21, becoming the first player this season to win two weekly awards.

Sophomore Michael Ferguson of Loyola (Ill.) moved to within one goal of NCAA Division I men’s leading scorer O’Brian White (Connecticut). For the Top 10 goal scorers …

Texas A&M’s Ashlee Pistorius has caught Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi at the top of the NCAA Division I women’s scoring charts. For the Top 10 goal scorers …

Michael Lahoud, who had a breakout week for No. 1 Wake Forest, is Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21.

The Big East quartet of Timothy Murray (Providence), Jason Bristol (West Virginia), Tomislav Barisic (Rutgers) and Othaniel Yanez (Louisville) heads the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21. For the complete Team of the Week …

SMU climbed to No. 2 behind No. 1 Wake Forest in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25. Connecticut, Brown and Santa Clara rounded out this week’s rankings for games played through Sunday, Oct. 21. For the complete Top 25 …

Traditional powers Portland, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Florida State continued to inch their way up the Top 25 ladder with a pair of wins last week. For all the Top 25 weekend results …

The 1-2 punch of  Shauna Stapleton and Parrissa Eyorokon propelled Purdue to a 2-1 win over Illinois Sunday that extended the Boilermakers’ unbeaten streak to 15 games — the longest in the country — and moved them into first place in the Big Ten.

U.S. international Lauren Cheney is making a strong case for Women’s Player of the Year honors. The sophomore scored one goal and set up another in a 2-0 win at No. 2 Stanford on Friday night and scored both goals two days later in another 2-0 victory at California on Sunday.

West Virginia’s reputation as a giant-killer grew Friday night when the Mountaineers knocked off Connecticut, ranked No. 2 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25, 1-0. Jason Bristol had been inserted into the starting lineup for his first collegiate start in order to help shut down the high-scoring UConn attack, but the 6-foot-4 sophomore was the scoring hero, striking his first collegiate goal for the Mountaineers, who beat a Top 5 team for the third time this season.

Canadian U-20 international Tosaint Ricketts‘ goal gave Wisconsin-Green Bay a 1-0 win over UIC in the Horizon League. Michael Ferguson‘s 13th goal of the season was enough for Loyola (Ill.) to earn a 1-0 victory over the Wisconsin-Milwaukee and hand the Panthers their first conference loss of the season. The Ramblers are tied with Green Bay for the Horizon lead at 4-0-2. For all Thursday’s scores …

Adele Letro scored the tying goal in the 89th minute and won the game from the penalty spot in the 99th minute to lead No. 25 Utah past Air Force, 2-1.  Letro’s goals tied her with Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi for the nation’s scoring lead with 16 goals. In other Mountain West action, BYU lost for the second straight when it fell at San Diego State, 2-0. The Cougars had opened the season at 11-0-2. For all Thursday’s scores …

It’s a big weekend in the Pac-10, where No. 1 UCLA and No. 6 USC head north to face No. 2 Stanford and No. 14 California. For the complete Top 25 results and weekend schedules …

Four matches involving Top 25 teams are on tap for this weekend: Duke-Wake Forest, West Virginia-Connecticut, Virginia-Boston College and Indiana-Ohio State. For the complete Top 25 results and weekend schedules …