Category: College Soccer Reporter

Maryland moved back above .500 with a 2-1 win over Lehigh in non-conference action on Tuesday. Sophomore Jeremy Hall connected on a penalty kick in the 84th minute to break the tie. The loss was the third of the season for the Mountain Hawks (5-3-2), who lost only two games all last season. For all scores and more news from Tuesday’s action …

[UPDATE] There’s no stopping Graciano Brito, the Cape Verdean immigrant who never played organized soccer until entering college and is the NCAA Division I’s leading scorer. Brito’s unassisted goal in the 88th minute gave unbeaten Quinnipiac a 1-0 win over Holy Cross on Tuesday for his third game-winning goal in five days.

Jay Singh, a 20-year-old junior whose coach called him “Beckham” for the way he could strike a ball, died unexpectedly Sunday night at his home in San Bruno, Calif. Singh was redshirting at Cal State Northridge after transferring from Loyola Marymount. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, the cause of death is still under investigation and results of an autopsy done on Monday would not be known for several weeks.

UC Santa Barbara junior Chris Pontius, who scored four of five Gaucho goals in a pair of wins, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 1-7.

Of the seven men’s crowds in excess of 3,000 over the weekend, three rank among this year’s 20 largest crowds. Creighton and Connecticut lead all schools with three crowds among the 20 largest. Ten different schools account for the top 10 crowds.

Friday’s three men’s conference games proved why the ACC is considered the most exciting conference in the country. Virginia Tech-Wake Forest, Duke-Boston College and Maryland-Clemson produced 17 goals, dramatic comebacks and great action.

Four Top 10 men’s teams improved their positions with two wins on the week: Connecticut, Notre Dame, Santa Clara and SMU. For complete Top 25 weekend results and goalscorers …

Quinnipiac’s Graciano Brito isn’t your typical college star. He never played organized soccer before entering college. Three years later, he leads all NCAA Division I scorers with nine goals — and two hat tricks — in six games, but he still commutes 45 minutes each day between home and school and often works until midnight as a clerk at a local supermarket.

First-year program Florida Gulf Coast improved its record to 5-4-1 with a 3-0 win over Florida Atlantic. Cal State Bakersfield, in its first year as a D1 program, fell to 2-8-3 with a 1-0 loss at Radford. For complete NCAA Men’s Division I Thursday results …