[RIVALS] UCLA continued its recent mastery of San Francisco with a 1-0 victory Thursday night in a battle of long-time West Coast powers before 3,143 fans at Negoesco Stadium. UCLA sophomore Chance Myers scored the game’s only goal in the 88th minute when he beat former Bruin Eric Conner in the Dons’ goal after Kyle Nakazawa‘s free kick into the penalty area wasn’t cleared.
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Soccer America Top 25 Men’s Results & Schedules
Four ACC matches involving Soccer America Top 25 teams highlight the action this weekend. No. 1 Wake Forest puts its perfect record in the line Friday night when it faces Clemson. On Saturday, No. 4 Virginia travels to N.C. State, No. 13 Boston College goes on the road to play North Carolina, and No. 17 Duke hosts No. 18 Maryland. For complete Top 25 results and schedules …
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Big East upstarts are primed for showdowns
[FOCUS] The Big East has three men’s teams ranked among the top seven teams in the Soccer America rankings — No. 2 Connecticut, No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 7 West Virginia — and they will all be tested this weekend. As the Big East moves into full swing, four upstarts, all unranked nationally in the Soccer America Preseason Top 25, are off to great starts. South Florida (5-0-0) has broken into the Soccer America Top 25 at No. 23, while DePaul (4-0-0), Villanova (5-1-0) and Syracuse (3-0-3) could crack the Top 25 with big weekends.
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NCAA Division I Women’s Unbeaten Teams
[MAKING A LIST] NCAA Division I women’s play moves into its fourth week, and 19 teams remain unbeaten, ranging from Marquette and South Carolina at 7-0-0 to Houston at 3-0-1.
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Virginia’s Barlow brothers are reunited — on the field
[PROFILES] What a difference a year makes. The 2006 season was a largely forgettable one for Virginia’s Barlow brothers, Jeremy and Neil, but they have recovered to lead the fourth-ranked Cavaliers to a 5-1-0 start. Both are starting in midfield, and Neil Barlow scored the first goal in a 2-1 comeback victory over Campbell on Wednesday, his third goal of the season.
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Struggling Duke and Maryland earn tough wins
[WEDNESDAY ACTION] ACC men’s powers Duke and Maryland rebounded from disappointing losses on Saturday to record wins against tough non-conference foes — tuneups for their big showdown on Saturday night in Durham. No. 17 Duke (4-2-0) needed a penalty kick by Mike Grella in the 79th minute to escape with a 2-1 win over South Carolina. Sophomore Drew Yates scored his third goal of the season to lead No. 18 Maryland past Old Dominion, 1-0.
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Creighton’s Dacy sidelined for rest of season
[INJURY] Creighton star Byron Dacy‘s comeback bid was short-lived. The junior forward will miss the remainder of the season due to a torn left ACL he suffered during the Bluejays’ exhibition match against Ohio State on Aug. 18. He came back to play two minutes against UCLA on Sept. 8 and played 19 minutes off the bench last Saturday against Loyola Marymount, scoring the game-winning goal in overtime for Creighton, ranked No. 8 in the country.
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Zimmeck ranks among Tribe leaders
[PROFILE] Claire Zimmeck is following in a long tradition of William & Mary women’s greats. Coming off sensational freshman and sophomore seasons, she has been on a tear in the first month of her junior campaign. Zimmeck’s hot streak continued when she scored the winning goal in No. 24 William and Mary’s 2-0 victory over Albany on Wednesday evening — the fourth straight game she has scored the winning goal.
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BYU women remain unbeaten and unscored upon
[STREAK] BYU’s shutout string was extended to 662 minutes when the No. 16 Cougars beat Utah rival Weber State, 2-0, on Wednesday night in Ogden. BYU (6-0-1) is the only Division I women’s team in the nation not to have allowed a goal all season.
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Portland is undeterred by injuries and Women’s World Cup call-ups
[FOCUS] Women’s World Cup call-ups and injuries have depleted Portland, but the No. 3 Pilots have run off three straight shutout victories since losing senior Rachael Rapinoe with an ACL tear 11 days ago in their 1-0 defeat to Purdue.
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Penn State women catch fire against Bucknell
[WEDNESDAY ACTION] No. 19 Penn State exploded for five second-half goals to beat Bucknell, 5-1, on the road in a battle of regional women’s rivals. Senior Aubrey Aden-Buie scored two goals. Transfer Melissa Hayes assisted on three goals, and sophomore Katie Schoepfer got the gamewinner, scoring in her third straight game. Ashley Myers and Jessie Davis also scored.
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NCAA Division I Women’s Leading Goal Scorers
England U-21 international Jodie Taylor (Oregon State), Japanese international Mami Yamaguchi (Florida State) and Tameda Sumter (UTEP) began the week tied for first on the NCAA Division I scoring charts.
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Lynn serves notice to Sunshine State foes
[SMALL COLLEGE MEN] For Lynn, the top-ranked NCAA Division II men’s team, the last six wins all came on the road. The Fighting Knights opened play in the Sunshine State Conference with a 9-0 blowout against Florida Southern, their fifth straight shutout. For news on Lenoir-Rhyne’s star goalie and Montclair State’s rapid climb …
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Wheaton women extend streak to 26 straight wins
[SMALL COLLEGE WOMEN] Wheaton (Ill.) remained undefeated with a 2-0 win over Trinity (Texas) on Monday night at Joe Bean Stadium. The win was Wheaton’s 26th consecutive victory, tying the Thunder with Heidelberg for the fourth longest win-streak in NCAA Division III history. For news on the new NCAA Division II women’s powerhouse and Division III Rochester’s quick fall …
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Men’s & Women’s Small College Rankings
The No. 1 teams in the NSCAA/adidas rankings for NCAA Division II and III schools remain the same. All are still unbeaten: Lynn (DII men), Trinity, Texas (DIII men), Grand Valley State (DII women) and Wheaton, Ill. (DIII women).
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Washington picks up 500th win
[MILESTONE] Junior midfielder Raphael Cox‘s goal on a free kick in the 51st minute gave 25th-ranked Washington a 1-0 win on Tuesday night over Pacific Northwest rival Portland, the 500th win in the 45-year history of the program.
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Red-hot Sheehan leads Brown to fifth straight win
[PROFILE] Canadian Dylan Sheehan, whose freshman campaign was wiped out by a freak accident in a preseason fitness test, is off to a phenomenal start in 2007. Sheehan’s first-half goal gave the ninth-ranked Bears a 1-0 victory over St. Francis (N.Y.) on Tuesday, marking the fifth straight game — all victories — in which he has scored.
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Transfer Bedoya comes through again for Boston College
[TUESDAY ACTION] Junior Alejandro Bedoya is one of the nation’s most influential transfers. Bedoya, who earned All-Northeast Conference first-team honors in 2005 and 2006 at Fairleigh Dickinson, doubled his season totals with one goal and three assists and led No. 13 Boston College to an 8-0 win over Maine.
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Yamaguchi credits her teammates, scores on her own
[PROFILE] Japanese Mami Yamaguchi has sure filled the void in the Florida State attack following the departure of U.S. international India Trotter and Australia international Sal Kuralay. Yamaguchi set a Seminole record when she scored her third hat trick of the season, contributing three goals in FSU’s 7-0 win over North Florida on Tuesday.
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No. 5 Texas settles for 2-2 tie with LSU
[TUESDAY NIGHT] Women’s soccer interest is high in Austin! The No. 5 Longhorns drew their largest crowd of the season (2,008 fans) for a weeknight clash with previously unbeaten and untied LSU that ended in a 2-2 tie.
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NCAA Division I Men’s Leading Goal Scorers
Jamaica youth international O’Brain White of No. 2 Connecticut is one of four players leading the NCAA Division I scoring ranks with six goals.
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Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
A trio of West Coast forwards — Conor Chinn (San Francisco), Kevin Forrest (Washington) and Maxwell Griffin (UCLA) — who led their respective teams to a pair of tournament wins over the weekend were named to the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 10-16.
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Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
William & Mary goalkeeper Meghan Walker and Oklahoma State’s Swedish star, Yolanda Odenyo, who helped their teams record major upsets over North Carolina and Notre Dame, respectively, were among the players named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 10-16.
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Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week
Virginia senior Shannon Foley, who tied a career-high for points with her two-goal, one-assist performance in a 4-0 win over ranked Colorado, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 10-16.
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Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week
Senior forward Sherron Manswell, whose two goals less than four minutes apart gave Boston College a 2-0 win over then-No. 6 Maryland in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 11-16.