Category: College Soccer Reporter

After struggling most of the men’s season, UNC Greensboro (11-7-1) may need to win the Southern Conference Tournament to advance to the NCAA Tournament. Typical of their up-and-down season, the Spartans won their third consecutive regular-season conference title with a 2-1 win at Furman a week ago, then turned around and lost to Akron, 4-0, […]

Navy, the only unbeaten and untied team in the NCAA Division I women’s ranks, extended its winning streak to a 19 in a row with a 1-0 victory over No. 10 Penn State Thursday night before a Glenn Warner Soccer Facility record crowd of 2,412 Sophomore Kristen Laraway‘s goal off a lead pass from captain […]

In the Soccer America Teams of the Week that appeared in yesterday’s College Soccer Reporter, the first name of Santa Clara freshman star Kiki Bosio and last name of Penn State defender David Gray were misspelled.

It took 91 years, but Lehigh finally beat Penn State. The Mountain Hawks, ranked No. 23 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25, came away with their first-ever victory over the Nittany Lions in a series that consists of 17 meetings and dates back to 1915.  Sophomore Adam Gazda scored in the second overtime to […]

The Big East Tournament kicked off Wednesday with four first-round men’s games, and No. 8 Notre Dame (13-4-2) led the way with a 2-0 win over DePaul. Junior Joseph Lapira upped his nation-leading scoring totals with a goal and an assist to give him 20 goals and 45 points, which lead all NCAA Division I […]

UAB handed No. 1 SMU its first loss of the season with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday night before what is believed to be a record crowd of 2,755 fans at West Campus field. Canadian Lukasz Kwapisz and Birmingham product Trey Gregory each tallied goals in the UAB victory. “You put together a game plan […]

By Ridge Mahoney In less than two weeks, the NCAA selection committee will draw up the field for the 2006 Division I women’s soccer tournament. About all that can be determined at this point is that No. 1 Notre Dame (17-0-1) and No. 2 North Carolina (17-1-0) will receive two of the top four seeds, […]

Two teams priming themselves for the Big West Tournament and coming off important wins meet Wednesday in the NSCAA Match of the Week (Fox Soccer Channel, live, 11 pm ET) when Cal State Fullerton (8-6-2) hosts Long Beach State (11-3-1). Cal State Fullerton beat UC Davis, 1-0, Sunday with a goal by sophomore Leslie Munoz […]

Creighton is coming on strong just at the right time. The No. 15 Bluejays beat UMKC 3-1 Tuesday afternoon in Kansas City to extend their winning streak to five games and unbeaten streak to eight games. All three Bluejay scores came from seniors playing in the final regular-season week of their careers: Ryan Junge, Michael […]

Connecticut sophomore Brittany Tegeler is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week.  She notched the gamewinner in a 1-0 win at No. 6 West Virginia on Friday night. The Mountaineers had been unbeaten in its last 15 games at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Tegeler also tied a career high with five points — two […]

Adam Cristman, who registered the first hat trick by a Virginia player since 2000, is this week’s recipient of the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week award. The senior forward’s three goals led No. 3 Virginia to a 3-1 win at Virginia Tech in an ACC match on Friday night. All three goals came […]

Dowling, No. 1 in the the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Men’s Division II rankings, had its 16-game winning streak snapped when it was held to a 0-0 tie by Dominican in its regular-season finale. Dowling (16-0-1) and No. 2 Carson-Newman (12-0-2) are the only unbeaten D2 men’s teams. Spaniard Dario Carrasco scored four goals in the Eagles’ […]

MEN G PLAYER, SCHOOL, YEAR 19 Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame, Jr. 15 Charlie Davies, Boston College, Jr. 15 Steven Holloway, Monmouth, Sr. 15 Saidi Isaac, Winthrop, Jr. 14 Jarrod Smith, West Virginia, Sr. 14 Josh Trott, Holy Cross, Sr. 14 Jeffrey Gonsalves, Rhode Island, Sr. 13 Tommy Krizanovic, Jacksonville, Sr. 13 Riley O’Neill, Kentucky, Sr. […]

Penn State isn’t being mentioned as a national contender like it was in 2005 when it went unbeaten in 25 games and reached the Women’s College Cup, but Paula Wilkins is doing perhaps the best job in her six years as the Nittany Lions head coach. On Sunday, the No 10 Lions beat Northwestern, 2-1, […]

ACC men’s soccer has drawn unprecedented fan interest in 2006. Defending national champion Maryland has twice broken its home attendance record this season and averaged 5,100 fans for its seven ACC contests. With still two matches left in the regular season, Maryland has already set the school’s season attendance record as 34,235 spectators have flowed […]

No. 1 Notre Dame (16-0-1) extended its unbeaten streak to 17 games with wins over Villanova (4-2) and Georgetown (1-0), The game against Villanova was a matchup of the nation’s top defenses, but each squad allowed its most goals in a game this season. Sophomore star Kerri Hanks scored the first two Notre Dame goals […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Weekend Results) 1. Notre Dame (16-0-1) 1 10/20 at Villanova 4-2, 10/22 at Georgetown 1-0, 10/24 at Cincinnati, 10/29 Seton Hall-St. John’s winner (Big East Tournament). 2. North Carolina (17-1-0) 2 10/19 at N.C. State 4-1, 10/27 Wake Forest 3. UCLA (14-2-0) 4 10/20 at Arizona 1-0, 10/22 at Arizona State […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Last week’s results) 1. SMU (14-0-3) 1 10/18 South Carolina 1-1, OT, 10/21 at Memphis 3-0, 10/25 at UAB, 10/28 at Marshall. 2. Duke (12-2-1) 2 10/17 Alabama A&M 4-1, 10/20 North Carolina 1-0, 10/24 North Florida, 10/27 at Clemson. 3. Wake Forest (14-2-1) 3 10/18 UNC Greensboro 3-0, 10/21 N.C. […]

An own goal gave No. 2 Duke a 1-0 win over North Carolina before 6,549 fans at Koskinen Stadium on Friday night and remain in first place in ACC men’s play with a 5-1-1 record. The struggling Tar Heels are winless in five games and have been shut out in three straight games for the […]

The Santa Clara-Portland game lived up its billing as the Broncos edged UP, 3-2, in a back-and-forth game that featured several brilliant goals. Michelle Enyeart gave the Pilots a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute after being fed by All-American defender Stephanie Lopez, who made a sensational run past six Santa Clara defenders. Marian Dalmy […]

With Senior Days being held last weekend and this weekend, that means the regular season is soon coming to an end. The first men’s conference tournament games take place next Wednesday in the Big East. Going into the weekend, here’s how the races shape up in the nine conferences that had two or more teams […]

Junior Maurice Edu has scored three goals for Maryland this season. All three came on headers. All three came on balls served by Graham Zusi. And all three gave the Terrapins 1-0 wins. The latest was a 1-0 victory over Hartwick at Ludwig Field to snap a two-game losing streak for the defending national champions. […]

Last year, as a junior, Kelli Yeamans missed UTEP’s unbelievable victory at heavily favored Texas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Miners’ sweeper had gone down with an ACL tear of her left knee six weeks earlier. This year, Yeamans tore the ACL in her right knee. It came in a game […]

Santa Clara-Portland is one of the biggest rivalries in women’s soccer. No. 5 Portland and No. 7 Santa Clara have either won or shared all 14 WCC titles and have claimed three of the last five NCAA championships. Santa Clara took the 2001 title and Portland followed in 2002 by beating the Broncos for its […]

It was supposed to be a duel between No. 5 West Virginia’s Jarrod Smith (14 goals) and No. 7 Notre Dame’s Joseph Lapira (19 goals), but Englishmen Dan Stratford and Andy Wright were the heroes Wednesday night for the Mountaineers in the much-anticipated Big East showdown. To the delight of a sellout crowd of 2,153 […]