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Defending NCAA Division I champion Portland exited this year's tournament on penalty kicks, falling to archrival Santa Clara following a 0-0 draw in a third-round clash Sunday on the Pilots' Merlo Field. The rematch of last year's title game, a game worthy of the final four, set up another — with the No. 3-ranked Broncos […]

Honda MVP: Preki (Kansas City) Gatorade Rookie of the Year: Damani Ralph (Chicago) ADT Defender of the Year: Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago) MLS Goalkeeper of the Year: Pat Onstad (San Jose) MLS Coach of the Year: Dave Sarachan (Chicago) Pepsi Goal of the Year: Damani Ralph (Chicago) GaS Play of the Year: Carlos Ruiz (Los Angeles) […]

No. 2 seed Rio Grande (Ohio) beat defending champion Mobile, 3-1, in the quarterfinals of the NAIA men's national championship at the Olathe (Kan.) District Activity Center. The Redmen got goals from Conar Dawson, Simon Carey and Tony Griffith to improve their record to 22-0-1. They meet third-seeded Hastings (Neb.) Monday in one semifinal. Fresno […]

RESULTS FIRST ROUND Nov. 19 Embry-Riddle 4 Simon Fraser 0 Alliant International 1 Si Tanka-Huron 0 Bethel 1 Baker 1 (Bethel wins 5-4 on penalties.) Virginia Intermont 3 John Brown 1 SECOND ROUND Nov. 20 Embry Riddle 4 Lindsey Wilson 2 Lindenwood 3 Alliant International 0 Hastings 2 Bethel 0 Rio Grande2 Virginia Intermont 1 […]

Yavapai of Prescott, Ariz., won the NJCAA Division I title with a 4-3 win on penalty kicks over Mercer County (N.J.) after the teams tied, 2-2, Sunday in the final in Tyler, Texas. The Roughriders, who won their fifth national JC title in 10 appearances in the final, also beat Mercer County in last year's […]

RESULTS Quarterfinals Nov. 21 Yavapai 2 Springfield 0 East Central 6 Louisburg 1 No. Oklahoma 3 Bryant & Stratton 3 (OT) (No. Oklahoma wins 5-3 on penalties.) Mercer County 2 DuPage 1 (OT) Semifinals Nov. 22 Yavapai 2 East Central 1 Mercer County 4 No. Oklahoma 0 Final Yavapai 2 Mercer County 2 (Yavapai wins […]

Cullen Davies' hat trick led Trinity (Texas) to a 3-0 win over UC Santa Cruz and move the Tigers into the semifinals of the NCAA Division III men's semifinals. The win gave Trinity a 22-0-0 record and Coach Paul McGinlay his 200th career victory. The win set up a date against Wisconsin-Oshkosh, which moved to […]

RESULTS Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 22 Wisc.-Oshkosh 1 Dominican (Ill.) 0 Wheaton (Mass.) 1 MIT 0 Drew 1 Salisbury 0 Sunday, Nov. 23 Trinity (Texas) 3 UC Santa Cruz 0 SCHEDULE Semifinals Nov. 29 Drew (20-1-2) vs. Wheaton (Mass.) (19-3-1) Trinity (Texas) (22-0-0) vs. Wisc.-Oshkosh (21-0-0)

In the NCAA Division II men's quarterfinals, Jacob Schramm came off the bench to tally the game-winner in the 87th minute and give Findlay a 2-1 win over Truman and end its winning streak at 26 games — the second longest in NCAA Division II men's history. Findlay (10-5-5) meets Chico State (20-4-1) in one […]

NCAA DIVISION I Third Round Sunday, Nov. 23 Portland 0 Santa Clara 0 (Santa Clara advances on penalties, 4-2) West Virginia 2 (Zanti 47, Barden 88) Florida State 3 (Rowland 14, Beal 22, Gallegos 110) (OT) Connecticut 5 (Barakat 5, Cross 26, Sullivan 70, Graczyk 78, 82) Michigan 0 Quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 28 Santa Clara […]

Megan Goodrich's 90th minute goal lifted Dixie State College of Utah to a 1-0 victory Sunday in Phoenix over defending champion Community College of Rhode Island in the championship game at the NJCAA Division I junior college women's soccer national finals. Goodrich scored from Julee Russell's lob to deliver the Rebels (17-4-1) their second NJCAA […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor in Carson, Calif. Landon Donovan finished clinically, Pat Onstad saved a penalty kick, and the San Jose Earthquakes used an early goal to take charge Sunday en route to their second Major League Soccer championship in three years. Donovan netted a pair of goals as the Earthquakes completed an improbable […]

Nov. 23 in Carson, Calif. Chicago 2 San Jose 4. Goals: Beasley (Williams) 49, own goal 54; Ekelund 5, Donovan (Walker) 38, Mulrooney (Waibel) 50, Donovan (De Rosario, Mullan) 71. Chicago — Thornton, Curtin (Jaqua, 81), Whitfield, Bocanegra, Perez (Gray, 46), Williams (Mapp, 70), Armas, Marsch, Beasley, Razov, Ralph. San Jose — Onstad, Robinson, Dayak, […]

2003 CHAMPIONS NJCAA Division I: Dixie State College of Utah (St. George, Utah) NJCAA Division III: Mohawk Valley Community College (Utica and Rome, N.Y.) COA (California): Championships Dec. 6-7 at Lemoore NJCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 20-22 at Phoenix Quarterfinals Dixie State (Utah) 4 Young Harris (Ga.) 0 Schoolcraft (Mich.) 3 Hinds CC (Miss.) 1 […]

NIRSA COLLEGIATE SOCCER SPORT CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Championship games Sunday, Nov. 22 Women's Championship Division Colorado 1 Miami (Ohio) 0 Women's Open Division Arizona 3 Kansas 2 (OT) Men's Championship Division Illinois 2 Utah Valley State 0 Men's Open Division UC Santa Barbara 1 James Madison 0

Kristin Neher scored a second-half hat trick as William Jewell (Mo.) rallied from a two-goal deficit to upset third-seeded Azusa Pacific (Calif.), keeping the Cougars out of the NAIA semifinals for the first time since 1997. Neher, a junior forward, scored in the 47th, 74th and 89th minutes, the final two from Allison Mallams assists, […]

NCAA DIVISION I Third Round Saturday, Nov. 22 Penn State 3 (Lohman 13, Drummond 18, Weimer 54) Texas A&M 0 Florida 1 (Kellgren pen. 90) Tennessee 0 Villanova 0 Brigham Young 0 (2OT) (Brigham Young advances on penalties, 5-3) Sunday, Nov. 23 Santa Clara (14-3-5) at Portland (18-3-1), 1 p.m. PST Florida State (15-7-1) at […]

Ashley Kellgren's 90th-minute penalty kick Saturday carried third-seeded Florida into the NCAA Division I quarterfinals with a 1-0 triumph over Southeastern Conference rival Tennessee in a third-round match at Gainesville, Fla. Kellgren's winner arrived after Robin Fulton was pushed down by a beaten Marie-Eve Nault in the Lady Vols' box. The Gators (18-3-2), who needed […]

RESULTS Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 22 Truman 1 Findlay 2 Midwestern State 1 Chico State 3 Lynn 3 Carson-Newman 0 Dowling 2 Mass.-Lowell 0 SCHEDULE Semifinals Dec. 3 in Virginia Beach, Va. Findlay (10-5-5) vs. Chico State (20-4-1) Lynn (20-0-1) vs. Dowling (15-3-3)

DIVISION I Third Round Friday, Nov. 21 North Carolina 7 (Reddick 9, White 13, O'Reilly 51, Morrell 61, 63, Ramsey 66, Tomecka 69) Purdue 0 UCLA 1 (Swanson 43) Kansas 0 Saturday, Nov. 22 Texas A&M (13-5-3) at Penn State (18-3-2), 1 p.m. EST Tennessee (17-4-2) at Florida (18-3-2), 1:30 p.m. EST Brigham Young (14-5-2) […]

No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 UCLA romped into the NCAA Division I quarterfinals on Friday, each notching its third shutout of the tournament in third-round home victories. The top-seeded Tar Heels (24-0-0) destroyed Purdue, 7-0, at Chapel Hill, N.C., giving them 20 goals in one-sided NCAA victories over High Point, UNC Charlotte and […]

Cal Baptist, initially left out of the NAIA Championship field, advanced Friday night to the quarterfinals with a double-overtime victory over Houghton (N.Y.), giving Southern California's Golden State Athletic Conference three teams in the final eight. The Lancers (15-4-1) got a 101st-minute goal from freshman Sarai Stamper to overcome Houghton, 1-0, and advance to Saturday's […]

(All games in Olathe, Kan.) RESULTS SECOND ROUND Nov. 20 Embry Riddle 4 Lindsey Wilson 2 Lindenwood 3 Alliant International 0 Hastings 2 Bethel 0 Rio Grande 2 Virginia Intermont 1 SCHEDULE SECOND ROUND Nov. 21 #8 Fresno Pacific (19-1-0) vs. #9 Southern Nazarene (16-4-2) #5 Berry (19-1-1) vs. #12 Grand View (20-4-0) #6 Park […]

(Home team listed first) NCAA MEN'S DIVISION I First Round Friday, Nov. 21 Florida Int'l (13-4-2) vs. UCF (12-5-3) Virginia Tech (14-4-2) vs. Clemson (9-7-3) Santa Clara (13-3-3) vs. SMU (13-6-2) Coastal Carolina (18-2-0) vs. Davidson (15-5-2) Virginia (9-9-2) vs. Seton Hall (9-5-4) Creighton (10-5-3) vs. UMKC (10-6-3) California (10-8-2) vs. San Jose State (12-6-2) […]

Kansas City Wizards midfielder Preki, 40, became the first two-time MLS Honda MVP winner in League history as he captured the 2003 award six years after his first honor in 1997. Preki, who also became the oldest MVP in American professional sports history, was the top scorer with 12 goals and 17 assists during the […]