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NCAA SCOREBOARD Sunday, Nov. 24 DIVISION I Third round Penn State 3 (Drummond 21, 72, Lohman 28) Virginia 0 Connecticut 1 (Barakat 2) Florida State 0Portland 4 (Sinclair 21, 23, 28, Rozwadowska 52) Richmond 0 DIVISION II Quarterfinals Franklin Pierce 2 (Makila 5, Verdoes 68) Adelphi 1 (Cali 30) Metropolitan State, Colo. 1 (Leichliter 77) […]

Fourth-ranked Franklin Pierce earned its 11th successive Division II final-four berth Saturday with a 2-1 win over visiting Adelphia in an NCAA quarterfinal match. Denver-based Metropolitan State claimed its first final-four spot, beating visiting UC Davis, 1-0. Dutchwoman Angela Verdoes scored the winner in the 68th minute for Franklin Pierce (18-0-1), which will face Nebraska-Omaha […]

Nov. 27 Old Dominion (10-8-1 at Wake Forest (14-1-4) Coastal Carolina (19-2-2) at Clemson (12-4-3) Portland (13-5-1 at Stanford (14-4-2) Furman (18-2-1) at Va. Commonwealth (15-4-1) Northeastern (12-7-2) at Boston College (16-4) Florida Int'l (13-5-1) at Southern Methodist (15-2-3) Wis.-Milwaukee (19-1-1) at Creighton (15-3-2) Fairleigh Dickinson (11-4-7) at St. John's (12-2-5) Cal Loyola Marymount (15-3-2) […]

First Round Nov. 22-23 North Carolina (Kneipper 10, 18, 64, 70, 71, Stokes 73) Winthrop 0. Notre Dame 3 (Garcia 15, 69, Braun 81) Akron 1 (McKenzie 30). Duke 1 (Perea 69) William & Mary 2 (Henry 11, Bean 65). Florida International 2 (Boswell 45, Gil 51) UCF 1 (Malec 33). American 1 (S.Kuykendall pen. […]

Texas A&M on Saturday didn't score a goal — didn't take a shot — and claimed its second successive NCAA Division I women's soccer quarterfinal berth. The No. 9 Aggies (18-4-3) overcame UCLA's dominance behind freshman goalkeeper Kati Jo Spisak, eking through to an elite-eight matchup with No. 2 North Carolina by topping the No. […]

Jessica Dotson's 65th-minute goal lifted visiting Nebraska-Omaha to a 1-0 victory Saturday over No. 1 Northern Kentucky, sending the Mavericks to the NCAA Division II final four Dec. 6-8 at Virginia, Beach, Va. Nebraska-Omaha (21-0-0) survived a Stephanie Sandfoss chip with its goalkeeper out of position about 20 minutes from the finish, but the ball […]

NCAA TOURNAMENTS DIVISION I Third round Saturday, Nov. 23 Stanford 1 (Wallis 81) Notre Dame 0 Michigan 2 (Heaton 27, Pesiri 54) Pepperdine 0 Santa Clara 3 (own goal Karakusis 9, Poole 54, Hawkins 79) Nebraska 2 (Latham 36, Baker 76) Texas A&M 0 UCLA 0 (Texas A&M advances on penalties, 3-1) North Carolina 3 […]

NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS at St. Charles, Mo. Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov 23 Union, Ky. 4 Park, Mo. 2 Westmont, Calif. 2 Auburn-Montgomery, Ala. 1 (OT) Azusa Pacific, Calif. 3 Lindsey Wilson, Ky. 0 Lindenwood, Mo. 0 Concordia, Ore. 0 (Lindenwood advances on penalties, 3-2) Semifinals Monday, Nov. 25 Westmont, Calif. (18-1-3) vs. Union, Ky. (12-10-1), 4 […]

NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS at St. Charles, Mo. First round Friday, Nov. 22 Park, Mo. 1 Siena Heights, Mich. 1 (Park advances on penalties, 4-2) Auburn-Montgomery, Ala. 1 Berry, Ga. 0 Azusa Pacific, Calif. 3 Embry-Riddle, Fla. 0 Concordia, Ore. 2 Robert Morris, Ill. 2 (Concordia advances on penalties, 5-4) Second round Saturday, Nov 23 Park, […]

MEN Division II Bridgeport (9-2-1) Division III New England: Roger Williams (20-4-2) Metro: Stevens Tech (17-4-2) Northeast: Rochester (14-4-2) Mid-Atlantic: Misericordia (15-5-2) WOMEN Division I St. John's (10-6-5) Division II Southampton (15-6-0) Division III New England: Salem State (16-4-1) Metro: Richard Stockton (16-4-3) Northeast: Rochester (15-5-0) Mid-Atlantic: Franklin & Marshall (15-5-2)

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor U.S. attacker Landon Donovan is looking forward to a rest from not only the physical demands of playing for club and country but from uncertainty and doubt. The loan phase of a co-sharing agreement brokered between MLS and Bayer Leverkusen has expired and no one is sure what happens next. […]

By Paul Kennedy, Managing Editor 1 Saint Louis was the only Conference USA team to receive a bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament, marking the first time since its inaugural season of play in 1996 that the C-USA didn't receive two or more bids. 2 The Big West won't get an automatic bid until 2003, […]

QUARTERFINALS Nov. 21 Schoolcraft (Mich.) 2 Louisburg (N.C.) 1 Mercer County (N.J.) 4 Barton County (Kan.) 0 San Jacinto-South (Texas) 1 Yavapai (Ariz.) 1 (Yavapai wins 3-2 on penalties.) Iowa Central 4 Dean (Mass.) 1 SEMIFINALS Nov. 22 Mercer County (16-1-0) vs. Schoolcraft (16-6-0) Yavapai (20-2-1) vs. Iowa Central (16-2-3)

FIRST ROUND Nov. 21 Auburn Montgomery 6 John Brown 2 Mid-Continent 2 Flagler 1 Lindsey Wilson 9 Martin Luther 0 Rio Grande 2 Goldey-Beacom 1 Nov. 22 Illinois-Springfield (11-6-1) vs. Covenant (20-2-1) Mobile (14-4-1) vs. Bethel (17-3-4) Concordia (Calif.) (16-4-2) vs. Park (18-1-2) Baker (14-3-3) vs. Simon Fraser (13-4-0) QUARTERFINALS Nov. 23 Lindsey Wilson (20-1-1) […]

NAIA SCOREBOARD First round Thursday, Nov. 21 at St. Charles, Mo. Union, Ky. 4 Maine-Farmington 0 Westmont, Calif. 3 Tiffin, Ohio 0 Lindsey Wilson, Ky. 5 Mary, N.D. 0 Lindenwood, Mo. 4 Oklahoma Christian 1 Friday, Nov. 23 at St. Charles, Mo. Park, Mo. (17-3-1) vs. Siena Heights, Mich. (21-2-0), noon Auburn-Montgomery, Ala. (19-3-1) vs. […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor Notre Dame (13-7-0) at Stanford (20-1-0), Saturday, 7 p.m. PST: The Fighting Irish struggled with injuries to its back line and midfield, but time off — they missed the Big East tournament — has helped, and they've won six of seven. Amanda Guertin (11 goals-11 assists) and Amy Warner (9-8) […]

The NJCAA Division I men's national tournament begins Thursday in Tyler, Texas. The No. 1 ranked Yavapai (Ariz.) heads the eight-team field. The Roughriders, runners-up at in last year's tournament, are shooting for their fourth title. The No. 2 seed is Mercer County (N.J.), featuring Canadian U-20 national team Andres Arango. This year's darkhorse is […]

Host Lindsey Wilson goes for its fifth straight NAIA men's title — and seventh in eight years — at the national championships that begin Thursday and Friday in Bowling Green, Ky., with first-round action. Sophomore Boyzzz Khumalo from South Africa leads the Blue Raiders with 23 goals and 14 assists in 20 games. Ray Wells' […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor National teams made up of MLS players will likely be the norm in 2003. Coach Bruce Arena doesn't foresee calling many of his European-based players in the first half of next year even if matches can be arranged during the FIFA international dates. ''It's not going to happen,'' says Arena. […]

A 23-man Project-40 squad, under Coach Glenn Myernick, will tour Germany and the Netherlands Nov. 22-Dec. 6 for games against professional reserve teams. SCHEDULE: Nov. 26 — Borussia Monchengladbach (reserves) Nov. 27 — Borussia Dortmund (reserves) 3 p.m. Nov. 28 — PSV Eindhoven (reserves) 2 p.m. Dec. 3 — Utrecht (reserves) 3 p.m. Dec. 4 […]

For 2003, MLS is lengthening its regular season and revamping its playoff system. The regular season kicks off April 5 (as opposed to March 23 in 2002) and MLS Cup 2003 on Nov. 23 takes place a month later than in 2002. Also, for the first time league history, MLS will use an aggregate-goal system […]

GOALKEEPER Andrew Nucifora (Fairleigh Dickinson), Jr. (1) Makes eight saves to help send the Northeast final against LIU (0-0) to penalty kicks and stops David Ledet's attempt to give Knights their third straight conference title. DEFENDERS Milorad Djordjevic (VCU), Sr. (1) Scores first career goal in the 69th minute to give top-seeded Rams a 2-1 […]

Defender Cory Gibbs made his seventh league appearance of the year in St. Pauli's 3-2 home loss against first-place FC Cologne on Monday. He came close to scoring in the first half for St. Pauli, which is second-to-last in the 18-team Second Division. The bottom four teams will be relegated to the Third Division. St. […]

Nov. 13/First Round Messiah 1 Johns Hopkins 0 Merchant Marine 2 Johnson & Wales 1 Babson 3 Medgar Evers 0 Williams 3 Salve Regina 1 Ithaca 2 Worcester State 0 Otterbein 2 Westminster (Pa.) 0 Hope 4 Dominican (Ill.) 0 Concordia (Wisc.) 1 St. Norbert 0 (OT) Wisc.-Whitewater 2 Marian 0 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 Westminster […]

Nov. 16-17/First Round West Chester 1 East Stroudsburg 1 (East Stroudsburg wins 4-2 on penalties.) So. New Hampshire 1 So. Connecticut State 0 Mercyhurst 6 District of Columbia 0 Rockhurst 2 Lewis 1 Cal State Dom. Hills 2 Sonoma State 3 Incarnate Word 2 Midwestern State 3 USC-Spartanburg 1 Queens 0 Barry 1 Central Arkansas […]