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Tony Guinn was named head women’s coach at Western Illinois, replacing Kevin Sherry, who filled the Louisiana Tech vacancy. For all 2007 Division I coaching changes …

Carlo Acquista, who compiled an 18-57-10 record in five seasons at St. Francis (N.Y.), has been named the new Adelphi men’s head coach, replacing Bob Montgomery, who resigned his position after 29 years as head coach to head up MLS club New York Red Bulls’ youth program.

Notre Dame forward Joseph Lapira, the 2006 winner of the Men’s Hermann Trophy, is among the 29 players who are included in the 2007 Men’s Hermann Trophy watch list released by the NSCAA.

Texas A&M has been picked to win the 2007 Big 12 women’s championship for the fourth consecutive year in a preseason vote of league head coaches.

Portland edged Santa Clara as the preseason favorite to take home the 2007 West Coast Conference women’s regular-season title, as voted on by the conference’s head coaches.

UCLA, which reached the national semifinals in 2006, has been tabbed as the favorite to win the 2007 Pac-10 women’s title by the Conference’s coaches.

Notre Dame, the 2006 NCAA Division I women’s runner-up, and West Virginia have been tabbed as division favorites in the 2007 Big East preseason women’s poll.

UC Santa Barbara was chosen to win the Big West men’s championship in the 2007 preseason coaches poll. The Gauchos, who won their first NCAA Division I national championship in 2006 and have won four of the last six Big West titles, led the way with six first-place votes and a total of 48 points.

Duke, which finished the 2006 regular-season as the No. 1 team in the Soccer America Top 25 men’s rankings, was named the 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference preseason favorite, in a vote of the league’s nine head coaches.

UCLA, the 2006 NCAA Division I men’s runner-up, is picked to win the Pac-10, marking the sixth straight year the Bruins are the preseason pick to win the conference title.

Notre Dame’s Kerri Hanks, the 2006 Women’s Hermann Trophy winner, is among 46 players named to the 2007 Women’s Hermann Trophy watch list.

Fox Soccer Channel’s live NSCAA College Match of the Week coverage in 2007 will include eight women’s matches played on Thursdays and nine men’s matches on Fridays. There will also be bonus coverage of three men’s matches played on Wednesday evenings throughout the season.

Bradley has canceled its annual preseason men’s Red-White scrimmage, scheduled for Saturday, but will open the regular season as scheduled on Aug. 31 at home against Lipscomb after the death of Danny Dahlquist in a fire allegedly set by four young men, including three teammates, a botched fireworks prank on Sunday at their home in West Peoria, Ill.