The defending champion Tar Heels, aiming for North Carolina’s 20th national championship in 28 years, could be one of the great Anson Dorrance teams of all time. Stanford, with a strong returning frontline and a pair of incoming U-17 internationals, could have the best shot of dethroning UNC.
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College Women: Recruiting Success Is All The Rage
It is a Thursday evening in early February, and the Pleasanton Marriott in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Pleasanton is a study in contrasts. The parking lot is full, but the hotel restaurant is empty and only a handful of folks are sitting at the lobby bar. It's only when you stroll down […]
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’08 Women’s College Awards: Nogueira Takes Advice To Heart
Player of the YearCasey Nogueira Casey Nogueira, who wanted so badly to play for North Carolina that she moved from her home in Cedarburg, Wis., to Raleigh to be near the Tar Heels in high school, has backed up her commitment with superb performances in two Women's College Cup finals in three years at UNC. […]
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’08 Women’s College Champions: Carolina In The Role Of The Spoiler
If you believed Anson Dorrance, you’d have thought North Carolina would have had no chance at the 2008 Women’s College Cup.
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College Women: Rapinoe Attack is Back
They arrived at Portland with high expectations, but in four seasons, injuries and illness limited the Rapinoe twins, Megan and Rachael, to playing perhaps 10 games together. After both players were sidelined four games apart last season with knee injuries, their careers reached a low point. But the Rapinoes rebounded with determination and return for their final season. Their goal for the Pilots: “champions or bust.”
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Women’s College Preview ’08
FavoriteA-Rod leads USC again Amy Rodriguez and USC women's soccer seemed to be an odd match. The U.S. national team star could have chosen to attend any school in the country but says she picked USC because it was a "school where national championships are made." Football, maybe. But women's soccer had a long history […]
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American women open with win in Sweden
[NORDIC CUP] Midfielder Brittany Klein‘s goal in 51st minute gave the U.S. under-23 women’s national team a 1-0 win over Switzerland in their opening match of the 2008 Nordic Cup in Sweden.
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Accent on attack
[U.S. WOMEN’S ROSTER] Lauren Cheney, the 2007 Soccer America Women’s College Player of the Year, is among seven collegians whom new U.S. women’s national team coach Pia Sundhage called up for a six-day training camp Jan. 3-8 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
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Sundhage calls up seven collegians
[U.S. WOMEN’S ROSTER] Swede Pia Sundhage called up seven collegians for her first camp since being named the U.S. women’s national team coach.
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Miracle comeback saves No. 1 seed Penn State
[WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT] No. 1 seed Penn State was 15 seconds away from going down to Hofstra Monday in the second round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament, but the Nittany Lions rallied to win, 2-1, in overtime.
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CROWD COUNT: Women’s Second Round
Wonder why Texas A&M is hosting the Women’s College Cup? Despite pouring rain and the threat of hail and thunderstorms that delayed the start of Saturday’s A&M-Texas game for 50 minutes, A&M drew 2,438 fans at Aggie Soccer Stadium. The crowd was at least double the crowds at all but two other NCAA Division I women’s second-round matches. Six games drew less than 500 fans.
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Yavapai and CCBC Catonsville capture JC titles
[NJCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS] Yavapai beat top seed Georgia Perimeter, 5-4, in a shootout to win its sixth national title at the NJCAA Division I men’s championships in Tyler, Texas. The Roughriders were trailing, 3-2, with two minutes to play in regulation when Justin Meram equalized to send the final into overtime. CCBC Catonsville beat Iowa Western, 1-0, to claim the NJCAA Division I men’s championship in Albany, Ga. For all the scores and schedules …
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McKendree and Southern Nazarene pull upsets in first round
[NAIA WOMEN] The NAIA Women’s National Championships produced two upsets on the first day of play. No. 17 McKendree and No. 18 Southern Nazarene both advanced to Thursday’s second round with wins over higher seeds. Host Embry-Riddle, the No. 20 seed in the 20-team field, fell to Kansas Wesleyan, 2-0. For all the results and goal scorers …
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Oklahoma women’s coach quits
Randy Evans has resigned after nine years as the women’s head coach at the University of Oklahoma. His decision follows the Sooners’ second straight losing season. They finished 6-10-3 in 2007 and failed to make this week’s Big 12 Tournament in San Antonio.
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UPSETVILLE: Gamecocks end SEC drought
South Carolina achieved several firsts with its 2-0 victory No. 16 Tennessee in the quarterfinals of the SEC women’s tournament Wednesday in Orange Beach, Ala. It was the first win for the Gamecocks in 14 games against Tennessee and it was their first win ever in the SEC Tournament.
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Women’s Conferences
[TV SCHEDULES] Women’s conference tournament week got started Tuesday night with two games in the CAA, one of this year’s hot conferences, and Ohio Valley. CAA No. 3 seed James Madison improved to 16-3-1 and 12-0-0 at home with a 2-1 win over George Mason, while Megan Flanagan dished out three assists and Myriam Bouchard notched two goals as No. 4 seed VCU beat UNC Wilmington, 3-1. In the Ohio Valley, No. 6 Eastern Illinois rallied to win, 2-1, in overtime at Murray State and No. 4 UT Martin advanced with a 2-0 win over Morehead State thanks to a pair of goals by Katie Behrens. For all of this week’s conference tournament games and television coverage …
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UCLA faces the unthinkable
At 8-8-2, UCLA, the No. 1 team in the Soccer America Men’s Preseason Top 25, faces the unthinkable. If they lose to San Diego State next Wednesday, the struggling Bruins will finish with their first losing record in 41 years as an NCAA varsity sport and will fail to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a quarter century. What’s happened?
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Penn women book ticket to NCAA Tournament
Penn, a team with no seniors, joined Portland as the first two qualifiers for the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament when the Quakers clinched the Ivy League’s automatic berth on Sunday.
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North Carolina women receive $1 million gift
The rich get richer: North Carolina, winner of 18 NCAA Division I women’s championships, is the recipient of a $1 million gift honoring its most diehard fan to help endow scholarships and its operating budget.
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Wildfires impact Southern California programs
For almost a week now, fires have been raging across Southern California, affecting the movement of college teams. Pepperdine’s women managed to play at San Diego in WCC action last Sunday but then couldn’t get back home. Classes at San Diego have since been canceled and the campus used as an evacuation site. Unable to practice, the Torero women headed to Portland a day early to prepare for their nationally televised match on Thursday night. San Diego State teams have been forced move home games outside the area — to Los Angeles and as far away as Provo, Utah. Then there’s San Diego State men’s assistant coach Oscar Rodriguez, a San Diego firefighter who has been battling fires non-stop since last Sunday.
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Soccer America Women’s Top 25
The top three in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 remained the same: UCLA, Stanford and Virginia. Purdue and USC moved into the No. 4 and No. 5 spots — the highest rankings ever for both schools — for games played through Sunday, Oct. 21. For the complete Top 25 …
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Cavs roll before record crowd
[TOP 25 WOMEN’S ACTION] No. 3 Virginia extended its unbeaten streak to 12 games with a 2-0 win over Virginia Tech on Thursday night. The game drew a record women’s crowd of 2,011 and was televised nationally on Fox Soccer Channel.
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CROWD COUNT: College Soccer’s Largest Crowds
[MAKING A LIST] The top 10 men’s crowds were at 10 different venues. Four of the 10 women’s crowds were at games played last weekend.
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There is no stopping James Madison women
James Madison has lost not one but two goalies for the season with torn knee ligaments, but that hasn’t stopped the Dukes. With redshirt freshman goalkeeper Stephanie Poucher in goal and a pair of freshmen leading the attack, JMU (12-1-1) is riding a school record eight-game unbeaten streak. It’s tied with Georgia for the best winning percentage in the nation at .893.
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NCAA Women’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Japan international Mami Yamaguchi (Florida State) has scored 16 goals to lead all NCAA Division I women’s goal scorers. The only freshman in the top five is Brittney Steinbruch of Miami (Fla.). For the Top 10 goal scorers …