Tag: college women

Boston University, Stony Brook and Hartford all posted wins to remain unbeaten in America East play. Marisa Viola extended her shutout streak to 735 minutes in Stony Brook’s 1-0 win over New Hampshire. Creighton snapped Drake’s 18-game Missouri Valley Conference undefeated streak with a 2-1 victory over the Bulldogs. For all the women’s scores …

A pair of in-state clasicos should draw huge crowds this weekend. No. 1 Texas travels to College Station to face No. 14 Texas A&M at Aggie Soccer Stadium, where the Longhorns have lost every game they’ve played. No. 15 BYU will put its unbeaten record on the line Saturday when it meets Utah at South Stadium in a battle of two of the nation’s top forwards, BYU’s Katie Larkin (12 goals) and the Utes’ Adele Letro (15 goals). For the complete Top 25 results and schedules …

Lee was named No. 1 in NAIA Women’s Top 25 Poll for the third consecutive week. For the complete Top 25 …

U.S. international Lauren Cheney (UCLA) inched closer to the top of the NCAA Division I women’s scoring charts with three goals in wins over San Diego State and Santa Clara. For the Top 10 goal scorers …

Canadian World Cup players Diane Matheson, who had the goal or assist on seven of eight goals scored by Princeton players in a pair of big wins, and Sophie Schmidt, who scored two goals in her debut as a forward off the bench for Portland in a 4-0 win over Oregon, were among the players named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Oct. 1-7.

Sophomore midfielder Michelle Makasini, who scored three goals to lead the LSU to a 3-0 victory over No. 7 Tennessee on Friday night and a 1-1 draw with No. 18 Georgia on Sunday afternoon, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 1-7.

[MAKING A LIST] At 10-0-2, No. 15 BYU has the best winning percentage of any team in NCAA Division I women’s soccer. The Cougars have only scored 14 goals in their 12 games, but they have dependable Katie Larkin to thank for much of their success. The junior from Draper, Utah, has scored 10 goals, nine of them game-winners. Remarkably, eight of the nine wins were decided by one goal.

Weekend stars included Brittany Bock (four goals in a pair of wins for Notre Dame), Lauren Cheney (three goals for UCLA in wins over San Diego State and Santa Clara) and Michelle Makasini (three goals for LSU). Five players scored golden goals on Sunday: Courtney Gaines (Texas), Shannon Foley (Virginia), Casey Nogueira (North Carolina), Karyn Riviere (Connecticut) and Molly Kinsella (Vanderbilt). For the complete Top 25 weekend results and goalscorers …

Portland women’s team got a much-needed boost from World Cup veterans Stephanie Lopez and Sophie Schmidt and rolled past Oregon, 4-0, on the road Friday night. Lopez, the starting left back for the U.S. national team in China, made her 2007 debut for the Pilots and recorded an assist, while Schmidt scored two goals in her first appearance as a forward at the collegiate level.

[HISTORY] More than a quarter century after they played pioneering roles in women’s soccer, members of the University of Oregon’s 1980 and 1981 teams will be honored at ceremonies Friday during the Ducks’ game with Portland. It will be the first time that Oregon has honored its 1980 varsity team, and it will also be the first time that the 1981 team has been formally recognized with varsity status and players granted letterman status.

Conference play continues in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC while WCC and Pac-10 close out non-conference action this weekend. For the complete Top 25 results and schedules …

[PREVIEW] No. 4 Santa Clara will take a depleted roster on the road when the Broncos face No. 1 Stanford Friday and No. 3 UCLA Sunday. Their epidemic got so bad that injuries to Courtney Lewis and Lindsey Johnson left Coach Jerry Smith with only two available substitutes for last Sunday’s game against California.

[THURSDAY ACTION] For difference reasons, both coaches were pleased after No. 5 Virginia and No. 22 Florida State played to a 1-1 tie in their ACC showdown. Ashlee Pistorius tied the Big 12 record with her 69th career goal in No. 16 Texas A&M’s 2-1 comeback win at No. 23 Oklahoma State. For all the Top 25 women’s action …

Playing without Adele Letro, tied for second in the country in scoring, and top playmaker Kelly Isleib, Utah (7-2-2) still managed to beat Utah Valley State, 6-0. Wisconsin-Milwaukee extended its unbeaten streak to five games with a 4-0 win over Wisconsin-Green Bay in Horizon League play. For complete NCAA Women’s Division I Wednesday results …

Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi still leads all NCAA Division I women’s goalscorers with 14 goals, but the Japanese international is getting competition from Ashlee Pistorius (Texas A&M), Jodie Taylor (Oregon State) and Adele Letro (Utah). For the Top 10 goalscorers …

Kara Lang and Amy Rodriguez, who scored for UCLA and USC, respectively, in wins over Portland were named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.

California freshman Alex Morgan, who began the weekend with a hat trick in the Bears’ 4-0 victory over St. Mary’s and then scored in their 2-0 win over then-No. 1 Santa Clara, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.

Nine years after she was cut from the University of North Carolina women’s team, Melissa Jennings may finally get her day in court. The U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for a jury trial, denying a petition Monday to hear arguments in the sexual harassment case against legendary UNC coach Anson Dorrance.