[AROUND THE COUNTRY] Coastal Carolina scored seven second-half goals to rout Richmond, 10-1, and win the VCU Invitational Tournament.

Jamaicantransfer Ashton Bennett had a hat trick and was named the tournament MVP. He was joined Cyprian Hedrick, Luis Faz and keeper Scott Angevine on the all-tournament team.

— VCU defeated Elon, 4-0, in the tournament’sother game. Nick Rich, Jason Johnson, Yoram Mwila and Juan Carlos Castillo, just back from representing Guatemala at the Under-20 World Cup, scored for the Rams.

— James Madison and St. Bonaventure both won their second gamesat the  JMU/Fairfield Inn by Marriott Tournament with a 4-1 win over UNC Asheville and 2-0 win over FAU, respectively. Jason Gannon, Jimmy Simpson, Patrick Innes and Boyd Reid score for JMU (2-0-0). Innes’ goal was thebest of the bunch: a free kick from 35 yards. Sophomores Brad Vanino and James Reed scored from St. Bonaventure.

EAST:
Bucknell 1 LaSalle 2
Harvard 1 Northeastern 0
Lehigh 1 Yale 0
Penn 5 St. Joseph’s 1
Penn State 1 FIU 0
Pittsburgh1 Valparaiso 1
St. Bonaventure 2 FAU 0
Siena 2 Syracuse 1

MIDWEST:
Bradley 1 Wisconsin-Green Bay 1
DePaul 1 SIU-Edwardsville2
Detroit 0 Buffalo 1
Marquette 0 Western Illinois 1
Northern Illinois 1 Michigan 0
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 4 Western Michigan 0

SOUTH:
Charlotte 2 UNC Wilmington 0
Coastal Carolina 10 Richmond 1
College of Charleston 1 Rutgers 2
Furman 1 Princeton 0
James Madison 4 UNC Asheville1
Memphis 1 Missouri State 0
UAB 1 UIC 1
VCU 4 Elon

WEST:
Cal Poly 1 Seattle 2
Denver 0 Davidson 0
Gonzaga 1 LIU0
Loyola Marymount 2 Tulsa 0

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