Elmar Bolowich, who won an NCAA Division I title with North Carolina in 2001, returned to Chapel Hill for the first time as Creighton head coach and led the Bluejays to a 1-0 win thateliminated the No. 5 Tar Heels from the NCAA Tournament. Bolowich tried to downplay any significance in his return to North […]
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No. 1 Hoyas suffer same cruel fate as in 2014
Georgetown came into the third round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament with a school record 14-game winning streak, but for the second year in a row the Hoyas exited the postseason at home in ashootout. In 2014, they fell to Virginia in the quarterfinals at Shaw Field. On Sunday it was Boston College […]
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German rapper leads Winthrop into NCAA Tournament
Winthrop keeper Fabian Broich, hero of the shootout that gave Winthrop the Big South title and a berth in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament, has used poetryand rap to overcome his bashfulness. He made a music video with Eagle players about the importance of shirking social media for actual human interaction.
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'Emotion is unreal' after FGCU's first NCAA win
Six-time defending A-Sun regular-season champ FGCU finally won its first NCAA Division I Tournament game when it beat South Florida, 2-1, in the first round of the 2015 tournament. Both of FGCU’sgoals came on first-half penalty kicks. Said junior Tabby Tindell, two-time A-Sun Player of the Year and FGCU’s record-holder with 52 goals, “The emotion […]
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St. Norbert's Vanden Avond sets DIII women's record
St. Norbert senior Katie Vanden Avond set the NCAA Division III women’s career scoring record with the 125th goal of her career in the GreenKnights’ 1-1 tie with UW-La Crosse. She broke the record of 124 goals she shared with Luther’s Katie Pettigrew (2001-04). “Nothing like this could have ever happened if itwasn’t for this […]
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Lots to rave about Wake freshman Harrison
Englishman Jack Harrison, the Gatorade High School Boys Player of the Year at the Berkshire (Mass.) School, has had a big impact as a freshman at Wake Forest,helping the No. 3 Demon Deacons to a 12-1-2 record and 5-0-2 in the ACC, where it is in first place heading into the final week of the […]
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Freshman Klinsmann learning ropes at Cal
Freshman Jonathan Klinsmann, son of U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, says he wasn’t lookingto find his own identity when he moved into goal, but it’s not a move he’s regretted. “I mean, if I were a striker, that would be pretty tough,” Jonathan said. He’s played just 61 minutes as a backupso far for […]
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Recalling the great 1990 N.C. State team
N.C. State’s 1990 ACC championship team, honored at halftime of Sunday’s Wolfpack match against Louisville, is one of the greatest teams ever assembled with future U.S. internationals Roy Lassiter, Dario Brose and Henry Gutierrez, plus Tom Tanner, Scott Schweitzer and Curt Johnson. Roberts Gibbs, the backup goalkeeper, was press secretary for President Obama from 2009-2011. […]
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Notre Dame comes down from emotional high
On Thursday, Notre Dame knocked off No. 1 Virginia, 2-1, in overtime. On Sunday, the Irish came up against No. 3 Florida State, the defending national champion, but could not replicate theirperformance. A 1-0 loss to the Seminoles on Elin Jensen‘s goal in the 35th minute left Notre Dame head coach Theresa Romagnolo frustrated. “We […]
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Alumni make case to save Wisconsin-Oshkosh men's soccer
Wisconsin-Oshkosh alumni are trying to save the men’s soccer team from the chopping block. An online petition set up on saveuwosoccer.com has more than3,000 signatures. “This affects programs not only in the whole Fox Valley, but as far as the Midwest as well,” Judd King, a soccer alumnus said. “We had anational footprint recognition for […]