[CAA MEN] Old Dominion, which returns seven starters from last year’s 10-7-2 squad that reached the second round of the NCAA Championship with a win over2009 national champion Virginia, is the favorite to capture the 2011 CAA men’s title in a vote of the league’s 12 coaches. Coming off its seventh NCAA Tournamentappearance in […]
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Defending champion UCSB is favored
[BIG WEST MEN] UC Santa Barbara is the favorite to capture the 2011 Big West regular-season crown in the annual preseason poll of conference coaches. UCSB returns six starters and 14 letterwinners from the 2010 team that finished 14-5-3 overall, won the Big West Tournament and made the program’s ninth consecutive NCAA Tournamentappearance. The Gauchos […]
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Loaded Charlotte given the nod
[ATLANTIC 10 MEN] Charlotte, the 2010 regular-season champion, has been selected to capture the 2011 Atlantic 10 men’s championship in voting of theleague’s head coaches. Coach Jeremy Gunn welcomes back five preseason all-conference picks, including 2010 A-10 Defensive Player of the YearCharles Rodriguez and 2010 Midfielder and Rookie of the Year Tyler Gibson, along with […]
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FGCU nips ETSU in coaches' poll
[ATLANTIC SUN MEN] Florida Gulf Coast, which finished with a 9-0 conference record last season, and East Tennessee State, winner of its first conferencechampionship title in the program’s third year of existence, were picked to finish 1-2 in the Atlantic Sun preseason poll. The Eagles garnered the top spot, one point ahead of theBuccaneers. Each […]
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BU edges out UMBC in preseason rankings
[AMERICA EAST MEN] Boston University was picked by America East coaches to win he 2011 men’s title, edging out defending champion UMBC. TheTerriers welcome back eight starters, including senior Ben Berube, who was tied for second in the America East with eight goals a year ago, 2010 America EastDefender of the Year Colin Henry and […]
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UCLA is coaches' unanimous pick
[PAC-12 MEN] UCLA was selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2011 Pac-12, taking all five possible first-place votes and finishing ahead of California,which was picked to finish second, and Washington, which rounded out the top three in the coaches’ poll. UCLA, which is coming off an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal appearance,returns all 11 starters […]
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Louisville and UConn top divisional polls
[BIG EAST MEN] Louisville, last year’s NCAA Division I runner-up, and Connecticut were chosen to win their respective divisional titles in the 2011 EastEast. Connecticut’s Tony Cascio and Louisville’s Colin Rolfe, both seniors, were selected asBig East Preseason Co-Offensive Players of the Year. Louisville’s Austin Berry was selected as the Preseason Defensive Player of the […]
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Soccer America Women's Top 25 Scoreboard
[DATEBOOK] The 2011 women’s college season kicks off on Friday when every team in the Soccer America Preseason Top 25 but Portland will be in action. The No. 11Pilots open Sunday with one of the weekend’s top matches against No. 4 Florida State. A few other good ones to watch: Virginia-West Virginia on Friday and […]
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Women's Division I College Coaching Changes
[MAKING A LIST] NCAA Division I women’s programs continued to make moves into August. Vanderbilt head coach Ronnie Woodardresigned, and her assistant, Derek Greene, took over as interim head coach. For the 23 NCAA Division I women’s coaching changes … Women’s Division I College Coaching Changes BELMONT Lisa Howe … Heather Henson (ETSU coach) CAL […]
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#5 Maryland: Terrapin fans take notice
[TOP 5 PREVIEW] For years, Ludwig Field has been a happening place for Maryland men’s soccer. The goal of Brian Penskyis to make it the same thing for his Terrapin women, who are coming off their best season. Pensky returns eight starters — plus supersub Sade Ayinde,Maryland’s leading scorer — and welcomes two highly touted […]