Playing in its first ever NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament, Albany justified its No. 14 seeding with a 3-0 win over Boston College, the lone ACC among nine tournament entrants to lose in the secondround. “Back when we played them the first time we weren’t fully who we are yet,” said head coach Trevor Gorman. […]
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College Men: Ahead 4-1, No. 1 Maryland falls, 5-4
Maryland, No. 1 in the final Soccer America Top 25 rankings and the top seed in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament, entered the postseason with an unbeaten record and one of the most explosiveattacks in recent memory. All was going as planned when the Terrapins jumped out to a 4-1 lead over Providence, but […]
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NCAA small colleges: Judges rule in Division III
Brandeis will send both its men’s and women’s teams to the NCAA Division III final four, which will be held Dec. 2-3 in Salem, Virginia. The Judges were one of three women’s teams to advance afterbeating unbeaten and untied teams. Western Washington remained perfect with a 5-1 win over the Colorado School of Mines to […]
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College Men: Pacific makes statement in postseason debut
It is rare these days that an NCAA Division I program adds men’s soccer, so Pacific’s rapid rise as a WCC power is noteworthy. In their third season, the Tigers made the NCAA Tournament and beat hostCSU Northridge, 1-0, on Tariq Branche‘s his first collegiate goal. The win improves the Tigers’ record to 13-3-2 on […]
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College Women: Defending champ Penn State goes out
Penn State’s national title defense ended quickly in the second round as Virginia scored in the first minute and pulled away for a 3-0 win over the Nittany Lions, who were outshot, 20-4. Meghan Cox scored on a header off Alexis Shaffer‘s free kick in the first minute, Betsy Brandon extended the lead in the […]
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College Women: Utah records biggest win ever
The contrast in postseason experience could not have been greater. Utah had never advanced to the third round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament. Florida State had played in the Women’s CollegeCup in each of the last five seasons. But the Utes stunned the Seminoles, 2-1, to set up a match with Pac-12 rival […]
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College Women: Santa Clara stuns Stanford after onslaught
Santa Clara got 14 saves from keeper Melissa Lowder and held off a wave of Stanford attacks before defeating the No. 1 seed Cardinal, 1-0, on Jenna Holtz‘s first goal of the year in the108th minute. It was Santa Clara’s first win over Stanford in the NCAA Tournament since 2004. Natalie Kennedy sent a ball […]
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NJCAA Division III: Richland and SUNY Broome take titles
Richland won its first NJCAA Division III men’s title since 2007 and sixth overall with a 4-0 victory over Camden County. Sergio Lara scored two goals in the first half forTexas school. Both of Lara’s scores came off assists from Mikkel Rohde, who also scored a goal for Richland. Rohde was named the tournament MVP […]
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NCAA small colleges: Two rounds complete
Play began in the NCAA Division II and III men’s and women’s tournaments. The Division II semifinals and final will be played Dec. 1-3 at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri, TheDivision III championship games will be held Dec. 2-3 in Salem, Virginia. MEN’S DIVISION II. Two regional No. 1 seeds — SimonFraser (shootout […]
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Soccer America Men's Top 25
Maryland, the Big Ten champion, finished No. 1 in the final Soccer America Men’s Top 25 rankings of the 2016 season. Wake Forest, the ACC champion, was No. 2, while unbeaten Denver moved up to No.3. Final Soccer America Men’s Top 25: TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Maryland (16-0-2) 1 2. Wake Forest (15-2-3)2 3. […]