College Soccer Reporter

[AMERICA EAST: Women] Despite losing eight starters, Hartford has been picked as the favorite in the 2013 preseason coaches’ poll, edging out reigningAmerica East tournament champion Stony Brook by just two points. Maine came in third with 49 points, followed by Vermont in fourth with 38 points and New Hampshire in fifth with 35points. University […]

[WAC: Women] Seattle was selected as the favorite to win the 2013 WAC women’s soccer title. Idaho and Utah Valley were tied for second in the pol. Seattle returns seven starters from a team that went 9-9-2 in 2012 and finished fourth in the WAC. Redhawks junior forward StephanieVerdoia garnered Preseason Offensive Player of the […]

[SOUTHERN: Women] Furman edged Samford by just one point in the Southern Conference women’s coaches preseason poll. The Paladins also led the way with fiveselections, including Stephanie DeVita, the reigning SoCon Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, on the SoCon preseason all-conference team. Southern Preseason Poll: 1. Furman (5) 94 2. Samford […]

[AAC: Women] UCF and Louisville shared the No. 1 spot in the new American Athletic Conference preseason coaches’ pol. UCF’s Marissa Diggs and Lianne Maldonado were voted the Preseason Defensive Player and Goalkeeper of the Year, respectively, while Rutgers’Canadian star, Jonelle Filigno, was chosen as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. AAC PreseasonPoll: T-1. […]

[WCC: Women]  Santa Clara is the preseason favorite to win the 2013 West Coast Conference women’s title, capturing all nine possible first-place votes.Perennial power Portland and 2012 WCC champion BYU were picked to finish second and third, respectively.   Five WCC schools are represented on the preseason All-WCC team, led byBYU’s four selections.   WCC […]

[PAC-12: Women] UCLA was the preseason favorite to win the 2013 regular season Pac-12 title ahead of four-time defending conference champion Stanford. The Bruins, the 2012 Pac-12 runner-ups, collected 117 points and seven of 11 possible first-place votes to finish ahead of Stanford 115 points and the remainder of the first-place votes. For thesecond straight […]

[SOUTHLAND: Women] Stephen F. Austin, the defending Southland  regular-season and tournament champion, placed six players on the 2013 preseason all-conferenceteams, including four on the first team.   The Ladyjacks return nine starters to a team that set a school record with wins in a single season after posting a 17-4-0 overall recordwith a perfect 8-0-0 […]

[BIG 12: Women] West Virginia, which won the 2012 Big 12 regular-season title with a 7-0-1 record in its inaugural season in the conference, is picked to claim thetop spot in 2013. The Mountaineers, who return nine starters, earned seven first-place votes to finish ahead of Texas Tech and Baylor. Five WVU players named to […]

[ACC: Women] North Carolina, which returns eight starters from its 2012 NCAA championship team, is the overwhelming favorite to win the ACC women’s title Coach Anson Dorrance’s Tar Heels received 13 first-place votes in balloting among the ACC’s 14 head coaches. Defending regular-season conferencechampion Florida State received the other first-place vote.   North Carolina’s long […]

[CONFERENCE USA: Women] Colorado College, which shared the 2012 regular-season Conference USA title, has been selected the preseason favorite to win the 2013championship by the league’s coaches. The Tigers compiled a 14-4-5 overall record last season under head coach Geoff Bennett. Colorado Collegereturns six starters and 19 veterans from last year’s squad, including two-time C-USA […]