[BIG SKY: Women] Big Sky coaches have chosen Idaho State and Portland State as favorites to win the 2013 women’s championship. Idaho State andPortland State were picked to finish first with 68 points each. Idaho State received four first-place votes and Portland State received one first-place vote. After going 6-2-1 inconference last year, Idaho State […]
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Texas A&M edges Florida in coaches' voting
[SEC: Women] Texas A&M was predicted to win to the 2013 SEC women’s title in voting by the league’s 14 head coaches. The Aggies earned eightfirst-place votes, narrowly topping Florida’s six votes. Four Aggies return for the 2013 season after earning All-SEC honors last year, including three first team all-conferenceselections – goalkeeper Jordan Day, forward […]
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Hofstra picked to repeat
[CAA: Women] Hofstra has been picked to repeat as the CAA women’s champion in 2013. The Pride received six first-place votes and narrowly edge out defendingregular-season champion William and Mary. Hofstra welcomes back 10 of its 11 starters from last year’s 11-9-2 squad that captured its first CAA championship since 2007. Leading thegroup of returnees […]
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Marquette and Georgetown 1-2 in preseason poll
[BIG EAST: Women] Marquette and Georgetown are picked to finish 1-2 in the revamped Big East Conference women’s conference. The Hoyas swept theindividual preseason honors with Daphne Corboz being named Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, Emily Menges beingnamed Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and Emma Newins being named Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year. […]
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Penn State's Walsh selected as Women's Coach of the Year
[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] Erica Walsh, who led Penn State to a 15th straight Big Ten regular-season championship and itsfirst appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament final, is Soccer America’s 2012 Women’s Coach of the Year. The Nittany Lions survived a brutal non-conference schedule that included twoNo. 1 NCAA Tournament seeds (Stanford and BYU) and […]
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2012 All-Freshman Teams
[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] National champion North Carolina (Hannah Gardner and SummerGreen) and runner-up Penn State (Raquel Rodriguez and Mallory Weber) both placed two players on the 2012 SoccerAmerica Women’s All-Freshman first team. For all the selections … All-Freshman First Team G AmandaEngel (Marquette) F Janine Beckie (Texas Tech) F Makenzy Doniak (Virginia) D Hannah Gardner […]
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Notre Dame's Roccaro is Women's Freshman of the Year
[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] Notre Dame’s Cari Roccaro, who helped lead young Notre Dame to the quarterfinals of the NCAADivision I Tournament, is the 2012 Soccer America Women’s Freshman of the Year. Like Soccer America Player of the Year Crystal Dunn, Roccaro grew up on LongIsland, played for Albertson Fury and won the 2012 U-20 world […]
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2012 Women's MVPs
[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] National champion North Carolina was the only team to place two players — juniors Crystal Dunnand Kealia Ohai — the 2012 Soccer America MVPs first team. The other three Women’s College Cup finalists — Florida State, Penn State and Stanford — allplaced one player on both the first and second teams. For […]
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North Carolina's Dunn named Women's Player of the Year
[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] Crystal Dunn, whose postseason play was instrumental in North Carolina’s 2012 national titlerun, is the 11th Tar Heel player to be named the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Year. Dunn’s golden goal gave Carolina a 2-1 win at BYU in the quarterfinals and set up fellow SA MVPKealia Ohai for the […]
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Men's Coach of the Year Todd Yeagley follows in father's footsteps
[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] Todd Yeagley, who led Indiana to the NCAA Division I title was named the Soccer America Men’sCoach of the Year nine years after his father, Jerry, won the same honor in his final year as the Hoosiers’ head coach. Todd Yeagley, who playedfor Indiana in the NCAA Division I final four in […]