New Mexico’s Chris Wehan and California’s Arielle Ship lead the NSCAA College Players of the Week for games throughMonday. Wehan scored four goals while leading the Lobos to wins over two ranked teams, San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, at the Grange & Ashwill Memorial Invitational. Ship was named theDuke Nike Classic Offensive MVP after scoring […]
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Soccer America Women's Top 25
Stanford, which improved to 4-0-0 with a 1-0 win over previously unbeaten and untied BYU on Monday night, moved into the top spot in the weekly Soccer America Women’s Top 25 rankings. Last week’s No.1, Virginia, dropped a spot after settling for a 2-2 tie with Pepperdine on Sunday. North Carolina, Notre Dame and Florida […]
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Monday night: Stanford women impress against BYU
It was only a 1-0 win, but No. 2 Stanford certainly made an impression with its victory over No. 8 BYU in a battle of unbeaten and untied teams playing their makeup game from the match postponed inHawaii on the first weekend of the season. The Cardinal extended its shutout streak to 359:29 minutes and […]
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Kentucky women show mental strength after delay
No. 22 Kentucky set a women’s attendance record Friday night as 3,371 fans filled the Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex for the Wildcats’ 1-0 win over in-state rival Louisville, their fifth ina row over the Cardinals. Unfortunately, most of the fans couldn’t stay until the end as weather delayed the start for more than […]
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Women's Week 3: Three things we learned this weekend
UCLA learned a painful lesson it dropped a pair of 2-1 decisions to Virginia and Texas. The Bruins have now lost three of five games, suffering more defeats than in their first two seasons under headcoach Amanda Cromwell, who was ejected from the Virginia game. One of the best tournament performances this season was California’s […]
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Women's College Weekend: No. 1 Virginia rallies to defeat UCLA
Top-ranked Virginia rallied from 1-0 down at halftime to defeat No. 9 UCLA, 2-1, in Westwood on goals by Alexis Shaffer and Megan Reid. Sign up (free eletter): CollegeSoccer Reporter Follow on Twitter: @SoccerAmerica Friend on Facebook: Soccer America The Cavaliers scored the tying goal in the 51st minute on a penalty kick byShaffer after […]
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Women's Week 3: Four games to follow this weekend
Last year, Virginia knocked off the defending champion UCLA in the quarterfinals of the NCA Tournament, snapping the Bruins’ 44-game unbeaten streak. The Cavaliers head to Westwood for a rematchFriday night in the top spot in the Soccer America Top 25. Summer Green, who had off-season surgery, is off to a greatsenior season for North […]
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Georgia sees bump in interest courtesy of World Cup
The SEC is starting to get the same attention as the ACC and Pac-12 when it comes to women’s soccer. It sent eight teams to the NCAA Tournament in 2014. One of them was Georgia, which is building itsbase of support and expects a good crowd for its match Friday against No. 10 Clemson. The […]
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Candidates for 2015 Senior CLASS Award named
Sixty men’s and women’s soccer players were selected as candidates for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate soccer. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classifiedas an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. The Senior CLASS (acronym for Celebrating […]
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What They're Saying: Whitworth athletic director Tim Demant
”As a Christ-centered university that believes in the value of all individuals, we are seeking to use this situation as an opportunity to educate, redeem and restore.” — Whitworthathletic director Tim Demant on the suspension of five members of the Division III women’s soccer team for one match by their coach after an Instagram postsurfaced showing […]