Defending champion Florida State is No. 1 in the Soccer America Women’s Preseason Top 25. The Seminoles return eight starters from the team that won their first national championship in 2014 over ACCrival Virginia. The Cavaliers are No. 2, while Stanford, which returned to the Women’s College Cup for the sixth time in seven years, […]
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Hatch sisters set to lead BYU's Cougars
BYU star Ashley Hatch (18 goals and six assists as a sophomore) is joined by younger sister Brianna, a freshman, on the Cougars, giving the WCC preseason favorites one of the top sister combinations in college soccer. They’ve been playing together — and competing againsteach other since growing up in Arizona, where a generator-powered light allowed […]
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What They're Saying: Florida State's Mark Krikorian
“I think we’re in a really good spot. The mindset and the level of commitment to excellence was established back in January after the championship was over and we went on the celebrationtour. I think we all thoroughly enjoyed that but we all understood this season would be coming at some point and hard work […]
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Women: Florida State is overwhelming ACC pick
Defending national champion Florida State is the overwhelming pick to win the ACC women’s title. DePaul and St. John’s shared the top spot in the 2015 Big East preseason poll. Penn State, winnerof 16 of the last 17 conference titles, is tipped in the Big Ten, West Virginia, the regular-season and postseason champion each of […]
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What They're Saying: New Mexico women's coach Heather Dyche
“We’re going to turn a negative into a positive. Anytime anyone is looking at you, as long as what you’redoing is positive, it’s great attention. For these guys, they took [what happened last year] and it made them such a tight-knit group and made them so invested in moving in the right direction.Every one of […]
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Nebraska to honor Underwood
Nebraska will hold a memorial for Peter Underwood before Friday’s preseason match against South Dakota at its new Hibner Stadium. Underwood, 31, was killed in a car accident May 16while on a recruiting trip for Nebraska, where he served as an assistant coach. Paul Marshall was charged with vehicular homicide while operating under the influence […]
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Women's College Soccer: Penn State gets preseason nod
More preseason conference polls are out. Penn State, winner of 16 of the last 17 conference titles is tipped, in the Big Ten, while BYU gets the nod in the WCC. In the Big 12, West Virginia is thefavorite to win its third straight conference title. Wednesday, Aug. 12 BIG TEN. Penn State, which haswon […]
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West Virginia pair tops women's watch list
West Virginia junior Kadeisha Buchanan, who represented host Canada at the 2015 Women’s World Cup, where she won the Hyundai Young Player Award, heads the theMAC Hermann Trophy Watch for women’s soccer. Her Mountaineer and Canada teammate, Ashley Lawrence, is also on the list. They are among five nominees on the listwho played in the […]
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Well-planned campus visits are key to making the right college connection
Aspirations to play college soccer and hopes of a scholarship are apt to influence many decisions young players and their parents make. We’ve relayed some of the common questions we’ve heard fromparents to Lisa Lavelle, president of The Sport Source, which has spent more than 20 years in collegecounseling for student-athletes. By Lisa Lavelle We’re […]
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W-League announces all-league team
The Western Conference champion Colorado Pride’s Tara Andrews, who led the W-League with 18 goals in 11 games, heads its 2015 All-League Team. Andrews and Prideteammate Britt Eckerstrom are among five players who will compete at this weekend’s W-League Championship in Laval, Quebec. 2015 W-League Championship: SEMIFINALS Friday, July24 No. 4 Quebec Dynamo ARSQ vs. […]