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[NAIA WOMEN] Lee  captured its third straight NAIA women’s championship with a 3-0 win over Hastings in Saturday’s final in Decatur, Ala. “To be honest, I don think that words can express how this feels,” Lee coach Matt Yelton said. “This is a special group; these girls arejust amazing. Of the three that we have […]

[NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN] Hardin-Simmons won its first NCAA Division III women’s title with a 2-1 win over two-time defending champion Messiah on Saturdayevening at the Blossom Athletic Complex in San Antonio, Texas. The Cowgirls took the lead just 132 seconds into the game on a goal by CarlynPowers, and went 2-0 ahead in the […]

[NCAA DIVISION II WOMEN] Grand Valley State capped a record-setting season when it claimed its second straight NCAA Division II women’s championship on Saturdayafternoon with a 4-0 victory over UC San Diego. The Lakers got goals from four different players — Erin Mruz, Megan Brown, Jaleen Dingledine and Kayla Addison — to finish the 2010 […]

[AWARDS] Melissa Henderson and Lauren Fowlkes of national champion Notre Damewere among nine players at the Women’s College Cup who were named to the 2010 NSCAA/Performance Subaru Women’s NCAA Division I All-America Team. Michigan State’s Laura Heyboer, a fourth-team selection, was named to the All-American team for the fourth year in a row.   FIRSTTEAM […]

[WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUP] Top-ranked Stanford will take an unbeaten record into the final of the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament for the second year in a rowthanks to its 2-0 win over Boston College in Friday’s semifinals in Cary, N.C. The Cardinal moves on to face Notre Dame, which beat Ohio State, 1-0, in the […]

[AWARDS] For the sixth straight year, the Central Michigan women’s program claimed the nation’s top grade-point average. The  Chippewasfinished the 2009-10 academic year with a cumulative grade point average of 3.76, their highest GPA in program history. They earned GPAs of 3.73 in 2009, 3.70 in 2008, 3.61 in 2007, 3.73 in 2006 and3.62 in […]

[STANFORD-FLORIDA  STATE WOMEN] Top-ranked and unbeaten Stanford left no doubt who is the favorite to win the 2010 women’s national championship with a 5-0victory — its 35th straight win at home — Friday night over visiting Florida State in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women’s Tournament. ChristenPress broke one and tied another Stanford scoring record. […]

[OKLAHOMA STATE-NOTRE DAME WOMEN] Notre Dame got a pair of second-half goals from freshman Elizabeth Tucker to propelthe Fighting Irish to the Women’s College Cup with a 2-0 win at Oklahoma State before a record crowd of 2,660 at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex. The Irish dominated he first half,outshooting OSU, 10-1, but didn’t score until […]