[NEW MEXICO WOMEN] Elizabeth Lambert, the elbow-throwing, ponytail-pulling player whose behavior in an 2009 MountainWest Tournament game against BYU caused an Internet storm, will return to action New Mexico this weekend when the Lobos travel to Milwaukee for game against Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette. In response to questions from reporters on Tuesday, New Mexico athletics director […]
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Wood makes most of her second chance
[NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN] North Carolina sophomore Rachel Wood has not only battled back from Crohn’s Disease — an illnessthat causes inflammation of the intestines — and returned to school, she has won a starting job at center back on the top-ranked Tar Heels. Wood started both games last weekend at theTexas A&M Tournament and played […]
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Women's College Soccer Scoreboard
No. 14 BYU and No. 17 Virginia Tech both improved to 2-0-0, but UNC Greensboro upset No. 15 Wake Forest, 2-1, in Winston-Salem. For all the Monday Top 25 action … Monday Results:College Women (Top 25) Cal State Fullerton 0 #14 BYU 3. Att.:324. BYU — Kassidy Shumway 2 (Jessica Ringwood) 4 BYU — Jennie […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Monday
Alejandro Bedoya started for Orebro in its 1-0 win over AIK that moved it into third place in Sweden’s Allsvenskan behind only Malmo and Helsingborg.Michael Parkhurst suffered a shoulder injury and was substituted early in Danish club FC Nordsjaelland’s 4-0 loss at FC Midtylland. In women’s college play, UNC Greensboro upset No.15 Wake Forest, 2-1, […]
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Nothing fazes the Tar Heels
[NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN] Much has been made of the seven starters North Carolina lost from its 2009 championship team. But it still has four starters back, andthey were instrumental in in the Tar Heels’ 3-0 win over Texas A&M Friday night at Aggie Soccer Stadium, site of their triumph over Stanford in the 2009 Women’s […]
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Toreros set the tempo early
[SAN DIEGO WOMEN] San Diego was the only unranked team to knock off a Top 25 team, beating No. 20 USC, 1-0, Friday afternoon in the season opener for both teamsat McAllister Field. Freshman forward Devany Savage‘s first collegiate goal off a cross from junior striker Stephanie Ochs into the box was the difference. “This […]
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Mastroianni brilliant in goal for BC
[BOSTON COLLEGE-STANFORD] Top-ranked Stanford came out firing, but it was up against an inspired keeper in sophomore JillianMastroianni, and the Soccer America Preseason All-American helped No. 6 Boston College hold off the Cardinal, 1-1, Friday night before a sold out crowd at Newton Soccer Field. Lindsay Taylor for Stanford on a perfectly placed shot midway […]
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Scarlet Knights romp without Crooks
[RUTGERS WOMEN] Rutgers won its opening game of the 2010 season with a 3-0 win over Stony Brook, but the Scarlet Knights, who moved into the Soccer AmericaWomen’s Top 25, were playing without Coach Glenn Crooks, who was serving the first game of a two-game suspension imposed by the school’s athletic department forthe 2010 season. […]
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Soccer America Women's Top 25
[COLLEGE] Defending champion North Carolina took over the top spot in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 rankings ahead of Stanford. They will meet Friday inChapel Hill. For the complete Top 25 rankings … Follow all the women’s college action at: http://twitter.com/sacollegewomen Soccer America Women’s Top 25 TEAM (W-L-T) LAST WEEK 1. North Carolina (2-0-0) […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
Americans Sacha Kljestan and Sammy Ochoa scored in wins for Belgium’s Anderlecht and Mexico’s Tecos Estudiantes. InEngland, Clint Dempsey started in Fulham’s 2-2 tie with Manchester United. In WPS, FC Gold Pride clinched the regular-season title and home-field advantage inthe final with a 3-2 win over Chicago. In USL-2, the Richmond Kickers moved into Saturday’s […]