Draws Have ACC Teams All Tied Up It wasn’t a surprise that Notre Dame has planted its Fighting Irish brand on the Atlantic Coast Conference in their first season of conference affiliation. The ND women handed defending champion UNC Tar Heels their first loss of the season (1-0) and the Irish men played UNC’s men […]
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The Biggest Rooster In The Yard……..The Chanticleers
Coastal Carolina may have an argument with the South Carolina Gamecocks about who has the biggest rooster in the Palmetto State. The Chanticleers are ranked #20 nationally after four weeks, and are likely to move up in the next Division I men’s poll. And bragging rights, for at least this year, were settled when Coastal […]
W&M Tops Creighton, Elon Against Nationally Ranked Teams
William & Mary, ranked #4 in the South Atlantic Region, has beaten is second consecutive nationally ranked opponent, edging #24 Elon 1-0 in doule overtime on Roshan Patel’s header off a Chris Albiston assist in the 108th minute of play. Patel (McLean, Va.) was named Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week. The Tribe had […]
Men’s College Briefs
Atlantic Sun Conference Non-conference competition has taken a toll on A-Sun men’s team records through the first four weeks of the 2014 regular season. North Florida and Northern Kentucky are the only teams that have won more than they have lost. North Florida is 4-2-1, while Northern Kentucky, which is ineligible for the A-Sun Championship […]
C-USA’s Florida Atlantic Owls Unbeaten
With only two men’s league games having been played in Conference USA, Florida Atlantic has the early lead. If one win constitutes a lead! The Owls defeated FIU, 2-1. The other C-USA game played was a scoreless draw between Alabama Birmingham and Charlotte. Overall, Florida Atlantic is off to an unbeaten start in 2014, going […]
New Look In The SoCon
The Southern Conference men’s standings look a bit different this year with the departure of the College of Charleston to the Colonial Athletic Association. More change is coming as Elon departs next fall for the CAA, and Davidson is headed to the Atlantic-10. After week four in the 2014 season Furman, Elon, and Appalachian State […]
ACC Is The Top Women’s RPI Soccer Conference
You don’t have to know a lot about rankings to know from a glance that the Atlantic Coast Conference is strong in women’s Division I soccer. Five of the top six spots in the Sept. 23 NSCAA rankings are held by ACC teams, with the Virginia Cavaliers at #1. The defending national champion UNC Tar […]
SoCon Odds & Ends
After the non-conference half of the Southern Conference regular season, Elon has positioned itself at the top of the standings with only one loss in eight games (5-1-2). Samford came through the first eight games 6-2-0, while Furman and Western Carolina each have won five times[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Brief Notes From The SoCon • The Citadel […]
James Madison Off To Fast Start In CAA
Hofstra, Delaware and Northeastern share the top spot in the Colonial Athletic Association standings with one win each, but James Madison has posted the most wins in 2013. The Dukes are 8-3-0, one win more than 7-3-0 Hofstra. JMU won its fourth consecutive game, and third straight shutout with a 2-0 win over Longwood in […]
Women’s College Briefs
A-Sun Conference Florida Gulf Coast (6-3-1) and Mercer (6-4-1) are the first two teams to reach six victories in 2014. They, along with Kennesaw State and Stetson are 1-0 in league play. FGCU’s Tabby Tindell and USC Upstate’s Sarah Plantz, received the latest offensive and defensive awards, rspectively. Tindell had four goals in win over […]