Just when it looked like the game was headed to overtime, senior Jamia Fields broke a scoreless tie in the 83rd minute to give the second-ranked Florida State Seminoles (24-1-1) a 1-0 victory over ACC rival Virginia. The win in the 2014 College Cup final in Boca Raton, Fla., gave the Seminoles their first national […]
Women’s College Briefs
Lynchburg Win’s First NCAA D-III Women’s Title
The #1-ranked Lynchburg College women’s soccer team won the first team national championship in school history Saturday, knocking in four penalty kicks to Williams College’s three after ending double overtime scoreless. Lynchburg took the ball to start the match and got it deep into Williams territory before the Ephs turned the tide on the Hornets, […]
FSU Vs. UVa In All-ACC College Cup Final
A new national champion will be crowned on Sunday afternoon in Boca Raton when second-ranked Florida State (23-1-1) squares off against fourth-ranked Virginia (23-2-0) in the finals of the 2014 Women’s College Cup inside FAU Stadium. The two conference rivals are meeting for the third time this season but for just the second time […]
Former Clemson Player Files Hazing Lawsuit
Fourteen upperclassmen of Clemson University’s women’s soccer team, three coaches and other officials in the school’s athletic department have been named in a lawsuit filed by a former player stemming from an alleged 2011 hazing incident, according to The Greenville Times website. Haley Ellen Hunt, a freshman from Aiken, SC, at the time of […]
FSU Top ACC Women’s Soccer Pick
GREENSBORO, NC – Coming off a national runner-up finish and a conference title, Florida State was chosen to repeat as the Atlantic Coast Conference women’s soccer champion in 2014 as voted on by the league’s 14 head coaches. The Seminoles received eight first-place votes en route to 189 total points, followed by Virginia (five first-place votes, […]
Going Out On Top?
Going Out On Top?. The last two years has seen Lenoir-Rhyne University win women’s South Atlantic Conference championships. Each year the Bears advanced to the NCAA D-II national playoffs. But in the offseason, the team lost its head coach. Six seniors from 2011 were gone as well. Facing what many felt would be a “rebuilding […]
Going Out On Top?
Going Out On Top?. Lincoln Memorial junior Mario Pinto and Wingate sophomore Jade Montgomery, the top goal scorers in the SAC, have been selected as the conference’s soccer Players of the Week. Pinto recorded a pair of hat tricks in LMU’s SAC wins over Tusculum and Brevard. Montgomery totaled four goals in Wingate’s two victories, […]
9th Straight Shutouts
9th Straight Shutouts. Senior defender Ines Jaurena (France) capped off Senior Day by converting on a golden goal penalty kick opportunity in the 96th minute of the first overtime period to lead #1 Florida State to a 1-0 victory over #13 Virginia in front of a crowd of 1,379 inside the Seminole Soccer Complex. It […]
Terps Top Tar Heels
Terps Top Tar Heels. Sixth-ranked North Carolina was upset 2-1 by the Maryland Terrapins in their ACC openers before a crowd of 1,500 fans at Ludwig Field in College Park, MD. The win was the third in a row for Maryland over the Tar Heels. It is the first time UNC has ever lost three […]
SEC Newcomers Shine
SEC Newcomers Shine. It didn’t take long for Texas A&M and Missouri, the two new members of the Southeastern Conference to make an impact on the league. At mid-September the Aggies were ranked #10 nationally after a 6-1-0 start. The Missouri Tigers were 7-1 and ranked #16. By the way, the SEC now has three […]