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USC women’s soccer defeats UCLA
by Pretty Tough
posted October 24, 2010 at 1:37pm

Playing in front of 8,527 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum, a new NCAA Women’s Soccer regular season record, the USC Trojans defeated the UCLA Bruins by a score of 1-0. USC had not beaten UCLA in the regular season since 1998. Still, USC’s win over UC...more

NCAA Soccer – Saturday Night’s Main Event: Marist vs Siena
by All White Kit
posted October 23, 2010 at 6:45pm

Siena Will Be Hoping Ashleigh Barone Can Help Fire Them Back Into The MAAC Title Picture Marist vs Siena (7:00 EST) The circumstances behind this matchup have changed dramatically over the course of a week. Before last weekend’s action, Siena wer...more

Pac-10 preview: the University of California, Los Angeles
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 23, 2010 at 6:35pm

This is the sixth of a 10-part series previewing the Pac-10 basketball teamsIn 2008, fresh off of a National Championship, Nikki Caldwell left Tennessee to take over a beleaguered UCLA program. Despite producing some WNBA players over the years, the Bruin...more

Preseason Best of the West: Power rankings
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 23, 2010 at 3:52pm

A week before Halloween and it’s time to go out on a limb. The first power rankings of the season to chew on for a while until the actual games begin. Feel free to tell when I’m wrong. Stanford guard Jeanette Pohlen 1. Stanford. Prediction. The Ca...more

College Profile: Bemidji State University
by The First Line
posted October 23, 2010 at 2:06pm

The reaction upon first encountering this school is, I suspect, usually some variation on “How wonderful, can that be a real name?” So it’s only fitting that it be the subject of my first college profile. Bemidji is apparently an Ojibwe word mean...more

NCAA Soccer Review – 10/18-10/21 – Boston College in crisis As Duke crushes Eagles
by All White Kit
posted October 23, 2010 at 1:47pm

Duke's Tara Campbell Was In Top Form As She Shut Out Boston College On Thursday (Picture from nc-soccer.com. Go there for fantastic photos of Duke and UNC Soccer, among others) Duke 3 (Weinberg 23′, 24′, Lester 86′) – 0 Boston College [Atten...more

Pac-10 preview: the University of Arizona
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 23, 2010 at 1:12pm

This is the fifth of a 10-part series previewing the Pac-10 basketball teamsby Daniel UribeArizona as a program has been through some turbulent times in the past several seasons, but under third-year Head Coach Niya Butts, the team hopes to return to the ...more

Washington preview: What exactly can they build off from last season?
by Swish Appeal
posted October 22, 2010 at 1:23pm

While point guard Sarah Morton (center) might be expected to take on a bigger leadership role as Washington's lone senior, guard Kristi Kingma (left) might be the player to watch. Photo via jlindstr.smugmug.com View full size photo » During the Un...more

Pac North and South
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 22, 2010 at 12:41pm

Here's a radical look at what the Pac-10 will look like when it becomes the Pac-12: there will be a Northern and Southern Division that will split the California schools.What? ...more

NCAA Soccer – 12 Matches That Matter for 10/22/10
by All White Kit
posted October 22, 2010 at 12:38pm

CMU Keeper Shay Mannino Will Hope To Keep The Rockets From Firing True on Friday (All times listed are Eastern.) Toledo vs Central Michigan (4:00) In a match that brings back vague memories of last season with the roles reversed, Toledo stares down...more

UConn dominates Big East preseason awards
by Swish Appeal
posted October 21, 2010 at 3:02pm

UConn Dominates Big East Preseason Awards In what can only be described as the least surprising pre-season news of all the conference gatherings, the Connecticut Huskies are pre-season favorites to win the Big East Conference. Furthering the "ho hum" a...more

NCAA Soccer – 7 Matches That Matter for 10/21/10
by All White Kit
posted October 21, 2010 at 2:28pm

After a Poor 2009, Brittney Steinbruch Is Back Among The Goals For The Miami Hurricanes Miami (FL) vs Virginia Tech (7:30) And it all comes down to this for two teams. The seasons of both Miami and Virginia Tech may very well ride on what happens i...more

Pac-10 preview: the University of California, Berkeley
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 21, 2010 at 1:24pm

This is the fourth of a 10-part series previewing the Pac-10 basketball teamsThe Cal Bears certainly were over-achievers last year. No one expected them to do much with almost an entirely new team that included six freshmen - especially after one (Tierra ...more

Big 12 Media Day and more
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 21, 2010 at 1:24pm

Fanhouse ranks the 2010-2011 players by position.Big 12 Media Day notes and quotes.Baylor Coach Kim Mulkey talks about Brittney Griner, the newcomers and more.Griner and Texas Tech's Jordan Barncastle haven't spoken since Griner punched Barncastle in a ga...more

When Cinderella met Mission Impossible: The curious case of Seattle University
by All White Kit
posted October 20, 2010 at 6:24pm

There's Been Much To Celebrate for Seattle University in 2010 In the world of NCAA soccer, there are underdogs and there are underdogs. When Seattle University head coach Julie Woodward, practically part of the furniture for Redhawks soccer, set abo...more

Kim Mulkey talks about Brittney Griner’s potential and Baylor newcomers at Big 12 Media Day
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 20, 2010 at 3:49pm

Transcript from Big 12 Media Day in Kansas City, MO, Big12sports.com October 20, 2010 Q. A year ago you weren’t thrilled about — you were unhappy about the team to beat was such a young team. How do you feel about being number one this year now th...more

NCAA Straight RPI Bracket v3.0
by All White Kit
posted October 20, 2010 at 12:45am

I don’t know about you, but if Hofstra and Irvine actually got hosting rights, I’d do a little jump for joy. A big variety in conferences on the top line would probably make constructing the brackets easier too. First Seeds 1 – Stanford – Pac...more

The AWK Contrarian NCAA Top 53 Poll v7.0
by All White Kit
posted October 19, 2010 at 10:30pm

Thoughts + 26-53 after the jump: (NSCAA, Soccer America, Soccer Times) [Record vs uRPI Top 100] {uRPI of Top Team Defeated} [Results Since Last Poll] 1. Stanford (1, 1, 1) [9-0-2] {3} [W-Washington State, W-Washington] 2. North Carolina (3, 2, 2) [10-...more

Junior guard Julia Finlay leaves UNCW basketball team
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 19, 2010 at 4:42pm

Julia Finlay is no longer on the University of North Carolina-Wilmington women’s basketball team. Interim director of athletics Pat Howey announced that she left the team for personal reasons. The 5-7 junior guard from Hicksville, N.Y. suffered harsh p...more

NCAA Soccer Review – 10/17/10 – Wrath of Buckland caims another victim as Oregon State destroys UCLA
by All White Kit
posted October 19, 2010 at 3:09pm

OSU Had Much To Celebrate On Sunday Oregon State 3 (Buckland 38′, Meiggs 59′, Richardson 84′) – 0 UCLA [Attendance: 736] Oregon State look to be Stanford’s main contender for the Pac-10 title after a stunning 3-0 victory over UCLA in Corva...more

Federal appeals court rejects NCAA Final Four “illegal lottery” lawsuit
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 18, 2010 at 8:40pm

A federal appeals court threw out a class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association that accused the sports organization of running an illegal lottery for Division I Final Four competition. Both men’s and women’s basketball ...more

Pac-10 preview: the University of Oregon
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 17, 2010 at 6:11pm

This is the third of a 10-part series previewing the Pac-10 basketball teamsWhen Paul Westhead took over the University of Oregon basketball program in 2009, he set it on fire. So excited were the Ducks at the energy and direction of their new coach that ...more

NCAA Soccer – 16 Matches That Matter for 10/17/10
by All White Kit
posted October 17, 2010 at 2:12pm

Oregon State Ace Chelsea Buckland Will Be Looking to Outrun UCLA on Sunday All Times Listed Are Eastern Oregon State vs UCLA (4:00) Two great strikers will take the field in Corvalis on Sunday afternoon, one you’ve undoubtedly heard of and one wh...more

NCAA Soccer – 2 Matches That Matter for 10/16/10
by All White Kit
posted October 16, 2010 at 5:22pm

New Mexico's Jennifer Williams Will Try To Fire The Lobos To The Top of The Table Against BYU (All times listed are Eastern.) New Mexico vs BYU (7:00) The key to the future of these sides’ seasons may ultimately lie in each other’s hands. For ...more

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the top choice of them all?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 16, 2010 at 4:52pm

Oregon State news:This piece headlines the fact that the squad will practice against men, but that's probably the least interesting piece of info there. More juicy is that the new team will be short, and Coach Scott Rueck still needs one more assistant.Wa...more

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