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NCAA Soccer Tournament – First Round Preview – (1) Florida State vs South Alabama
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 9:27pm

  Friday, 7:00 PM – (1) Florida State vs South Alabama Florida State rolling over minnows in the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament has been as inevitable as death and taxes, meaning South Alabama will likely not be planning for a long stay ...more

NCAA Soccer Tournament – First Round Preview – (1) Virginia vs Saint Francis (PA)
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 9:23pm

  Friday, 7:00 PM – (1) Virginia vs Saint Francis (PA) Likely still stinging from their ACC Tournament semi-final defeat to Virginia Tech, Virginia will be keen to deliver a biting riposte to the next team in their way, in this case, the unlu...more

NCAA Soccer Tournament – First Round Preview – (3) South Carolina vs Furman
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 9:20pm

  Friday, 7:00 PM – (3) South Carolina vs Furman Offense vs defense. Kind of. Furman isn’t exactly a soft touch defensively considering they’ve given up fourteen goals in twenty-two matches and just six in the league, but nobody...more

NCAA Tournament – First Round Preview – Boston College vs Northeastern
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 9:17pm

  Friday, 7:00 PM – Boston College vs Northeastern Back in the big time against perhaps lucky to be in the big time in this local derby, as Boston College hosts Northeastern. The Eagles were likely on pins and needles coming into Selection M...more

NCAA Soccer Tournament – First Round Preview – BYU vs Weber State
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 9:10pm

  Friday, 7:00 PM – BYU vs Weber State This one had an air of inevitability about it ever since Weber State prevailed against Portland State in the Big Sky Tournament final. WSU probably should be facing a seeded team, but BYU isn’t fa...more

NCAA Soccer Tournament – First Round Preview – Indiana vs DePaul
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 9:07pm

  Friday, 7:00 PM – Indiana vs DePaul What odds could you get on these two being playing in a first round NCAA Tournament matchup before the season? That neither of these sides was in serious bubble danger come Selection Monday is perhaps an...more

NCAA Socer Tournament – First Round Preview – (4) Penn State vs Monmouth
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 8:46pm

  Friday, 7:30 PM – (4) Penn State vs Monmouth Poor Monmouth. The Hawks really deserve better than being shipped to a national seed after a 17-1-2 season including a league title and a conference tournament title. OK, Monmouth didn’t ...more

NCAA Soccer Tournament – First Round Preview – Kentucky vs Ohio State
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 8:43pm

  Friday, 7:30 PM – Kentucky vs Ohio State You’re going to need an extra illuminating set of tea leaves to figure out what’s going to happen in this one. Neither of these sides are in anything approaching decent form going into t...more

NCAA Soccer Tournament – First Round Preview – Notre Dame vs Iowa
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 9:15am

  Friday, 7:00 PM – Notre Dame vs Iowa Few suspected Notre Dame to be in this position. Or Iowa for that matter. The Irish were tipped as College Cup contenders at the beginning of the season thanks to their star turn in last year’s N...more

NCAA Soccer Tournament – First Round Preview – West Virginia vs Rutgers
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2013 at 9:09am

  Friday, 7:00 PM – West Virginia vs Rutgers Call it Canada v. Canada. With Rutgers’ Jonelle Filigno likely to be back for this one after missing much of the last weekend through injury, she’ll likely be facing a fellow internati...more

NCAA Soccer – The Bracket – Why We Were Wrong (Maybe)
by All White Kit
posted November 12, 2013 at 9:14am

  Alas, the dream died again, as the braintrust’s hopes of getting all sixty-four teams correct in our mock bracket came up short once more. What was perhaps surprising was our margin of error. Theoretically, I thought we were going to be soli...more

NCAA Soccer – First Round Matchup Times
by All White Kit
posted November 12, 2013 at 9:12am

  All times are EST. Home side is listed first. Denver-Colorado time not available at press time, will be updated when it is: Friday, November 15 3:00 PM – (2) Nebraska vs Southeastern Louisiana 5:00 PM – (1) Virginia Tech vs UMBC 7:00...more

NCAA Soccer – Final 2013 NCAA Tournament Field Projection
by All White Kit
posted November 11, 2013 at 9:09am

  First, major thinks to Chris Thomas for all his work in working with the data and cranking these projections out. You owe it to yourself to check out his encyclopedic knowledge of the RPI here if you haven’t already. Bubble ranking after th...more

NCAA Soccer – Projected Mock Bracket
by All White Kit
posted November 11, 2013 at 9:04am

  This is definitely shakier in terms of matchups. Fair confidence in seeds. Teams listed first host first round games. (1) and (2) seeds host second/third round games. Quadrant A plays Quadrant D, Quadrant B plays Quadrant C in the College Cup sem...more

USWNT: U.S Women Defeat Brazil 4-1
by Sarah Hallett
posted November 10, 2013 at 9:37pm

U.S. Women's national team overcomes a physical Brazilian team in their last match of 2013....more

NCAA Soccer – The First XI for November 10, 2013 – Championship Sunday
by All White Kit
posted November 10, 2013 at 6:42pm

  UCF vs Rutgers [AAC Tournament Final] – 12:00 PM How Did They Get Here After bland 0-0 draws and penalty shootout victories, it has to be said.  UCF’s win was probably a bit more exciting, as the Knights prevailed again against ...more

NCAA Soccer – Week 12.3 Bubble & Seed Rankings
by All White Kit
posted November 9, 2013 at 9:27pm

  Also the final edition. Bubble Rankings (Note: Following the precedent set by last season with Dartmouth being moved into the bubble due to poor results against teams already selected despite being above the “formal” bubble, Rutgers ...more

NCAA Soccer – RPI Bracket 7.0
by All White Kit
posted November 9, 2013 at 9:16am

  Last one of the season! Full field projection Sunday evening. SEEDED TEAMS 1 – Virginia – ACC 2 – Marquette – Big East* 3 – Florida State – ACC* 4 – North Carolina – ACC 5 – Virginia Tech &...more

NCAA Soccer – The First XI for November 8, 2013 – Semi-Final Friday
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2013 at 9:45pm

  Penn State vs Iowa [Big Ten Tournament Semi-Final] – 12:00 PM How Did They Get Here? The Nittany Lions all but extinguished Wisconsin’s NCAA Tournament hopes in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament with a 2-0 win.  The de...more

It's not Just Incognito
by SportyEsquire
posted November 8, 2013 at 9:29pm

Racism in Women's Sports...more

NCAA Soccer – Week 12.2 Bubble & Seed Rankings
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2013 at 9:06am

  Bubble Rankings 1. Utah 2. Oklahoma State 3. Arkansas 4. Georgia 5. Arizona State 6. Tennessee 7. Boston University 8. Kentucky - 9. Boston College 10. Maryland 11. Penn 12. Texas 13. Ohio State 14. Saint John’s (NY) 15. Baylor Seed Rankin...more

NCAA Soccer – The First XI for November 7, 2013 – (21) Portland vs (15) Santa Clara
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2013 at 9:04am

  (21) Portland vs (15) Santa Clara – 11:00 PM One of the grandest rivalries in the WCC is again a title decider, as Santa Clara makes the trip north to take on Portland at Merlo Field on Thursday night. The Broncos will seal at least a shar...more

NCAA Soccer – RPI Bracket 6.5 [CORRECTED]
by All White Kit
posted November 7, 2013 at 9:12pm

  (Note: The initial version of this bracket did not include Western Kentucky, the projected Sun Belt auto bid winner. This has been corrected, with things being adjusted accordingly.) SEEDED TEAMS 1 – Virginia – ACC* 2 – North C...more

NCAA Soccer – The First XI for November 6, 2013 – Conference Tournament Quarterfinals [UPDATING]
by All White Kit
posted November 6, 2013 at 8:56pm

    Penn State vs Wisconsin [Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal] – 2:30 PM The Paula Wilkins Derby gets a second showing in 2013, as these two sides square off with two very different agendas on Wednesday. The higher seeded Nittany Lions ...more

NCAA Soccer: Virginia 6, Maryland 1 – Attitude and More
by All White Kit
posted November 6, 2013 at 9:02am

  Virginia senior defender Molly Menchel and freshman goalkeeper Morgan Stearns are happy with their ACC first-round victory but look for more Going into the match, I thought the key was whether or not Maryland could put a ball in the net agains...more

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