Published
11/16/2010 10:49:00 AM
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shane barrow
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The brackets for the 2010 NCAA Mens Soccer Tournament have been released and Louisville claimed the #1 overall seed after finishing the regular season 16-0-3. The #2 seed went to Maryland while Akron claimed #3 and North Carolina the #4 seeding.
The remaining top 16 seeds in order are SMU, California, South Carolina, Columbia; UCLA, Notre Dame, Michigan, UConne, William and Mary, Butler University, Indiana, Penn State, and Ohio State. The top 16 teams receive a first round bye in the tournament.
The Big East led all conferences with seven teams in the tournament field, while the ACC and Big Ten had five. Two teams will be making their first appearance in the tournament: East Tennessee State and Xavier. There are some juicy matchups in the opening round. New Mexico at Creighton and Boston College at Brown look to be barnburners.
Potential second round matchups include a possible Creighton-SMU clash. The second round could also produce a Tulsa-Indiana game, a Duke-South Carolina clash and a Boston College-UConn match.
Listed below are the first-round sites and match-ups, as well as the site and opponent in the second round:
Charleston, South Carolina
First round - East Tennessee State at College of Charleston
Second round - Winner at No. 1 Louisville
Providence, Rhode Island
First round - St. Peter's at Providence
Second round - Winner at No. 16 Ohio State
West Long Branch, New Jersey
First round - Dartmouth at Monmouth
Second round - Winner at No. 9 Notre Dame
Sacramento, California
First round - Santa Clara at Sacramento State
Second round - Winner at No. 8 UCLA
Omaha, Nebraska
First round - New Mexico at Creighton
Second round - Winner at No. 5 SMU
Princeton, New Jersey
First round - UMBC at Princeton
Second round - Winner at No. 12 William and Mary
East Lansing, Michigan
First round - Oakland at Michigan State
Second round - Winner at No. 13 Butler
Washington, DC
First round - UNC Greensboro at Georgetown
Second round - Winner at No. 4 North Carolina
Morgantown, West Virginia
First round - Xavier at West Virginia
Second round - Winner at No. 3 Akron
Tulsa, Oklahoma
First round - Bradley at Tulsa
Second round - Winner at No. 14 Indiana
Providence, Rhode Island
First round - Boston College at Brown
Second round - Winner at No. 11 Connecticut
Santa Barbara, California
First round - Denver at UC Santa Barbara
Second round - Winner at No. 6 California
Durham, North Carolina
First round - Coastal Carolina at Duke
Second round - Winner at No. 7 South Carolina
Orlando, Florida
First round - South Florida at UCF
Second round - Winner at No. 10 Michigan
Charlottesville, Virginia
First round - Old Dominion at Virginia
Second round - Winner at No. 15 Penn State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
First round - Bucknell at Pennsylvania
Second round - Winner at No. 2 Maryland
Published
12/12/2011
by
William Montero
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A special individual effort led North Carolina past an unlucky Charlotte side in the 2011 College Cup.
Published
12/6/2011
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Roberto Garcia
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The mens College Cup is set for this weekend as UCLA, Creighton, North Carolina and Charlotte make up the final four college soccer sides still standing after four rounds of play.
Published
12/5/2011
by
Shane Barrow
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Stanford claimed their first womens soccer national championship with a 1-0 win over Duke.
Published
11/28/2011
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Shane Barrow
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The Big East is flexing its muscle in the NCAA soccer tournament. Three of the final eight are from the Big East.
Published
11/14/2011
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Shane Barrow
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soccermogul
The field and bracket for the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship was announced Monday and the tournament’s #1 seed was awarded to North Carolina.