Upsets abound in NCAA 2nd Round
Published 11/28/2007 8:59:38 PM by Shane Barrow from soccermogul
The 2nd round of the NCAA mens soccer tournament produced several shocking upsets on Wednesday night. Most notably #1 overall seed Boston College losing on their home field to U Mass 2-1. Cinderella Central Connecticut State pulled their second upset of the tourney travelling to Tulsa and winning 3-2. Who would have ever chosen a Central Connecticut State - U Mass game in the round of 16? Another huge upset saw Bradley eliminate Indiana in penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 draw.
Other seeded teams to fall were Akron, losing to South Florida as well as Brown who was knocked out by Old Dominion. Northwestern also fell to local rival Illinois-Chicago. Some top seeds did survive however. U Conn had no trouble with Vermont and Wake Forest took care of Furman.
U Mass 2 Boston College 1
Central Connecticut St 3 Tulsa 2
Creighton 3 SMU 0
Illinois Chicago 2 Northwestern 0
UC Santa Barbara 1 Washington 0
Ohio State 1 Louisville 0
Bradley 1 Indiana 1 (Bradley advances on penalties)
Maryland 1 Loyola 0
U Conn 2 Vermont 0
South Florida 1 Akron 0
Virginia Tech 3 California 2
Old Dominion 2 Brown 1
Santa Clara 3 UCLA 1
Notre Dame 2 Oakland 1
Wake Forest 1 Furman 0
West Virginia 1 Virginia 0
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