(11-20-2016 07:56 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  Providence takes down overall # 1 seed and previously undefeated Maryland!

5-4 final. Providence scored twice in the 70th minute (36 seconds apart), and all four second half goals were tallied in a 12 minute span.

2nd round results

Providence wins 5-4 over #1 seed Maryland, who was previously undefeated.
Creighton wins 3-2 over #16 seed Kentucky.

#8 Syracuse wins 3-0 over Dartmouth.
#9 North Carolina wins 3-2 over Florida Gulf Coast.

#5 Stanford wins 2-0 over Pacific.
#12 Virginia wins 2-1 over Vermont.

#4 Louisville wins 2-1 over UCLA.
#13 Notre Dame wins 1-0 over Loyola (Chicago).

#3 Clemson wins 2-1 over South Carolina.
#14 Albany wins 3-0 over Boston College.

#6 Denver wins 3-0 over UNLV.
#11 Washington wins 4-1 over New Mexico.

#7 Indiana wins 1-0 over Akron.
Virginia Tech wins 3-2 over #10 Charlotte.

SIU-Edwardsville wins 0-0 (5-4) over #15 Butler.
#2 Wake Forest wins 2-0 over Coastal Carolina.

Sweet 16 features a few rematches from earlier in the season.

Providence vs Creighton.
#8 Syracuse vs #9 North Carolina
#5 Stanford vs #12 Virginia
#4 Louisville vs #13 Notre Dame
#3 Clemson vs #14 Albany
#6 Denver vs #11 Washington
Virginia Tech vs #7 Indiana
SIU-Edwardsville vs #2 Wake Forest

Denver is the last unbeaten team standing.

ACC with 8 of the Sweet 16. Likely to have 4 in the Elite 8 for soccer.

Cheers,
Neil

(11-21-2016 01:44 AM)jdgaucho Wrote:  2nd round results
#11 Washington wins 4-1 over New Mexico.

Revenge for 2013

Sweet 16 results

Providence 2, Creighton 1
#9 North Carolina shuts out #8 Syracuse 1-0
#5 Stanford shuts out #12 Virginia 1-0
#4 Louisville defeats #13 Notre Dame 3-1

#3 Clemson wins 3-1 over #14 Albany
#6 Denver 2, #11 Washington 1
#2 Wake Forest wins 2-1 over SIU-Edwardsville
Virginia Tech upsets #7 Indiana 2-1

Elite Eight matchups

Providence vs #9 North Carolina
#5 Stanford vs #4 Louisville
#6 Denver vs #3 Clemson
Virginia Tech vs #2 Wake Forest

Five of the eight participants are from the ACC.

One other note: This is Denver's first NCAA quarterfinal appearance since 1970. With a win over Clemson, they would advance to their first College Cup (Final Four) appearance in program history as well as pick up their 20th win of the season.

Do the ACC schools get a lot of international players? Or even a lot of out-of-state players?

Be curious to know boys soccer participation levels by state, for high school aged (club and/or school teams).

Elite Eight results

North Carolina 1, Providence 0 in Double OT. Side note, UCSB transfer Drew Murphy scored the gamewinner in the 102nd minute for the Tar Heels.
Stanford 2, Louisville 0.
Denver 1, Clemson 0. Denver earned their 20th win of the season.
Wake Forest 2, Virginia Tech 0.

So Denver-Wake Forest and North Carolina-Stanford.


Three privates

Final Four / College Cup matchups Friday, December 9th on ESPNU

Denver vs Wake Forest. 6 pm eastern
Stanford vs North Carolina. 8:45 pm eastern.


North Carolina - 7th College Cup appearance in program history and 6th in the last 16 years. The Tar Heels won national championships in 2001 and 2011.
Stanford - 5th College Cup appearance. The defending national champion Cardinal are seeking back-to-back titles following their first in 2015.
Wake Forest - 5th College Cup appearance. The Demon Deacons won their only title in 2007.
Denver - 1st College Cup appearance. The Pioneers are the nation's only undefeated team at 20-0-3 and have not lost a regular season game in over two years.


Side note - Wake Forest head coach Bobby Muuss was Denver's coach from 2007-2014. Current Denver coach Jamie Franks was a player and assistant coach at Wake Forest before joining the Pioneers in 2013.

Woohoo! Summit League represent!

(12-05-2016 03:11 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Woohoo! Summit League represent!

Of course the stellar competition the Slummit provided had everything to do with Denver's Final Four appearance.

A Frozen Four, a men's lax championship, and a men's Final Four appearance. Rather impressive.

Should be at the top of a WCC or Big WeSt invite list now, if they weren't before.

UND will have two fantastic Summit League members that also play NCHC hockey, in Denver and Omaha.

It will be a treat for your fans! Though not sure how many UND hockey fans give a rip about other sports at UND.

(12-05-2016 07:20 PM)NoDak Wrote:  

(12-05-2016 03:11 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Woohoo! Summit League represent!

Of course the stellar competition the Slummit provided had everything to do with Denver's Final Four appearance.

A Frozen Four, a men's lax championship, and a men's Final Four appearance. Rather impressive.

Should be at the top of a WCC or Big West invite list now, if they weren't before.

Denver was in the RPI top-10 so they would have earned a national seed even with a loss in their conference tourney. By contrast, UNO at 55 was the only league opponent in the top-100. Denver carried the banner the entire way.

College Cup / Final Four results.

Wake Forest 2, Denver 1 (OT). Wake Forest hands Denver their first loss of the season. The Pioneers' historic run ends in the national semifinals with a 20-1-3 record.
Stanford 0, North Carolina 0. Stanford wins 10-9 on penalty kicks.


National Championship

Wake Forest vs Stanford. Sunday, December 11th at 2pm eastern on ESPNU.

Aside topic -

Seems neither UNC nor Wake (especially Wake) have rosters dominated by players from North Carolina.

Just wonder then, why they invest so heavily in the sport? Some rich alum who really loved soccer pumps money into the programs?? Wonder what their attendance is like.

(12-05-2016 07:20 PM)NoDak Wrote:  

(12-05-2016 03:11 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Woohoo! Summit League represent!

Of course the stellar competition the Slummit provided had everything to do with Denver's Final Four appearance.

A Frozen Four, a men's lax championship, and a men's Final Four appearance. Rather impressive.

Should be at the top of a WCC or Big WeSt invite list now, if they weren't before.

Well UND and Denver do have one thing in common, they have zero NCAA men's basketball tournament appearances between them. ZERO. With that said, Denver is not a one trick pony like UND and has one of the finest Athletic Departments in the nation. However, that big goose egg in basketball will keep them out of the WCC for years to come. Until they figure that out, they are stuck in the Summit for the foreseeable future.

And obviously they have no desire for the Big West. Nor do the Calif schools in the Big West have desire to fly all teams to Denver.

Summit is a great place for them, especially with hockey rivals Omaha and North Dakota in the conf.

The Big West's opportunity to get Denver was a few years ago. In 2012 or so, it supposedly asked them to both add travel subsidies and at least two sports. Their AD was not pleased at all. Denver would have likely been okay with just the subs but not the sports (baseball and softball). After all the realignment drama they fell off the radar.

Denver in the Big West is an okay fit. Their Olympic sports would make the conference stronger, especially volleyball and men's soccer. Academics fit. Geography not so much but at least it's in a major western city.