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The University of Maryland - National Champioins! In their fourth trip to the College Cup in as many years, the number 1 seeded Terps (19-4-2) took on the number 2 seeded Lobos from New Mexico, defeating them 1-0. In the semifinal, SMU went down 4-1, with Jason Garey (St. Amant/BRSC '02) scoring two goals within 14 seconds of each other. The Terps advanced from the quarterfinals in a shoot-out. The game ended 1-1, but an Akron miss and a save by the Terp's freshman keeper ended the shootout 4-1. In the Sweet 16, Maryland defeated St. John's 3-1. The Terps entered the 2005 NCAA tournament with the top seed, as the ACC regular season champs, having battled some of the toughest teams in the country. They were the only 2004 College Cup team to advance from round two, winning 1-0 over Brown, an at large team from the Ivy League. Garey holds Maryland's records for goals and points in a career and leads Division I of the NCAA in goals (22). In January, Garey was awarded the Missouri Athletic Club's (MAC) Hermann Trophy, and was the number three pick in the MLS draft by the Columbus Crew. He is the 2005 NCAA Tournament Offensive MVP, the NSCAA Academic All American Player of the Year, the ACC Offensive Player of the Year and the TopDrawer Soccer Player of the Year! Wow what a season! Clemson (15-6-3) continued its NCAA shutout streak in the quarterfinals, with a 1-0 win over Creighton, but fell 2-1 to the New Mexico Lobos in the College Cup Semifinals. In the Sweet 16, they shutout Notre Dame and held on for a 1-0 win in the third round. They will host Creighton in the Elite Eight. The Tigers were one of eight ACC teams in the tournament (three are still in). They defeated Coastal Carolina 2-0 in the first round and then upset North Carolina State 3-0 in the second round. The Tigers and Scott Rosman (Jesuit/Lakeview) finished 7th in the ACC but came on strong at the end of the season, upsetting top ranked teams. Notre Dame (12-8-3) and Joe Lapira (St. Louis/Cajun Burn '04) fell 1-0 to Clemson in the thrid round of the NCAA tournament after a 2-0 upset of Indiana, the tournament's number 3 seed in the second round. The Irish earned an at large bid to the NCAA's and defeated Western Illinois, the Mid-Con Conference tournament champ, 2-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Lapira scored a goal in each NCAA win and leads the Irish with 7 goals and 5 assists on the year. He was selected to the All Big East third team this year. Penn State exited the NCAA tournament with a 3-1 loss at home to Creighton in the Round of 16. In their first NCAA match, they downed Seton Hall 1-0 to advance. The Nittany Lions (13-7-2) and John Tilghman (Mandeville '05) was the number 11 seeded team after winning the Big 10 Tournament, defeating Indiana 1-0.
Texas A&M (18-4-2) closed out their season in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, with a 4-1 loss to number one seeded Penn State (22-0-1). Melissa Garey (St. Amant/BRSC ’04) scored the Aggies lone goal in the first half. The Aggies were ranked 9th entering the NCAA tournament after winning both the Big XII Conference title and Tournament. Garey was named to the Big XII First Team All Conference, and ended her second year of college soccer second on the team with 19 goals. The Aggies defeated SMU 4-2 in Round 2 and hosted Melissa’s former BRSC teammate Erin Hebert (Carencro/BRSC '04) and the Northwestern Lady Deamons (13-6-1) in the first round, winning 7-0. The University of Tennessee and Casey Crawford (St.Scholasitca/BRSC-MSC '05) won the SEC Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Lady Vols fell 3-0 to Virginia in the second round, after eliminating Wake Forest 5-2 in the first round. Tennessee finished with a record of 15-6-2. Ole Miss (14-5-2) earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. The Rebels, who were the SEC West Champs, fell to Pepperdine 1-0 in the first round. Christine Breaux (Dutchtown/BRSC '05) was named to the SEC All Freshman team for her defensive efforts. Breaux started all 21 of Ole Miss's matches. Leslie Robichaux (Bishop Sullivan/BRSC '05) was a hard working forward for the Rebels. Northwestern's Lady Demons captured their fourth SLC Tournament crown, and made their third NCAA Tournament appearance before falling to A&M 7-0. The squad includes five Louisiana players. Senior midfielder Heather Penico (Chapelle/NOSA '02 ) was voted Southland Conference Player of the Year. Erin Hebert (Carencro/BRSC'04) joined Penico on the All Conference Team. Junior Natalie Waguespack (Redemptorist/BRSC ’04) and Freshmen Marliese Latiolais (Acadiana '05), Samantha Penico (Jonh Curtis/ Lafreniere '05), and Manette Keller (Dominican/ Lafreniere '05) all contributed to the team. The Clemson Tigers (9-9-2) and Anne Baldwin (St. Scholastica/NOSA '05) met Virginia Commonwealth in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. They out shot the Rams and forced their keeper to make 9 saves, but lost 3-1. Clemson finished the regular season with a 9-8-2 record and 6th in the ACC.
Nicole Murphy and the University of Tampa Spartans (14-4-2) lost a fiercely competitive game 1-0 to the University of West Florida (15-1-2), Sunday November 13, after winning their first NCAA match up 7-2 over the Barry Buccaneers . Nicole (St. Thomas More/BRSC ’04) helped her team become the Sunshine State Conference Champs, earning second team SSC honors for her defensive efforts. Tusculum entered the NCAA Tournament with a top seed after winning the South Atlantic Tournament Championship but fell to Catawba 2-0 in their first game. Amber Ferchaud (East Ascension / Red Star '02) was a team leader in goal scoring, with 5 goals and 1 assist. Alyssa Alterman (Fontainbleau / NOSA '02) was also on the team.
Franklin Pierce (14-6-4 ) lost to Fort Lewis 3-1 in the Division II final, after advancing with a 1-0 win over Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. They had defeated New York Institute of Technology in penalty kicks after the two sides played to a 1-1 double-overtime in the quarterfinals. Franklin Pierce had clinched the NE Conference title and headed into the NCAA Tournament as an at-large selection. In the first round they defeated Le Moyne 5-0, but it took overtime to best Dominican (NY) 1-0. Willie Davis (BRSC) is an assistant coach for the Ravens Lynn University (16-3-0) fell 6-4 to Fort Lewis in the semifinals, after overpowering Lander 8-0 in the quarterfinal win and advance to the final four in Witchita Falls, TX. Kenneth Viquez (Bonnabel/NOSA) joined the Fighting Knights this year, after two successful years at Tyler Junior College. He has scored 6 goals and added 6 assists. In the first round Lynn downed the University of Central Arkansas 7-1, their worst defeat ever. In round number two they avenged a regular season loss to St Leo with a 3-1 win. Chris Hess (Dutchtown/BRSC ’03) and De Andre Allen (Huntington ’03) have helped the University of Central Arkansas (14-4-2) advance to the NCAA Division II Tournament The Bears suffered their worst defeat ever 7-1 at the hands of Lynn University in the first round. The University of Incarnate Word (14-4-2), coached by Mike Jeffries earned its fourth straight trip to the NCAA tournamnent sharing the Southwest Soccer Conference title. Ljubomir Kocic (Grace King '03) scored the Cardinals only goal in the match, forcing the game into overtime. The Cardinals lost in PK's. Kocic had 3 goals and 2 assists on the year.
Meghan Tennyson (St. Scholastica/NOSA '05) and the Stevens Institute of Technology (20-0) lost to undefeated College of New Jersey 1-0 in their first ever Sweet Sixteen. Meghan earned first team Skyline Conference honors and leads the Ducks with 11 goals and 5 assists. She had a hat trick in the first round of the tournament to lead her team to a 5-0 win over Wilkes University. In the second round, they defeated Johns Hopkins University, 2-1, avenging a season opening 6-0 loss. The Ducks won the Skyline Conference Tournament.
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