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2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Quarterfinal Highlights

On Black Friday, Stanford, UCLA, North Carolina, and Washington State punched their golden tickets to this year’s College Cup.  Stanford and UCLA cruised to victories over BYU and Florida State, respectively, while North Carolina survived a 3:2 back-and-forth match over USC, and Washington State needed a golden goal to vanquish South Carolina.

Thus, Friday’s (December 6th) College Cup semifinal match-ups will be:

  • North Carolina vs. Washington State – 7:00 p.m. EST
  • Stanford vs. UCLA – 9:30 p.m. EST

Both matches will be televised live on ESPNU, as will the Championship match, which is scheduled for Sunday, December 8th, at 8:30 p.m. EST.

Read on for brief recaps and video highlights of all the quarterfinal goals…

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2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Sweet Sixteen Highlights

A quick round-up of the available highlights for the “Sweet Sixteen” Third Round matches in the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship.

Matches are in chronological order:

  • #2 BYU blanks NC State 3-nil
  • #1 Florida State with a 2:1 comeback win over South Florida, Castellanos with the game-winner
  • #1 North Carolina dominates Michigan 4-nil
  • #2 South Carolina gets past Kansas 2-nil
  • #1 Stanford scores twice on #4 Penn State, off Macario and Doms goals
  • #2 Southern California slips past Santa Clara 1-nil
  • Washington State defeats West Virginia 3-nil
  • #2 UCLA takes out #3 Wisconsin; Fishel and Villacorta score

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2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Second Round Highlights – Part 2

A quick round-up of available highlights for other Second Round matches in this year’s NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship.

In this post:

  • Stanford blanks Hofstra 4-nil; Macario (2x), Haley, and Smith score
  • BYU defeats Louisville 4-nil
  • UCLA dominates Clemson 5-nil
  • North Carolina survives Colorado via an Alessia Russo strike
  • Southern California defeats Texas Tech 2:1, Watt, Hocking, and McKeown score
  • Florida State fends off Brown, 2-nil; McFarland with another brace
  • Wisconsin gets past Duke, 1-nil
  • South Carolina advances 1-nil over Notre Dame
  • Kansas, via a Katie McClure hat-trick, defeat Xavier

For other Second Round Highlights, see:  2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Second Round Highlights – Upsets and Golden Goals. Continue reading “2019 NCAA D1 Championship: Second Round Highlights – Part 2”

NCAA D1 Tournament: Notable 2019 First Round Results and Highlights

Over the weekend, 32 first round matches in the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship.  The following is a quick run-through of results for notable teams as well as noteworthy upsets.  (Did I mention that there were 32 matches played over 3 days?)

Several USA youth internationals and players already with senior USWNT caps and/or call-ups had noteworthy offensive performances, including:

  • Sophia Smith (Stanford, eligible for 2020 U-20 WWC):  3 goals, 2 assists versus Prairie View A&M
  • 2018 U-20 USWNT’er Penelope Hocking (USC): 4 goals against Cal. State Fullerton
  • UNC’s Emily Fox (USWNT capped) scored once against Belmont and had two assists

Two members of Canada’s 2016 Olympic Bronze Medal winning squad scored goals in the weekend’s matches:

  • Senior Jessie Fleming, netted the opening goal for UCLA in their 4:1 victory over Lamar University
  • Junior Deanne Rose scored a consolation goal in Florida’s 2:4 loss to South Florida (USF)

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