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by Geezaldinho Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:14 am

Topdrawer has no love for UNC:

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by Geezaldinho Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:17 am

Soccer America on the game:

* FOXHOVEN NETS FOUR MORE. Danielle Foxhoven became the first player in Portland history with two four-goal games in the same season when she scored four times in the No. 2 Pilots' 8-0 win over San Francisco. Foxhoven also scored four goals against Gonzaga in a 7-0 win. She has has now recorded three hat tricks and 21 goals this season. Sophomore Halley Kreminski became the fifth different Pilot to record a hat trick this season when she scored the last three goals against USF to the delight of 4,059 Portland fans who withstood the cold and rain.

by A_Fan Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:19 am

What cold and rain?

by Geezaldinho Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:13 am

Santa Clara and Oregon State made it into the SA ranking this week. CAL and TAMU are gone...

Soccer America Women's Top 25
Monday, Oct 26, 2009 7:00 AM ET
[COLLEGE] Thanks to its 3-2 win over North Carolina, Florida State moved into third place in the Soccer America Women's Top 25. Stanford and Portland remained 1-2. For the complete Top 25 rankings ...

Soccer America Men's Top 25
TEAM (2009 RECORD) PREVIOUS
1. Stanford (17-0-0) 1
2. Portland (16-1-0) 2
3. Florida State (13-2-1) 5
4. North Carolina (12-3-1) 3
5. UCLA (14-2-1) 4
6. Boston College (13-2-1) 6
7. Notre Dame (14-3-1) 7
8. Maryland (12-2-2) 8
9. BYU (14-2-2) 11
10. UCF (14-3-1) 14
11. Rutgers (12-2-4) 15
12. Marquette (13-4-2) 18
13. Ohio State (13-2-2) 19
14. Florida (13-4-2) 20
15. South Carolina (15-2-1) 10
16. Virginia Tech (12-4-0) 13
17. Wake Forest (12-3-2) 12
18. USC (12-5-0) 9
19. LSU (11-4-3) 16
20. Missouri (12-4-3) 23
21. Washington State (11-4-1) 21
22. Dayton (12-0-5) 25
23. Mississippi (11-4-2) 17
24. Santa Clara (12-5-1) NR
25. Oregon State (10-5-1) NR
25. Penn State (9-5-2) NR

by Geezaldinho Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:44 pm

Here's a shocker....

Danielle Foxhoven was named WCC Player of the week.

by ShipstadPilot11 Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:48 pm

Geezaldinho wrote:CAL and TAMU are gone...

Not good to see two of our opponents drop from the rankings, especially the opponent that beat us.

by Geezaldinho Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:52 pm

ShipstadPilot11 wrote:
Geezaldinho wrote:CAL and TAMU are gone...

Not good to see two of our opponents drop from the rankings, especially the opponent that beat us.

You are a glass half empty kind of guy.

Two of out opponents just replaced them, and we beat them both.

Makes us look better in wins against ranked opponents.

by ShipstadPilot11 Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:14 pm

Geezaldinho wrote:

You are a glass half empty kind of guy.

Two of out opponents just replaced them, and we beat them both.

Makes us look better in wins against ranked opponents.

Wouldn't you rather get beat by a higher ranked team than a lower ranked team? I am by no means crying "woe is us!" and it is great to see both SCU and OSU creep in there.

Either way I am incredibly happy with this team and I wish I could see them play this fall! The Friday-night atmosphere at Merlo is one that I miss greatly.

by purple haze Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:56 pm

Let's just beat them all and let the chips fall where they may. OSU Beavers are on the rise -- I thought maybe the Ducks would do it this season, but Beavers are for real.

by UPSoccerFanatic Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:14 pm

purple haze wrote:Let's just beat them all and let the chips fall where they may.

Right on, from a team perspective. Win out! That's what counts.

by Geezaldinho Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:24 am

Soccer times

October 26, 2009

(Records include games of Sunday, October 25)
-- First-place votes in parentheses --

Rank School Record Pts LW
1 Stanford (16) 17-0-0 400 1
2 Portland 16-1-0 384 3
3 UCLA 14-2-1 362 4
4 Florida State 13-2-1 343 7
5 North Carolina 12-3-1 319 2
6 Boston College 13-2-1 312 6
7 Notre Dame 14-3-1 309 8
8 Wake Forest 12-3-2 255 5
9 Brigham Young 13-2-2 221 12
10 Central Florida 14-3-1 220 16
11 (tie) Rutgers 13-2-4 211 10
11 (tie) Maryland 12-2-2 211 14t
13 Florida 13-4-2 203 17
14 South Carolina 15-2-1 199 9
15 Ohio State 13-2-2 183 18
16 Southern California 12-5-0 172 11
17 Virginia Tech 12-5-0 158 13
18 Louisiana State 11-4-3 125 14t
19 Washington State 11-4-1 123 20
20 Santa Clara 12-5-1 114 22
21 Texas A&M 11-5-2 75 21
22 Georgia 13-4-1 72 19
23 Marquette 13-4-2 46 nr
24 Dayton 12-0-5 33 nr
25 Missouri 11-4-3 28 nr

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie. nr - no ranking

Dropped out: No. 23 California, No. 24 Purdue, No. 25t Mississippi, No. 25t St. John's.

by eProf Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:52 am

Geezaldinho wrote:Soccer times
October 26, 2009

(Records include games of Sunday, October 25)
-- First-place votes in parentheses --

Rank School Record Pts LW
1 Stanford (16) 17-0-0 400 1
2 Portland 16-1-0 384 3

Stanford got all 16 first-place votes (at 25 points each), for a total of 400. Since 24*16 is 384, this means that Portland got every single (24-point) second-place vote.

by Geezaldinho Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:55 am

What a turnaround. In all these polls UNC is rated below the two teams it crushed at the start of the season.

NSCAA National Rankings
NCAA Rankings National Women
Division I National Poll - October 27, 2009

Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Stanford (32) 800 1 17 - 0 - 0
2 Portland 765 3 16 - 1 - 0
3 UCLA 716 4 14 - 2 - 1
4 Florida State 687 7 13 - 2 - 1
5 Notre Dame 665 6 14 - 3 - 1
6 North Carolina 632 2 12 - 3 - 1
7 Boston College 585 8 13 - 2 - 1
8 Central Florida 510 11 14 - 3 - 1
9 Rutgers 506 9 13 - 2 - 4
10 Florida 493 12 13 - 4 - 2
11 Wake Forest 474 5 12 - 3 - 2
12 Maryland 457 13 12 - 2 - 2
13 South Carolina 399 10 15 - 2 - 1
14 Santa Clara 354 16 12 - 5 - 1
15 Ohio State 346 19 13 - 2 - 2
16 LSU 270 17 11 - 4 - 3
17 Virginia Tech 268 15 12 - 5 - 0
18 USC 263 14 12 - 5 - 0
19 BYU 230 21 14 - 2 - 2
20 Texas A&M 207 20 11 - 5 - 2
21 Washington State 165 23 11 - 4 - 1
22 Purdue 130 18 9 - 4 - 3
23 Indiana 99 24 10 - 3 - 2
24 Charlotte 86 25 15 - 2 - 1
25 Penn State 53 RV 9 - 5 - 2
Number in parentheses indicates first place votes

Also receiving votes: Georgia 49, Washington 26, Dayton 26, Marquette 23, Mississippi 13, Memphis 12, San Diego 7, St. John's 5, Missouri 5, Cal Poly 4, Duke 2, Georgetown 1, Miami 1

by FANatic Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:38 am

So we are finally the consensus #2 team in the country.

Win our last two games and we should be a consensus #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Anything other than a #1 seed would be criminal, IMHO.

Question: Does our ridiculous goal differential help our RPI in any way?

by Geezaldinho Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:18 pm

FANatic wrote:
Question: Does our ridiculous goal differential help our RPI in any way?

No.

the official NCAA policy is to ignore scores and concentrate on results. That goes across all sports and is somewhere in the manual.

It's got to get people's attention, though.

by **DaTruRochin** Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:42 pm

Question: Does our ridiculous goal differential help our RPI in any way?

Goal differential only really works within conference (or an individual sporting league), where everyone plays everyone else the same number of times. I mean otherwise teams could pad their rosters with home and homes with Alabama State and gain in the national rankings.

by Geezaldinho Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:59 pm

Soccer America Women's Team of the Week
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 7:00 AM ET
[COLLEGE] For the third time this year, Portland sophomore Danielle Foxhoven is the Soccer America Women's Player of the Week, earning the honor for games played Oct. 19-25 thanks to two-goal and four-goal performances in WCC wins for the No. 2-ranked Pilots. For the Soccer America Women's Team of the Week ...

GOALKEEPER
Rachel Bachtel (Vanderbilt), Jr.
Made six saves in 3-0 win over Mississippi State and four saves in 1-0 win over ranked Mississippi for her third straight shutout.

DEFENDERS
Brittney Macdonald (Miami, Fla.), Jr.
Played key role in defensive effort that limited North Carolina to 13 shots in Hurricanes' 1-0 victory.
Julie Scheidler (Notre Dame), Jr.
Anchored defense and added assists in 2-0 wins over Villanova and Georgetown.
Ella Stephan (Florida State), Soph.
Scored winner against North Carolina (3-2) on header off with 12 seconds left in overtime and anchored defense that shut down UNC late and then shut out N.C. State (2-0) three days later.

MIDFIELDER
Red Nixon (Oregon State), Sr.
Set up tying goal and scored winning goal in 2-1 victory over ranked USC.

FORWARDS
Heather Berg (Stetson), Sr.
Set school records for goals and points in a game with final four goals and two assists in 7-0 victory over East Tennessee State.
Danielle Foxhoven (Portland), Soph.
Became first player in UP history to score four goals twice in the same season, scoring four goals in 8-0 win over San Francisco two days after she scored twice in 5-1 win over St. Mary's.
KayAnne Gummersall (Duke), Sr.
Registered her first career hat trick with three goals to lead Blue Devils to 4-1 victory over ranked Virginia Tech.
Rebecca Howell (Auburn), Sr.
Collected pair of game-winning goals with goal in program's first-ever win at Tennessee (3-1) and both goals in 2-0 win at ranked Georgia.
Kelley O'Hara (Stanford), Sr.
Scored golden goal in 2-1 win at Washington State and winning goal in 3-0 victory over Washington.
Katie Schoepfer (Penn State), Sr.
Scored three goals and added assist to have role in first four goals in Lions' 6-0 win over Illinois.

This week its a 3-1-6 I'll bet some forwards will have to track back....

by VillaGorilla Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:05 pm

Geezaldinho wrote:

NSCAA National Rankings
NCAA Rankings National Women
Division I National Poll - October 27, 2009

Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Stanford (32) 800 1 17 - 0 - 0
2 Portland 765 3 16 - 1 - 0

In the NSCAA poll, we got every second place vote (out of 32) save for three, who each voted us third. That's outright consensus from the most traditionally respected poll. If we win out against two tough opponents, I don't see us dropping any.

by Geezaldinho Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:29 pm

VillaGorilla wrote:
Geezaldinho wrote:

NSCAA National Rankings
NCAA Rankings National Women
Division I National Poll - October 27, 2009

Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Stanford (32) 800 1 17 - 0 - 0
2 Portland 765 3 16 - 1 - 0

In the NSCAA poll, we got every second place vote (out of 32) save for three, who each voted us third. That's outright consensus from the most traditionally respected poll. If we win out against two tough opponents, I don't see us dropping any.

You don't know that. Anson may have placed us fourth...

by VillaGorilla Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:48 pm

Correct. He may in fact have picked us as low as fifth. So I should say that we received at least 29 second place votes.

The only other possibilities that I can determine (aside from 29 second place votes and 3 thirds) would be: 30 second place votes, one third, and one fourth; and 31 second place votes and one fifth. All in all, though, not too shabby.

by Geezaldinho Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:36 am

Not a lot of changes this week. Maryland got treated a bit harshly for losing by a goal to UNC. One could question if any of the teams that jumped MD could beat UNC. They will have a rematch this week in the ACC tournament.

Soccer America Women's Top 25
Monday, Nov 2, 2009 7:00 AM ET
[COLLEGE] There was no change in the top seven in the Soccer America Women's Top 25. BYU, UCF and Marquette moved up to 8-9-10, respectively.

Soccer America Women's Top 25
TEAM (2009 RECORD) PREVIOUS
1. Stanford (18-0-0) 1
2. Portland (17-1-0) 2
3. Florida State (14-3-1) 3
4. North Carolina (14-3-1) 4
5. UCLA (15-2-1) 5
6. Boston College (14-2-1) 6
7. Notre Dame (15-3-1) 7
8. BYU (16-2-2) 9
9. UCF (15-3-1) 10
10. Marquette (14-4-2) 12
11. Ohio State (14-2-2) 13
12. Florida (14-4-2) 14
13. Maryland (12-4-2) 8
14. Virginia Tech (13-6-0) 16
15. Wake Forest (13-4-2) 17
16. LSU (12-4-3) 19
17. Washington State (13-4-1) 21
18. Dayton (14-0-5) 22
19. South Carolina (15-3-1) 15
20. USC (12-6-0) 18
21. Mississippi (13-4-2) 23
22. Penn State (11-5-2) 25
23. Rutgers (13-3-4) 11
24. West Virginia (9-5-6)
25. Virginia (9-5-4)

by Geezaldinho Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:33 pm

The last NCAA published RPI before the tournament is out. from here on out, UPSF is our key to enlightenment.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2009WSOrpi1.html

by SoreKnees Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:25 pm

Hard to see us not getting a #1 seed with a win on Friday.

Do they seed the #2s by rank so that the lowest-ranked #1 gets the highest-ranked #2? Seems like that happened last year when Stanford drew us in the same bracket. If we are overall #3 (or maybe even #2), then we would avoid FSU and UCLA until the Final Four. I'd sure like to not play UCLA or Stanford in the quarterfinals this year!

by color me purple Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:53 pm

How and when do they determine the venue for the various rounds of the playoffs. I was under the impression that if you got a number #1 seed, that you would be playing at your home field but I found out this weekend that that is not necessarily the case.

When would we find out when the first/second and third rounds of the playoffs will be held. Can someone please tell me. I would love to book tickets early!

NCAA Women's Soccer Championship

11/13-15/2009 NCAA First/Second Rounds
11/20-22/2009 NCAA Third Rounds
11/27-29/2009 NCAA Quarterfinals
12/4-6/2009 NCAACollege Cup (Semi's and Finals) College Station, Texas

by SoreKnees Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:03 pm

Ordinarily, the higher seed gets to host matches in the third round and the quarter-finals, so if we're one of the four #1 seeds we should be at home for those rounds (assuming we get there).

The first round is more problematic because the NCAA tries to minimize travel costs. If we have at least one team (ideally two) within driving distance (500 miles) that makes the tournament but is not a seed, then we will likely host the first weekend. All four NW Pac-10 teams would qualify for distance as partners, but two teams from the same conference cannot be in the same first-two-round pod, so two Pac-10 teams couldn't be sent here. PSU would of course qualify if they win their conference tournament and get a spot. If PSU qualifies, then it seems like a slam dunk that they, one Pac-10 team, and UP would play here along with someone from a greater distance. If PSU does not qualify, it is likely that a Pac-10 team would come here along with 2 outside teams. That is what happened last year with WSU, Texas, and Northern Arizona.

If the matches are played at UP, they have informed season ticket holders that the games at Merlo would most likely be held on Friday evenings, with a Sunday second-round game on the 15th.

Some posters are much better informed about these things than I, so please correct any mis-statements. Smile

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