Relive this furious final week of the season, with a rundown of CS360 Twitter posts from the past few days. Part II follows below (Nov. 4-5) ... for Part I (Nov. 2-3, scroll down or CLICK HERE. Look Part 3 (Nov. 6-7) and Part 4 (Nov. 8) coming soon to the CS360 blog.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
CNR UPDATED COMPOSITE NATIONAL RANKINGS - WEBSITE LINK
FSU STARTERS (vs. Duke): G-ErinMcNulty...D-Jaurena/Pressley/Brockway/Stephan...M-Edwards/DaCosta/Lim/Huster...F-JessicaPrice/TiffanyMcCarty
DUKE STARTERS (vs. FSU): G-TAraCampbell..D-Jandl/Miller/Koballa/Haller...M-Alukonis/Kreger/Lipp/Newman..F-ElisabethRedmond/KayAnneGummersall
ACC GAME-1 SCORELESS (FSU-Duke; 28') - Seminoles have 5-2 shot edge (2-1 SOG; 2-0 CK) ... FSU entered game 14-3-1 (Duke 8-7-4)
BIG UPSET IN SUNBELT - #8 seed Arkansas Little-Rock has knocked off #1 seed Florida International, 1-0 in OT ...
UALR GWG: Sunbelt 1st-teamer ChristinaVeasley (So.F) played ball down left, Fr. D Kamiya Merrick behind D for 2nd goal of '09 (91'; upper-rt
8th-seeded Arkansas-Little Rock (left) shocked top seed Florida International in the Sunbelt Tournament first round (1-0), with the Trojans ultimately advancing to the title game (a 1-0 loss to #2 seed Denver).
UALR-FIU FINAL STATS - Florida International had 20-15 shot edge (13-9 SOG; 8-2 CK) ... FIU dropped to 11-6-3, UA-Little Rock now 8-11-1
OPENING FOR DU? - Sunbelt #2 seed and 4-time defending SB Tournament champ Denver now has clearer path to capturing automatic NCAA bid
OKST STARTERS (vs. NEB): G-AdriannaFranch...D-Dougherty/Leggett/ Michalowski/Mercado...M-Niemeier/Miller/Strawser/DeLozier..F-Treadwell/Langdon
NEB STARTERS (vs. OK-St): G-TaraMacdonald...Goetzmann/Peetz/Goosen/White..M-Slapper/Caniglia/Fulmer..F-ShayPowell/MollyThomas.JordanJackson/
COWGIRLS UP 2-0 (vs. NEB; 41') - Annie Niemier 12', Katie Richardson 38' (far-post to left corner); OK-State 6-4 shot edge (3-0 SOG; 5-2 CK)
CS360 LIVE CORRESPONDENT AT SEC TOURNAMENT - Thanks go out to Chris Henderson, who will be sending live coverage from the SEC Tournament.
TIGERS ROAR EARLY ... TWICE (LSU 2, VANDY 0; 20') - Sr. Melissa Clarke and so. Kellie Murphy have scored (no livestats right now...?)
LSU GOALS - Clarke took pass from Fr. Carlie Banks, beat defender & scored from rt-side; Murphy headed a corner kick off bottom of crossbar
FSU LEADS DUKE (1-0; 71') - Another clutch goal from So. F Tiffany McCarthy (16th) at 70:36 (ast-Amanda DaCosta); FSU 17-9 SH/7-2 SOG/8-2 CK
TOURNAMENT SCORES IN PROGRESS - OK-ST 2, NEB 0 (51')...FSU 1, Duke 0 (81')...LSU 2, Vandy 1 (30')...NoTX 0, Mid-TN 0 (half)
FSU BEATS DUKE (2-0) - Duke put the ball in its own net for an own-goal (86')...FSU 22-12 SH/12-4 SOG/11-3 CK ... FSU now 15-3-1, Duke 8-8-4
TOURNEY GAMES IN PROGRESS - MidTn 0, NoTX 0 (52') ... TCU 0, UTAH 0 (8') ... OK-St 3, NEB 0 (84') ... LSU 3, Vandy 1 (half)
LSU THIRD GOAL - Courtney Alexander dumped free kick into box, failed clear, ball fell to Melissa Clarke (shot into roof of net).
OK-STATE SHUTS OUT NEBRASKA (3-0): Goal #3 was by Kasey Langdon (75'); Nebraska had 14-10 shot edge (7-5 SOG); OK-St 8-4 CK
LSU-VANDERBILT - First-half on-site blog coverage - WEBSITE LINK
SUNBELT GAME-2 TIED UP (MidTn 1; NoTX 1): MT-Vanessa Mueggler 58' (ast-rt-corner serve Jen Threlkeld); NTX-Shannon Gorie 61' (Michelle Young
SUNBELT GAME-2 STATS (63') - North Texashas 14-6 shot edge (11-2 SOG; 3-1 CK)
LSU NOW UP 4-1 ON VANDY (55') - Carlie Banks scored via thru-ball from Yepez ('keeper Bachtel tipped ball but could not stop goal).
LSU DOWNS VANDY (4-2) - Final goal VAL by Molly Kinsella 86' (18yd FK around wall); LSU 17-7 SH (9-3 SOG; 8-2 CK)
TX STARTERS (vs. CU): G-Alexa Gaul...D-Nicholson/Campanelli/Anderson/Gibson..M-Campise/Keith/Cummins/Doniak..F-HannahHiggins/AmandaLisberger
CU STARTERS (vs. TX): G-KaraLinder...D-Ross/Barczuk/Krier/Danneberg...M-Menachof/Fitzpatrick/Russell/Goodman...F-ErinBricker/NikkiMarshall
UTAH LEADING TCU (2-1; 85'): Utah-KellyIsleib 25' (LaurenDudley), LaurenPorter 50' (MorganSkeen); TCU-KaylieGarcia 79' (ChelseaCody)
LIVE STATS ACTING UP IN CARY? - Stats for Wake Forest-Virginia Tech game (2:30 ET) never started and link taken down...will look for update.
LSU-VANDY - second-half BLOG entries: WEBSITE LINK
OL-MISS STARTERS (vs. AUB): G-Ronald...D-Snow/Hildal/Coleman/King/Breathitt...M-Jordan/Johnson/Cohen...F-Weatherly & Cunningham
AUB STARTERS (vs. Ol'Miss): G-Howard...D-J. King/Towne/Schweer/Havron...M-Yauch/Prescott/Frierson...F - C. King/Howell/Coffed
Auburn sophomore midfielder Katy Frierson (left; Homewood, Ala.) assisted on both of her team's goals, as the 6th-seeded Tigers posted a 2-1 upset win over #3 seed Mississippi – helping Auburn earn an NCAA at-large bid.
ANOTHER TIGER TEAM UP EARLY (AUB 1, Ol-Miss 0; 3') - Frierson spun around Dylan Jordan, slid pass to Mary Coffed (scored far-post).
LSU QUICK NOTES - 3rd straight win in SEC quarters...4th straight win over Vandy (4-0-1 past 5)...Clarke 10G in '09 ...
MORE LSU QUICK NOTES - Rutledge 46A in career (2nd all-time in SEC), 12A in '09 ... LSU 4-plus goals in 7 games this season.
UTAH BEATS TCU (3-1): Final goal by Erin Dalley 86'; Utah had 18-8 shot edge/13-5 SOG/7-1 CK; Utes now 10-9-2 (TCU 9-10-0)
NORTH-TX EDGES MIDDLE-TN (2-1) - Michelle Young late GWG (87:01; flotaing shot from left side); NTX 23-12 SH/15-3 SOG/3-1 CK
SUNBELT UPDATED RECORDS - North Texas now 12-5-2 ... Middle Tennessee 12-6-2.
SCORE IN (ACTUALLY NO SCORE) - Wake Forest and Virginia Tech locked in scoreless battle ... could be key game for earning NCAA top-16 seed.
AUBURN UP 1-0 AT HALF (vs. Ol-Miss) - SHOTS: OLE MISS - 8, AUBURN - 5 ... SOG: OM - 4, AUB - 2 ... CORNERS: OM - 1, AUB - 1
WAKE-VT GOING TO OT - Demon Deacons and Hokies still scoreless, in this key ACC quarterfinal
TOURNEY GAMES IN PROGRESS - Wake 0, VT 0 (OT)...TX 0, CU 0 (85')...AUB 1, OlMiss 0 (half)...DEN 1, Troy 0 (38')
EXCITING GAME 2 IN ORANGE BEACH (Auburn 2, OlMiss 1; 74') - early 2nd half, Frierson's CK led to Julie King's flying header for 2-0 Tigers
REBELS GOAL - Mississippi cut into lead in 64th minute; Weatherly's cross led to Dylan Jordan's header goal
VA-TECH EDGES WAKE IN OT (1-0) - Fr. M Kelly Coheeney 8th goal of season at 96:05; WFU 16-14 SH/5-3 SOG/6-3 CK; VT 14-60-0/WFU 13-5-2
AUBURN-OL'MISS BLOG #1 - WEBSITE LINK
ANOTHER OT FINAL (TX 1, CU 0) - Hannah Huggins scored minutes before going to PKs (106:46), volley-shot 1-on-1 with 'keeper
TX-CU FINAL STATS - Longhorns had 23-15 shot edge (4-3 sOG; 6-3 CK) ... Buffs finish under .500 (9-10-0) and will miss NCAAs (TX now 9-8-3)
Texas freshman forward Hannah Huggins (left; Flower Mound, Texas) scored in overtime to give the #6 seed Longhorns a 1-0 win over 3rd-seeded Colorado (one of many OT games played on this day around the country).
MORE ON TEXAS GAMEWINNER - So. M/F Courtney Goodson assisted on the volley score by Fr. F Hannah Huggins (4 goals in '09)
AUBURN HOLDS ON (2-1 vs. Ole Miss) - Rebels had 15-12 shot edge (4-3 CK), Tigers with 7-6 SOG margin
DENVER ON TO SUNBELT SEMI'S (3-0 vs. Troy) - Kaitlin Bast 2G, Jessie Rogers 1G; 1A: Johnston/Carlson/Beardsley; DU 12-4 SH/5-3 SOG/11-1 CK
CONTINUING LIVE-STAT ISSUES AT ACCs - And we have another scoreless game (BC vs. Virginia; 27 min. left in regulation)
TN STARTERS (vs. FL): G - Baird ... D - Jackyra, Hall, Speros ... M - Shore, Imgram, Langworthy, Harrison, Emerson ...F - Hatcher & Barrett
FL STARTERS (vs. TN): G-Fraine ... D-Hyde, Williamson, Avant, Howard ... M- Napolitano, Tymrak, Thompson, King, Chapman ... F - Barney
"ORANGE YOU GLAD THERE'S NO SCORE?" (TN 0, FL 0; 30') - Florida and Tennessee, two teams that love orange, are scoreless ... in Orange Beach
UTEP LEADS UAB AT HALF (1-0) - Skye Schultz 42' (ast-Chelsea Winbush/Jessie Pettit); UTEP has 7-5 shot edge (3-2 SOG; UAB 2-1 CK)
NEW MEXICO NIPS WYOMING (1-0) - Zanetta Wyne 47' (Rachel Fields/Alexis Ball) ...Lobos 14-7 shot edge (7-3 SOG/4-3 CK); NM 13-4-3 (WYU 9-8-3)
ORANGE STARTS WITH "0" - Still "0-0" between Tennessee and SEC top seed Florida ... Gators have 4-2 shot edge (3-2 SOG); TN 1-0 CK margin
ANOTHER OT IN THE ACC - At last report, BC and Virginia were heading for some bonus soccer (gonna be a late night in Cary!)
PKs FOR EAGLES AND CAVS - BC and Virginia will decide who advances in a PK shootout. Game will count as a tie for both teams' season record.
ANOTHER POTENTIAL OT GAME (UAB 1, UTEP 1; 71') - UTEP tied it up in 51' (Carolyn Polcari; 18-yd shot); UAB 14-10 shot edge/6-4 SOG/5-2 CK
ANYONE SAY OT? - Florida and Tennessee still scoreless with 15' left in regulation (lots of missed chances for the Vols)
GOAL FLURRY (KU 2, MO 1) - Jayhawks went up in 29' (EmilyCressy), Tigers tied @46:24 (Jessie Crabtree), KU retook lead 0:45 later (Kim Boyer
MIZZOU-KU STAT UPDATE (48') - Missouri holds narrow shot edge (7-6) but both teams have 4 shots on goal (MO huge CK margin, 10-1)
BC ADVANCES PAST UVA- Eagles got the better of the Cavs in the PK shootout; still a decent result (tie) for UVa's NCAA resume (details later
TOURNEY GAMES IN PROGRESS - Kansas 2, Missouri (54')...UAB 1, UTEP 1 (83')...FL 0, TN 0 (late in reg.)...Arkansas St 1, W-Kentucky 1 (43')
STOPPAGE IN PLAY - The Florida-Tennessee game was halted for several minutes due to an injury to the Vols. Mick Ingram ... now headed to OT!
CONTINUING SEC ON-SITE BLOG (end of AUB-MS; start of FL-TN): http://bit.ly/31O6iS
Senior forward Kristen Andrighetto (left; Pleasant Hill, Calif.) scored the tying and winning goals (her 9th & 10th of the season), as top seed Missouri won a wild Big 12 quarterfinal vs. 8th seeed Kansas (3-2).
TIGERS TIE IT (lots-o-Tigers today) - Missouri and Kansas now 2-2; Kristin Andrighetto scored in 57'; Mizzou 15-8 SH/6-5 SOG/12-2 CK
IS OT REQUIRED TODAY? - UAB and UTEP also playing beyond 90 minutes, in CUSA first round; both teams have 15 shots (UAB 7-5 SOG edge/5-4 CK)
FL-TN STATS (end of regulation) - SHOTS: UF - 12, UT - 9 ... SOG: UF - 9, UT - 4 ... CK: UF - 4, UT - 3
BC-VA PK SHOOTOUT SUMMARY (BC 3-2): BC-Hannah Cerrone MADE ... VA-Caitlin Miskel MADE ... BC-Gina DiMartino MADE...VA-Morgan Stith MISS ...
PKs (cont.: BC-ChelseaRegan MADE, VA-KikaToulouse MADE, final-4 all miss!: BC-AlyssaPemer/VA-SineadFarrelly/BC-VicDiMartino/VA-MeghanLenczyk
BC-VA FINAL STATS - BC 12-10 shot edge (6-5 SOG/6-1 CK) ... BC now 15-2-2 (VA 9-5-5)
BC STARTERS (vs. VA): G-JillianMastroianni..D-regan/Pember/Henderson/Cerrone..M-GDiMartino/Caldwell/Bouchelle..F-VicDiMartino/BrookeKnowlton
VA STARTERS (vs. BC): G-ChantelJones...D-Stith/Kistner/Fancher/Toulouse...M-Roberts/Farrelly/Flanagan...F-CaitMiskel/LaurenAlwine/MegLenczyk
Florida soph. midfielder Lindsay Thompson (left; Bradenton, Fla.) scored the OT goal that helped the top-seeded Gators escape with a 1-0 win over #8 seed Tennessee in the SEC quarterfinals.
GATORS SURVIVE (1-0 vs. TN; 2OT) - Lindsay Thompson 102', strong leftside shot after corner kick; FL 13-10 SH/10-4 SOG/6-5 CK
OT AGAIN IN THE ALAMO CITY - WHY NOT? (KU 0, MO 0; 89') - Tigers have big shot margin (28-10; 10-5 SOG; 16-3 CK)
PKs AT SMU? - UAB and UTEP still are tied up (1-1), with 1:32 remaining in the second OT.
ANOTHER TIE GAME (1-1) - #6 seed Arkansas State and #3 Western Kentucky remain deadlocked, in final Sunbelt quarterfinal of the day.
KANSAS & MISSOURI HEADING TO OT - A victory would be huge boost to KU's NCAA chances, after also beating Missouri a few days ago.
MORE PKs - UAB and UTEP will be setting up for shots from the dot (both teams likely need to win CUSA title to make NCAAs).
DRAGONS ROAR IN SHOOTOUT - UAB advances past UTEP (1-1; 3-0 PKs) ... UAB makes: Tiffini Turpin/Laura McCalla/Marie Yempuku ...
MORE UAB-UTEP - UTEP's PK misses: Jo Radcliffe/Tameka Sumter/Anoop Josan; UAB 19-17 SH/7-7 SOG/6-5 CK; UAB now 12-6-2/UTEP 13-7-0
GAMETRACKER BACK @ACC - Maryland and North Carolina are scoreless through 12 minutes (UNC 4-0 shot edge, none on goal; 1-0 CK)
UNC STARTERS (vs. MD): G-AshlynHarris..D-Engen/Givan/Eveland..M-Klingenberg/Brooks/Lubrano/Heath..F-JessMcDonald/CaseyNogueira/CourtneyJones
MISSOURI EDGES KU IN OT (3-2)-Kristin Andrighetto scored again (95:21; 25-yd strike); Tigers finished with 30-10 shot edge (11-6 SOG/16-3 CK
OTHER MO-KU GOAL NOTES: Crabtree (5th) 20 yds to far-rt post...Boyer headed in Dolinsky CK...1A: Crystal Wagner (MO)/JeannetteFrancia (KU)
MD STARTERS (vs. NC): G-Mary Casey...D-Cummins/Baker/Watson/Anderson...M-Hodak/Mcdowell/Hastings/Dreska...F-JasmyneSpencer/DanielleHubka
FEW MORE FL-TN FINAL NUMBERS - Physical game included 23 fouls (FL 14, TN 9) ... FL now 15-4-2, TN 8-9-3
SC STARTERS (vs. GA; 4-3-3): G-Patton...D-Diaz-Matosas/Mattern/Fahey/B.Rhoades ...M- K.Rhoades/Small/Miller...F-Grimsley/Bigbie/Jacobs
GA STARTERS (vs. SC; 4-4-2): G-Betos...D-Corless/Eddy/Powell/Farley...M- Dennis/Simpson/Perry/Pollock...F-Patterson/Miller
EARLY STRIKE FOR GA (1-0 vs. SC) -Miller popped ball up and into path of Carrie Patterson, who slid shot past Patton (5')
PK SAVE FOR 'DOGS - SC's Kim Miller was taken down by Corless from behind but Betos guessed correctly and dove right to save Miller's PK
ASSIST ON GEORGIA GOAL - Rebekah Perry credited with an assist on the Patterson score.
GAMECOCKS TIE IT (1-1)-Kim Miller free kick was not cleard, ball hit Lindsay Small & bounced to Brooke Jacobs (scored on hard, high shot)
Georgia junior forward Kelli Corless (left; Acworth, Ga.) scored directly of a corner kick, giving #5 seed Georgia a 2-1 lead in its back-and-forth SEC semifinal vs. 4th-seeded South Carolina (SC won the instant classic, 3-2).
GEORGIA BACK AHEAD, 2-1 - Corless scored directly on corner kick that bent into goal (29')
TOURNEY GAMES IN PROGRESS - A&M 0, BAY 0 (14')...ARK-ST 1, W-KY 1 (109:18)...SMU-MEM (yet to start)...GA 2, SC 1 (29')...NC-MD (no livestats
MORE SEC ON-SITE BLOGGING (end FL/TN; start GA/SC) - WEB LINK
THIRD PK GAME OF THE DAY (Arkansas St. 1, Western KY 1) - WKU ended OT with 27-12 shot edge in game (10-7 SOG/2-1 CK)...shooout upcoming
ARKANSAS STATE WINS SHOOTOUT (4-2 vs. WKU) - Ark-St make: MeganStoltzfus/KaraNitti/MirandaWiley/LindseyPatterson...
WKY SHOOTOUT: Makes by Ali Stahlke (#2) and Kellie Walker (#3) ... misses by Libby Stout and Chelsea Grover (Ark-St shot last)
GEORGIA STILL LEADING SC 2-1 (half) - South Carolina has 5-3 shot edge (2-2 SOG; 5-1 CK)
MEMPHIS UP BIG VS. SMU (3-0; 28') - Julia Ignacio 11' (10th; AshleyBerra) Lizzy Simonin 14' (3rd; Berra) Taylor Isenhower breakaway 19' (5th
A&M LEADS BAYLOR 1-0 (half) - Rachel Shipley penalty-kick goal at 43:13 ... Aggies have 8-2 shot edge (3-0 SOG/4-2 CK)
TOURNEY GAMES IN PROGRESS - Memphis 5, SMU 1 (65') ... Texas A&M 2, Baylor 0 (83') ... South Carolina 3, Georgia 2 (F) ... NC 3, MD 0 (F)
TODAY'S FINAL TWO FINALS - Memphis 6, SMU 2 ... Texas A&M 6, Baylor 2
REVISITING AN INSTANT CLASSIC (SC 3, GA 2) - SC tied it (81') when Blakely Mattern intercepted poor goalkick & passed to Kayla Grimsley ...
... more SC-GA ... Grimsely then lifted over the 'keeper Michelle Betos for score from 12 yards out (her 11th goal of '09)
SC GAMEWINNER (88:19) - Grimsley again had a hand in goal, breaking in with Kortney Rhoads (Grimsley slotted pass, Rhoades swept in her 3rd)
SC-GA FINAL STATS - South Carolina had 12-8 shot edge (6-5 SOG/8-3 CK) ... SC now 16-3-1 (Georgia 14-5-1)
UNC SHUTS OUT MARYLAND (3-0) - Tobin Heath 15' (4th; Casey Nogueira), own goal 56', Lucy Bronze header 83' (1st; Jessica McDonald/Heath)
UNC-MD FINAL STATS - Tar Heels had 17-1 shot edge (8-0 SOG/3-1 CK); UNC now 15-3-1 (Maryland 12-5-2)
STILL DON"T KNOW THAT LOSING FEELING - North Carolina has yet to lose in ACC Tournament play (55-0-3)
A&M TOPS BAYLOR (2-0) - Rachel Shipley PK 44' (7th), Bri Young header 59' (11th; CK ast-Shipley); A&M 17-6 SH/7-3 SOG/13-2 CK; A&M 13-5-2
MEMPHIS WINS BIG AT SMU (6-2) - Taylor Isenhower 2G, Ashley Berra 1G-2A; 1G for Julia Ignacio/Lizzy Siminin/Amanda Olszewski ...
MORE MEMPHIS-SMU - Mustangs goals by Kim Peabody & Kristin Medeiros; MEM 20-17 SH/10-7 SOG; SMU 5-2 CK; Memphis now 13-6-0 (SMU 7-10-1)
FINAL DAY-1 BLOG EXCERPTS FROM SEC TOURNEY - WEB LINK
GOING THE DISTANCE - 8 of today's 20 tourney games went OT, three in PKs: BostonColl. adv. vs. Virginia (0-0/3-2 PKs) UAB vs. UTEP (1-1/3-0)
(OT, cont.) - Third PK game was Arkansas-St vs. Western-KY (1-1/4-2)...there were two double-OT games: Florida 1, TN 0 and TX 1, Colorado 0
(OT, end) ... there were three more games that "only" needed one OT: VaTech 1, Wake Forest 0; Missouri 3, Kansas 2; Ark.-LittleRock 1, FIU 0
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
WINNINGEST SR CLASSES UPDATE (Eveland on verge of 100th game) - WEB LINK
THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE - see the CS360 sidebar schedule for list of today's 24 conference tournament games (w/ links to tournament centrals)
MORE RADFORD-ChSo: Winning goal in OT-Caitlyn Roan 98' (1; reb./ast-Dugger); CS 21-11 SH; RAD 5-3 SOG/6-4 CK; RAD now 9-10-0 (CS 12-6-2)