WSOC NCAA Run

[DarthGrumpy]

I found out that Rutgers had made the Final Four when they made an announcement about it during the "Prairie Home Companion" broadcast, of all places. Anyway, UConn women's soccer has made it a habit of losing NCAA tournament games to eventual national champions a number of times, usually in the form of North Carolina when they were winning the title just about every year. Never thought that there might be a chance adding Rutgers to that list, but we'll see what happens next weekend.

Very true. When I was at UConn, UConn almost always ended-up in the same bracket at UNC. The one year that weren't, they lost the semi-final to ND, who won the title that year. They also fell to Santa Clara a few times in the semi-finals, too.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

And the streak continues, Penn St knocks off Rutgers 2-0 in the first semifinal. The Nittnay Lions will play the winner of FSU v. Duke with the Blue Devils leading 1-0 at half.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

And the streak continues, Penn St knocks off Rutgers 2-0 in the first semifinal. The Nittnay Lions will play the winner of FSU v. Duke with the Blue Devils leading 1-0 at half.

Penn St takes are of Duke 1 to 0 to win their first NCAA Women's Soccer championship.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Was checking something else and decided to look up the final NSCAA D1 women's rankings for 2016. UConn finished in 10th place, very happy. Hope that is a sign of an upward trend for the program going forward.

Penn State was #1 as they won the title; but, they were not unanimous. WTF? #2 Duke, who Penn St beat in the finals, got 3 first place votes, #3 Florida St, who Duke beat in the semis got 2 votes, and Rutgers, who Penn St beat the the semifinals got 1 first place vote?

 

[DarthGrumpy]

FYI, UConn women's soccer landed two solid recruits from the two of the top soccer programs in North Jersey - Erin Spillane a midfielder from IHA and Kristen Vinciguerra a defender from Northern Highlands.

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/h...igning-day-the-north-jersey-signees-1.1504411

 

[TwoFacedHack]

FYI, UConn women's soccer landed two solid recruits from the two of the top soccer programs in North Jersey - Erin Spillane a midfielder from IHA and Kristen Vinciguerra a defender from Northern Highlands.

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/h...igning-day-the-north-jersey-signees-1.1504411

Great to see. Tsantiris has done a great job recruiting lately. If not for the freshmen on defense last year, UConn is not a top-10 team. Nine players graduate this year (unless Hunsberger can and does get a medical redshirt?) but there's still plenty of depth. Having some impact freshmen definitely helps.

 

[dbmill]

The Moreau sisters, Breanne and Brittany, have left the UConn women's soccer program and transferred to UMass. Both sisters were highly rated coming out of high school and played a fair amount during their freshman year at UConn. Both were pretty much glued to the bench their sophomore year.

http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/020316aaa.html

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Crossing topics here; but, if somehow UConn ends up in the XII, would UConn women play in the XII knowing that the travel would be tough or see if they can play in the Big E, which would be the likely landing spot for women's lacrosse, field hockey, and men's soccer as the XII does not sponsor those sports?

 

[TwoFacedHack]

Crossing topics here; but, if somehow UConn ends up in the XII, would UConn women play in the XII knowing that the travel would be tough or see if they can play in the Big E, which would be the likely landing spot for women's lacrosse, field hockey, and men's soccer as the XII does not sponsor those sports?

I'm pretty sure that any team in a sport sponsored by the Big 12 has to go to the Big 12. Men's soccer the only one in flux. Lacrosse and field hockey are already in the Big East.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I'm pretty sure that any team in a sport sponsored by the Big 12 has to go to the Big 12. Men's soccer the only one in flux. Lacrosse and field hockey are already in the Big East.

Travel for women's soccer and other XII sponsored Olympic sports would be brutal and expensive. Te XII has 9 women's soccer teams with just K State not sponsoring women's soccer. So each year, UConn would likely have 4 to 5 in-conference road games per season. It could be manageable to break those into a pair of long road trips with games on Friday and Sunday. One to Texas and 1 to the non-Texas schools. WVU can of course be handled on a separate day trip.

 

[TwoFacedHack]

Travel for women's soccer and other XII sponsored Olympic sports would be brutal and expensive. Te XII has 9 women's soccer teams with just K State not sponsoring women's soccer. So each year, UConn would likely have 4 to 5 in-conference road games per season. It could be manageable to break those into a pair of long road trips with games on Friday and Sunday. One to Texas and 1 to the non-Texas schools. WVU can of course be handled on a separate day trip.

That's how the Olympic sports usually work, anyway. Women's soccer usually plays USF/UCF or SMU/Houston on the same weekend trip. That's not something that would have to change. Sometimes done in groups with sports like volleyball.