Women's Collegiate Soccer

The Arkansas Lady Razorbacks are no longer "ladies"

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Arkansas athletics officials: Time to drop the prefix

It seems that new Arkansas Athletic Director, Jeff Long, has decided that, "We're all 'Razorbacks," and has dropped the word "Lady" in conjunction with its women's sports teams. Great news, I think.

Most women playing sports on a college level play as hard as their male counterparts. The gender designation always seemed to me to be a way to remind female athletes that they are not as important to the college or university as the male teams in the eyse of the administration.

A few other universitys have made this change in the last few years. Let's hope it catches on more quickly.

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Georgetown announces incoming women's soccer recruits for 2008

Georgetown University announced today that seven players have signed Letters of Intent for the 2008 season.

Those new players are:

Samantha Baker, (Long Beach, Calif./Wilson)

Kelly D'Ambrisi, (Trumbull, Conn./Our Lady of Mercy)

Elizabeth Hanna, (Waxhaw, N.C./Weddington)

Gabrielle Miller, (Wayne, Pa./Radnor)

Larkin Nixon, (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg)

Camille Trujillo, (Albuquerque, N.M./St. Pius X)

Marissa Wing, (East Greenbush, N.Y./Columbia)

Greta Mjoll Samuelsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland)

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New Addition: Links to Collegiate Women's Soccer Program

We've just started a Link Directory for Collegiate Women's Soccer Program. Check out the tab at the top of the page. We've listed the colleges by part of the country, and state. We don't have them all listed yet, but hope to complete the list of the next few months.

If you find one you think we should add, add it to the comments of this entry and we'll research it.

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New Additions: Links to Collegiate Women's Soccer Program

We've just started a Link Director for Collegiate Women's Soccer Program. Check out the link at the left under the "Menu" header. We've listed the colleges by part of the country, and state. We don't have them all listed yet, but hope to complete the list of the next few months. If you find one you think we should add, add it to the comments of this entry and we'll research it.

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Want to play soccer in college?

Most of us have a dream school: the college we'd attend if we had all the money in the world, straight A's, and perfect SAT scores. Mine was Duke. Since 7th grade, I wanted nothing more out of life than to go to Duke. Now, I'm not sitting in a dorm room at Duke, but it gave me something to shoot for. Different things determine which is our dream school. It could be anything from size or location to activities or academics. For some, it's all about the athletics. If your looking for the perfect college and soccer is one of the important factors on the list, here's the top 10 colleges for women's division 1 soccer from SoccerTimes.com. (The site gives the top 25 for men's and women's.)

1. Southern California
2. Florida State
3. UCLA
4. Notre Dame
5. Portland
6. North Carolina
7. West Virginia
8. Stanford
9. Texas
10. Connecticut

I'll have you know that Duke was 17 on that list. (Hey, a girl can dream, right?)

Tar Heels' Lesli Gaston: The Path to College Soccer

Keep hope but don't expect it to just fall in your lap. :) (I must admit, as a Duke fan, I had trouble posting this. I guess it's hard to deny that the Tar Heels have a fantastic women's soccer program.)

Source: Road to College Soccer

The Path to College Soccer

Leslie Gaston, a girl who grew up out of the soccer mainstream, finds the route to the nation's top team.

By Maggie Mason

Leslie Gaston often joked with her club teammates about receiving calls from big soccer schools, but when Coach Anson Dorrance actually phoned last December she shrieked into the receiver in delighted disbelief. The dream of every young soccer player came true for Leslie this winter, as she was recruited by universities such as Notre Dame, Stanford, George Mason, Vanderbilt, and Alabama - as well as North Carolina. This would be a remarkable accomplishment for any student, but for a girl growing up in an area where opportunities for girls and women to play are barely getting started, this bordered on unbelievable.

Check this chick out!!!

Wow! This girl is amazing! How can she do it all..?! I wish I could be like that..

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Katie Feehan: A model "Student Athlete"

<< Katie Feehan, NJCU
Photo courtesy NJCU
New Jersey City University Student, Katie Feehan, has now earned the ultimate award for excellence on the soccer field and in the classroom, having been named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America team.

According to NJCU news releases, the May 2007 graduate of NJCU with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice (Pre-Law), Feehan had a 3.98 undergraduate grade point average. She returned as a graduate student for the 2007-08 year to use her final season of eligibility and pursue a master’s degree. She was named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America District II College Division First-Team for the third consecutive season earlier this month, is now a three-time Academic All-America selection, having earned Third-Team Academic All-America honors in 2005 and 2006.

Way to go Katie. You embody the term, "student-athlete."

WVU Women's Soccer: Does it seem strange?

Does it seem strange to you that West Virginia University, a school known more for it's football and partying, would have successful women's soccer team?

In case you haven't been paying attention, WVU's women’s soccer team moves one step closer to the the 2007 NCAA College Cup when it plays USC in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships Friday, Nov. 30. WVU is hosting the game in Morgantown.

West Virginia, No. 4 seed in its portion of the bracket, has an impressive record of 18-4-2, and goes into the the game this weekend off a a 10-game unbeaten streak. Now, if women's soccer at WVU just had the same level of funding as its football and basketball teams.