No. 1 seed Rutgers Women’s Soccer hosted No. 2 seed Arkansas for the Quarterfinals on Friday, And Won going to the College Cup!
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With BYU still alive, I wonder what would happen to the final if they make it that far. BYU doesn't play spotting events on Sundays.
Dad the first 10 minute overtime was the best we have played maybe all year just dominated the girls from the back making all kinds of runs
Only slight thing is we don’t take the ball wide enough and then the few times we did when we make good crosses we don’t have enough girls in the box but on to FSU and as I said they are going to be tough have to play our BEST to win
I agree even without Frankie and Amirah the future is so bright!!
The toughest one to replace is going to be Gabby!!! She is such a rock back there and she was definitely hurting but that didn’t stop her she even made some great runs from the back!!
BYU will not play.....the NCAA used to make schedule changes for BYU(if they made the sweet 16 in B-ball and were scheduled to play on Sunday, NCAA said they would change it). However, this April, the NCAA voted to not make any adjustments to schedules to eliminate Sunday play. BYU stated they will not play....https://magazine.byu.edu/article/ncaa-changes-sunday-competition-policy/
So we are (potentially) 1 win away from winning the tournament!
No doubt Gabby is great. However, Courtney Ruedt did not play much this year, but when she did I liked her very much. Believe she can step in at CB. Also we have a big Austrian CB from Florida coming in who is supposed to be very good & whose video looked very good. We have both our outside backs returning plus Kassidy Banks who I hope will improve. We should be OK on D.
Here is a link to the bios of our 3 signees in this class.
Do you have any additional comments on any of the 3?
And I guess it is a small class because not many players graduating?
Any chance more than 3 will join the class?
It’s possible the players were instructed to remain fairly compact even going forward, given Arkansas’s ability to counterattack so quickly and effectively. Recovery runs, in transition, are a lot shorter and faster if coming down the middle of the field, and not from out wide.
And along with that, the players were judicious in the numbers game, especially during regulation time, avoiding over-committing in the attack. Not sure that was a planned strategy or coincidental. But it was smart, either way.
We lose 4 who play meaningful minutes and we definitely have depth maybe he picks up a couple of grad transfers
Some stats: 4,672 in attendance. Not quite as big as the Michigan crowd but still a great & lively crowd on a cold blustery night, plus Michigan probably had a sizeable no of more fans than did Arkansas; seven of our girls played the full 110 minutes, counting Meg it was eight. Riley & Amirah both played 105: Sam played 80, going full bore all over the field. Then Riley, Amirah, Becci & Meg all stepped up to bury their penalty shots. Pretty impressive I'd say. By contrast Arkansas looked a bit gassed.
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RU vs FSU @ 7pm Friday per ncaa.com
Championship on Sunday or Monday depending on BYU vs Santa Clara outcome on Friday
Championship on Sunday or Monday depending on BYU vs Santa Clara outcome on Friday
Apparently so with two dates listed on the bracket. To me, having all other schools accommodate a single NCAA member schools religious beliefs seems a bit ridiculous at a D-1 level.
I like it. It would be ridiculous to strip the championship chances away from a team because of religious beliefs. There is no real harm on playing the title game on Monday if that's what happens.
Yes there is I was thinking of going but definitely can’t stay the extra day with the uncertainty also if booking a flight
Losing he number of fans that might not travel because of that possibility is a small IMO compared to letting a team maintain their religious beliefs and still compete for the crown. Others may disagree.
Besides, Santa Clara could make it a moot point. They beat BYU 1-0 earlier this season.
Besides, Santa Clara could make it a moot point. They beat BYU 1-0 earlier this season.
If you look closely as the 1st Arkansas PKer approaces the ball it rotates slightly back toward her. I wonder if that threw her off as her shot appeared to have little behind it?
Close up of replay of first kik shows it moved about 1 panel but I do not feel it made a difference.
Sorry, wrong vid. Watch this one
Go to the close up at 00:27
Could have distracted her. My soccer experience is limited. Thought it was interesting.
If you look at their faces, you could see they were a lot less confident than the RU players as they approached the ball.
Agreed I told my daughter that the wind probably moved it she got off a very weak kick
We should all be pulling hard for BYU to win Friday night. The last thing you want is to have to play the defending national champs on their home turf in the final. Just my opinion, I know, but I think it makes sense.
It would be an ironic twist if a wind burst impacted their PK. The wind picked up in the second half and they had a huge advantage throughout that and the first OT as well.
agree with the wind but in that first ot we kept the ball on the ground and made great runs form the back and dominated the 10 minutes;