Local College Soccer Round-Up (The Sports Addict Network)

MEN’S Virginia Surges Past Hofstra, 4-2Tchani scores two goals to lead Cavs CHARLOTTESVILLE Tony Tchani scored two goals and the Virginia men¹s soccerteam topped Hofstra, 4-2, Sunday night at Klöckner Stadium. Chris Agorsorand Matt Mitchell also netted goals for UVa (2-2-0), which won itssecond-straight game. ³Once again we had good chances offensively,² Virginia head coach GeorgeGelnovatch said. ³We finished four of those chances and scored on our firsttwo shots of the game. I think our staff did a good job of managing minutestonight after playing 110 minutes on Friday night at George Mason.² Eighteen Cavaliers saw action in all, and six different players registeredshots on goal. Tchani put Virginia on the board with his first career goalin the fifth minute, when Hofstra was whistled for a foul just outside thepenalty area. Tchani stepped up and struck a bending ball into the left sideof the net, past the outstretched arms of Pride goalkeeper James Winters. Four minutes later, Tchani beat Winters again, this time with a hard, lowshot for his second goal of the night. Fellow freshman Hunter Jumper andredshirt freshman Jimmy Simpson earned the assists on the play. Hofstra got on the scoreboard in the 33rd minute on a Brett Carrington goal.Virginia bounced back, however, and Matt Mitchell scored in the 38th minuteto preserve UVa¹s two-goal lead. The play began with a long ball fromJumper, which was flicked ahead by Simpson to Mitchell, who finished farpost. Agorsor made the score 4-1 in the 77th minute, when he headed home a NeilBarlow corner kick. For Agorsor, it was his team-leading third goal of theseason, while it marked Barlow¹s first assist of 2008. The Pride (1-2-1) pulled to within 4-2 in the 81st minute when MitchellDemont fired a shot past Virginia goalkeeper Dan Louisignau off of assistsby Justin Flood and Jamal Neptune. Hofstra would get no closer, however, andVirginia came away with its second-straight victory. Louisignau finished with four saves in his fourth-straight start in goal.Pride goalkeeper James Winters had six saves in defeat. The Cavaliers held a 14-9 advantage in shots, while each team took fourcorner kicks. Virginia is back in action on Saturday, Sept. 13, at VCU. Kick-off isscheduled for 7 p.m. Courtesy of The University of Virdginia C-USA Soccer Update 2008 MEN'S SOCCERTeam C-USA Overall W L T Pts. W L TSMU 0 0 0 0 3 0 1Tulsa 0 0 0 0 2 1 1Kentucky 0 0 0 0 2 2 0UAB 0 0 0 0 2 2 0USC 0 0 0 0 1 2 1UCF 0 0 0 0 1 2 0Memphis 0 0 0 0 1 3 0FIU 0 0 0 0 0 3 1Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 SHOOTING STARS · Freshman Joe Crowley broke a scoreless tie with a goal in the85th minute Sunday night, lifting visiting UCF to a 1-0 victory overStetson in men's non-conference soccer action in DeLand, Fla. The Knightsimproved to 1-2 on the season with the victory while Stetson falls to 2-1. · Forward Paulo da Silva scored his third goal in four games andgoalkeeper Craig Hill made five saves to lead the SMU men's soccer team toa 1-1 tie against the Cal Bears at the Cal Legacy Classic in Berkeley,Calif. Sunday afternoon. Hill, da Silva and defender Leone Cruzrepresented SMU on the all-tournament team. · UAB senior forward Derek Rios recorded his second game-winninggoal of the season, and fourth of his career, when he slotted home thegame-winner in overtime to defeat Mercer last Sunday (1-0). Rios led UABwith three shots on goal in the contest. The Etibicoke, Ontario native hasnow scored game-winning goals in both of UAB's victories this season. Heleads the team with five points (2g and 1a) on the campaign. Sept. 8 C-USA Men's Soccer Players of the Week IRVING, Texas -š Senior forward Paulo da Silva of No. 7 SMU and sophomoregoalkeepers Carl Woszczynski of UAB and Sean Johnson of UCF are thisweek's Conference USA Men's Soccer Players of the Week, respectively. daSilva was named to the all-tournament team in the Cal Legacy Classic inBerkeley, Calif., after scoring a goal in each of the Mustangs' matchesover the weekend, a 2-0 win over perennial power Stanford, and a 1-1 tieat No. 8 Cal. Woszczynski was making just his third career start andrecorded his first career shutout in a 1-0 win over Mercer on Sunday,while Johnson also notched a 1-0 win over Stetson on Sunday, stopping 18shots and notching six saves. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (9/8) PAULO DA SILVA - SMU Sr., F, Piracicaba, Brazil da Silva was named to the all-tournament team in the Cal Legacy Classic inBerkeley, Calif. The senior forward scored a goal in each of the Mustangs'two matches over the weekend, a 2-0 win over perennial power Stanford, anda 1-1 tie at No. 8 Cal. The No. 7 Mustangs improved to 3-0-1 on theseason, and da Silva is the team's leading scorer with eight points onthree goals and two assists. The weekly honor is the first of da Silva'scareer. CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (9/8) CARL WOSZCZYNSKI - UAB So., GK, Columbus, Ind. Making just the third start in his career and second start this season,Woszczynski recorded his first career shutout in a 1-0 overtime victoryover Mercer on Sunday. Woszczynski was spectacular in the net, making foursaves en route to the victory. In the opening minutes of overtime, thesophomore goalkeeper faced a one-on-one with a Mercer player and made afingertip save to keep the game scoreless. On the season, Woszczynski hasa 0.97 goals allowed average in two contests, and has made six saves. Thisis Woszczynski's first career weekly C-USA honor. CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (9/8) SEAN JOHNSON - UCF So., GK, Lilburn, Ga. Johnson continued his early season strong play with a 1-0 shutout win overStetson on Sunday.š He faced 18 shots and tallied six saves to post histhird career shutout and help UCF to their first win in 2008.š In threegames this season, Johnson has 22 saves which is currently top on C-USA.He also leads the league in saves per game at 7.33. The weekly honor isthe first of Johnson's career. Courtesy of C-USA Women’s WVU’s Barnes, Everrett Earn Weekly Honors MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (September 8, 2008) West Virginia University women’ssoccer players Greer Barnes and Deana Everrett were honored today fortheir weekend play at the First Tennessee Lady Vols Classic.Barnes was named the BIG EAST Conference Defensive Player of the Weekand Everrett was named to the 11-person TopDrawerSoccer Team of theWeek.Barnes, a Rye, N.Y., native helped the Mountaineer defense record itsthird shutout of the season in the two-game tournament in Knoxville,Tenn. Barnes logged all 200 minutes of action and was named to theAll-Tournament Team and the Defensive MVP.The senior defender took a game-high three shots in WVU’s win 1-0 overNo. 20 Tennessee. Barnes and her teammates kept the Lady Vols off thescoreboard and held two-time SEC Player of the Year Kylee Rossie to oneshot on goal.In WVU’s second game of the tournament, Barnes totaled three shotsagainst Washington State. She also held U-20 national team playerKiersten Dallstream to one shot on-goal in the 1-1 draw.The weekly conference honor is the first of the season for WVU. OtherBIG EAST award winners were Notre Dame’s Kelsey Lysander (Goalkeeper)and Brittany Bock (Offensive), Villanova’s Kaitlin Ryan (Rookie).Everrett earned her first weekly award of 2008 for her stellar playover the weekend. The senior forward was named to the All-TournamentTeam and the weekend’s Overall MVP.The Oakville, Ontario, native scored her second goal of the seasonagainst Washington State and finished with six shots against theCougars. The goal pushed her career total to 34 tying Ashley Banks forthird place all-time on WVU’s career goals list.West Virginiareturns to action on Thursday, Sept. 11, with a livebroadcast on the Fox Soccer Channel against Kentucky. Kickoff isscheduled for 8 p.m. at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Courtesy of the WVU Athletic Department

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