We hope to see you again for the 2016 NIRSA National Soccer Championships in Foley, AL!
Good night and good luck!
Sunday, November 22, 2015
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Also to our tournament volunteers, officials, Reach 11 Sports Complex, athletic trainers, security staff, teams, players, coaches, fans, family and friends who made this tournament a rousing success! Without you the tournament cannot happen.
THANK YOU!
Men's Championship Wrap Up
North Carolina are your men's national champions for 2015. They opened up group play with a 2-2 draw over Cal Poly and a win over Iowa State 2-0 to finish 2nd in their group.
North Carolina had a strong start in bracket play with a 4-1 win over Michigan. They played a tough battle with Central Florida in the quarterfinal which ended with an own goal in extra time that saw North Carolina go through.
An even tougher battle came in the semifinal against Illinois which featured a line clearing save by North Carolina and 2 powerful crossbar direct hits just in the first half. The rest of the way saw them play to a 0-0 after extra time. North Carolina had the early advantage in the Kicks from the Mark phase when Illinois missed their first attempt. North Carolina had a chance to advance but could not put the 5th shot home. An opening came in the 9th round when Illinois missed. This time North Carolina did not miss and won the Kicks from the Mark phase 8-7.
The final got off to a quick start with a goal in the 5th minute to put North Carolina ahead. With Penn State pressing the entire match for an equalizer an opening was created late in the match which saw North Carolina slot home the insurance goal in the 80th minute to win the match 2-0.
North Carolina was led by tournament MVP Pearce Veazy and most outstanding goalkeeper Murat Calikoglu. Alex Requarth, Brett Griffith and Eric Rossitch rounded up their placing on the all tournament team with their performances.
The rest of the All Tournament team includes:
Brandon Savino-Penn State
Oluwole Amudipe-Penn State
Derk Simpson-Penn State
Bastion Kleindienst-Illinois
Kyle Lindberg-Illinois
Clayton Alexander-Weber State
Giovanni DiMauro-Central Florida
Congratulations to all and to North Carolina for winning the men's national championship!
North Carolina had a strong start in bracket play with a 4-1 win over Michigan. They played a tough battle with Central Florida in the quarterfinal which ended with an own goal in extra time that saw North Carolina go through.
An even tougher battle came in the semifinal against Illinois which featured a line clearing save by North Carolina and 2 powerful crossbar direct hits just in the first half. The rest of the way saw them play to a 0-0 after extra time. North Carolina had the early advantage in the Kicks from the Mark phase when Illinois missed their first attempt. North Carolina had a chance to advance but could not put the 5th shot home. An opening came in the 9th round when Illinois missed. This time North Carolina did not miss and won the Kicks from the Mark phase 8-7.
The final got off to a quick start with a goal in the 5th minute to put North Carolina ahead. With Penn State pressing the entire match for an equalizer an opening was created late in the match which saw North Carolina slot home the insurance goal in the 80th minute to win the match 2-0.
North Carolina was led by tournament MVP Pearce Veazy and most outstanding goalkeeper Murat Calikoglu. Alex Requarth, Brett Griffith and Eric Rossitch rounded up their placing on the all tournament team with their performances.
The rest of the All Tournament team includes:
Brandon Savino-Penn State
Oluwole Amudipe-Penn State
Derk Simpson-Penn State
Bastion Kleindienst-Illinois
Kyle Lindberg-Illinois
Clayton Alexander-Weber State
Giovanni DiMauro-Central Florida
Congratulations to all and to North Carolina for winning the men's national championship!
Women's Championship Wrap Up
Michigan State are your women's national champions for 2015. They opened up group play with a 1-0 victory over Colorado "Gold" and a draw with Kansas 1-1.
Michigan State had wins over North Carolina (1-0) and Florida (2-0) to begin bracket play. Then the fun began.
In the semifinal vs. Virginia Tech, they went down 1-0 early, tied it, a minute later went down again and tied it in the 2nd half. This led to extra time in which they prevailed 3-2.
The final was a tough battle with Colorado State. Each team had chances that were not put away. It was a 0-0 score heading to extra time. In the 4th minute of extra time, Danielle Manning found the ball in the box and slotted it home to win the national championship.
Michigan State was led by tournament MVP Danielle Manning and most outstanding goalkeeper Katie Foss. Samantha Chouinard, Grace Noyola and Margaret Galea rounded up their placing on the all tournament team with their performances.
The rest of the All Tournament team includes:
Samantha Bernlich-Colorado State
Carly Seib-Colorado State
Kendall Lee-Colorado State
Ashley Morris-Colorado State
Hannah Martell-Cal Poly
Siobhan Klinkenberg-Michigan
Nicolette Young-Virginia Tech
Congratulations to all and to Michigan State for winning the women's national championship!
Michigan State had wins over North Carolina (1-0) and Florida (2-0) to begin bracket play. Then the fun began.
In the semifinal vs. Virginia Tech, they went down 1-0 early, tied it, a minute later went down again and tied it in the 2nd half. This led to extra time in which they prevailed 3-2.
The final was a tough battle with Colorado State. Each team had chances that were not put away. It was a 0-0 score heading to extra time. In the 4th minute of extra time, Danielle Manning found the ball in the box and slotted it home to win the national championship.
Michigan State was led by tournament MVP Danielle Manning and most outstanding goalkeeper Katie Foss. Samantha Chouinard, Grace Noyola and Margaret Galea rounded up their placing on the all tournament team with their performances.
The rest of the All Tournament team includes:
Samantha Bernlich-Colorado State
Carly Seib-Colorado State
Kendall Lee-Colorado State
Ashley Morris-Colorado State
Hannah Martell-Cal Poly
Siobhan Klinkenberg-Michigan
Nicolette Young-Virginia Tech
Congratulations to all and to Michigan State for winning the women's national championship!
Men's Open Wrap Up
Oregon are your men's open champions for 2015. They went undefeated doing so, beating UConn, Texas "B" and CSU Pueblo by a combined score of 9-1.
Oregon started bracket play with comfortable victories over Stony Brook (2-0) and Utah Valley (4-1).
The final over UC-Davis was the toughest of the lot. UC-Davis was a tough out and it took extra time to defeat them 3-2
Oregon was led by tournament MVP Andrew Saenz. Zach Donner and Henry Fassinger rounded up their placing on the all tournament team with their performances.
The rest of the All Tournament team includes:
Qiyang Zhou-Purdue (Most Outstanding Goalkeeper)
Adan Jauregui-UC Davis
Stanton Ho-UC Davis
Martin Siragusa-UC Davis
Christian Cardoso-Utah Valley
Sam Perez-Utah Valley
Uba Nonso Anyadiegwu-Purdue
Alan Sieck-Purdue
Trevor Mooney-Georgia College
Congratulations to all and to Oregon for winning the men's open championship!
Oregon started bracket play with comfortable victories over Stony Brook (2-0) and Utah Valley (4-1).
The final over UC-Davis was the toughest of the lot. UC-Davis was a tough out and it took extra time to defeat them 3-2
Oregon was led by tournament MVP Andrew Saenz. Zach Donner and Henry Fassinger rounded up their placing on the all tournament team with their performances.
The rest of the All Tournament team includes:
Qiyang Zhou-Purdue (Most Outstanding Goalkeeper)
Adan Jauregui-UC Davis
Stanton Ho-UC Davis
Martin Siragusa-UC Davis
Christian Cardoso-Utah Valley
Sam Perez-Utah Valley
Uba Nonso Anyadiegwu-Purdue
Alan Sieck-Purdue
Trevor Mooney-Georgia College
Congratulations to all and to Oregon for winning the men's open championship!
Women's Open WrapUp
UCLA are your women's open champions for 2015. They started dominant in their group outscoring UW-Milwaukee and Penn by a combined score of 7-0. UCLA earned an efficient 0-0 draw with Central Florida to win their group and advance to the playoff bracket.
UCLA started bracket play with a comfortable 3-0 win over Vermont. Then a tough battle with UConn where they had to come from behind to tie in regulation and earn the win in extra time.
The final over James Madison reverted back to comfortable with 2-0 win to claim the women's open championship.
UCLA was led by tournament MVP Isis Piccillo and most outstanding goalkeeper Nina Chikanov. Kayla Arjasbi and Fiona Kennedy rounded up their placing on the all tournament team with their performances.
The rest of the All Tournament team includes:
Kathryn Roman-James Madison
Kendall Jones-James Madison
Rose Sommovigo-James Madison
Kristen Dragotta-UConn
Kelleigh Cokely-UConn
Anne Dovolis-Boston College
Caitlin Keenan-Boston College
Karina Boyea-Southern California
Congratulations to all and to UCLA for winning the women's open championship!
UCLA started bracket play with a comfortable 3-0 win over Vermont. Then a tough battle with UConn where they had to come from behind to tie in regulation and earn the win in extra time.
The final over James Madison reverted back to comfortable with 2-0 win to claim the women's open championship.
UCLA was led by tournament MVP Isis Piccillo and most outstanding goalkeeper Nina Chikanov. Kayla Arjasbi and Fiona Kennedy rounded up their placing on the all tournament team with their performances.
The rest of the All Tournament team includes:
Kathryn Roman-James Madison
Kendall Jones-James Madison
Rose Sommovigo-James Madison
Kristen Dragotta-UConn
Kelleigh Cokely-UConn
Anne Dovolis-Boston College
Caitlin Keenan-Boston College
Karina Boyea-Southern California
Congratulations to all and to UCLA for winning the women's open championship!
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Blog to write final post Sunday night
Blogger in 14 hours will cheer his favorite NFL team in Miami...not the home team...don't judge :)
There will be a blog post about our tournament Sunday night!
List of Champions
Men's Championship: North Carolina
Women's Championship: Michigan State
Men's Open: Oregon
Women's Open: UCLA
Congrats to our champions for their fine play all year and all weekend!
@NIRSASoccerBlog
Please read the time line at @NIRSASoccerBlog to follow everything that occurred tonight.
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We hope you can follow us on Twitter for the latest information.
Men's Championship Semifinals Results
North Carolina 0 (8) Illinois 0 (7)
Penn State 2 Weber State 1
Women's Championship Semifinals Results
Michigan State 3 Virginia Tech 2 aet
Colorado State 1 (4) Michigan 1 (2)
Live tweeting Championship Semifinals
We will be live tweeting scores of Champioship Semifinals games.
@NIRSASoccerBlog
Championship Semifinals 10a
Men's Championship
North Carolina v. Illinois
Penn St. v. Weber St.
Women's Championship
Colorado St v. Michigan
Michigan St v. Virginia Tech
Men's Championship Consolation Semifinals Results
California 5 Virginia Tech 0
Minnesota 2 Loyola-Chicago 0
Women's Championship Consolation Semifinals Results
Colorado "Gold" 3 Colorado School of Mines 0
Texas 2 Northern Arizona 0
Games at 8am
Men's Open Semifinals
Utah Valley v. Oregon
Purdue v. UC Davis
Women's Open Semifinals
Boston College v. James Madison
UConn v. UCLA
Men's Championship Consolation Semifinals
California v. Virginia Tech
Minnesota v. Loyola-Chicago
Women's Championship Consolation Semifinals
Colorado School of Mines v. Colorado "Gold"
Northern Arizona v. Texas
Utah Valley v. Oregon
Purdue v. UC Davis
Women's Open Semifinals
Boston College v. James Madison
UConn v. UCLA
Men's Championship Consolation Semifinals
California v. Virginia Tech
Minnesota v. Loyola-Chicago
Women's Championship Consolation Semifinals
Colorado School of Mines v. Colorado "Gold"
Northern Arizona v. Texas
Live on Championship Saturday!
We are ready to go for this Championship Saturday. It is sunny again and 58 degrees to start the morning. Info coming up!
Championship Saturday on Deck!
Saturday at the national tournament is always a great day. Teams realize they are 2 wins away from winning the ultimate prize when they wake up but only 1 can realize their dreams to be champions.
We have a lot of competitive match ups remaining and Saturday promises to be an exciting day.
We will have #ANDNEW champions tomorrow in all of our divisions. Which schools can claim the open and national championships?
Join us tomorrow as we crown new champions at the 2015 NIRSA National Soccer Championships!
We have a lot of competitive match ups remaining and Saturday promises to be an exciting day.
We will have #ANDNEW champions tomorrow in all of our divisions. Which schools can claim the open and national championships?
Join us tomorrow as we crown new champions at the 2015 NIRSA National Soccer Championships!
Friday, November 20, 2015
Women's Open Quarterfinals Results
Boston College 1 USC 0 aet
James Madison 0 (3) Colorado "Black" 0 (2)
UConn 2 California 0
UCLA 3 Vermont 0
James Madison 0 (3) Colorado "Black" 0 (2)
UConn 2 California 0
UCLA 3 Vermont 0
Women's Open Quarterfinals Ongoing 8p
USC v. Boston College
Colorado "Black" v. James Madison
UConn v. California
UCLA v. Vermont
Colorado "Black" v. James Madison
UConn v. California
UCLA v. Vermont
Men's Championship Consolation Semifinals Set
California v. Virginia Tech
Minnesota v. Loyola-Chicago
Minnesota v. Loyola-Chicago
Women's Championship Consolation Semifinals Set
Colorado School of Mines v. Colorado "Gold"
Northern Arizona v. Texas
Northern Arizona v. Texas
Women's Championship Consolation Quarterfinals Results 6p
Northern Arizona 2 (5) CSU Long Beach 2 (4)
Texas 1 Arizona 0
Texas 1 Arizona 0
Men's Championship Consolation Quarterfinals Results 6p
Minnesota 3 Texas "A" 1
Loyola-Chicago 3 Iowa St 2
Men's Championship Consolation Quarterfinals Results 4p
California 1 Colorado School of Mines "A" 0 aet
Virginia Tech 3 Cincinnati 2
Virginia Tech 3 Cincinnati 2
Women's Championship Consolation Quarterfinals Results 4p
Colorado School of Mines 2 Washington University-St. Louis 0
Colorado "Gold" 2 Cornell 0
Colorado "Gold" 2 Cornell 0
Men's Open Quarterfinal 4pm Results
Utah Valley 1 Cal State Fullerton 0
Oregon 2 Stony Brook 0
Purdue 5 Georgia College 1
UC Davis 4 SUNY Brockport 1
Oregon 2 Stony Brook 0
Purdue 5 Georgia College 1
UC Davis 4 SUNY Brockport 1
Men's Championship Quarterfinal Results 4p
North Carolina 3 Central Florida 2 aet
Illinois 1 (5) UTEP 1 (4)
Illinois 1 (5) UTEP 1 (4)
Women's Championship Quarterfinal Results 4p
Colorado St 0 (1) Miami (OH) 0 (0)
Michigan 1 Delaware 0
Michigan 1 Delaware 0
Women's Open Bracket
All first place teams in Women's Open will go to bracket play.
Once tournament directors post bracket we will post on blog.
Once tournament directors post bracket we will post on blog.
UNOFFICIAL WOMEN'S OPEN POOL RESULTS
Listed in order 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
A: UConn (+5), James Madison (+4), Arizona St. Iowa
B: USC (+6), Vermont (+3), Miami (FL), St. Edward's
C: Colorado "Black", San Diego St, Texas Tech, Towson
D: Boston College, Oregon, Rice, Vanderbilt
E: UCLA, Penn, Central Florida, UW-Milwaukee
F: California, Northeastern, TCU, Denver
A: UConn (+5), James Madison (+4), Arizona St. Iowa
B: USC (+6), Vermont (+3), Miami (FL), St. Edward's
C: Colorado "Black", San Diego St, Texas Tech, Towson
D: Boston College, Oregon, Rice, Vanderbilt
E: UCLA, Penn, Central Florida, UW-Milwaukee
F: California, Northeastern, TCU, Denver
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