Posted on: Wednesday, November 17, 2004
HOMEGROWN REPORT
Soccer tourneys have Island flavor
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By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer
Nine of the 48 teams in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship feature players from Hawai'i.
(Rankings are from the NSCAA/adidas National Rankings released yesterday, seeded teams receive byes into second round of NCAA tournament).
San Francisco (20th ranked, 14-4-1) freshman defender Jay Abrigo (Mililani '04) has not played in a match this season.
Dartmouth (7-3-6) senior midfielder J.P. Barbosa (Punahou of Honolulu) has played in 16 matches, starting nine.
Creighton (No. 13 and 14th-seeded, 13-4-1) senior goalkeeper Andrew Brown (Mililani '00) has started 12 games, after overcoming an injury earlier in the season. Brown has a 1.23 goals against average with 34 saves.
Loyola Marymount (10-7-3) freshman defender Stephen Carlson (Punahou '04 of Honolulu) has played in 13 matches, starting four.
Santa Clara (15-5-0) sophomore forward Keith DeVey (St. Anthony '02 of Kula, Maui) has played in 19 matches and is tied for the team lead with four goals. He also has one assist for nine points.
New Mexico (No. 3 and 13th-seeded, 16-1-1) freshman midfielder David Gualdarama (Kamehameha '04 of Wai'anae) has played in 17 games, starting one.
Southern Methodist (No. 2 and seventh-seeded, 15-3-1) junior midfielder Duke Hashimoto (Iolani '02 of Kapolei) is out for the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Boston College (No. 15 and 15th-seeded, 12-4-2) freshman Satoshi Mitsuda (Punahou '03 of Honolulu) has played in 17 matches, starting three. He has two goals and an assist for five points.
Penn State (No. 12 and 10th-seeded, 10-4-7) senior defender Kenji Treschuk (Moanalua '00 of Honolulu) has played in 19 games with six starts, with one goal and three assists for five points.
Women's Tournament
Two players from Hawai'i are still in the hunt for the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship.
Princeton junior defender Romy Trigg-Smith (Punahou '02 of Kailua) started for the Tigers, who defeated Villanova, 1-0, in double overtime in a second-round match.
Her shot at the 6 minute, 31 second mark hit the post.
Trigg-Smith scored in the 48th minute in a 5-0 win over Central Connecticut State in the first round for Princeton, one of 17 teams playing in the Division I tournament for at least the sixth straight season.
The seventh-seeded Tigers play their Sweet 16 match against Boston College on Saturday.
Duke freshman Allison Lipsher (Punahou '04 of Hawai'i Kai) recorded three saves in a 3-0 upset of second-ranked Virginia in a second-round match.
The shutout for Lipsher is her eighth of the season, which ranks fourth in the Duke record book.
"I thought Allison played exceptional in goal behind our very strong back four," coach Robbie Church said on the school's Web site. "Her presence was great. She was in the zone and we knew that it would take a great effort for Virginia to score and that relaxed us a lot more, too."
Duke plays UCLA on Saturday in the Blue Devil's fourth NCAA tournament Sweet 16 appearance and first since 1996.
Lipsher had four saves in a 2-1 win over Virginia Commonwealth in the first round.
Reach Leila Wai at lwai@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-2457.
