Irvine, CA – Made the quick journey south to catch the UCI Anteaters hosting the St Mary’s Gaels in 2nd round NCAA tournament action on a rainy night. Yep, packed the umbrella, towels, notebook, and camera and combatted the rain along with the other 656 people in attendance. The game had lots of promise. The [...]

Omaha, NE –  The Missouri Valley Conference Championship game had the #1 and #2 seeds matched up head to head for the automatic NCAA berth.  There was lots to play for and it was evident with some of the tough challenges and physical play on both sides.  Creighton was playing for a top seed in [...]

Omaha, NE – I made the journey out to Nebraska to cover the Missouri Valley Conference tournament live at Morrison Stadium. What an incredible soccer facility!  The host Creighton Blue Jays aren’t too bad themselves.  They are ranked #2 in the country and #1 in the RPI.  Winning the Valley tournament clinches them a top [...]

Fullerton, CA – Saturday’s contest featured two underachieving teams that were looking to hold on for dear life in the Big West.  Both sides were in desperate need of 3 points.   Luis Silva came into the game and pretty much single-handedly carried the Gauchos to a 4-3 victory – putting on a show in [...]

Westwood, CA – The clash to determine who will enter the second half of the league season with momentum and a clear path to the Pac 12 title took place Sunday evening at UCLA’s Drake Stadium.  It promised to be a good one with the top two teams, and arguably the top two players, in [...]

Santa Barbara, CA – In a big time game for the famous RPI points, the Gauchos came from behind to hand the Akron Zips their first loss of the season on national television.  It was a huge game for UCSB who was coming off consecutive conference losses.  This morale booster needs to carry over to [...]