College Roundup
Sunday's games:
SMU 1 Cal State Northridge 2
The Matadors won the Prego Italian Express Invitational in Dallas by finishing as the only undefeated team; seniors Cameron Sims and Dylan Riley got the goals while
sophomore Rafael Garcia provided two assists in the win over the hosts.
Pepperdine 1 Sacramento State 0
Freshman Callie Payetta's second goal in two games gave the 5-2 Waves the win.
UCLA 5 Missouri 0
The Bruins won their sixth straight with sophomore Sydney Leroux getting things started with a goal after just 77 seconds; she was later red-carded, as was UCLA Coach Jill Ellis in separate incidents.
San Diego State 2 Cal State Long Beach 1
The 49ers fall to 4-4 despite a goal from sophomore Nicole Hubbard.
Oklahoma 0 USC 1
Courtney Garcia's ninth-minute goal gave the Trojans (5-3) their fourth straight win.
Loyola Marymount 3 Dartmouth 2
Two goals from junior Rafael Baca at the San Diego Nike Classic gave the 18th-ranked Lions (4-2-0) the win over No. 5 Dartmouth.
Loyola Marymount 2 Utah 2
LMU twice came back from a goal down to earn a 2-2 double-overtime draw to go undefeated at the UCLA Women's Cup.
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
Do you only report on women's college soccer? I can never figure out in your reports if you are refering to the men's team or the women's... maybe you could try to clarify in the future.
Thanks for the feedback. My wife made the same observation (!). If it's any help Pepperdine, USC and Cal State Long Beach only field women's teams; for colleges with men's and women's programs I try to mention a player's name in hopes that gives the reader a clue to the gender of the team I'm writing about. Sounds like I need to make that a little clearer.
Categorize them as boys and girls for some us who can't deal with names either. I quit guessing after I saw Stuart as a woman's name. You go figure.