Rosenbaum 95-yard goal highlights week in college soccer

Marquee Match: In a matchup of two College Cup finalists from a year ago, the Wake Forest men made a strong statement with a 1-0 victory over the defending national champion Maryland Terrapins.

Zack Schilawski scored on a penalty kick in the sixth minute and the Demon Deacons held on to get the win at home. The win creates a three-team log jam in the ACC as Wake Forest, Maryland and North Carolina vie for positioning heading into next month’s conference tournament. Should be an interesting race down the stretch.

Shot Heard Round YouTube: If you haven’t seen or heard about last week’s amazing SMU men’s goal you’re obviously living in a cave. Ryan Rosenbaum fired a 95-yard dart through wind and rain that took a strong bounce over the head of Tulsa goalkeeper Andy Aguilar.

SMU would go on to complete the 3-2 upset and the goal is an instant classic, seen on SportsCenter, and of course HERE.

(Formerly the Beatdown of the Week, now known as ‘Portland women Beatdown of the Week’): Portland, 8, San Francisco 0.

This is getting ridiculous. And speaking of which ...

Record-breaking performance: In the match, or shall we say, mismatch, that was the Portland women vs. San Francisco, Danielle Foxhoven scored four goals to become the first player in Portland history to record two four-goal games in the same season. Foxhoven also put up four in a 7-0 rout of Gonzaga.

Cheer up West Coast Conference, only a couple weeks left in the season.

On the move: Keep your eyes on the NC State men. Winners of six of their last seven matches, the Wolfpack have cracked our top 20 ranking. NC State9m) won’t get much spotlight amidst the powerhouses in the ACC, but the program shouldn’t be taken lightly, and could be hot at just the right time.

Bump in the Road: The North Carolina women absorbed a couple of tough losses, falling to Florida State 3-2 before taking a 1-0 defeat to Miami (FL) just a few days later. In the ACC, defeats can pile up rather quickly, even for the strongest of programs.

On tap: The bracket has been set for the 10-team Big East Women’s Championship, which begins Thursday.

Connecticut and Villanova meet along with DePaul v. USF(w) in first-round action.

Women’s Top 20 Action

(1) Stanford def. Washington State 2-1; def. Washington 3-0
(2) Portland def. St. Mary’s (CA) 5-1; def. San Francisco 8-0
(3) Florida State def. North Carolina 3-2; def. NC State 2-0
(4) UCLA def. Oregon 5-1; def. Oregon State 3-0
(5) Notre Dame def. Villanova 2-0; def. Georgetown 2-0
(6) North Carolina lost to Florida State 3-2; lost to Miami (FL) 1-0
(7) Boston College def. Clemson 5-0
(8) BYU def. Air Force 3-0
(9) UCF def. SMU 1-0; def. Tulsa 2-1
(10) USC lost to Oregon State 2-1; def. Oregon 1-0
(11) Wake Forest lost to Virginia Tech 4-3; tied Virginia 0-0
(12) Rutgers def. Cincinnati 1-0; tied Louisville 1-1
(13) Florida def. LSU 4-0; def. Arkansas 1-0
(14) Texas A&M(w) def. Colorado 2-0; tied Texas Tech 0-0
(15) Ohio State def. Illinois 3-0; def. Purdue 1-0
(16) South Carolina def. Arkansas 2-0; lost to LSU 1-0                    
(17) Maryland def. Clemson 3-0
(18) Dayton def. Rhode Island 2-0; def. Massachusetts 3-0
(19) Charlotte def. Temple 5-0; def. St. Joseph’s(w) 3-1
(20) Washington def. California 1-0; lost to Stanford 3-0
                   
Men’s Top 20 Action

(1) Akron def. Michigan 5-1; def. Buffalo 1-0
(2) Wake Forest def. South Carolina 3-0; def. Maryland 1-0
(3) South Florida lost to Dartmouth 2-1; def. Villanova 3-1
(4) Connecticut def. Yale 2-0; def. Seton Hall 3-1
(5) North Carolina def. Virginia Tech 1-0
(6) UC Santa Barbara def. Cal State Fullerton 2-0
(7) Northwestern def. Loyola-Chicago 1-0; def. Indiana 2-0
(8) UCLA def. California 1-0; lost to Stanford 2-0
(9) Maryland def. Seton Hall 3-1; lost to Wake Forest 1-0
(10) Virginia lost to Howard 2-0; def. Boston College 2-0
(11) Louisville def. Indiana 4-0; def. Rutgers 2-0
(12) Charlotte def. La Salle 3-0; tied Fordham 2-2
(13) Duke def. Navy 3-0; def. Clemson 2-1
(14) UC Irvine def. Cal Poly 2-1; def. UC Davis 2-1
(15) Tulsa lost to SMU 3-2; def. Marshall 2-1
(16) Monmouth def. Robert Morris 1-0; lost to St. Francis (PA) 2-0
(17) Harvard def. Providence 2-1; lost to Princeton 2-1
(18) NC State def. High Point 2-1
(19) Brown tied St. John's 1-1; def. Cornell 1-0
(20) UAB def. UCF 2-0