College Teams and Players of the Week 11/9

North Carolina’s Casey Nogueira, last year’s TDS Player of the Season in women’s college soccer, closed out the regular season with Player of the Week honors after leading the Tar Heels to an ACC Tournament championship.

Nogueira scored twice in the final against Florida State and put in the overtime winner in the team’s semifinal win over Boston College to earn the award.

The Tar Heels kept this week’s Team of the Week honors all to themselves as Billy Schuler earned the award on the men’s side with three goals and an assist in a pair of UNC wins.

Click here for the latest developments in the filling of the fields for the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tournaments, including a rundown of all the women’s conference tournament finals played over the weekend.

The field for the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament will be announced today at  evening at 8 p.m. EST on ESPNews.

Click here for our final attempt to project the field before tonight’s announcement in our final Tournament 64 National Rankings.

Stanford  remains on top of the ranking after closing its regular season a perfect 20-0-0 via a 4-1 win over California.

On the men’s side, Akron is also sporting a perfect record at 18-0-0 after a pair of wins this week. The Zips have been on top of the ranking all season.

Men’s conference tournaments will be played this week with the NCAA field announced next Monday.

Click here for this week’s Tournament 48 National Ranking, also an attempt to project the field for the NCAA Men’s Tournament.

New teams in the men’s ranking this week include Indiana (back in after a defeat of Penn State), Providence (in the Big East Tournament semifinals following a pair of upset wins) and Butler (Horizon League regular season champions) and Coastal Carolina (Big South).


TopDrawerSoccer.com Men’s Team of the Week, November 9, 2009

Diego Restrepo, Virginia - Goalkeeper recorded six saves in helping the Cavaliers to a pair of shutout victories.

Lee Hagedorn, Indiana - Scored a goal and added a vital goal-line clearance while playing injured in the Hoosiers’ 2-1 win over Penn State.

Anthony Ampaipitakwong, Akron - Scored twice as the Zips completed the regular season at 18-0-0.

Billy Schuler, North Carolina - Scored three goals and added an assist as the Tar Heels won twice.

Ashley McInnes, Tulsa - Scored a goal and added two assists as Tulsa defeated UCF 6-2.

David Estrada, UCLA - Scored a goal and added an assist in the Bruins’ 2-1 win over Washington.

Kyle Nakazawa, UCLA - Scored a goal and added an assist in the Bruins’ 2-1 win over Washington.  Listen to Kyle’s interview in our recent College Soccer Review.

Levi Houapeu, UMBC - Scored a goal and added an assist in UMBC’s 2-1 America East Tournament win over Binghamton.

Brian Rogers, Harvard - Scored a goal and added an assist in the Crimson’s win over Columbia.

Etienne Boulanger, UNC Wilmington - Scored twice in the Seahawks’ 5-0 win over Drexel.

Ryan Young, Mercer - Scored twice in Mercer’s Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament win over North Florida.

Player of the Week: Billy Schuler, North Carolina

Billy Schuler

TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s Team of the Week, November 9, 2009

Adrianna Franch, Oklahoma State - Recorded shutouts in two of three matches including the final as the Cowgirls won the Big 12 Tournament.

Kelsey Bakker, Memphis - CUSA Defender of the Year keyed a pair of shutouts as the Tigers won the conference tournament.

Lauren Cheney, UCLA - Scored two goals Friday vs. Washington.

Kelley O'Hara, Stanford - Scored a hat trick in the team's regular season finale against California.

Farrell McLernon, Boston University - Named outstanding player of the America East Conference Tournament.

Melanie Baskind, Harvard - Scored twice including an overtime winner in the team’s conference-clinching victory over Columbia.

Casey Nogueira, North Carolina - Scored the overtime winner in the semifinal and then added two more in the final as the Tar Heels won the ACC Tournament.

Sarah Hagen, Wisconsin-Milwaukee - The UWM goal machine was at it again, scoring once in the semifinal and FOUR times in the final as the Panthers won the Horizon League tournament.

Jessica Schuveiller, Notre Dame - Named defensive player of the Big East Tournament with a vital goal-line clearance in the final and a game-winning goal in overtime of the semifinal as the Fighting Irish won the Big East Tournament.

Cara Cornacchia, Dayton - The midfielder was named outstanding player of Atlantic 10 Tournament as the Flyers won the crown.

Erica Parks, Boise State - Scored in all three games as the Broncos won the WAC Tournament.

Player of the Week: Casey Nogueira, North Carolina