By JOHN BOSCHINI
There's still a week to go until the brackets for the 2011 NCAA Tournament are revealed but
several teams have already seen their postseason hopes extinguished.
Only four teams remain in the Big East Tournament as Connecticut, Louisville, St.
By FRANCO PANIZO
For the second straight week, the top teams in the nation suffered through some shocking upset
defeats.
In its penultimate game of the regular season, top-ranked Maryland lost to Clemson, 2-1. The
Terps had a man advantage for much of the match, but Clemson was able to exploit the makeshift back
line Maryland used, scoring twice in the second half to win the game.
By JOHN BOSCHINI
The No. 8 Red Storm of St. John's gave further credibility to their claim as a top-10 team with
a 1-0 victory over No. 7 Louisville.
Pablo Battuto Punyed netted his second game-winner of the season while Rafael Diaz made four
saves in the shutout.
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By JOHN BOSCHINI
After a 2010 that saw the top spot change only once, the number one seed seems to be a cursed
position this time around.
No. 1 North Carolina followed up a win over former top seed Louisville with a double overtime
loss against unranked Virginia Tech.
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By JOHN BOSCHINI
The college soccer season may only be a few weeks old but some highly-rated programs are already
failing to live up to lofty expectations.
No. 12 Duke slumped to a couple of home losses over the weekend to No. 8 UCSB and No. 9 SMU. The
Blue Devils are 1-3-0 without having even started ACC play.
Three of the remaining teams in Division I men's college soccer with perfect records suffered their first losses of the season last weekend, leaving Marquette and Cornell as the lone remaining teams in the nation with unbeaten and untied records.
Louisville knocked off Notre Dame in a battle of Big East heavyweights, with Andrew Farrell converting the winning penalty kick to give the Cardinals a 2-1 victory against the Fighting Irish on Saturday.
