Conference USA has two teams in the NCAA Men's Soccer Sweet Sixteen. Saint Louis will host Loyola-Maryland on Saturday, while UAB will travel to Clemson on Sunday. Get ready as these two make a run at the College Cup by reading the men's soccer notebook.
UPCOMING MATCHES Saturday, December 1 NCAA Third Round (St. Louis, Mo.) (11) Loyola-Md. at (2) Saint Louis 7:00p
Sunday, December 2 NCAA Third Round (Clemson, S.C.) (23) UAB at (4) Clemson 1:00p
C-USA AT NCAA SWEET 16 For the second time in five years, two Conference USA men's soccer teams have advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. C-USA is one of five leagues nationally with at least two teams in the Sweet 16.
No. 2 Saint Louis (17-1-0) hosts No. 11 Loyola-Md. Saturday at 7 p.m. at Hermann Stadium. The Greyhounds are 17-1-2. The winner of the Saint Louis-Loyola match will meet the winner of the Stanford-Portland third round match on the weekend of Dec. 9 for the right to advance to the Final Four.
By virtue of its overtime wins over Furman and at South Carolina last weekend, No. 23 UAB travels to Clemson, S.C. to meet the fourth-ranked Tigers Sunday at 1 p.m. CST. The winner of that third round match will face the winner of the Rutgers-Indiana third round contest on the weekend of December 9, with the winner advancing to the Final Four.
THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM Saint Louis senior forward DIPSY SELOLWANE was named to the Nov. 18 Soccer America Team of the Week. That marks the third time this season that Selolwane has been honored, as he joins former South Florida star KEVIN ALVERO as the only players in Conference USA history to receive Soccer America's top weekly award three times in the same season.
NATIONAL AWARDS NOMINEES Saint Louis sophomore BRAD DAVIS and senior DIPSY SELOLWANE are among the 15 candidates for the Missouri Athletic Club's National Player of the Year Award.
Selolwane is a two-time Soccer America Team of the Week honoree who leads the nation in goals per game (1.33) and is second in points (2.92). Davis has also been recognized by Soccer America and is third in assists (0.71).
SOCCER AMERICA TEAM OF WEEK Here's a look at the C-USA players that have been named to the Soccer America Team of the Week this season: S4 Brad Davis, F Saint Louis S10 Dipsy Selolwane, M Saint Louis S10 Jason Cudjoe, F South Florida O8 Mike Hill, MF Saint Louis Martin Rey, F UAB O22 Dipsy Selolwane, M Saint Louis Sean Fraser, F Memphis O29 Clint Baumstark, GK UAB Brandon Dobbs, D Cincinnati N11 Sean Fraser, F Memphis N18 Dipsy Selolwane, F Saint Louis
This marks the fourth time in the last five years that Conference USA has placed at least eight different players on the Soccer America Team of the Week.
CONFERENCE USA MEN'S SOCCER PAST NCAA RESULTS
2000 FIRST ROUND Friday, November 17 (13) Washington 1, (15) UAB 0 (4ot)
Saturday, November 18 Kentucky 0, (9) Saint Louis 0 (Kentucky advances on PKs, 4-2)
1999 FIRST ROUND Sunday, November 21 (13) UAB 2, (5) Southwest Missouri State 1 (4) Saint Louis 3, Illinois-Chicago 2
SECOND ROUND Sunday, November 28 (3) UCLA 2, (4) Saint Louis 0
Saturday, November 27 (13) UAB 2, (9) SMU 0
QUARTERFINALS Sunday, December 5 (18) Santa Clara 3, (13) UAB 2 (ot)
1998 FIRST ROUND Friday, November 20 William & Mary 2, South Florida 1 (2ot)
Saturday, November 21 (21) Butler 1, Cincinnati 0 (ot)
Sunday, November 22 (13) Creighton 4, (14) Saint Louis 1 (ot)
1997 FIRST ROUND Friday, November 21 South Florida 3, at (13) Florida Intl 1
Saturday, November 22 (16) Bowling Green 1, at (23) Marquette 0
Sunday, November 23 At Clemson 5, (24) Charlotte 0 At (12) Saint Louis 2, (19) Southwest Missouri State 0
SECOND ROUND Sunday, November 30 South Florida 2, at (5) St. John's 1 At Saint Louis 1, (7) Creighton 0
QUARTERFINALS Sunday, December 7 At (1) Indiana 6, South Florida 0 Saint Louis 0, at (5) SMU 0 (4 ot) (SLU advances on PKs, 5-3)
NATIONAL SEMIFINALS (Richmond, Va.) Friday, December 12 (4) Virginia 3, (12) Saint Louis 1
1996 FIRST ROUND Saturday, November 23 At (9) Florida Intl 6, South Florida 1
Sunday, November 24 At Charlotte 1, (17) Notre Dame 0
SECOND ROUND Sunday, December 1 At Charlotte 3, College of Charleston 1
QUARTERFINALS Sunday, December 8 At Charlotte 3, Hartford 0
NATIONAL SEMIFINALS (Richmond, Va.) Friday, December 13 (9) Florida International 4, Charlotte 0
1995 FIRST ROUND Saturday, November 18At SMU 4, Saint Louis 1 (OT)
SAINT LOUIS No. 2 Saint Louis advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament with a 2-1 victory over Missouri-Kansas City on Nov. 25. Hermann Trophy candidate BRAD DAVIS assisted on the game-tying goal and scored the game-winner for the 17-1 Billikens. Davis now has 10 goals and 13 assists on the season. SLU faces Loyola-Md. this Saturday for the right to advance to the quarterfinals against the winner of No. 3 Stanford and No. 19 Portland. The Billikens have outshot 12 of their last 14 opponents, and DIPSY SELOLWANE's 52 points is Saint Louis' best single-season total since 1995 Missouri Athletic Club National Player of the Year Matt McKeon had 54.
SOUTH FLORIDA South Florida made its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last six years, falling to No. 11 Penn State in triple overtime, 1-0. The Bulls advanced to the second round with a 2-1 victory over Akron. JEFF THWAITES and JASON CUDJOE each scored 10 goals for the Bulls this season, while Thwaites led the team with 26 points.
UAB For the second time in the last three years, UAB has won its first two NCAA Tournament matches. The Blazers had to work overtime to do so, upending No. 17 Furman, 1-0 and No. 12 South Carolina, 3-2. MARTIN REY (two goals) and FLAVIO MONTEIRO (one goal) provided the UAB offense against the Gamecocks. Rey now has 26 goals in his career, which ties him for third on the school's all-time list with Peter Byaruhanga. Monteiro's goal was the 22nd of his career, which is sixth in UAB annals.
