CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – The 2013 Men’s College Cup is coming down to the wire and five Grande Sports Academy graduates, out of the original nineteen who qualified for NCAA Tournament, are still alive as they have helped their teams advance to the Elite Eight, which will be played on Saturday.
For a full run down on all the weekend’s College Cup action, check out the recaps below.
In the first of two matches to pit GSA graduates against each other #8 Virginia, Riggs Lennon and Jordan Allen hosted #9 Marquette and Coco Navarro on Sunday morning. Virginia went down to 10-men when a player was shown a red card 57 seconds into the match when he tackled a Marquette player from behind. Despite the advantage Marquette couldn’t crack Virginia’s defense and went down a goal on a free kick in the 23rd-minute. Virginia doubled their lead minutes into the second half and sucked the life out of Marquette when Virginia scored their third and final goal just 20 seconds after Marquette cut the lead in the 52nd-minute. Allen and Navarro were both named starters and played 90 and 82 minutes, respectively. Allen just missed out on Virginia’s fourth goal when his shot from outside the 18 hit the crossbar. Lennon came off the bench and played 3 minutes.
#1 UCLA and Cole Nagy were knocked out of the College Cup, losing to Connecticut on penalty kicks 5-4 after both sides traded six goals in a thrilling Sweet 16 match. Nagy did not feature in this match.
#2 Washington and Danny Gavin eliminated Pac-12 conference rivals Stanford and Trevor Hyman 1-0 on Sunday night. Gavin and Hyman did not feature in this match.
#7 New Mexico continues to roll as they posted their second consecutive shutout in a 2-0 win over Penn State. New Mexico’s Josh Goss and Lucas Seligman did not feature in this match.
#12 University of California – Irvine and Elliot Farmer were knocked out of the tournament by #5 Maryland, 1-0. Farmer did not feature in this match.
Saturday, December 7th – Fourth Round (All times Arizona) *=Home team
*#2 Washington (Gavin) vs. #7 New Mexico (Goss, Seligman) 6:00 PM.
*#8 Virginia (Lennon, Allen) vs. Connecticut 5:00 PM.
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Playing in below freezing temperatures and with just 30 seconds left in the first overtime period of a scoreless match, Marquette drove down Akron’s left-wing on a clever back-heel and whipped in a dangerous cross. Grande Sports Academy graduate Coco Navarro ran to the spot, extended his legs and deflected the ball into the back of the net for Marquette’s first-ever NCAA tournament victory.
CASA Grande, Ariz. – GSA Exports has been a feature on this blog that has tracked the performances of our former players who are playing professional or called up to a national team. This post is another GSA Exports, but a little different. We have wonderful student-athletes at the Grande Sports Academy and every single one has been offered a college scholarship. Over 40 of our former players are playing in the 2013 collegiate season and we will be tracking their performances every week here on our GSA Exports College Edition post.
CASA Grande, Ariz. – GSA Exports has been a feature on this blog that has tracked the performances of our former players who are playing professional or called up to a national team. This post is another GSA Exports, but a little different. We have wonderful student-athletes at the Grande Sports Academy and every single one has been offered a college scholarship. Over 40 of our former players are playing in the 2013 collegiate season and we will be tracking their performances every week here on our GSA Exports College Edition post.
CASA Grande, Ariz. – GSA Exports has been a feature on this blog that has tracked the performances of our former players who are playing professional or called up to a national team. This post is another GSA Exports, but a little different. We have wonderful student-athletes at the Grande Sports Academy and every single one has been offered a college scholarship. Over 40 of our former players are playing in the 2013 collegiate season and we will be tracking their performances every week here on our GSA Exports College Edition post.