Men’s Soccer: USF Caps Season with Home Sweep of Broncos, Tigers

Andrew Noerr
Staff Writer

What was already a successful regular season for USF only got better this past week. The Dons did what they could to solidify their case for the playoffs by dominating Pacific 4-1 and Santa Clara 2-0 in two weekend games at Negoesco Stadium. Unfortunately, the Dons’ consecutive wins were not enough to earn them an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament, as the team did not hear its name called on selection day. With the two wins, the Dons finished the season with a record of 11-6-2 (5-2 West Coast Conference), improving on their 7-11-2 (4-7-1 WCC) record from 2013.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: DONS GO OUT WITH A BANG, POUND PACIFIC 3-0

Meianna Oeser
Staff Writer

The Dons ended their season with a resounding 3-0 shutout victory over the Pacific Tigers last Saturday afternoon. On a special Senior Day that spotlighted USF’s four seniors playing their last col- legiate game, the Dons triumphed with key contributions from the team’s veter- ans as well as its freshmen.

MEN’S SOCCER: LATE GOALS LEAD TO DONS’ DOWNFALL AGAINST SAN DIEGO, LMU

Hayden Gehr
Staff Writer

After the Dons’ two games this past weekend, their 3-0 start to West Coast Conference play is beginning to feel like a distant memory.

In what was their most crucial two- game stretch of the season, USF surren dered late-game goals in a pair of 2-1 losses that came on the road against the Loyola Marymount Lions on Fri- day, Nov. 7, and at Negoesco Stadium against the San Diego Toreros on Sun- day, Nov. 9. With the losses, and with San Diego’s win, the Dons (9-6-2, 3-2- 0 WCC) had their WCC title aspira- tions crushed, and the Toreros (10-4-4, 6-0-0 WCC) clinched a first-place fin- ish in the conference.

woMen’s Soccer: dons blow lead in loss to gonzaga, tie portland

Nicholas Welsh
Staff Writer

After consecutive losses, the Dons came close to taking a pair of victories over Halloween weekend. The Dons dropped a 3-2 match against the Gonzaga Bulldogs on Sunday, Nov. 2 in a game they let slip away, and settled for a 2-2 tie against the Portland Pilots two days earlier.