Carlee steps up in Hand's absence

When she went down with a season-ending knee injury, Whitney Hand said there was nobody she'd rather see take her place than friend and teammate Carlee Roethlisberger. So far, Ben's little sister is making the most of the opportunity.

Griner not only rookie making impact for Baylor

NEW YORK -- It's not every day you find the likes of Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post and the New York Times at a regular season women's colleg...

Following in Maggie's footsteps

Maggie Dixon would have been a leading voice among the new generation of female coaches. Now, Sylvia Crawley -- whose BC Eagles played at MSG on Sunday in a tournament to honor Dixon -- and other young female coaches are carrying on that legacy.

Now we can ask, what's to come?

The 2009 women's soccer season is over, but that doesn't mean we have to stop talking about the sport. After all, there are plenty of questions on what's to come.

Vanderbilt waits for rally

HAMDEN, Conn. -- Juries and coaches. Two things that waiting for is always a bad sign. It's never good when minutes tick away after a game and ther...

Coale, Giorgis make magic at McCann

Pulled from the high school ranks in the same communities they now coach in collegiately, Sherri Coale and Brian Giorgis have dramatically changed their programs, to the point that thousands came out to see them meet Wednesday.

Jones, not Griner, is beat behind Baylor

Heard of Brittney Griner? You bet. But Baylor coach Kim Mulkey says Melissa Jones is the player running the show for the Lady Bears.

Xavier sits atop mid-major rankings

Blame the NCAA women's soccer tournament for delaying the biweekly rankings by a day, although that also means the first mid-major rankings submitted ...

UNC seniors come full circle with championship

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Wrapping up careers during which eight of them played in a national championship game as freshmen, North Carolina's seniors ...

Pressure system earns UNC title again

There's no doubt about it: North Carolina women's soccer pressure system still works. It held Stanford scoreless as the Tar Heels won their second straight national championship Sunday. But the Cardinal's fight proves times are changing.

Bronze's roots come through for Tar Heels

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- In September, when North Carolina and Notre Dame met for the first time, I asked Tar Heels freshman Lucy Bronze about the bi...

...firsts and once-agains, as Stanford and UNC reached the women's College Cup final, writes Graham Hays

Mulkey's Bears get best of alma mater

History isn't supposed to be something you look up and see passing in front of you. But Saturday, 50 years of women's basketball -- past, present and future -- mingled together in Waco.