Virginia College Soccer Round-up

Virginia College Soccer Round-up

• Virginia Tech women's soccer falls flat over weekend. They were dominated 3-0 at home by rival Virginia Thursday and then had to travel to UNC just three days later, only to lose 2-1 despite jumping out to an early one-goal lead.

• Virginia Wesleyan College sophomore forward Christina Fernandes (Monmouth) was named the Old Dominion Athletic Soccer Conference Player of the Week. She scored in a 1-0 win over Salisbury University and notched one assist in a 3-1 victory over Eastern Mennonite University.

• The Southern Virginia University women's soccer team followed Saturday's win at NCAA D.II Ohio Valley University with an impressive 2-1 victory Monday afternoon over the visiting NCAA D.II Shepherd University Rams. Southern Virginia's consecutive victories mark the Knights' first winning streak of the 2010 season.

• Following a three-goal weekend, William and Mary sophomore Cortlyn Bristol was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week.

• Julian Coy of RPI in Troy, NY was named Offensive Performer of the Week in the Liberty League. Coy is a former standout at Brentsville District High School in Bristow, VA.

• James Madison junior Patrick Innes (Chester, Va./Thomas Dale) scored 3:12 into overtime to lift the Dukes' men's soccer team to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over Towson Saturday afternoon.

• James Madison senior Teresa Rynier (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley) scored two second-half goals to help boost the Dukes' women's soccer team to a 3-1 victory over Northeastern on a drizzly Sunday afternoon at the JMU Soccer Complex.