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#1 Akron Bracket:

First Round – Stetson (14-3-2) at South Florida (13-3-3)

South Florida 2-0 Stetson

Second round – South Florida at #1 Akron (20-0-0)

First Round – St. Mary’s (10-4-5) at Stanford (10-5-2)

Stanford 3-0 St. Mary’s

Second round – Stanford at #16 UC Irvine (15-6-0)

First round – Green Bay (14-2-3) at Notre Dame (10-7-4)

Notre Dame 2-1 Green Bay

Second round – Notre Dame at #9 Northwestern (10-4-4)

First round – Missouri State (12-4-2) at Saint Louis (14-6-0)

St. Louis 2-1 Missouri State

Second round – St. Louis at #8 Tulsa (13-4-2)

#2 Virginia Bracket:

First round – Loyola (Md) (11-7-3) at Maryland (12-5-2)

Maryland 2-1 Loyola(Md)

Second round – Maryland at #7 Penn State (12-7-2)

First round – Connecticut (11-4-3) at Monmouth (18-1-1)

Monmouth 4-3(SO) Connecticut

Second round – Monmouth at #10 Harvard (13-3-1)

First round – Portland (10-5-5) at New Mexico (12-6-1)

Portland 2-1(OT) New Mexico

Second round – Portland at #15 NC State (13-6-1)

First round – Bucknell (16-5-0) at Princeton (9-5-3)-

Bucknell 1-0 Princeton

Second round – Bucknell at #2 Virginia (14-3-3)

#3 Wake Forest Bracket:

First round – UNC Wilmington (14-2-4) at Charlotte (11-3-5)

UNC Wilmington 2-1(SO) Charlotte

Second round – UNC Wilmington at #3 Wake Forest (14-3-3)

First round – Winthrop (11-5-4) at Duke (12-6-0)

Duke 3-2 Winthrop

Second Round- Duke at #14 Michigan State (11-7-2)

First Round- Wofford (12-2-3) at UC Santa Barbara (15-4-2)

UC Santa Barbara 1-0 Wofford

Second round – UC Santa Barbara at #11 San Diego (12-5-2)

First round – Sacramento State (11-5-3) at Loyola Marymount (10-8-2)

Sacramento State 2-1(OT) Loyola Marymount

Second round – Sacramento State at #6 UCLA (10-3-4)

#4 Ohio State Bracket:

First round – Stony Brook (6-9-4) at Brown (10-2-5)

Brown 1-0(OT) Stony Brook

Second round – Brown at #5 North Carolina (13-2-3)

First round – Louisville (13-2-4) at Indiana (10-9-1)

Indiana 2-0 Louisville

Second round – Indiana at #12 Butler (14-2-2)

First round – Dartmouth (10-6-1) at Boston College (12-8-0)

Boston College 2-1(OT) Dartmouth

Second round – Boston College at #13 St. John’s (9-2-9)

First round – Western Illinois (8-9-2) at Drake (13-6-2)

Drake 2-1 Western Illinois

Second round – Drake at #4 Ohio State (12-4-4)

There is still controversy surrounding Elizabeth Lambert’s in game tirade that has resulted in a suspension for her and worldwide attention to the incidents that occurred. Lambert is a starting back on New Mexico which lost to BYU 1-0.  Lambert committed numerous hard fouls and everything was caught on tape.

Here is a video that shows Lambert’s actions during the match.

Yes, Lambert was out of control and let her emotions get the best of her but was it really that bad?  Lambert has since come out and apologized for the incident and says she accepts any punishment she receives from the school. I do think she should be suspended but definitely not for the remainder of the season.

The game of soccer is a physical sport that has incidents like this all the time. It is getting this attention because she is a girl. PERIOD.  The hair pull was the only thing that she did in my opinion that was over the top.  I do think a two or three game suspension would have been enough punishment for her.  To me it looked as the BYU women were antagonizing her throughout the match.

Here is a video with some crazy soccer incidents.  Notice they are all men!