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2024 NCAA Tournament thread- SOCCER (1st round match in Athens, GA vs. regional #7 seed Georgia; Friday, 11/15, 2:30 PM MT)

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(I will, fates willing, update this thread and thread title with more information as we learn who the future Buff opponent(s) is/ are.)

With the Buffs (11-4-5 overall; 4-2-5 in conference play) yesterday (Monday, 11/11) named as one of 64 teams selected for this season's NCAA Championship soccer tournament, wanted to start this thread to cover their (hopefully long) tourney run. 1st up is a match with the regional #7 seed Georgia Bulldogs (8-6-6, 3-3-4) this Friday, with the opening kick scheduled for 2:30 PM MT, with video coverage scheduled to be available via ESPN+. (More detail and link(s) available below.)

This match winner is scheduled to meet the winner of Morehead State and #2 regional seed Wake Forest.

The tourney set-up (from https://www.ncaa.com/championships/soccer-women/d1/road-to-the-championship):
  • The tournament is set up with 4 regions, with 8 regional seeds hosting the 32 1st round matches over this Friday through Sunday.
  • Then, next weekend 8 teams (assume mainly the highest seeds in their sub-brackets who won their 1st round matches), with all 2nd round matches on Friday, 11/22 and winners of those rounds will face off on Sunday, 11/24.
  • The quarterfinals (regional finals) are then held at, again I assume the highest remaining seed of each region on either Friday 11/29 or Saturday 11/30.
  • Finally, the Final 4 will be played, as often happens, in Cary, North Carolina. (It will be the 4th time in the last 6 years Cary will host.) The semi-finals will be held back to back on Friday, 12/6, and then the final/ Championship match finishes things off on Monday, 12/9.

NCAA's interactive bracket (Usually gets filled in as the selection show progresses) - https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/soccer-women/d1/2024
(Original bracket in .pdf format - https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/styles/original/public-s3/images/2024/11/12/2024-DI-women's-soccer-tournament-bracket.png?itok=zx7meCVw )

NCAA's release after tournament selection with lots of current and historical information (It also looks like it has a schedule it will hopefully keep updating.) - https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-wo...s-soccer-championship-bracket-scores-schedule

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Links with more info on the Buffs' opponent(s):

1st round (Georgia):
Roster - https://georgiadogs.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster
Stats - https://georgiadogs.com/sports/womens-soccer/stats/2024
Schedule/ results for this season - https://georgiadogs.com/sports/womens-soccer/schedule
Their article after being selected to the tourney - https://georgiadogs.com/news/2024/1...olorado-friday-in-ncaa-tournament-first-round
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.

2nd round (Wake Forest):
Roster - https://godeacs.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster
Stats - https://godeacs.com/sports/womens-soccer/stats/2024
Schedule/ results for this season - https://godeacs.com/sports/womens-soccer/schedule/2024
Their article after winning their 1st round of the tourney - https://godeacs.com/news/2024/11/15...e-advances-to-second-round-of-ncaa-tournament
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
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Media links (will be filled in as info becomes available):

1st Round vs. Georgia:

Matches' notes -
cubuffs.com

Georgia Match Notes - University of Colorado Athletics

Georgia Match Notes
cubuffs.com cubuffs.com

Live stats - (Assume a dedicated page may be added, but the current link is the below "NCAA page for the match" link.) Edit - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/bro...BJ*MTczMTY4ODU3MS4zLjAuMTczMTY4ODU3MS4wLjAuMA..

Live Video - ALL 32 1st round matches are scheduled to be viewable via streams on ESPN+ for those who have a subscription to that service. The direct link ot the Buff- Georgia match is https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/412f282c-a005-4283-8336-bb9de970e767, with it also available on the ESPN app. (Looks like a general ESPN link with schedule and links for all matches - https://www.espn.com/soccer/schedule/_/league/usa.ncaa.w.1 )

NCAA page for the match - https://www.ncaa.com/game/6348126
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2nd Round vs. Wake Forest :

Matches' notes -

Live stats - (Assume a dedicated page may be added, but the current link is the below "NCAA page for the match" link.)

Live Video - ALL 16 2nd round matches are scheduled to be viewable via streams on ESPN+ for those who have a subscription to that service. The direct link ot the Buff- Wake Forest match is https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/43204739-95e0-40a6-a2da-c9828154268b, with it also available on the ESPN app. (Looks like a general ESPN link with schedule and links for all matches - https://www.espn.com/soccer/schedule/_/date/20241122/league/usa.ncaa.w.1 )

NCAA page for the match - https://www.ncaa.com/game/6348147
 
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Preview for today's match - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/11/14/soccer-set-for-ncaa-tournament

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Soccer Set for NCAA Tournament​

The Buffs take on Georgia on Friday

By: Seth Pringle, Athletic Communications

ATHENS, Ga. – Colorado makes its 14th NCAA Tournament appearance on Friday when it takes on No. 7-seeded Georgia in the first round from the Turner Soccer Complex.

The Buffaloes (11-4-5) had two wait it out until Monday's selection show to learn their fate. Colorado's last match was in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship, a 3-1 loss to TCU, on Nov. 2 in Kansas City.

The team's selection to the field of 64 is its second consecutive trip to the tournament. The Buffs fell in heart-breaking fashion, 1-0, last year at Texas A&M. It's the first back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament since the 2019 and 2020 seasons. CU is 10-13-1 all-time in the tournament.

"We had a good run in the middle of the season with one of the longest unbeaten streaks in program history, and then we went through a tough stretch," Sanchez said about waiting out the selection. "We were still playing well. We weren't getting the results that we needed. I was pleased with how we bounced back in the Big 12 Tournament and getting the win over Utah probably put us in the tournament. I think TCU is the best team in the league. I really like how we bounced back and kept believing."

Sophomore Hope Leyba helped lead the Buffs offensively in the Big 12 Championship. She accounted for two of CU's three goals in Kansas City, pushing her to the team lead in goals (7) and points (16) this season. Classmate Ava Priest tallied the game-winning goal against Utah and assisted on the opening goal in the first minute of the match against TCU. Priest (4 G, 5 A) and fifth-year Shyra James (6 G, 1 A) tied for second in points behind Leyba with 13.

Defensively, the Buffs will turn to Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Year, Jordan Nytes, to keep the Bulldogs off the scoreboard. She recorded 11 shutouts this season and was the Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week five times throughout the season.

"We feel that we have the best goalkeeper in the country," Sanchez added. "We have to be in the back and defend well, especially against a good Georgia team on the road. We're going to have to be able to defend. We've done well in that area, but we're going to have to be really good tomorrow."

Colorado hasn't matched up against the Bulldogs since a 0-0 double-overtime draw in Athens in 2004, but there is some familiarity between the teams. Georgia head coach Keidane McAlpine took over the Bulldogs following the 2021 season, but prior to arriving in Athens, he led Southern California and Washington State.

"They're obviously very well coached," Sanchez said of Georgia. "I think from the player side of things, they're very good in goal with Jordan [Brown]. Going forward, we know [Margie] Detrizio and Hannah White a little from their Pac-12 days, but they are both very dynamic. I think the strength of their team is in the midfield, how they move, and the challenges they're going to cause."

CU owns the only win in the two-match history with Georgia. The Bulldogs traveled to Colorado in 2003, resulting in a 2-1 overtime win for the Buffs.

Friday's match will be streamed on ESPN+. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. MT.
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The Buffs went up 3-2 with around 28 minutes left as a Georgia defender doesn't see James at the top of the box and passes it right to her and James gets it by the charging goalie.

Georgia's had all the play since, but it's still 3-2 wtth around 20 minutes left.
 


(Regional #2 seed and #3 nationally ranked Wake Forest is already up 4-0 with 7 minutes left in the 1st half of the match that determines who CU's next opponent will be, so looks like it's an almost sure thing the Buffs will be heading to Winston-Salem for a round of 32 match-up next Friday.)
 
Media after the BIG tourney win:

Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/11/15/soccer-buffs-fiddle-past-georgia

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Buffs Fiddle Past Georgia​


Colorado upsets No. 7-seeded Georgia to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament

By: Seth Pringle, Athletic Communications

ATHENS, GA. – Colorado used two second-half goals from Hope Leyba and Shyra James to come from behind and defeat No. 7-seeded Georgia, 3-2, Friday night and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The win marks the program's first since a 6-0 victory over Northern Colorado in the first round of the 2019 tournament.

"We've been due for a performance like this," head coach Danny Sanchez said after the win. "I told the team at halftime that although we were down 2-1, I thought they bought into the game plan and were playing well. We changed our formation and tactics 100% in the second half and Hope getting that goal just gave us a belief that we could come back on the road against a very good team.

"Then, obviously, Shyra does what Shyra does," Sanchez continued. "She scores goals. You give her a half chance; she's going to bury it. Then, in the last 27 minutes after we got up 3-2, I was really proud of how we defended. Jordi [Nytes] dealt with what she needed to, but really at the end of the day she didn't have to make a huge save. The players' work ethic towards the end of the match to kill off the game was fantastic.

Georgia outshot the Buffs 23-11 on the night and 9-7 on goal. Nytes made three of her seven saves in the second half, including a key stop in the 87th minute.

Ava Priest opened the scoring for the Buffs, netting the goal of the entire NCAA Tournament 24 minutes into the contest. Leyba's goal was her eighth of the season, while James' goal was the 47th of her career, pushing her over 100 career points.

Colorado will now face the winner of No. 2-seeded Wake Forest vs. Morehead State. The date will be announced later this week.
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"To go on the road against a quality SEC team and get three goals and have a couple of other good chances as Shyra hit the post with a header at the end of the game that could have put it away, I think, says more about the group," Sanchez noted. "But the determination and focus has been there all year. Sometimes you don't get the instant gratification, but this was a good night to get some of that gratification."

Notes
Colorado improves to 11-13-1 all-time in the NCAA Tournament…The win was Colorado's first road tournament win since a 1-0 win at Denver in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament…The Buffs are now 2-9-0 all-time on the road in tournament play…James' goal gives her 101 career points, becoming just the second player to reach 100 in program history…James now trails Taylor Kornieck's record 102 career points…Lebay leads the team this season with 18 points…Priest's goal was her fifth of the season…Her goal was the first for CU in the last three NCAA Tournament games…She now has 15 points this season and is tied with James for second on the team…Nytes' seven saves are tied for the third most by a CU keeper in a tournament game (JJ Tompkins, 7 vs. Norther Carolina, 2017)…Nytes now has 10 career saves as a Buff in the NCAA Tournament in two games, which is good for fifth all-time.
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/sports/womens-soccer/stats/2024/georgia/boxscore/17344







 
great game and nice to see them score some goals. Now on to Wake. Time to shock some people
 
Per the interactive bracket (link in the original post) and the below tweet, looks like the team's match with Wake Forest is scheduled for 4:00 PM MT this Friday.



 
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Match day!

Beat the Demon Deacons!


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Preview (from yesterday) - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/11/21...3-demon-deacons-ready-for-second-round-action

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Buffs and No. 3 Demon Deacons Ready for Second Round Action​

Colorado takes on Wake Forest at 4 p.m. MT on Friday

By: Seth Pringle, Athletic Communications

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Colorado Buffaloes head east for Friday's second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Buffs will take on second-seeded and No. 3-ranked Wake Forest at Spry Stadium (4 p.m. MT/ESPN+).

Colorado (12-4-5) was one of five lower seeds to advance out of the first round, handing Georgia a 3-2 loss last Friday in Athens. The win earned CU its second consecutive trip to the Eastern time zone, something the Buffs are familiar with this season. Colorado's first road trip of the season was to the Tar Heel State to play UNC Greensboro. The Buffs have also played on the road at Cincinnati and West Virginia this season.

"The familiarity of coming to this area and getting a good result earlier this year [at UNCG], and just the fact that we've been on the road for the last three kind of big events at Kansas City for the Big 12 Tournament and then Georgia. I think we feel very comfortable traveling," head coach Danny Sanchez explained.

The win at Georgia was the Buffs' first NCAA Tournament win since a 6-0 victory over Northern Colorado in 2019. It was also just the second road win for CU in its 14 NCAA Tournament appearances.

"I think at this time of the year, you kind of throw out almost to a certain extent everything that has happened all year when it comes to knockout situations," Sanchez added. "We've been good on the road this year. We've got a lot of good results, and we're going to have to play really well tomorrow if we're going to get another [win]."

Ava Priest opened the tournament with a penalty kick goal, marking the first goal of the entire NCAA Tournament and CU's first tournament tally since its win over Northern Colorado. Hope Leyba and Shyra James added on for the Buffs in the win over the Bulldogs. CU's three goals at Georgia tied for the second most in a tournament game for the Buffs.

Colorado trained at UNC Greensboro on Wednesday before arriving in Winston-Salem. On Thursday, the team trained adjacent to Spry Stadium before concluding with a walkthrough on the game field.

Wake Forest (13-3-3) climbed as high as No. 2 this season in the United Soccer Coaches' rankings. The Demon Deacons fell in penalties to Florida State in the ACC Tournament but earned a No. 2 seed in the USC regional. Wake Forest advanced with a 4-0 win over Morehead State last week.

"I think we have nothing to lose," Sanchez expressed. "The [team's] energy's been great. The training this week has been fantastic. We're raring to go and put our best foot forward Friday night."

The winner of Friday's match will advance to take on either Ohio State or Auburn on Sunday.
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