2014_NCAA_Division_I_men's_soccer_season

NCAA Division I
Season	2014
Champions	Virginia
Top goalscorer	15 Goals; Neco Brett (RMU)
Biggest home win	Oregon St. 11–1 NWCU; (September 22)
Biggest away win	Howard 0–7 GMason; (August 29)
Highest scoring	12 Goals; Oregon St. 11–1 NWCU; (September 22)
Longest winning run	9 games; Charlotte; (ended October 18)
Longest unbeaten run	11 games; Rhode Island ; (ended November 2); Radford; (ended October 21); Penn State; (ended October 12); UC Davis; (ended October 10)
Longest winless run	18 games; Sacred Heart (current)
Longest losing run	13 games; Presbyterian (current); VMI (current)
Highest attendance	14,345; Cal Poly @ UC Santa Barbara ; (October 25)
Lowest attendance	Home field–47; Canisius @ Manhattan; (October 25); Neutral field–18; Charleston vs. UCF; @ Akron (September 14)
	← 2013 2015 →

2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

Football league season

The 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 56th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began in late August 2014 and continued into November 2014. The season culminated with the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship in December 2014. There are 205 teams in men's Division I competition.^[1] The defending champions were the Notre Dame Fighting Irish who won its first NCAA soccer title by defeating the Maryland 2-1 in the 2013 College Cup.^[2] The season concluded with Virginia defeating UCLA 0–0 (4–2 PKs) to win its seventh NCAA soccer title.^[3]

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Season overview

Pre-season polls

Several American soccer outlets posted their own preseason top 25 rankings of what were believed to be the strongest men's collegiate soccer teams entering 2014.

More information NSCAA, Rank ...

NSCAA^[7]
Rank	Team
1	Notre Dame
2	Maryland
3	Virginia
4	UCLA
5	New Mexico
6	Washington
7	California
8	Connecticut
9	Georgetown
10	Michigan State
11	Wake Forest
12	Marquette
13	Akron
14	Louisville
15	Penn State
16	UC Irvine
17	Coastal Carolina
18	UC Santa Barbara
19	UMBC
20	Stanford
21	Wisconsin
22	North Carolina
23	Charlotte
24	Cal State Northridge
25	Navy
25	Old Dominion

College Soccer News^[8]
Rank	Team
1	Notre Dame
2	Virginia
3	Maryland
4	UCLA
5	Washington
6	Connecticut
7	New Mexico
8	North Carolina
9	Georgetown
10	California
11	Michigan State
12	Marquette
13	Louisville
14	Stanford
15	UC Santa Barbara
16	Wake Forest
17	Akron
18	Coastal Carolina
19	UC Irvine
20	UNBC
21	Charlotte
22	Penn State
23	Cal State Northridge
24	Clemson
25	Old Dominion

Soccer America^[9]
Rank	Team
1	UCLA
2	Notre Dame
3	Virginia
4	Washington
5	Maryland
6	Georgetown
7	Connecticut
8	New Mexico
9	Louisville
10	North Carolina
11	Marquette
12	Michigan State
13	Stanford
14	California
15	Penn State
16	Wake Forest
17	Coastal Carolina
18	UC Santa Barbara
19	Clemson
20	UC Irvine
21	UMBC
22	Charlotte
23	Akron
24	Creighton
25	Cal State Northridge

Top Drawer Soccer^[10]
Rank	Team
1	Notre Dame
2	UCLA
3	Maryland
4	Virginia
5	Washington
6	North Carolina
7	Connecticut
8	Michigan State
9	Wake Forest
10	Louisville
11	Georgetown
12	Stanford
13	New Mexico
14	Akron
15	UMBC
16	Cal State Northridge
17	Marquette
18	UC Irvine
19	Michigan
20	Navy
21	Delaware
22	Loyola Marymount
23	UC Santa Barbara
24	Duke
25	California

College Sports Madness^[11]
Rank	Team
1	Notre Dame
2	UCLA
3	Washington
4	Virginia
5	Maryland
6	North Carolina
7	Louisville
8	Georgetown
9	Stanford
10	New Mexico
11	Marquette
12	Akron
13	Connecticut
14	Wake Forest
15	Michigan State
16	UMBC
17	Penn State
18	Cal State Northridge
19	Coastal Carolina
20	South Florida
21	California
22	UAB
23	UC-Santa Barbara
24	Michigan
25	Duke

Statistics

Individuals

More information GOALS, Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Total Goals

More information GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE, Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Goals Against Average

More information ASSISTS, Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Total Assists

More information SAVE PERCENTAGE, Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Save pct

More information TOTAL POINTS, Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Total Points

More information TOTAL SAVES, Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Total Saves

Teams

More information SCORING OFFENSE, Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Goals/Game

More information SCORING DEFENSE (Team Goals Against Average), Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Team GAA

More information SHUTOUT PERCENTAGE, Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - SO Pct

All statistics are through the games of December 14, 2014. (Final)

More information WON-LOST-TIED PERCENTAGE, Rank ...

Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Team W-L-T pct

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2014_NCAA_Division_I_men's_soccer_season, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[members-1] [1]
"Men's Soccer Rankings". NCAA. December 19, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[Champs-2] [2]
"Irish Claim Title". Top Drawer Soccer. December 16, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[3] [3]
"Virginia captures seventh national title | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.

[WAC-4] [4]
"Sun Belt Men's Soccer to Re-Debut in Fall 2014". SunBeltSports.com. February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

[UVU-5] [5]
"UVU Accepts Invitation to Join WAC". UVU. October 9, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[Pacific-6] [6]
"Pacific Adds Soccer,..." University of the Pacific. November 12, 2012. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[7] [7]
"NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's - National - Preseason Ranking". NSCAA. NSCAA. Archived from the original on August 16, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

[college_soccer_news_preseason_top_25-8] [8]
"College Soccer News 2014 Top 30 Preseason Poll - CollegeSoccerNews.com". www.collegesoccernews.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014.

[soccer_america_preseason_top_25-9] [9]
"Soccer America Preseason Men's Top 25". www.socceramerica.com.

[top_drawer_soccer_preseason_top_25-10] [10]
"College Soccer National Ranking".

[csm_preseason_top_25-11] [11]
"Top 25 Rankings". www.collegesportsmadness.com.

[12] [12]
"2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire College Rankings". NSCAA. NSCAA. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2016.

[top_scorers-13] [13]
"Total Goals". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[top_keeper-14] [14]
"Total Saves". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[top_assists-15] [15]
"Total Assists". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[top_save_pct-16] [16]
"Save Pct". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[top_points-17] [17]
"Total Assists". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[most_saves-18] [18]
"Total Saves". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[team_offense-19] [19]
"Goals/Game". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[team_defense-20] [20]
"Total Goals". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[shutout_pct-21] [21]
"Goals/Game". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[w-l-t_pct-22] [22]
"Goals/Game". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com.

[Cup-23] [23]
"2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA. December 18, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[24] [24]
"Virginia scores early, holds off UMBC 1-0 to advance to College Cup final". NCAA. December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[25] [25]
"UCLA in first College Cup final since 2006 after 2OT win against Providence". NCAA. December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[26] [26]
"Virginia captures seventh national title with penalty-kick win against UCLA". NCAA. December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[27] [27]
"NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's - National - Final Postseason Ranking". NSCAA. NSCAA. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[28] [28]
"Men's DI Top 25". Top Drawer Soccer . com. December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

School	Previous Conference	New Conference
Appalachian State	Southern Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Belmont	Independent	Horizon League
Davidson	Southern Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
East Tennessee State	Atlantic Sun Conference	Southern Conference
Elon	Southern Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Georgia Southern	Southern Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Georgia State	Independent	Sun Belt Conference
Hartwick	Mid-American Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Howard	Independent	Sun Belt Conference
Incarnate Word	Independent	Western Athletic Conference
Louisville	American Athletic Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Maryland	Atlantic Coast Conference	Big Ten Conference
Mercer	Atlantic Sun Conference	Southern Conference
NJIT	Independent	Sun Belt Conference
Pacific	Dormant program	West Coast Conference
Rutgers	American Athletic Conference	Big Ten Conference
Tulsa	Conference USA	American Athletic Conference
Utah Valley	No program	Western Athletic Conference
VMI	Big South Conference	Southern Conference

Weekly NSCAA #1 ranked team^[12]
Date	Team	Date	Team	Date	Team	Date	Team
August 6 (preseason)	Notre Dame	None until after season starts		September 2	UCLA	September 9	UCLA
September 16	North Carolina	September 23	UCLA	September 30	Notre Dame	October 7	Washington
October 14	Washington	October 21	Notre Dame	October 28	UCLA	November 4	Syracuse
November 11	Syracuse	November 18	Stanford	None until after tournament		December 16	Virginia

Date	Winner	Score	Loser
August 29	@ #14 Louisville	1–0	#2 Maryland
August 29	@ #22 North Carolina	3–1	#7 California
August 31	@ Indiana	1–0	#12 Marquette
September 5	American	2–1 ^ot @ New Mexico	#1 UCLA
September 5	@ Tulsa	2–1 ^2ot	#3 Virginia
September 6	@ Memphis	4–0	#15 St. Louis
September 7	Saint Mary's	2–1 ^ot	@ #4 Washington
September 8	Kentucky	1–0	@ #5 Notre Dame
September 8	@ Navy	2–1	#10 Maryland
September 9	@ Saint Louis	1–0	#5 Louisville
September 11	VCU	2–1	@ #6 Georgetown
September 11	Valparaiso	1–0	@ #7 Michigan State
September 12	@ UNLV	1–0	#14 UMBC
September 12	Furman	1–0	@ #13 Coastal Carolina
September 14	@ Cal State Fullerton	4–3 ^2ot	#14 UMBC
September 19	@ Duke	2–1	#1 North Carolina
September 20	#20 Saint Louis	1–0	@ #3 Creighton
September 21	@ #24 Stanford	2–1	#11 Delaware
September 24	Davidson	2–1	@ #2 Virginia
September 26	@ San Diego	1–0	#1 UCLA
September 26	@ #21 Charlotte	2–0	#5 New Mexico
September 27	@ #18 Syracuse	1–0	#2 Virginia
September 27	@ Lehigh	2–1	#14 American
September 30	@ UNC Wilmington	4–3	#14 North Carolina
September 30	Ohio State	1–0	@ #6 Louisville
October 3	Boston College	1–0	@ #1 Notre Dame
October 3	@ NC State	2–1	#6 Louisville
October 4	@ UC Santa Barbara	1–0	#3 UC Irvine
October 5	@ Oregon State	6–2	#13 California
October 7	@ Michigan	3–2	# 6 Notre Dame
October 7	@ George Mason	1–2	#14 Virginia
October 10	@ #22 California	3–2 ^ot	#2 UCLA
October 12	@ Maryland	4–0	#3 Penn State
October 12	@ George Mason	3–2	#13 Saint Louis
October 15	Providence	2–0	@ #3 Georgetown
October 15	@ Butler	1–0	#7 Marquette
October 17	@ Louisville	2–1 ^ot	#2 Syracuse
October 17	@ Clemson	2–1	#10 Virginia
October 18	@ Seton Hall	1–0	#3 Georgetown
October 18	@ Old Dominion	2–1	#4 Charlotte
October 18	@ Kentucky	1–0	#9 New Mexico
October 19	Maryland	2–1	@ #5 Indiana
October 22	@ UC Riverside	2–1	#3 UC Irvine
October 22	@ Oakland	2–0	#10 Michigan State
October 22	West Virginia	2–1	#12 Penn State
October 25	#17 Georgetown	1–0	@ #2 Creighton
October 25	Cal State Northridge	3–0	@ #3 UC Irvine
October 29	@ UAB	3–2	#15 New Mexico
November 1	Marshall	2–1	@ #15 New Mexico
November 1	@ Cal State Northridge	2–0	#14 UC Irvine
November 2	#17 California	1–0	@ #1 UCLA
November 2	@ Butler	2–0	#11 Providence
November 2	Michigan	3–2	@ #12 Michigan State
November 5	# 21 Michigan State	3–2	@ #2 Indiana
November 7	Oregon State	4–3	#7 California
November 9	Louisville	1–0	@ #9 North Carolina
November 14	#19 Louisville	2–1 @ Cary, NC	#1 Syracuse
November 14	#14 Clemson	1–1 (5–4 PK) @ Cary, NC	# 2 Notre Dame
November 14	@ Old Dominion	2–1	#4 Charlotte
November 14	#23 Providence	1–0 @ Chester, PA	#5 Creighton
November 14	Fordham	2–1 @ Richmond, VA	#10 Saint Louis
November 16	Oregon State	2–0	@ #9 Washington
November 16	#23 Providence	2–1 @ Chester, PA	#11 Xavier

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE^[14]
Rank	Keeper	School	Games	Minutes	GA	GAA
1	Eric Klenofsky	Monmouth	21	2050	11	.483
2	Connor Sparrow	Creighton	22	2039	11	.485
3	Matt Turner	Fairfield	19	1807	10	.452
4	Scott Levene	UConn	11	1043	6	.518
5	Addison Watson	Missouri State	16	1514	9	.535
6	Billy Heavner	UMBC	17	1513	9	.535
7	Alex Bono	Syracuse	21	1949	12	.554
8	Tyler Miller	Northwestern	19	1857	12	.581
9	Jackson Morgan	Navy	18	1696	11	.584
10	Sven Lissek	Furman	21	1998	13	.585

SAVE PERCENTAGE^[16]
Rank	Keeper	School	Games	Saves	GA	Save %
1	Matt Turner	Fairfield	19	78	10	.886
2	Eric Klenofsky	Monmouth	21	81	11	.880
3	Tyler Miller	Northwestern	19	70	12	.854
4	Zach Zagorski	Cornell	17	64	11	.853
5	Borja Angoitia	Quinnipiac	18	75	13	.852
6	Alex Bono	Syracuse	21	67	12	.848
7	Yves Dietrich	Western Illinois	19	97	18	.843
8	Billy Heavner	UMBC	17	48	9	.842
9	Greg Ranjitsingh	Mercer	21	106	20	.841
10	Connor Sparrow	Creighton	22	58	11	.841

2014_NCAA_Division_I_men's_soccer_season

2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

Changes from 2013

Conference changes

New programs

Discontinued programs

Conference realignment

Season overview

Pre-season polls

Regular season

#1

Standings

Major upsets

Statistics

Individuals

Teams

NCAA tournament

Postseason polls

See also

References

Share this article:

GOALS^[13]
Rank	Scorer	School	Games	Goals
1	Neco Brett	Robert Morris	18	15
	Andy Craven	North Carolina	22	15
	Cameron Porter	Princeton	17	15
3	Pat Flynn	Bowling Green	21	14
	Robert Kristo	Saint Louis	20	14
	Adam Najem	Akron	21	14
7	Andy Bevin	West Virginia	19	13
	Timi Mulgrew	George Mason	20	13
9	8 tied			11

ASSISTS^[15]
Rank	Player	School	Games	Assists
1	Eric Lynch	Wright State	21	13
2	Connor Hallisey	California	19	12
	Khiry Shelton	Oregon State	21	12
4	Pablo Medina	Saint Francis (PA)	20	11
5	Sean Conerty	Western Michigan	15	10
	Sean Davis	Duke	16	10
	Michael Gamble	Wake Forest	15	10
8	Lucas Baldin	South Florida	20	9
	Lucas Diniz	Stetson	16	9
	Joseph Holland	Hofstra	19	9
	Edwin Moalosi	South Florida	20	9
	Timo Pitter	Creighton	22	9
	Will Walker	Xavier	23	9

WON-LOST-TIED PERCENTAGE^[22]
Rank	School	Wins	Loses	Ties	W-L-T %
1	Creighton	16	3	3	.795
2	Syracuse	15	2	1	.786
3	Charlotte	14	4	1	.763
	Stanford	13	3	3	.763
5	Providence	16	5	2	.739
6	Winthrop	13	4	2	.737
7	Lipscomb	12	4	1	.735
	Princeton	11	3	3	.735
9	North Carolina	15	5	2	.727
10	Davidson	10	2	6	.722