Postseason Collegiate Play Highlights NCFC Youth Alums

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    Shaw University - USCAA National Champions

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    William Peace University - NCFC Youth alums winning USA South Conference Tournament Championship

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    Methodist University - USA South Conference Tournament Champions

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    Ade Taiwo - ACC Champion with Wake Forest University

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Across all divisions of collegiate soccer, NCFC Youth alums are succeeding. Nearly 100 alums this season qualified for the NCAA Tournament with their collegiate team, with some big championship wins standing out.


Shaw University women's soccer, lead by Head Coach Randy McClure, is just one highlight of the season as they secured a back-to-back USCAA National Championship win. McClure currently coaches in the Classic program, where he coached current Shaw player Brianna Garbrandt on 2003 White North G, who scored the game-winner in a 3-1 victory over Bryant & Stratton Syracuse. The squad finished the season 11-6-1 overall to finish as the USCAA D1 Women's Soccer National Champions for the second year in a row.


William Peace Men's Soccer features 12 NCFC Youth alums, 4 of whom participated in La Liga Del Sol, and Associate Head Coach Ozzy Peralta, who also coaches in the ECNL RL program. The team defeated Brevard College in the USA South Conference Tournament Championship for a historic win, becoming the first athletic program in school history to win a conference championship and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA D3 tournament. NCFC Youth ECNL & La Liga alum Roberto Rayo recorded the program's first NCAA assist in the first round of the tournament.


Many alums are currently still competing in the NCAA Tournament - check out some big highlights below! To let us know any other alum highlights, please email media@NCFCYouth.com.


D1 Women’s

East Carolina University – American Conference Champs (Maeve English, Annabelle Abbott, Sierra Lowery, Amy Mason, Sydney Cox, McCarthy Spencer, Keyera Wynn)

USC Upstate – Big South Conference Champions (Caroline Simpkins)

NCAA Tournament qualifiers -  Virginia Tech (Gabby Ciocca, Ella Bjorklund), UVA (Laney Rouse), Wake Forest (Laurel Ansbrow), UNC Chapel Hill (Aven Alvarez, Alexa Wojnovich, Abby Gundry), Duke (Phoebe Goldwaite, Lauren Martinho, Mia Oliaro, Katie Groff), Minnesota (Karson Yon), Penn State (Kayleigh Herr, Bella Ayscue), James Madison (Kylie Rock), Fairfield (Emilie Cook, Alex Darcy)


D2 Women’s

Shaw University – USCAA National Champions (Coach Randy McClure, Brianna Garbrandt)

Lenoir-Rhyne – SAC Champsions (Coach Jo Fennema, Lilly Soltz, Riley Miller)

NCAA Tournament qualifiers - Catawba (Callie Hammond), Wingate (Haley Faucette)


D3 Women’s

Methodist University - USA South Conference Champs (Corrine Shovlain, Jessica Haswell, Alexis Lemmons)

Messiah University - MAC Champions (Tahlia Lloyd)

NCAA Tournament qualifiers - Washington University (Allie Goulding), Sewanee (Arianna Shirak), Christopher Newport (Brooke White), New York University (Jodie Loturco, Julia Spang), Vassar (Lily Brigman)


D1 Men’s

University of North Carolina at Charlotte – American Soccer Conference Champions (Eli Mumford, Grant Stewart, Ander Breidsprecher, Christian Lee)

Wake Forest University – ACC Champions (Trace Alphin & Ade Taiwo)

NCAA Tournament qualifiers - NC State (Will Buete, Caden Tolentino, Sam Terranova, Ervin Cruz), UNC Chapel Hill (Luke Hille, John McDowell, Parker O'Ferral, David Molina), Duke (Drew Kerr, Colton Pleasants), Providence (Brandon Marshall), University of Denver (Jake Smith), UVA (Brendan Lambe), University of Pennsylvania (Aaron Messer), St. Louis University (Xavier Holloway)


D2 Men’s

Limestone College – SAC Champions (Landon Hall)

NCAA Tournament Qualifiers - Mars Hill (Liam Walden, Gavin Moore)


D3 Men’s

William Peace University – USA South Conference Champions (Coach Ozzy Peralta, Abdul Qurneh, Daniel Romanchok, Roberto Rayo, Nathan Cochran, Braden Bonanno, Pat Dion, Miguel Rodriguez, Andrew Mesnard, O'Shari Shealey, Ryan Rosales, Rafa Quevedo-Antunez, Jayden Renteria)

NCAA Tournament Qualifiers - Lynchburg (Nicholas Fitzgerald, Alex Derstine), Washington & Lee (Lucas Pleasants), Catholic University (Luke Lillis), Vassar (Diego Pastor-Valverde)


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