USD Meets Host Davidson

USD will meet host Davidson College in the NCAA Soccer Division I semifinals at 1:30 p.m. (PST) today in the second match of a doubleheader that pairs Virginia and Duke earlier.

The winners will meet for the championship Sunday at 10:30 a.m. (PST).

USD (18-4) has defeated Stanford, UCLA and Indiana to reach the Final Four. It is 12-1 with seven shutouts since Scott Garlick became goalkeeper.

“We’re averaging 3.5 goals a game,” Coach Seamus McFadden said, “but I’ve always told the players the surest way to win is to eliminate the opposition from scoring.”

USD’s leading scorer has been Guillermo Jara, a freshman forward from Livermore. He has 16 goals and 17 assists. However, senior forward Chugger Adair, with 15 goals and 10 assists, was the West Coast Conference offensive player of the year.

The defensive spark, other than Garlick, has been provided by Roger Lindqvist, a sophomore who was a Swedish Olympian.

Davidson (17-4-5) is unbeaten in its last eight matches and also unbeaten on its field.

Virginia (19-2-1) is defending national champion and Duke (15-3-3) won the national title in 1986.