Rice notebook: Soccer signees bring dose of fieriness

Rice notebook: Soccer signees bring dose of fieriness 1 Midfielder Becca Koval (Camarillo, Calif.) has the height (6-0) that makes her "a lethal weapon on set pieces in the final third" of the field, and she will add versatility to the midfield. The added options also could allow the Owls to use junior midfielder/forward Jessica Howard, the team's leading scorer with eight goals last season ...

Rice's soccer signees bring dose of fieriness

Rice's soccer signees bring dose of fieriness HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2012 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 09:55 p.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Rice soccer coach Nicky Adams went across the country in search of proven scorers. What she found was attitude. "They have some strong personalities," Adams ...

Real Madrid's Iker Casillas: Our marking on set-pieces let us down in Barcelona Copa del Rey loss

The Spain international believes his team's lack of discipline on the corner that led to Carles Puyol's equalizer is the reason behind Wednesday's Clasico loss

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Levittown Division Lady Dragons Standout Krista Fitzpatrick Signs National Letter of Intent to Attend Albany

Krista Fitzpatrick provided both the spark and the swagga for the Division Lady Dragons in 2011. And On Feb. 1, she signed a National Letter of Intent to play women's soccer for the America East conference powerhouse Albany Great Danes beginning next year, joining...