Final Post

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Men's Championship All Tournament Team

Brad Murphy--Michigan
Ouadhah Ragued--UCLA
Luke Mihalovic--Arizona
Matt Zelensek--Illinois
Armando Flores--UCSB
Hector Truitt-Burgueno--Arizona
Austen Collie--Texas Tech
Garrett Berg-Texas Tech
Michael Hempstead--Texas Tech
Brian Summerville--Illinois (Outstanding Goalkeeper)
Joe Ferreira--UCSB (MVP)

UCSB Owns the NIRSA Titles in 2007

University of California Santa Barbara owns the hardware. Both the men and women win. Let the celebration begin in SoCal.

UCSB Wins It!!

UCSB keeper comes up big as the Gauchos win in PK's 4-1

PK Round 3

UCSB 3
Texas Tech 1

PK Round 2

UCSB 2
Texas Tech 1

PK Round 1

UCSB 1
Texas Tech 1

Pk's will decide it

Texas Tech and UCSB will go to kicks to decide the 2007 National Champion.

3 minutes left

Looks like PK's might decide this one

Pressbox Music

Some more interesting facts--

The pressbox has played a wide variety of music hits--

The Hustle
Kung Fu Fighting
Rubber Band Man
Drop it Like Its Hot
Back in Black
Super Freak


Just trying to stay awake and hoping for one team to decide this game.

OT Update

1st OT in the books. Still 0-0 in the Pcola.

Men's Open All Tournament Team

Scott Ziomkowski--Michigan State
Nicholas Giorgio--Connecticut
Casey Aull--Kansas
Shane Rasch--Missouri
Olantomiwa Ogunsola--James Madison
Brian Lindsey--Missouri
Chris Wernikowski--James Madison
Matt Grabner--Missouri
Corey Merriman--Kansas
Alex Cohen--Kansas (Outstanding Goalkeeper)
Ross Pfeifer--Missouri (MVP)

OT for the men as well

Tech and UCSB starting the 1st overtime. Two 10 minute periods will hopefully decide the champion.

10 minutes to play...

Still 0-0. UCSB doing a good job playing with 10.

Fun Factoids

-Texas Tech and UCSB played in the same pool during the tournament.
-No teams from the same school have ever won both the Women's and Men's National Championship
-In 1997 Texas Tech won both the men's and women's open tournament

Just some fun stuff during the slow second half

20 minutes to go

Game is still tied 0-0

UCSB Player receives a red card

The Gauchos are playing a man down for the 2nd half. We will see if that has an effect as the half progresses.

Stats Update

The stats through the first half
Texas Tech
Score - 0
Shots on Goal - 0
Corner kicks - 0

Univ. of California Santa Barbara
Score - 0
Shots on Goal - 4
Corner Kicks - 2

At the half

The score remains tied 0-0 at the half

Slow 1st Half

Under 7 minutes to play 0-0 score.

Men's Update

A slow start to the men's final here in Pensacola. One shot on goal and a 0-0 tie

Men's Final Underway

Texas Tech and UCSB are now underway. Please feel free to send comments or questions. Live blogging rolls on from Escambia County Stadium courtesy of your NIRSA tournament staff.

Women's Championship All Tournament Team

Rachel Marshall--Michigan State
Samantha Picraux--Colorado
Cassidy Runyan--San Diego State
Lisa Marlow--San Diego State
Daniela Espinoza-- UCSB
Ashley Abbuzzese--Virginia Tech
Laura McCoy--Delaware
Katie Allen--UCSB
Joanna Marlow--Penn State
Rosie Cobie--San Diego
Emily Ottiniano--UCSB (Outstanding Goalkeeper)
Allie Browne--UCSB (MVP)

Weather Update

Clear, 63 degrees as the starting lineups are introduced for the men's final.

Men's Championship Game Next

Texas Tech and UCSB coming up next for the 2007 Men's National title.