SoCon Sports Report

Head coach Doug Allison addresses his team prior to Friday night's College Cup game against Washington (photo courtesy of Furman athletics) Washington used a pair of first-half goals from Zach Ramsey and Charlie Kosakoff eight minutes apart to take control of the game, as the Huskies turned a 2-0 halftime lead into a 3-1 win over No. 16 Furman in the first of two NCAA College Cup matchups Friday night before a raucous crowd at First Horizon Soccer Stadium. With the win, the Huskies improve to 15-6-2 and move into Monday night’s championship game where they will face off against N.C. State, who defeated St. Louis, 2-1, in the second of the two 2025 College Cup semifinals.  Kickoff for Monday night’s clash between the Huskies and Wolfpack is set for 7 p.m. EST. The winner of Monday night's clash between the Huskies and the Wolfpack will claim a first-ever national title.  For the Wolfpack, it marks their first-ever trip to a College Cup title match, which will in essence be a ...

No. 12 Furman (16-1-5, 4-0-1 SoCon) vs. No. 23 Washington (14-6-2) Date: Dec. 12, 2025 Time: 6 p.m. EST What: College Cup Semifinal No. 1 Where: First Horizon Stadium/Cary, N.C. Setting The Scene: Furman enters uncharted territory Friday night in Cary, N.C., as the program will be a part of its first College Cup Semifinal in school history, which also happens to coincide with the final campaign for head coach Doug Allison as the Furman men's soccer coach, who is in his final season at the helm of the Furman soccer program, announcing his intended retirement over the summer. The Paladins enter the College Cup with a 7-10-7 record all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Paladins are set to meet the Washington Huskies for just the second time in the NCAA Tournament, with the only other meeting coming in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Round of 32, as the Huskies were able to get a 6-5 win on penalties after the two teams finished 110 minutes of scoreless soccer.  The Paladins and Huskies have ...

PORTLAND, OR--How do you measure the magic of a moment, or maybe the better question should be phrased, what is the weight of stacks of accomplishments condensed into a moment for an opportunity to accomplish something never before accomplished? For Furman freshman center half and SoCon Freshman of the Year Braden Dunham, time to philosophically consider such program altering achievement probably weren't close to being in his thoughts in the magical moment he was able to produce in the 75th minute.  With just 15 minutes to play, Dunham had just crossed the halfway line and dribbled about 25 yards when he saw Portland goalkeeper Miguel Angel Hernandez creeping off his line ever so slightly and just enough to drive perfect ball at just the right height from about 45 yards out to beat the Pilots' goalkeeper, who would have needed a step-ladder to pluck the ball from the air and keep it out of the net.  That moment of magic from Dunham was enough to ultimately give the 16th-seeded...

 NCAA Men's Soccer Elite Eight Furman (15-1-5) at Portland Pilots (14-1-4), 10 p.m. EST Furman sophomore forward Wilfer Bustamante It's rare the Southern Conference gets an opportunity like the one it gets on Friday night when Furman takes on the Portland Pilots out in the great northwest for an opportunity to make it to the Final Four of NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, which is also known as the College Cup. Furman has charted many of major athletic achievements as an NCAA Division I program in the Northwest, with Friday night being the latest opportunity to add yet another, as a win would allow the Paladins to become the first team in Furman's rich soccer history to qualify for the College Cup.  It would also join with the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA national title won by the Furman football team, which defeated Georgia Southern, 17-12, in Pocatello, Idaho to claim the school's greatest athletic achievement, and would add another to the growing list of exce...