In the program’s third trip to the NCAA Tournament in its 11-year history, the Hurricanes (10-9-3) fell 3-1 to Central Florida (14-5-3) Friday night in the first round at the University of Florida’s James G. Pressly Stadium.

The University of Miami women’s soccer team (10-8-3) will make its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament against Central Florida (13-5-3) at 6:30 p.m. Friday in Gainesville, Fla.

For the second time in four days, the women’s soccer team kept second-ranked North Carolina close.

Unfortunately for the Hurricanes, the result remained the same as Miami (10-8-3) fell 1-0 to the Tar Heels (17-1-2) Wednesday afternoon in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament.

Through 83 minutes Sunday afternoon in Chapel Hill, the women’s soccer team held its own against the second-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels.

It’s been quite a rollercoaster ride this season for the University of Miami women’s soccer team.

After starting the year with a seven-game winning streak, the Hurricanes suffered an eight-game winless skid.

This weekend at Cobb Stadium, however, Miami (9-6-3, 2-4-2) reasserted itself as a force to be reckoned with in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Miami hosts the ninth-ranked Duke Blue Devils (10-2-1, 2-1-1) at 7 p.m. Thursday and the 16th- ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons (9-5-0, 2-4-0) at 1 p.m. Sunday in its final home matches.

The University of Miami women’s soccer team defeated the host Clemson Tigers 1-0 in double overtime Thursday night to snap an eight-game winless streak dating back to Sept. 16.

On Sunday afternoon at Cobb Stadium, the women’s soccer team fell 2-0 to ninth-ranked Florida State. extending its winless streak to eight.

Junior midfielder Paulelett Ricks-Chambers looks to return and make a big impact in 2008.

The rough patch continued for the women’s soccer team this past weekend as it lost both of its conference road games at Boston College and Maryland.