2014 SFL season, 2014 SFL Ladder, Round 16
(Saturday, 2 August 2014) New Norfolk 40.24 (264) d Hobart 3.5 (23) at TCA Ground. * Claremont 43.18 (276) d Huonville Lions 2.1 (13) at Abbotsfield Park. * East Coast 9.18 (72) d Sorell 5.11 (41) at Pembroke Park. Brighton 24.8 (152) d Cygnet 6.9 (45) at Pontville Oval. Dodges Ferry 15.15 (105) d Lindisfarne 6.13 (49) at Shark Park Note: Hobart concedes their all-time highest score against them. New Norfolk's score is the highest score recorded in senior football at the TCA Ground in any competition spanning more than 100 years. Huonville Lions concede their all-time highest score against them and all-time record margin of defeat.


2014 SFL season, 2014 SFL Ladder, Round 17
(Saturday, 9 August 2014) New Norfolk 36.30 (246) d Sorell 2.2 (14) at Boyer Oval. Lindisfarne 19.17 (131) d Cygnet 7.8 (50) at Cygnet Oval. Dodges Ferry 16.19 (115) d Hobart 12.17 (89) at Shark Park Claremont 12.17 (89) d East Coast 10.12 (72) at Triabunna Recreation Ground. Brighton 17.16 (118) d Huonville Lions 3.7 (25) at Huonville Recreation Ground.


2014 SFL season, 2014 SFL Ladder, Round 18
(Saturday, 16 August 2014) New Norfolk 23.16 (154) d Dodges Ferry 4.4 (28) at Boyer Oval. Lindisfarne 19.18 (132) d Brighton 8.14 (62) at Anzac Park. East Coast 25.18 (168) d Hobart 4.9 (33) at TCA Ground. Claremont 21.12 (138) d Sorell 8.8 (56) at Abbotsfield Park. Huonville Lions 12.14 (86) d Cygnet 7.9 (51) at Huonville Recreation Ground.


2014 SFL season, 2014 SFL Ladder, Elimination Final
(Saturday, 23 August 2014) Dodges Ferry: 0.5 (5) | 1.6 (12) | 7.7 (49) | 9.9 (63) East Coast: 0.2 (2) | 3.7 (25) | 5.9 (39) | 7.11 (53) Attendance: N/A at Lauderdale Oval.


2014 SFL season, 2014 SFL Ladder, Qualifying Final
(Saturday, 23 August 2014) Lindisfarne: 1.5 (11) | 1.5 (11) | 7.7 (49) | 14.10 (94) Claremont: 2.0 (12) | 5.6 (36) | 7.8 (50) | 11.11 (77) Attendance: N/A at Abbotsfield Park.


2014 SFL season, 2014 SFL Ladder, First Semi Final
(Saturday 30 August 2014) Claremont: 5.6 (36) | 5.13 (43) | 8.19 (67) | 15.22 (112) Dodges Ferry: 1.5 (11) | 3.7 (25) | 3.11 (29) | 4.12 (36) Attendance: N/A at Abbotsfield Park.


2014 SFL season, 2014 SFL Ladder, Second Semi Final
(Saturday, 30 August 2014) New Norfolk: 4.3 (27) | 10.11 (71) | 16.15 (111) | 21.16 (142) Lindisfarne: 1.0 (6) | 1.1 (7) | 4.1 (25) | 7.3 (45) Attendance: N/A at Boyer Oval.


2014 SFL season, 2014 SFL Ladder, Preliminary Final
(Saturday, 6 September 2014) Claremont: 2.2 (14) | 7.5 (47) | 9.8 (62) | 11.10 (76) Lindisfarne: 3.5 (23) | 6.6 (42) | 9.7 (61) | 11.7 (73) Attendance: N/A at KGV Football Park.


2014 SFL season, 2014 SFL Ladder, Grand Final
(Saturday, 13 September 2014) New Norfolk: 4.0 (24) | 11.2 (68) | 23.4 (142) | 28.9 (177) Claremont: 7.2 (44) | 8.5 (53) | 8.6 (54) | 14.10 (94) Attendance: 3,900 at KGV Football Park.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team
The 2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team represents Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cougars are coached in 2014 by co-head coaches Brian Jones and David Korn. The team plays their home games on Bob Guelker Field at the Ralph Korte Stadium as an affiliate member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
Fourteen players returned from the 8-9-2 team of 2013, including two first team All-Missouri Valley Conference performers: forward Christian Volesky and defender Matt Polster; All-MVC Honorable Mention defender Justin Bilyeu; and  MVC All-Freshmen defenders  Andrew Kendall-Moulin and Austin Ledbetter . They were joined by five "redshirted" freshmen who were in the group that was named one of the nation's top recruiting classes of 2013, a redshirted junior, a transfer who was First Team All-Conference in The Summit League, and five freshmen. The six member incoming 2014 class, like its predecessor, was rated one of the top recruiting classes in the country. SIUE is the only Division I team with 100% of its 2013 scoring players back for 2014.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
For the second season in a row, defender Matt Polster was one of 32 players named to the preseason watch list for the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, college soccer's highest individual award.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
In Top Drawer Soccer's (TDS) preseason list of the top 100 college soccer players in the nation, Mat Polster was ranked #48. Additionally, the TDS preseason rankings of the top 20 players in each conference ranked Polster  #2, Christian Volesky #3, Andrew Kendall-Moullin #17, and Justin Bilyeu #18 in the MVC.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
In the MVC preseason coaches' poll, SIUE was picked to finish fifth. Seniors Matt Polster and Christian Volesky were named to the pre-season All-MVC team, Polster for the third season in a row, Volesky for the second.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
In exhibition games, the Cougars defeated the Oakland Golden Grizzlies 3–1 at Korte Stadium  and the  IUPUI Jaguars 2–0 in Indianapolis.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Former coach Scott Donnelly set up a demanding schedule which included five teams that were ranked during the 2013 season, four that were in the NCAA Tournament. There was also a full Missouri Valley Conference schedule and matches against traditional rivals.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Opening the season at home for the first time since 2010, the Cougars outplayed the Virginia Tech Hokies through regulation time in a game that featured outstanding goalkeeping on both ends of the field. Despite SIUE dominating the shooting 16–8, Tech's Brad Vorv found himself free and lofted a 25' shot past Kent Kobernus in the 97th minute, giving the Hokies the "golden goal" victory.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On a day dominated by the heat, with the game punctuated with several water breaks, SIUE and Tulsa missed numerous scoring opportunities, especially on set pieces. The Cougars scored first, with Scheipeter passing up a contested shot to hit Volesky, who faced the open net. A Cougars turnover started the action that led to the Golden Hurricane's Neil putting in a shot from a difficult angle to tie the game.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Despite the two sides taking 35 shots (Tulsa leading 23–12), the game was mainly a defensive struggle, remaining tied at one goal apiece through regulation and the first extra time period. Cougar goalkeeper Kobernus made his eighth save on another shot by Neil, but when he failed to corral the ball, Barrett put the rebound into the net to give Tulsa the double-overtime "golden goal" win.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Playing a mid-week game at Memphis, the Cougars dominated early play, with Volesky scoring off a pass from Garet Christianson. As play went on, SIUE seemed to grow complacent and careless, passing beyond intended teammates, directly at defenders, or to no one in particular. As such play continued, the Tigers gained confidence and took control in the last ten minutes of the first half. Memphis remained in control through the second half, with Khulfan scoring on a breakaway and the Tigers outshooting the Cougars 8−4 for the half.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
SIUE seemed to be back in control in their third extra time game in three matches. They outshot the Tigers 4–0 in the first overtime period and took the first shot of the second OT. But Ledbetter then drew his second yellow card and was ejected. Memphis, a man up, immediately applied the pressure and scored only 23 seconds after the red card, giving the Cougars their third "golden goal" loss in three games.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Hosting undefeated Butler in the first-ever meeting between the two programs, the Cougars set a school record with four consecutive extra time games for the first time in the program's 48-year history. SIUE dominated play in the first half, with Volesky scoring on a pass in the box from Hackett. On Butler's only first half threat, Kendall-Moulin fouled the Bulldog's Goldsmith in the box, with Postlewait scoring on the penalty kick.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Butler came out on the offensive to start the second half, taking the first three shots, but the Cougars took charge again, yet were unable to get anything past the Bulldog's goalkeeper. In the first extra period, an SIUE player was fouled amidst a crowd directly in front of the goal mouth; the Cougar's best winning chance of the young season went astray as Volesky's penalty kick bounced off the post and away. The two sides traded possessions, with both defenses turning aside repeated attacks through the second extra time period, and the game ended with SIUE getting its first point of the season on a frustrating draw.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In a mid-week road game, the Cougars once more dominated early play, and Volesky scored his fourth goal in five games off a pass from Garet Christianson. The 'Roos had managed only a couple of long-distance shots before an uncharacteristic turnover by Polster left his SIUE teammates out of position, and UMKC scored an easy tying shot on a rebound of a missed first shot. Sloppy passing and an inability to either score on set pieces or cleanly clear the ball from the defensive end have continued to be a problem at odds with SIUE's strong soccer tradition.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Repeated failures to clear set up a second UMKC goal, putting the Cougars into a position of trailing in the score during regulation time for the first time this season. Repeated failures to score on corner kick after corner kick and a Polster penalty kick that was saved by the 'Roos' goalkeeper, McGaughey, left the Cougars with one more loss.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Trying for a change in results, the Cougars resorted to changing from single-color uniforms to face DePaul at Korte Stadium. One thing that did change was the early game dominance by SIUE, who surrendered the first goal for the first time since the season opener, when Hunter's rocket of a pass hit Megally just outside the six yard box for an easy shot past a diving Kobernus. The Blue Demons outshot the Cougars in the first half, but SIUE picked up the action after halftime.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the sixtieth minute, Bilyeu fired a pass to a wide-open Ellis, who lofted a chip shot over the DePaul keeper to even the score. Both defenses repeatedly turned aside their opponent, and the match went into extra time for the fifth time in the Cougars' six games. SIUE escaped disaster when the defense held against a free kick from just outside the six yard box after Kobernus fouled by picking up a ball a Cougar had kicked to him, and the first extra period ended with the score still at 1–1. The Cougars stepped up the pressure further in the second overtime period, but DePaul's keeper and defense withstood the onslaught, and the game ended a draw, SIUE's second.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Opening a two-game road trip against ranked Pac-12 teams in California, the Cougars once again scored first against #24 Stanford, with Volesky tapping a loose ball to Polster in the box. Twenty minutes later, the Cardinal's Morris went to the post, drawing Kobernus to him, then tapped a pass to Glover for the tying goal. Stanford was the dominant team in the first half, outshooting the Cougars and taking several corners to the Cougars' none. On a corner kick, the Cardinal's Skundrich fired into the box to the head of Vincent, who scored the go-ahead goal.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the second half, The Cougars outplayed the Cardinal early and late, while Stanford had the better of the middle, but neither side was able to get a shot past the other's keeper, and the home team picked up the win in a game that was much closer than the two teams' records might indicate.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On a Sunday afternoon in Berkeley, the Cougars played another closely contested match at the home of a ranked opponent, the #15 California Golden Bears, Cal scored first when Bonomo intercepted a pass in SIUE's defensive end, putting him one-on-one with Kobernus, and he scored in the 17th minute. Only four and a half minutes later, Hallisey passed to Carrera-Garcia and kept going, with Carrera-Garcia completing the give-and-go back to Hallisey and putting the Golden Bears up 2-0.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
SIUE had an opportunity to close the gap when the Cal goalkeeper committed a foul inside the box, but  Volesky's shot was off the crossbar, and his rebound attempt was wide. The Cougars once again outshot their opponent only to have the other side's goalkeeper make repeated saves, but in the 77th minute, Polster played the ball in to Volesky, who tallied his fifth goal of the season. In another match that was tighter than the opponents' records show, SIUE came out on the short end and head into the MVC schedule while still in search of their first victory.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Opening the MVC season on a Monday night in Evansville, the Cougars managed to accomplish three things they had not done since the preseason---keep a clean sheet, score more than one goal, and win a game. As has often been the case, SIUE dominated play, outshooting the Purple Aces 8 to 3 in the first half and 7 to 3 in the second, with only 2 of Evansville's shots being on goal and both of those saved by Kobernus.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars got on the scoreboard when Volesky was taken down in the box by the Aces' keeper in the 33rd minute; Garet Christianson put the penalty kick into the open left side of the net. In the second half, briefly Evansville put on a strong showing that resulted in four consecutive corner kicks, but the SIUE defense held off the assault. In the 73rd minute, Polster found a loose ball near the top of the 18 yard box and buried it in the right side of the net to double the lead. The Cougars kept trying for additional scoring, but Evansville's keeper held firm, and SIUE had to be satisfied with the 2–0 victory.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In front of a huge Homecoming crowd at Korte Stadium, the Cougars recorded their second consecutive two-goal shutout win. SIUE's defense held off Bradley's MVC-leading offense while the offense outshot the Braves 11–6. After the Cougars had been 0–for–the–season on set plays, in the 18th minute, Kendall-Moulin tapped a corner to Bilyeu who tapped it right back to Kendal-Moulinn, whose crossing pass found Volesky's head for the first goal.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Eighteen minutes later, inside the eighteen yard box, Volesky passed to Hoguet, who had just entered the game and fired blazing shot into the corner of the net on his first touch. Through the remainder of the game, the Cougars continued to press for additional scoring while their defense frustrated the Braves repeatedly. After two conference games, SIUE and Missouri State sit atop the MVC standings with 2–0–0 records.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
SIUE's third conference game was in Conway, Arkansas, the home of the MVC's other associate member, Central Arkansas. Despite periods of poor passing, the Cougars managed to dominate another opponent, outshooting the Bears in the first half 7–1. UCA's keeper was able to stop all of the Cougars' shots on goal, and the teams went to the locker room tied at nil. The home team stepped up their intensity in the second half, and outshot the Cougars 8–3. But, in the 60th minute, Polster crossed to Danzy, who headed home his first goal of the season.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Less than thirteen minutes, Houget hit a long pass to a breaking Garet Christianson; with the UCA keeper coming out, Christianson got to the ball first and nailed the goal from 25 yards out. The Bears got on the board in the 83rd minute when, on a free kick from just outside the box, a Cougar fouled in the box to set up a penalty kick. Kobernus saved on the PK but was unable to control the rebound that was tapped in by Moquete from 5 yards out.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
It took the Cougars only 36 seconds to go back up by two; the ball was smoothly played into the UCA end, Ellis crossed to Danzy, and the redshirt junior collected his second goal of the game. After the frustrating start of the season, SIUE has a three-game winning streak and sits alone atop the MVC standings.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars were inhospitable hosts to Drake and played a game of almost total dominance en route to a 4–0 shellacking. Five minutes into the game, Bilyeu took a pass from Kendall-Moullin and fired a high, looping shot from 35 yards out that sank into the top right corner of the net over the Bulldog keeper's reaching hands. On a corner kick in the 37th minute, Drake's keeper turned away the ball, but Polster found the rebound 4 yards out and buried it, giving SIUE a two-goal lead.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Four minutes later, Volesky took a long pass in the open, juked the keeper, then passed off to an even more open Christianson, who put the Cougars up 3–0 for the first time in the season. Drake managed to fire off two shots that were high and wide late in the half, and the home squad went to the locker room up by three after outshooting the Bulldogs 7–2. The domination continues in the second half as the Cougars outshot the visitors 8–0 while eight subs saw action.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the 59th minute, Volesky drove into the box, stumbled and fell, picked himself up, regained the ball, and scored his MVC leading seventh goal of the season. That goal gave SIUE, now 4–0–0 in MVC games, its widest margin of victory in a conference game since joining the league in 2010. The Cougar win, combined with the Missouri State draw at Loyola, extended their lead in the Valley standings to five points.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On a Wednesday night in DeKalb, the Cougars started strong but seemed to be continually out of sync without the presence of leading scorer, Christian Volesky. SIUE got off the first four shots of the game and outshot NIU 7–4 in the first half. In the eighth minute, Danzy found himself facing an open net but fired wide. In the 17th minute, Danzy went into the box as Christianson shot, but found himself decked by the Huskies' keeper, hustling out for the save.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Danzy atoned for what had gone before when he found himself again facing an open goal, driving Ledbetter's pass from behind the defense into the net. Less than a minute and a half later though, it was the Huskies who forced the action, earning a corner kick that Hall drove in a high slicing arc that Kobernus was only able to get a hand on as it sailed into the net for an "olimpico" goal to knot the score.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars outshot the Huskies 5–4 in the second half, but only one SIUE shot was on goal, while not only were all of NIU's shots on goal, Kobernus was able to save only one. The SIUE defense turned back repeated NIU challenges only to see the front line give the ball right back to the home squad. The Huskies took advantage,  scoring three second half goals, and the final 4–1 score was the widest victory margin for a Cougars' opponent since SIUE returned to Division I in 2008.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On a Tuesday night at Louisville's brand new, state-of-the-art stadium, the defenses were at the forefront of the action. The Cardinals outshot the Cougars, but most of their shoots were from long-distance and went high and/or wide. Both defenses repeatedly turned away everything that came at them, and the game turned into the Cougar's sixth overtime game of the season. At the end of 110 minutes of furious action, SIUE had played the  #22 ranked Cardinals to a 0–0 draw.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On a frigid Saturday night at Korte, the Cougars played the Missouri State Bears for possession of first place in the MVC. As expected, the defenses dominated the game, with both teams spending much time trying to maintain possession of the ball, then attacking and being turned aside. In the 24th minute, only seconds after making a solid save, Kobernus was caught out of position as the Bears' Roberts chipped a shot over him and into the net to give State the lead. As time ran down in the first  half, Volesky was fouled hard about 25 yards out.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Bilyeu fired the free kick into the box, and Volesky headed in his league-leading eighth goal of the season to knot the score 1–1 with 0:11 on the clock. The second half was another defensive showcase, with both sides shutting out the other. With regulation time ending tied at 1–1, the Cougars tied the school record for most overtime games in a season, with 7 for the third time in four years. Two ten-minute extra-time periods ended with the score still 1–1, SIUE still leading the MVC, while Missouri State dropped to third place.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars traveled to Charleston for a Tuesday afternoon game in the rain and mud at Eastern Illinois. SIUE dominated almost every facet of the game except goalkeeping. Outshooting the Panthers 18–8 and 12–6 on goal, the Cougars saw EIU's keeper, Novotny, make 8 saves while Kobernus saved only 3. The offense did get three shots past Eastern's keeper during regulation time, including 2 by junior Lane (only the 2nd and 3rd of his career), and, the score was tied at 3 after 90 minutes. In their school record eighth OT game of the year, the Cougars, playing several non-regulars, went into a second extra period before senior Bauman collected his first career goal and give SIUE their first road victory of the season.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The last game of the regular season was at Loyola in Chicago on a Saturday night. Defense was once more the feature, with both sides repeatedly denying scoring chances by taking the ball away before the offenses could set up to shoot. The Ramblers D was quite physical, resulting in 17 called fouls and 2 yellow cards along with many other plays that could have been called; SIUE was called for only 6 fouls, but Hoguet was booked for committing a hard foul after being twice taken down in the box without a foul being called.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars outshot Loyola 6–2, but a Ramblers' counterattack in the 33rd minute caught Kobernus off the line, forcing him to come further out to challenge Bement, who then scored from 15 yards out. SIUE thought they had evened the score in the 89th minute; Bilyeu's shot rattled around in the net, and the Cougars were well into celebrating when the goal was waved off on an offside call made well after the play. With Missouri State defeating Evansville 1–0, SIUE dropped to second place in the final MVC standings and the #2 seed in the MVC tournament.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The MVC Awards were announced at the banquet held on the evening between the tournament quarterfinals and semifinals. Christian Volesky was named MVC Player of the Year and Mat Polster was named MVC Defensive Player of the Year; both were named to the MVC All-Conference First Team for the third season in a row. Justin Bilyeu and Kent Kobernus were named to the MVC All-Conference Second Team. Garet Christianson, Andrew Kendall-Moullin, and Austin Ledbetter were awarded MVC All-Conference Honorable Mention citations.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
With the 2nd seed and a first round bye, the Cougars entered MVC Tournament play in the semis versus 6th seed Bradly on the Braves' home turf. Although SIUE mostly dominated possession and play (outshooting BU 27–7), Bradley took the lead in the 22nd minute when, on a counterattack, Lofgren headed in a near-perfect crossing pass. The Cougars kept pressing the action against the Braves' close-checking defense, and in the 78th minute, Bradley was called for a clearly seen shove in the box. Bilyeu buried the penalty kick to tie the match.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
In the 85th minute, Kendall-Moulin loosed a free kick from near mid-field that arrowed straight to Danzy, who slipped a shot past the diving keeper to give SIUE the lead. Although Bradley tried to press for a tying goal, the Cougar defense held firm, and earned a place in the tourney finals and a rematch with MVC regular season champion Missouri State.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The MVC Championship game saw the defenses of SIUE and Missouri State repeatedly stifle the other squad's best offensive efforts. The Cougars took more shots, 17–9, but the Bears had more shots on goal, 7–4. As in their first meeting, the two teams went into double-overtime (another new SIUE record– 9th OT game of the year). In the 108th minute, on an ESPN Top 10 play, Kendall-Moullin drove a free kick to the left of the goal. Danzy leapt above the crowd and headed the ball into the right side of the net to give the Cougars their first MVC Tournament Championship and send SIUE to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship tournament for the first time since 1982.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
At the conclusion of the conference tournament, Jabari Danzy was named MVC Tournament MVP and was joined on the 2014 MVC Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team by teammates Justin Bilyeu, Kent Kobernus, and Matt Polster. For his efforts, Danzy was also named to the Team of the Week for both Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
On Monday, November 17, the tournament brackets were announced. SIUE was slated to meet Northwestern in Evanston, with the winner traveling to play the #15 seed, California.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
It was frigid on the shoreline of Lake Michigan as the Cougars faced #17 Northwestern on a Thursday afternoon. Dal Santo found himself in his first game action since the preseason when Kobernus was injured before the game began. In one more battle where two stalwart defenses repeatedly turned away determined offenses, the Wildcats took more shots, 16–9, but SIUE trailed only 7–8 in shots on goal, with both keepers making several solid saves.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
Following a corner kick, there was a wild flurry of action directly in front of the Cougar's goal in the 61st minute— with multiple Wildcats taking shots and several Cougars trying to clear the ball— lasting a good 10–15 seconds before  the ball went over the end line for a goal kick. In the 81st minute, Hackett drove into the left side of the Northwestern box; the Wildcats blocked his shot and tried to clear; Scheipeter located the loose ball and booted his first goal as a Cougar from five yards out to give SIUE the lead. Over the last nine minutes, Northwestern pushed hard, even bringing their All-Big 10 keeper to midfield, but the Cougars' defense held firm for the victory and the right to return to California for a rematch with #18 California in the second round of the tournament.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
In the return trip to California, SIUE took three of the first four and the last three shots in the game, but Cal, the NCAA's top-scoring team, outshot them for the game, 18–11. After a scoreless first half, the Cougars nearly took the lead in the 63rd minute, but Polster's shot banged off the post. In the 71st minute, Dal Santo deflected a shot for a save, but Sekine fired the rebound into the goal to give the Golden Bears a 1–0 lead that held up for the victory, sending Cal into the round of 16 and ended the Cougars' season.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
When the 2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-Region teams were announced on December 10, Christian Volesky and Mat Polster were both named to the West Region First Team.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
On December 11, Christian Volesky and Mat Polster were among the 55 college Division I players invited to the 2015 adidas MLS Player Combine to showcase their talents to the coaching staffs of all 20 Major League Soccer clubs.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
Mat Polster was named to the 2014 NSCAA Men's University Division Scholar All-America First Team on December 18.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
In Top Drawer Soccer's (TDS) preseason list of the top 100 college soccer players in the nation, Christian Volesky was ranked #41, and Matt Polster was ranked #81. In the TDS MVC Postseason Top 20, Christian Volesky was ranked #1, Matt Polster #2, Andrew Kendall-Moullin #3, Justin Bilyeu #6, Austin Ledbetter #9, Garet Christianson #10, and Paul Scheipeter #15.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
At the 2015 adidas MLS Player Combine, both Christian Volesky and Matt Polster had standout performances, with Volesky being named the Tom Fitzgerald MLS Combine Most Valuable Player.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
On January 15, 2016, MLS held its SuperDraft. Matt Polster was selected by the Chicago Fire as the 7th overall player taken. Christian Volesky was drafted by the Portland Timbers as the 11th pick in the second round and the 32nd pick overall.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Coaches
Scott Donnelly was named as the Cougars' new head coach on  December 6, 2013 following Kevin Kalish's unexpected resignation. Donnelly, former head coach at Division II Mars Hill College had been the Cougars' associate head coach for the previous two seasons after coming to SIUE from the same position at Northern Illinois. Assistants are first year coaches David Korn and  Scott Gyllenborg, seventh year goalkeepers coach Brian Jones, and first year director of operations Billy Berger.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Coaches
On August 10, it was announced that coach Scott Donnelly had suddenly and unexpectedly resigned after being recruited to be the new Technical Advisor for the Northeast region with the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer). Assistants Korn and Jones were named as co-head coaches for the season due to begin play in earnest on August 29.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Roster
Buff background indicates returning players from 2013. Pink background indicates players "redshirted" in 2013.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Schedule & results
Visiting team on the left, home team on the right. Rankings from National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) polls.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team
The 2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team represented Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2014 NCAA Division I softball season. The Cougars, led by twenty-sixth year head coach Sandy Montgomery, played their home games at Cougar Field as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Preseason
With twelve returning players from the 35–13 2013 squad, the Cougars were picked by the coaches and sports information directors of the Ohio Valley Conference to finish first in the West Division.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The season began with tournaments in Louisiana, Arizona, Mississippi, and Florida. Among the sixteen opponents in those tournaments were eight teams that would end their seasons in the NCAA Tournament, including defending national champion Oklahoma. Coach Sandy Montgomery's intent was to challenge her team early in preparation for the conference schedule. The Cougars started slowly, but showed improvement in each successive tournament; losing all four games at LSU, then winning one of five at Arizona State, two of five at Jackson State, and three of five at Central Florida.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
After the tournaments, the Cougars had the full Ohio Valley Conference schedule, games versus three Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) schools, and home-and-home games with St. Louis; a scheduled game against SIU-Carbondale was cancelled due to thunderstorms. The Cougars lost to Missouri State and Northern Iowa, who both ended the season with winning records, but they defeated eventual MVC champion and NCAA tourney entry Bradley. SIUE and SLU split, each winning in the other's ballpark. In non-conference play, the Cougars earned an 8–16 record.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
In the OVC, the Cougars were 10–2 against the East Division. They went 9–3 versus the West after hitting an unexpected bump in the road when losing both games at Murray State. The combined 19–5 conference record was good for first place in the West Division and the #2 seed in the OVC Tournament.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season, Highlights
Sophomore Haley Chambers pitched no-hit games against Tennessee Tech and Southeast Missouri State, the second and third of her SIUE career.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season, Highlights
Coach Sandy Montgomery won her 900th game as the Cougars' head coach in the win over St. Louis.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season, Highlights
Four Cougars were named to the All–Ohio Valley Conference teams:


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season, Highlights
Haley Chambers was named second team All-Mideast Region by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
The Cougars entered the double-elimination Ohio Valley Conference at Jacksonville State's University Field as the #2 seed.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
After defeating Tennessee Tech and Eastern Illinois, the Cougars awaited an opponent for the finals. Continued thunderstorms eventually forced the conference to shorten the semifinals and finals to a single-elimination format. Murray State emerged from the loser's bracket, and the SIUE women dispatched them 12–1 in five innings, earning the OVC's entry in the NCAA national tournament.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
Haley Chambers not only pitched all three games, striking out 27 in 20 innings, she also drove in the winning run in the Cougars' first game with a home run. She was named the tournament's MVP. Chambers, third baseman Alex McDavid, first baseman Kayla Riggs, and shortstop Chelsea Yankolovich also all selected to the All-Tournament team.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
The Cougars were the first SIUE team to qualify for NCAA post-season play since the university made the transition to Division I.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
Of the sixteen regional tournaments, only Tuscaloosa, Alabama had three of the top 25 ranked teams, and that was the Cougars' tournament destination, as the only unranked team.


2014 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
SIUE was game versus host Alabama, 5th ranked and the #2 national seed, but fell to the eventual national runner-up Crimson Tide 13–4 in five innings. In the losers' bracket, the Cougars faced 22nd ranked South Alabama in a game that was close until the Jaguars claimed the victory with a three-run seventh-inning home run.


2014 SJK season
The 2014 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 7th competitive season, and first season in the Veikkausliiga.


2014 SJK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SJK season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SJK season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SJK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SJK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SJK season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SJK season, Competitions, Veikkausliiga
The 2014 Veikkausliiga season began on April 12, 2015 and ended on October 25th 2015. Veikkausliiga takes place in the spring to autumn season, due to harsh winter weather conditions in Finland.


2014 SK Brann season
The 2014 season is Brann's 28th season in the Tippeligaen since their promotion in 1987, and their first season with Rikard Norling as manager. Brann will compete in the Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.


2014 SK Brann season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SK Brann season, Squad, On Loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SK Brann season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SK Brann season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SK Brann season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SK Brann season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 SMT Shipping Topklasse
The 2014 SMT Shipping Topklasse cricket season is contested between eight teams playing in one single division. The competition will take place in two phases. In Phase I the teams will play an entire competition meeting each other two times while in phase II the top four and the bottom four will meet each other one time during a half competition. The competition will end with a "best out of three" final.


2014 SMT Shipping Topklasse
As a result of the 2013 competition, VOC Rotterdam has been promoted from Hoofdklasse (Dutch 2nd level cricket division) while HBS Craeyenhout has been relegated.


2014 SMT Shipping Topklasse, Teams
A total of 8 teams are taking part in the league


2014 SMU Mustangs football team
The 2014 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach June Jones for two games and interim head coach Tom Mason for the remainder of the season. They played their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas, an enclave of Dallas and were members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in AAC play to finish in last place.


2014 SMU Mustangs football team
After an 0–2 start to the season, head coach June Jones resigned on September 8, citing "personal issues". He finished with a record of 36–43 in just over six seasons. Defensive coordinator Tom Mason led the Mustangs for the remainder of the season. Mason was not retained at the end of the season.


2014 SR349
2014 SR349 is a trans-Neptunian object and scattered disc object in the outermost part of the Solar System. It was first observed on 19 September 2014 by astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo at Cerro Tololo Observatory, Chile, and revealed on 29 August 2016. It currently has a magnitude of 24.18.


2014 SS349
2014 SS349 is an extreme trans-Neptunian and scattered disc object from the outermost regions of the Solar System, approximately 134 kilometers in diameter.


2014 SS349, Description
2014 SS349 was first observed on 22 September 2014, by astronomers at the Cerro Tololo Observatory near La Serena, Chile.


2014 SS349, Description
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 45.4–241.5 AU once every 1718 years and 7 months (627,720 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.68 and an inclination of 48° with respect to the ecliptic.


2014 SS349, Description
Based on an absolute magnitude of approximately 7.6 and an assumed albedo of 0.09, the Johnston's Archive calculated a mean-diameter of 134 kilometers.


2014 ST373
2014 ST373 (prov. designation: 2014 ST373) is a trans-Neptunian object and a detached object from the outermost region of the Solar System. With a perihelion of 50.2 AU, it belongs to the top 10 minor planets with the highest known perihelia of our Solar System. and is neither a scattered disc nor an extreme trans-Neptunian object. It measures approximately 370 kilometers (230 miles) in diameter and was first observed on 25 September 2014, by astronomers using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.


2014 ST373, Orbit and classification
2014 ST373 orbits the Sun at a distance of 50.2–158.9 AU once every 1069 years; semi-major axis of 104.53 AU. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.52 and an inclination of 43.16° with respect to the ecliptic.


2014 ST373, Orbit and classification
2014 ST373 is a distant minor planet and trans-Neptunian object (TNO) beyond the orbit of Neptune and the Kuiper cliff. As of February 2020, it has the 8th highest perihelia of all known minor planets. Based on a still sufficiently determined perihelion a of 50.2 AU, it is not a member of the scattered disc population, as these objects are thought to have been ejected from the classical Kuiper belt into their current orbits by gravitational interactions with Neptune (semi-major axis of 30.1 AU), and typically have highly eccentric orbits and perihelia of less than 38 AU. 2014 ST373's orbit, however, has never brought it close enough to Neptune to be gravitational disturbed.


2014 ST373, Orbit and classification
On the other hand, this TNO is not an extreme trans-Neptunian object as these objects generally have higher perihelia and/or higher eccentricities. Instead, it is located in a virtually unpopulated region at a perihelion of 50 AU and an eccentricity of 0.5 (see adjunct images, where the grid crosses at q=50 AU and e=0.5)


2014 ST373, Orbit and classification
The Kozai mechanism is capable of transferring orbital eccentricity to a higher inclination. It can be speculated that this dynamical phenomenon also affected the orbit of 2014 ST373. If this was the case, and the object had once belonged to the extreme detached disc objects – which have eccentricities above 0.8 and semi-major axes of at least 250 AU, for a perihelion of 50 AU – the Kozai effect would have slowly decreased 2014 ST373's aphelion from over 450 AU to currently 159 AU while increasing its inclination. 2014 ST373 seems to belong to the same group as 2004 XR190.


2014 ST373, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
Based on an absolute magnitude of 5.4, and an assumed astronomical albedo of 0.9, which is a standard default value adopted for trans-Neptunian objects by Johnston's archive, 2014 ST373 measures approximately 370 kilometers (230 miles) in diameter. The body's color, rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.


2014 STP 500
The 2014 STP 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on March 30, 2014, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.526 miles (0.847 km) oval, it was the sixth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kurt Busch won the race, his first win with Stewart-Haas Racing, breaking an 83-race winless streak. Jimmie Johnson finished second, while Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Joey Logano, and Marcos Ambrose rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Austin Dillon (15th), Justin Allgaier (23rd), and Kyle Larson (27th).


2014 STP 500, Previous week's race
On the final lap of the Auto Club 400, Kyle Busch passed his brother Kurt Busch and held off a hard charging rookie Kyle Larson to win the race. "Holy cow, what do you expect when you have a green-white-checkered finish and everyone comes down pit road to put on four tires," Busch said. "That's a Days of Thunder thing right there. What do you mean, there's two laps to go, everybody is to pit, Cole. I came off the fourth turn in disbelief that we won this thing, because we were mediocre all day.


2014 STP 500, Previous week's race
It was really weird for us, not a race that we're typically used to. But now there's a load off your shoulders that you can go out the rest of the season and race the way you want to." After winning his first Nationwide Series race the previous day, Larson stated that it had "been a really good weekend" and that he had been battling "probably a 12th place car for most of the day".


2014 STP 500, Report, Background
The track, Martinsville Speedway, is a four-turn short track that is 0.526 miles (0.847 km) long. The track's turns are banked at eleven degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has a zero degree banking. Like the front stretch, the backstraightaway also doesn't have a banked surface. The race consisted of 500 laps, equivalent to a race distance of 263 miles (423 km). The defending race winner was Jimmie Johnson.


2014 STP 500, Report, Entry list
The entry list for the STP 500 was released on Monday, March 24 at 9:03 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-four drivers were entered for the race.


2014 STP 500, Practice
Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the first and ultimately, only practice session of the weekend with a time of 18.932 and a speed of 100.021 mph (160.968 km/h).


2014 STP 500, Qualifying
Kyle Busch won the pole with a time of 18.998 and a speed of 99.674 mph (160.410 km/h). Busch felt that his car seemed "to be working well right now, whatever is working" but felt that he had "to be a little bit faster. There's still some speed to be gained and some consistency throughout races as well keeping speed throughout a run. There's room for improvement still". David Reutimann failed to qualify for the race. Rain washed out the two other practice sessions that were due to be held the day before the race.


2014 STP 500, Race, First half, Start
The race began at 1:13 p.m. Eastern time with Kyle Busch leading the field to the green flag from the outside line on the initial start. With the tight confines of Martinsville, it did not take long for the first caution of the race to wave. It flew on lap 2 after Parker Kligerman hit the back of Martin Truex, Jr. and spun out in turn 3. A number of cars towards the back were on pit road for damage sustained in a classic Martinsville accordion effect.


2014 STP 500, Race, First half, Start
The race restarted on lap 11, before Matt Kenseth took the lead on lap 17. Jimmie Johnson took the lead on lap 21 and held the lead to the competition caution on lap 41 due to overnight rain. Travis Kvapil stayed out to lead a lap before giving the lead back to Johnson. Brad Keselowski was exiting pit road when he collided with Kasey Kahne who was entering. The bulk of the damage came when Kurt Busch clipped the right side of Keselowski's car. He was forced to take his car to the garage. Keselowski felt that Busch "just accelerated and drove through us, absolutely drove through us" and that he was "tired of his recklessness".


2014 STP 500, Race, First half, Tempers flaring
The race restarted on lap 48, with Kenseth retaking the lead on lap 56. Kyle Busch took back the lead on lap 59, before the lead cycled to Joey Logano on lap 65, and back to Johnson on lap 82. Keselowski returned to the track for a payback move at Kurt Busch; he gave out the middle finger until Kurt Busch bumped him out of the way. Keselowski's car ultimately left a tire mark on the left side of Kurt Busch's car.


2014 STP 500, Race, First half, Tempers flaring
After the race, Kurt Busch stated that he had "steered right to go around Brad and he clobbers our left-side door" and later described Keselowski's move as "punk-ass" and that he "will get what he gets back when I decide to give it back". The two drivers battled for 17 laps in total. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. wheel-hopped the curb in turn 1 trying to avoid ramming Kurt Busch and scraped the wall, which brought out the third caution of the race on lap 103. Matt Kenseth beat Jimmie Johnson off pit road to take the lead for the restart, on lap 110.


2014 STP 500, Race, First half, Cautions breed cautions
Logano took back the lead on lap 111, before the fourth caution of the race flew on lap 114 after Kvapil clipped Michael Annett going into turn 3, with the incident also involving David Gilliland. From the restart at lap 120, Logano maintained the lead until lap 133, when Johnson returned to the head of the race. Greg Biffle became the race's next leader on lap 155, and held the lead until the fifth caution of the race flew on lap 170 after Casey Mears got tapped by Gilliland in turn 1 and sent him spinning.


2014 STP 500, Race, First half, Cautions breed cautions
Marcos Ambrose beat Biffle off pit road to take the lead for the restart on lap 179. Ambrose led until on lap 195 when Kenseth passed him. The sixth caution of the race flew on lap 200 after Dale Earnhardt, Jr. tapped Jamie McMurray in turn 2 and sent his car into the wall. Kenseth led the field to the restart on lap 208, before Johnson returned to the lead on lap 213.


2014 STP 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The seventh caution of the race flew on lap 219 after Alex Bowman got hit in the rear by Gilliland and rear-ended the wall in turn 4. Earnhardt, Jr. stayed out on track while others pitted for tires, and thus took the lead for the restart, on lap 226. A short green-flag run followed before debris in turn 1 brought out the eighth caution of the race on lap 231. Kevin Harvick's run of mechanical mishaps continued when he was forced to pit because of a broken rear-end chain.


2014 STP 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
Earnhardt, Jr. still led the field for the restart on lap 238, before Kurt Busch took the lead on lap 243. Johnson returned to the front on lap 245, before the ninth caution of the race flew at the halfway mark, after Ryan Truex was sent spinning into the turn 4 wall. Harvick stayed out to lead a lap before pitting and the lead cycled back to Kenseth for the restart, on lap 258.


2014 STP 500, Race, Second half, Closing stages
Earnhardt, Jr. took back the lead on lap 260, before Johnson (lap 265) and Clint Bowyer (lap 284) both went to the head of the race. Johnson retook the lead on lap 288, and held the top spot until the next caution, the 10th, flew on lap 315 after Joe Nemechek hit the wall in turn 4. The race restarted on lap 323, and Johnson stayed out front until the 11th caution of the race flew on lap 340 after Kyle Larson got loose and spun out exiting turn 2.


2014 STP 500, Race, Second half, Closing stages
The race restarted on lap 347, with Bowyer and Johnson swapping the lead before a piece of debris brought out the 12th caution of the race on lap 349. Johnson maintained the lead from the restart on lap 358 to the 13th caution of the race, which flew with 90 laps to go after Martin Truex, Jr. got turned by Keselowski in turn 2.


2014 STP 500, Race, Second half, Closing stages
The race restarted with 83 laps to go, with Johnson leading until 51 laps to go, when Bowyer assumed the lead. The 14th caution of the race flew with 42 laps to go after Carl Edwards got loose and spun out in turn 2. Bowyer and Johnson swapped the lead on pit road, as Johnson won the race off to take the lead. The race restarted with 35 laps to go, and was passed by Kurt Busch 7 laps later.


2014 STP 500, Race, Second half, Closing stages
Johnson had another spell out front with 18 laps to go, but Kurt Busch took the lead back with 11 laps to go and held off Johnson to end his 83-race winless streak, and achieved his 25th career victory. Busch stated that he "didn't know if we'd be able to do it, you know?


2014 STP 500, Race, Second half, Closing stages
The 48 car is king here, him or the 24", and that he had "been on this journey for a while and every time you come to Martinsville, you just kind of draw a line through it like there's no way I'll be able to challenge those Hendrick guys or be up in the top 10. This Stewart-Haas team gave me a car to do it." Johnson, who led 296 laps, stated that his car was "so on edge slipping and sliding" and that a "lack of security in our own car kept us from feeling more racy and putting a bumper to someone or really getting inside someone aggressively".


2014 SV349
2014 SV349 is a large trans-Neptunian object from the scattered disc located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It is one of the most distant objects from the Sun at 60.5 AU. The object is a dwarf planet candidate and measures approximately 423 kilometers (260 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 19 September 2014, by American astronomer Scott Sheppard at the Cerro Tololo Observatory, Chile, and was provisionally designated 2014 SV349.


2014 SV349, Orbit and classification
This minor planet orbits the Sun at a distance of 35.0–88.4 AU once every 484 years and 10 months (177,075 days; semi-major axis of 61.71 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.43 and an inclination of 18° with respect to the ecliptic.


2014 SV349, Orbit and classification
It is classified as a scattered disc object, or "near-scattered" object in the classification of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, that still gravitationally interacts with Neptune (30.1 AU) due to its relatively low perihelion of 35.0 AU, contrary to the extended-scattered/detached objects and sednoids which never approach Neptune as close.


2014 SV349, Orbit and classification, Most distant objects from the Sun
2014 SV349 is moving closer to the Sun and will come to perihelion in 2106. As of 2021, it is at 60.5 AU from the Sun, which makes it one of the most distant objects in the Solar System.


2014 SV349, Physical characteristics
Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2014 SV349 measures approximately 423 kilometers (260 miles) in diameter, for an assumed albedo of 0.9 and an magnitude of 5.1. Mike Brown considers this object to be a likely dwarf planet candidate ("probably") estimating a mean-diameter of 449 km (280 mi). As of 2021, no rotational lightcurve for this object has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.


2014 SVL season
The 2014 Shakey's V-League (SVL) season was the eleventh season of the Shakey's V-League. There were three indoor conferences for this season.


2014 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 11–15 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.


2014 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Ten teams participated in the 2014 tournament. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Grambling State, Mississippi Valley State, and Southern University each received one-year postseason bans in men's basketball, thus were not allowed to participate in the 2014 SWAC Tournament, due to failing to meet the NCAA's APR requirements.


2014 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
On March 1, 2014, the NCAA Selection Committee announced that the SWAC received a special exemption from the NCAA men's basketball selection committee to adjust which team earns its automatic berth to the tournament, All four ineligible teams will be allowed to play in the tourney due to only six teams being eligible. If one of the four ineligible teams wins the tournament, the team among the six eligible teams that advances the furthest in the tournament will receive the NCAA tournament bid.


2014 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
In the event of a tie (for example, all tournament-eligible teams are eliminated in the same round), the automatic berths will go to the highest-seeded team. With all four ineligible teams being eliminated in the quarterfinals or before, this contingency was rendered moot, and the tournament winner received an automatic berth after all.


2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament will take place March 11–15, 2014 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The tournament champion will receive the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.


2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
All 10 teams were eligible and able to compete in the 2014 Women's Basketball Tournament, unlike the men's bracket where only 6-teams were eligible until the SWAC adjusted the league's postseason ban. Seeds 1-6 received a bye into the quarterfinals. Rather than use the traditional 10-team scheduling format, where one full day was devoted to men's quarterfinals and the other to the women's quarterfinals, the SWAC decided to protect their top 2-seeds by giving them days off between matches. The tournament began with two quarterfinals on Tuesday featuring 7/10 and 8/9.


2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
The winner of these two matches moved on to play the 1 (vs. 8/9) and 2 (vs. 7/10) seeds on Wednesday. The 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 matches didn't take place until Thursday. The quarterfinal winners would meet in the semifinals on Friday, and the championship game took place on Saturday. The championship game aired live on ESPN3 and then aired tape delayed on ESPNU Sunday.


2014 Sacramento Challenger
The 2014 Sacramento Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sacramento, United States between 29 September and 5 October 2014.


2014 Sacramento Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Sacramento Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry as a special exemption into the singles main draw:


2014 Sacramento Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2014 Sacramento Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry with a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2014 Sacramento Challenger – Doubles
John-Patrick Smith and Matt Reid were the defending champions, however they chose not to participate with each other. Smith partners Adam Hubble, whilst Reid partners Jose Statham.


2014 Sacramento Challenger – Doubles
Adam Hubble and John-Patrick Smith won the title by defeating Peter Polansky and Adil Shamasdin 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2014 Sacramento Challenger – Singles
Donald Young was the defending champion but chose to play in the Japan Open instead.


2014 Sacramento Challenger – Singles
Sam Querrey won the title by defeating Stefan Kozlov 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2014 Sacramento Republic FC season
The 2014 Sacramento Republic FC season was the club's inaugural season of existence. The club played in USL Pro, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. The season began March 29 and concluded on September 6. The Republic won the USL Pro Championship, defeating the Harrisburg City Islanders 2–0.


2014 Sacramento Republic FC season, Background
On December 3, 2012, USL Pro announced that a Sacramento expansion team would join the league for the 2014 season. On July 15, 2013, Predrag "Preki" Radosavljević was announced as head coach of the new franchise. The official name of the team and team shield were decided by fan vote. On July 18, 2013, the franchise officially announced the team name Sacramento Republic FC during the first annual Sacramento Soccer Day.


2014 Sacramento Republic FC season, Background
While the club always had plans to build a permanent stadium for home matches, an agreement was made between the Republic and Sacramento City College which would allow the Republic to use Hughes Stadium as their home pitch until a permanent home could be established. On November 14, 2013, the club announced that they'd reached an agreement with Ovation Food Service and Cal Expo to build an 8,000 seat, soccer-specific stadium on the site of the California State Fair. Later, the club announced a naming deal with local Sacramento company Bonney Plumbing Heating and Air which would formally change the stadium's name to Bonney Field.


2014 Sacramento Republic FC season, Background
The 2014 USL Pro season started March 22, with the Republic playing its first match on March 29 away to LA Galaxy II, ending in a 1–1 draw. Their first home game wasn't until nearly a month later, when they took on Harrisburg City Islanders in a 2–1 loss at Hughes Stadium.


2014 Sacramento Republic FC season, Background
Throughout the course of the 2014 season, the Republic regularly hosted sold-out crowds. At their first home game, the Republic smashed the existing regular season single game attendance record (previously held by Orlando City FC and set on August 11, 2013, with a total of 10,697 in attendance) during their first home match with a total of 20,231 in attendance. The Republic would meet this figure, selling out the stadium, in all but one of their games at Hughes.


2014 Sacramento Republic FC season, Club, Roster
As of August 20, 2014. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Sacramento Republic FC season, Competitions, USL Pro
All times from this point on Pacific Daylight Saving Time (UTC−07:00)


2014 Sacramento State Hornets football team
The 2014 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Jody Sears and played their home games at Hornet Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in seventh place.


2014 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Schedule
Despite Weber State also being a member of the Big Sky, their September 13 meeting is considered a non-conference game


2014 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
The 2014 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mark Nofri. They played their home games at Campus Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). They finished the season 9–3 overall and 5–1 in NEC play to share the conference championship with Wagner. They received the NEC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Fordham.


2014 Safeway Championship
The 2014 Safeway Championship, Manitoba's provincial men's curling championship, was held from January 29 to February 2 at the MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The winning Jeff Stoughton team represented Manitoba at the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops, British Columbia.


2014 Safeway Championship, Draw
32 team double knockout with playoff roundFour teams qualify each from A Event and B Event


2014 Saginaw Sting season
The 2014 Saginaw Sting season was the sixth season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.


2014 Saginaw Sting season
In June 2013, the Sting agreed to terms with the CIFL to return for the 2014 season. The Sting won their first eighth game of the season to advance to 8-0, but during that game the Sting lost quarterback A. J. McKenna to injury. The following week the team lost 2013 league MVP, C. J. Tarver to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The loss of those two key players became noticeable when the Sting lost their final regular season game to finish 9-1.


2014 Saginaw Sting season
Just one day before the Sting's first playoff game, head coach Fred Townsead announced his resignation. Line Coach James Perry II was named the teams interim head coach. The Sting were upset in the first round of the playoffs, 46-15, by the same team that had defeated them in the previous year's championship, the Erie Explosion.


2014 Saharanpur riots
The 2014 Saharanpur Riots occurred on 25 July 2014 in the city of Saharanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. The riots occurred between Muslims, led by Muharram Ali Pappu, and Sikhs, led by Shri Guru Singh Sabha, over a territory and religious differences. Three people were killed and several were injured. The ruling Samajwadi Party alleged that it was an act of RSS, the BJP blamed ISI and the UP police allege that the riot was well planned to divide members of the two minority communities. In February 2020, Muslims relinquished their claim to disputed Saharanpur territory as a gesture of gratitude to Sikhs.


2014 Saharanpur riots, Cause
The root of clashes is a land dispute between former MLA Moharram Ali aka Pappu Ali and Gurudwara Singh Sabha in Kutubsher area. The land is adjacent to the gurdwara near the railway station, of which both groups claims ownership. On 25 July, members of the gurdwara flagged off the construction to expand the gurdwara premises, and clashes broke out the next day.


2014 Saharanpur riots, Cause
The gurdwara management had purchased land 15 years ago, but Pappu claims that the land belongs to the mosque and Wakf board and there cannot be construction without their permission. A petition was filed in the civil court 10 years previously by Moharram Ali Pappu in the civil court, stating that the land belonged to the mosque. The Hindustan Times wrote on July 30, 2014, that three years ago some members of the local gurdwara committee met Pappu to settle the land row. Money was also offered to him but the deal fell through. One Abdul Wahab had challenged the gurdwara’s claim over the land and told the court he had done so at the behest of Pappu.


2014 Saharanpur riots, Cause
In May 2013, additional district judge passed an order stating that land belonged to the gurdwara.


2014 Saharanpur riots, Clashes and security
On 26 July, Muslims supporting Pappu came together from Saharanpur, Moradabad and Muzaffarnagar, and attacked members of Gurdwara Singh Sabha using guns and swords. Members responded to them by pelting with stones. The fighting led to the death of three people (1 Hindu and 2 Muslims) and left 33 injured. Shops of other Sikhs were set on fire. A curfew was imposed by the district administration and shoot-at-sight orders were given. Police arrested more than 60 people. The state transport cancelled all 569 buses which pass or terminate at Saharanpur. Forces including PAC, CRPF, RAF and ITBP are deployed in the troubled areas.


2014 Saharanpur riots, Accusations
The main accused, Muharram Ali Pappu, was arrested on 30 July 2014 and booked under the National Security Act. Pappu is a former councillor of Saharanpur Municipal Corporation and has a criminal record. The police have registered a case against him and 66 others and charged 75 cases against them. The three killed were identified as Sarfaraz, Arif and Harish Goojar.


2014 Saharanpur riots, Accusations
Moharram Ali Pappu had filed a petition in the court against the construction. Prabhjit Singh, a member of Shri Guru Singh Sabha, said that Pappu demanded 25 lakh for an out-of-court settlement, to which they did not agree.


2014 Saint Francis Cougars football team
The 2014 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2014 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 17th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished 3rd in the MSFA MEL division and, for only the third time in the team's history, did not participate in the postseason NAIA playoffs.


2014 Saint Francis Red Flash football team
The 2014 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Chris Villarrial and played their home games at DeGol Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–3 in NEC play to finish in fourth place.


2014 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team
The 2014 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team represented Saint Louis University during the 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the university's 56th season fielding a varsity soccer team, and the team's 28th season playing in the Atlantic 10 Conference.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack
The 2014 Saint Jean sur Richelieu ramming attack was a terror car ramming that occurred in Quebec on October 20, 2014. Two Canadian Forces members were hit by a lone wolf terrorist, Martin Couture-Rouleau. Warrant officer Patrice Vincent died from injuries, while another soldier was injured, but survived. The RCMP and the Government of Canada has characterized the homicide as a terrorist act by an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-inspired terrorist.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Attack and pursuit
On October 20, 2014, Martin Couture-Rouleau deliberately rammed a car into a pair of Canadian Armed Forces soldiers in a shopping centre parking lot in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada, at 11:30 a.m. ET. He had been seen sitting in his car and watching for over two hours before the attack. A police chase ensued. The Toronto Sun reported that the suspect called 911 during the chase to say that he carried out his acts in the name of Allah.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Attack and pursuit
The chase ended when Martin Couture-Rouleau lost control of his car, rolling it into a ditch and onto its roof. A witness said that a spike belt was deployed. According to witnesses, Couture-Rouleau exited the car and charged a female police officer with a knife. Police shot him up to seven times and he was pronounced dead that evening in hospital. A large knife was seen stuck in the ground according to eyewitnesses.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Attack and pursuit
There were two victims. Warrant officer Patrice Vincent (53) died in hospital the next day while another unnamed soldier sustained non-life-threatening injures. One of the soldiers was in uniform and one was not.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Attack and pursuit
A statement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper indicated that government and police officials linked the attack to terrorism.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Victims
Warrant officer Patrice Vincent, 53, had served in the military for 28 years and was considering retiring to become a cabinet maker. He had previously served as a refrigeration and mechanical technician engineer as well as a military firefighter. Vincent's funeral was held on November 1, 2014.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Victims
A second Canadian Forces member was injured in the attack.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Perpetrator
Martin Couture-Rouleau (died October 20, 2014, age 25) was a francophone Canadian living with his parents in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu at the time of the attack. He was separated from his partner and their young child. Couture-Rouleau had converted to Islam in the previous year, and was praying at a mosque "regularly." He had owned a small power-washing business that failed.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Perpetrator
Legal documents show Couture-Rouleau became a Muslim convert in 2013 and started to refer to himself as Ahmad LeConverti (Ahmad the Converted). Facebook activity and a CBC interview show that he had become a supporter of ISIL. He posted images and links that were anti-American foreign policy, and links to anti-Semitic YouTube videos. Global reported Facebook posts in both English and French about Allah and graphic posters with references to Islam's superiority over Christianity.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Perpetrator
A Facebook friend who corresponded with Couture-Rouleau said, "So he was really mad that Canada actually supported the American bombing of [ISIS] in Syria and Iraq so I think that was the main motive in killing that Canadian soldier." Another told Radio-Canada that Couture-Rouleau spent hours on the internet and devoured jihadist literature, and that Couture-Rouleau dreamed of dying as a martyr.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Perpetrator
According to information Radio-Canada obtained, he had convinced at least four or five people in his circle of friends to convert to Islam, but the friend said that Couture-Rouleau got carried away with an extreme interpretation of the Qur'an. A friend said he was obsessed with practicing his new religion and trying to convert his friends.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Perpetrator
The RCMP became aware of Couture-Rouleau after a relative alerted police to the man's terrorist leanings. He wanted to travel to Iraq to fight with ISIL the summer before he perpetrated the attack in Quebec. His Canadian passport was revoked in June 2014 over concerns that he had "become radicalized after converting to Islam." RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson confirmed he was one of 90 Canadians under surveillance by the RCMP because they were suspected of wanting to join terrorist organizations.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Responses
The Conservative government immediately labelled the act as a terrorist attack. According to Steven Blaney, Canadian Minister of Public Safety, the attack was "clearly linked to terrorist ideology." The Prime Minister's office released a statement that said in part "The individual who struck the two CAF members with his car is known to federal authorities, including the Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (the Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams are an anti-terrorism police unit). Federal authorities have confirmed that there are clear indications that the individual had become radicalized."


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Responses
After the 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave a nationally televised address in which he said "Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent... was killed earlier this week by an ISIL-inspired terrorist" and "this week's events are a grim reminder that Canada is not immune to the types of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere around the world.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Responses
We are also reminded that attacks on our security personnel and on our institutions of governance are by their very nature, attacks on our country, on our values, on our society, on us Canadians as a free and democratic people who embrace human dignity for all." Conservative MP Erin O'Toole said on Power Play that he stands behind the terrorist act label, both in the case of Zehaf-Bibeau and Martin Couture-Rouleau. "Warrant Officer Vincent and Nathan Cirillo weren't attacked for who they were, they were attacked for what their uniform represented, so inherently that's terrorism."


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Responses
Rouleau's next-door neighbour said, "Mr. Rouleau's father, Gilles, is a peaceful man who tried to help his troubled son. She said Mr. Rouleau had been "brainwashed" by online radicals. "I don't think it's a terrorist act," she said. "He needed help. We could see that he needed psychiatric help." "To convert to a new religion and to adopt such violent, radical ideology suggests that he was influenced by others, in person or online," said Wagdy Loza, head of the Canadian Psychological Association's extremism and terrorism section.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Responses
In an article on The Daily Beast website, Jacob Siegel equated both Couture-Rouleau and Zehaf-Bibeau, "the killers who brought terror to Canada this week", with the 2014 New York City hatchet attacker, saying "like the killers who brought terror to Canada this week, the New York attacker is being called a "lone wolf", meaning he acted essentially on his own, [Couture-Rouleau and Zehab-Bibeau] seem custom made for the stray dog profile, and the kind of terrorist the West could be seeing a lot more of in the future". He cites a paper by Brian Michael Jenkins of the RAND Corporation. Jenkins described them as "stray dogs," rather than lone wolves, characterizing them as "misfits" who are "who are moved from seething anger to spontaneous deadly action" by exposure to Islamist propaganda.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Media reactions
Commentators have cited the attacks against Canadian soldiers in Quebec and Ottawa while arguing against Canadian Government changes to anti-terrorism legislation, although the legislation was prepared long before the attacks occurred and is not in response specifically to the two attacks.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Media reactions
James Baxter, editor-in-chief of ipolitics.ca, an Ottawa political zine, said "the government is exploiting two isolated murders to push through sweeping new surveillance powers" and pointed out "the would-be 'terrorists' involved were armed only with a car and a vintage hunting rifle".


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Media reactions
Andre Picard, in an opinion piece for The Globe and Mail, acknowledged the Couture-Rouleau and Zehaf-Bibeau were both attracted to radical elements in Islam, and dismissed arguments that mental illness caused their actions.


2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Media reactions
Vincent and Nathan Cirillo, the victim in the Ottawa shootings, were jointly named the Canadian Newsmakers of the Year by the Canadian Press.


2014 Salford City Council election
The 2014 Salford City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2014 Salford Red Devils season
This article details the Salford Red Devils rugby league football club's 2014 season. This is the 19th season of the Super League era. This will also be the 1st season that they have played under the Red Devils name.


2014 Salina Bombers season
The 2014 Salina Bombers season was the team's second season as a professional indoor football franchise and second as a member of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League. One of nine teams in the CPIFL for the league's final season, the Salina Bombers were owned by Chris Vercher. The Bombers played their home games at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas, under the direction of three head coaches in 2014. Coach Bob Frey began the year before stepping down and was succeeded by Eric Clayton. Clayton resigned and was replaced by Bob Ray.


2014 Salina Bombers season, Season summary
In 2014, the Bombers finished the regular season with a record of 8-4, good enough for 3rd place in the final CPIFL standings. They were defeated 66-37 by the Sioux City Bandits at the Tyson Events Center in the first round of the post-season. Standout players this season included defensive linebacker Meshak Williams who claimed both Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors from the CPIFL.


2014 Salina Bombers season, Off-field moves
After the 2014 season ended, the Champions Professional Indoor Football League announced it was merging with teams from other leagues to form a new league, Champions Indoor Football.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on February 2, 2014, with a second round held on March 9 since no candidate won an outright majority. The primary candidates were Vice-President Salvador Sánchez Cerén of the FMLN, San Salvador Mayor Norman Quijano of ARENA, and Former President Antonio "Tony" Saca. Saca represented GANA, the National Conciliation Party, and the Christian Democratic Party in the UNIDAD coalition. Incumbent President Mauricio Funes is ineligible to run for a consecutive second term. Sánchez Cerén and Quijano emerged as the contestants in the runoff held on March 9 in which Sánchez Cerén was declared the victor.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Background
On October 22, 2012, the Supreme Electoral Tribune increased the total number of voting centers and assigned eligible voters to the voting center closest to their address. Previously, eligible voters were assigned to municipal voting centers alphabetically, forcing some to travel longer distances to vote. The 2014 presidential election will be the first election to follow such rules.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Background
On January 24, 2013, the Legislative Assembly passed legislation to allow Salvadorans living abroad to vote in all future elections. 92% of Salvadorans living abroad are based in the United States and Canada. According to the Supreme Electoral Tribune, there are 200,000 Salvadorans living internationally who are eligible to vote. The FMLN's presidential candidate Salvador Sanchez Cerén visited southern California to meet with Salvadoran Americans and tour their communities in August 2013.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Background
In regards to the high crime rate, there has been a two-year-old truce between the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18 gangs that has halved the murder rate. Likewise, the 2012 Salvadoran legislative and local elections resulted in a strong showing for the opposition ARENA party due to the rising crime rates.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Candidates
The FMLN fielded former rebel during the civil war, Salvador Sánchez Cerén as the party's candidate. ARENA fielded Norman Quijano as its candidate. UNITY fielded former president Antonio Saca with an announcement in February 2013 that had the backing of the Christian Democratic Party, and the National Conciliation Party.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Candidates, Legal recourse
On July 31, 2013, a professor from the National University of El Salvador presented an argument to the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of a former president's candidacy. The legal language regarding second terms is unclear as the constitution prohibits two consecutive terms, but has been described as "murky" on plural non-consecutive terms. Saca claims that this is an attempt for the FMLN and ARENA to exclude him from the presidential election. On September 6, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled that only party flags, not candidates faces, will appear on the ballot in the presidential election. Saca, as former president, is widely recognized by Salvadorans, but his Unity coalition is not. He provided polling evidence to back his claim. Due to the court ruling, Unity has proposed putting Saca's face on their party flag.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Campaign
Quijano said that he would deploy the army to fight street gangs amidst elevated crime in El Salvador. Sanchez Ceren, on the other hand, said he would forge a political pact in order to pass reforms through a divided Congress that would tackle crime and anemic economic growth. He further said that he would tackle tax evasion and loopholes while also introducing tax incentives for investment in such industries as energy, renovating San Salvador's Comalapa International Airport and improve port facilities. He also said that he would seek to join Petrocaribe.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Campaign, FMLN
Sánchez Cerén and Ortíz have stated that the "three pillars" of their program is employment, security, and education. In developing this program, the candidates received proposals from representatives of various sectors of society. They have argued that to achieve higher levels of employment these requires expanding public-private partnerships, sponsoring a public development bank, and promoting important industries. In regards to education, the candidates have promised more free food for children in school, a policy of "one child, one computer," and bilingual education. Sánchez Cerén has announced plans for the nation's first "digital university" and increased transportation funding around universities. To address the problems of crime and security, the candidates have proposed increasing funding for new police technologies, promoting campaigns against drug abuse, creating education rehabilitation centers for those convicted of minor offenses and drug crimes, and training community peace officers.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Campaign, FMLN
Sánchez Cerén was invited as a closing speaker to the FMLN's "Winter Cultural Dialogues," in which he expressed solidarity with the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. He expressed a desire for an alternative development models, such as the types seen in nations with left-wing governments in South America. The notion of "buen vivir," or "living well," was prominent in his political discussion. He said, "Living Well is a current of ideas, of values, of social proposals and policies that runs through Latin America, that tells us it is possible to live in a society governed by equality and fraternity." He stated he would have the nation join Petrocaribe, a multi-national oil alliance that purchases oil from Venezuela, which would allow the nation to buy oil at 60% its current costs, thus freeing up to $640 million to fund social investments proposals.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Campaign, FMLN
Sánchez Cerén has proposed the creation of a Ministry of Women. He has stated a plan for more maternity hospitals, domestic violence shelters, and expanding the Centros Ciudad Mujer, translated as "City of Women Centers," which provides services and healthcare to women.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Campaign, ARENA
Quijano has primarily focused on reforming the economy for higher employment and stronger economic growth. He proposes to encourage the financing of small businesses and to help them make stronger returns. He wants legal reforms in the labor market to provide more mobility and flexibility for youth. Also, he has promoted laws for equal pay for women. He desires to see the government invest through public-private partnerships in building ports, airports, irrigation systems, railways, and highways to encourage intranational and international. He has proposed reforming the Ministry of Agriculture to provide more funding to farmers, help establish new farming technologies, facilitating the marketing of their products on the global market, and create a "true agro-export industry."


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Campaign, UNITY
On October 14, UNITY presidential candidate Antonio Saca selected former ARENA politician Francisco “Pancho” Laínez, who defected from ARENA in March. He served as Minister of Foreign Relations under President Saca. Saca praised Laínez's record in foreign political and economic relations. Saca announced that as president he would intend to cut "red tape" for international investment through cutting cumbersome paperwork. He has stated that his policies will create employment for young people in the private sector. He has proposed continuing social investments in healthcare begun under the FMLN, such as the Centros Ciudad Mujer.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Campaign, UNITY
He states his administration will support Salvadorans abroad and will fight for immigration reform in the United States. Part of his platform includes developing a Vice Ministry of Livestock within the Ministry of Agriculture, aiming to support the dairy and livestock industries. He has promoted a program called "Semilla Mejorada," or "Improved Seed", which would decrease regulations regarding pesticides, insecticides, and would finance the introduction of newer agricultural equipment. Also, he had discussed founding a "land bank" to provide credit to farmers. Despite his efforts to go back to power, on February 2 the candidate came third with only 11.4% of the votes and was not able to continue the presidential race on the second round.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Campaign, Debates
On January 12, Quijano, Sánchez Cerén, Saca, Óscar Lemus of the Salvadoran Patriot Fraternity and René Rodriguez Hurtado of the Salvadoran Progressive Party had their first debate ahead of the presidential election. The debate was moderated by Mexican journalist Armando Guzmán of Univision. Observers were critical of the debate. Roberto Rubio of El Salvador’s National Foundation for Development said: “It wasn’t really a debate. In a debate, there’s confrontation between ideas, and argument against argument." President Mauricio Funes even described the debate as "more of the same."


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Conduct
ARENA and FMLN supporters briefly scuffled on voting day. Security was tightened on the day as about 4.9 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots. Sanchez Ceren said that he was "open to the participation of different sectors" and would seek to reach out to others to create "a grand national accord;" Quijano, who voted at a centre set-up at a school in western San Salvador, praising the "peaceful elections;" and Saca said that he was "optimistic" while voting. In the early hours of the day, supporters of each party set up stands with their party's colours across San Salvador and helped voters find their polling centres.


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Reactions
After voting ended in the first round, Sanchez Ceren said: "We won the first round ... we are sure that in the second round we will win by more than 10 points. We are going to work in the coming days to further unite," he added. "We are going to build new understandings, new alliances" and "more than ever we need a new national accord, so that we do not have partisan policies but policies that are backed by all the people of El Salvador."


2014 Salvadoran presidential election, Reactions
He also attended a mass earlier on the day at the chapel where Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated prior to the El Salvador Civil War. Universidad Centroamericana estimated that Saca's supporters were likely to vote for Quijano in the run-off, but about 25 percent would support Sanchez Ceren and thus enable him to win the presidency.


2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats baseball team
The 2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats baseball team represents Sam Houston State University in the 2014 intercollegiate baseball season. Sam Houston State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Southland Conference. The Bearkats play home games at Don Sanders Stadium on the university's campus in Huntsville, Texas. Third year head coach David Pierce leads the Bearkats.


2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
The 2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bearkats were led by first-year head coach K. C. Keeler and played their home games at Bowers Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 11–5, 7–1 in Southland play to finish in a share of the Southland Conference title. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Southeastern Louisiana, Jacksonville State, and Villanova to advance to the Semifinals where they lost to North Dakota State. But, along the way they lost to eventual D-2 Champion CSU-Pueblo.


2014 Samarkand Challenger
The 2014 Samarkand Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan between 12 and 17 May 2014.


2014 Samarkand Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Samarkand Challenger, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles
Oleksandr Nedovyesov and Ivan Sergeyev were the defending champions, but decided not to compete.


2014 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles
Sergey Betov and Alexander Bury won the title, defeating Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev and Vaja Uzakov in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2014 Samarkand Challenger – Singles
Teymuraz Gabashvili was the defending champion but decided not to participate.


2014 Samarkand Challenger – Singles
Farrukh Dustov won the title, defeating Aslan Karatsev in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–1.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team
The 2014 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth year head coach Pat Sullivan and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team
On December 2, head coach Pat Sullivan stepped down. He finished at Samford with an eight year record of 47–43.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, @ TCU
In their first game of the season, the Bulldogs lost, 48–14 to the TCU Horned Frogs.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Stillman
In their second game of the season, the Bulldogs won, 52–0 over the Stillman Tigers.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, VMI
In their third game of the season, the Bulldogs won, 63–21 over the VMI Keydets.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, @ Chattanooga
In their fourth game of the season, the Bulldogs lost, 38–24 to the Chattanooga Mocs.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Mercer
In their fifth game of the season, the Bulldogs won, 21–18 over the Mercer Bears.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Wofford
In their sixth game of the season, the Bulldogs lost, 24–20 to the Wofford Terriers.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, @ Furman
In their seventh game of the season, the Bulldogs won, 45–0 over the Furman Paladins.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Concordia
In their eighth game of the season, the Bulldogs won, 55–0 over the Concordia Hornets.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina
In their ninth game of the season, the Bulldogs won, 34–20 over the Western Carolina Catamounts.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, @ The Citadel
In their tenth game of the season, the Bulldogs won, 20–17 over The Citadel Bulldogs.


2014 Samford Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, @ Auburn
In their eleventh game of the season, the Bulldogs lost, 31–7 to the Auburn Tigers.


2014 Sammarinese local elections
The 2014 Sammarinese local elections were held on 30 November to elect the mayors and the councils of the 9 municipalities of San Marino. Overall turnout was 44.9%.


2014 Sammarinese local elections, Electoral system
Voters elected the mayor (Italian: capitano di castello) and the municipal council (giunta di castello). The number of seats was determined by law: the city councils of Chiesanuova, Faetano and Montegiardino were composed of eight members; the councils of Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, City of San Marino, Domagnano, Fiorentino and Serravalle were composed of 10 members.


2014 Sammarinese local elections, Electoral system
Candidates ran on lists led by a mayoral candidate. Voters elected a list and were allowed to give up to two preferential votes. Seats were allocated with the d'Hondt method if the winner had obtained at least 60% of the votes. Otherwise, six seats would have been allocated to the winning party (five seats if the council had eight members) and the rest of the seats would have been allocated using the d'Hondt method to the rest of the parties. The winning list mayoral candidate was proclaimed mayor.


2014 Sammarinese local elections, Electoral system
In the municipalities where only one list contested the election, the election was considered valid if the turnout was over 35%.


2014 Sammarinese referendum
Two referendums took place in San Marino on 25 May 2014. Voters were asked whether they approved of repealing laws on pensions reform and on medical practice, both of which were passed on 29 October 2013. Voters approved both proposals.


2014 Sammarinese referendum, Background
Prior to the referendums, the quorum required for a proposal to be approved was reduced from 32% to 25%, meaning that 8,398 voters had to vote in favour for the proposals to be approved.


2014 Sammarinese referendum, Campaign
The ruling Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party–Party of Socialists and Democrats–Popular Alliance coalition campaigned against the proposals. The Socialist Party supported repealing the medical practice law. The Union for the Republic also supported the repeal of the medical practice law, but opposed repealing the pensions law.


2014 Samoa Cup
The 2014 Samoa Cup was the fourth edition of the Samoa Cup, a domestic cup played by the teams of the year's Samoa National League participants. This cup was won by Kiwi FC for the second time.


2014 Samoa Honours and Awards
The 2014 Samoa Honours and Awards were appointments made by the O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa, Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi,  to various Orders, decorations, and medals of Samoa under the Honours and Awards Act 1999. The investiture ceremony was held on 22 December 2014.


2014 Samoa Honours and Awards
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.