The big showdown of the weekend took place in South Bend, Ind., where Notre Dame beat Santa Clara, 3-1. Jill Krivacek's left-footed strike tied the game in the 64th minute and Amanda Cinalli added a pair of goals to cap Notre Dame's three-goal spurt over a nine-minute stretch in the final game of the Inn at Saint Mary's ND Soccer Classic. Notre Dame had beaten No. 22 USC, 2-0, on Friday.
— No. 1 Florida State won Arizona State's Heather Farr Kicks Against Breast Cancer Tournament. with victories over the host Sun Devils (1-0) and Loyola, Md. (3-1). FSU coach Mark Krikorian wasn't too happy with the Noles' performance, however against upstart Loyola, which outshot FSU, 16-12. ôIf I step back and look at it, you could say we had a poor performance today and were still able to find a way to win,'' he said. ''That is a good sign but that will catch up to us sooner or later. Probably sooner and we will be hurt if we donÆt show up everyday ready to compete and play hard.''
— Penn State's 27-game unbeaten streak ended Friday when Texas beat the Lions, 2-1, on goals by Amy Burlingham and Kelsey Carpenter. Two days later, Penn State and Texas A&M played to a 1-1 tie. Carpenter followed up on her big game against Penn State with the overtime winner in the Longhorns' 1-0 victory over Illinois on Sunday.
— Duke suffered its first loss of the 2006 campaign on Sunday as the Blue Devils fell, 2-1, to Connecticut on the second day of the North-South Challenge in New Haven, Conn. Two SEC Top 25 teams fell to unranked teams Friday night: Florida lost to Fresno State, 1-0, and Georgia was beaten by BYU, 2-0.