WOMEN’S NEWS … Georgetown set a school record with its fourth straight shutout to start the season, a 4-0 win over James Madison on Wednesday. “Our center backs, Michaela [Buonomo] and Gabby [Miller], have been outstanding,” Hoya coach Dave Nolan said. “Michaela is adopting more of a leadership role and Gabby is her silent counterpart in the middle.”
The Hoya should be very dangerous in the Big East with the return of playmaker Ingrid Wells, who red-shirted in 2008 to play for the USA at the Under-20 Women’s World Cup. “The two goals in the first half were set up by identical slotted passes from Ingrid,” Nolan said. “She moves so fast that it is hard for other teams to single-team and even double-team her defensively.”
* Roxanne Tebbs, who transferred from Utah to Weber State after her freshman year, returned to Salt Lake City and haunted the Utes scoring the only goal in a 1-0 victory that snapped No. 19 Utah’s four-game winning streak.
The Utes outshot the Wildcats 28-12, but were unable to finish their chances. Utah coach Rich Manning could not fault his players’ efforts. “They defended with passion and heart and [Rebecca Ritchie] was great in goal,” he said. “They had a chance and scored on it, and we were not good enough in front of the net on ours.”
HAT TRICK HERO (Wednesday, Sept. 2):
— Louisiana Tech’s Rachel King scored three goals in the 7-1 win over Prairie View A&M.
* Soccer America’s Women’s College Scoreboard has all of Wednesday’s results and the rest of the week’s Top 25 matches.