WOMEN’S NEWS … One of women’s soccer’s best kept secrets is the support BYU receives. After opening with three games on the road — 0-0 tie at Hawaii and wins over West Virginia and Connecticut at the Penn State Invitational — the Cougars returned home to Provo, where they drew crowds of 3,196 and 2,292 for games Friday and Monday.

Fans certainly got their money’s worth as both games were decided in overtime. After losing to William & Mary, 1-0, BYU fell behind against Oklahoma State but rallied to beat the Cowgirls, 2-1. Freshman Carlee Payne scored the tying goal and set up sophomore Jennie Marshall for the winner in the second overtime.

“Ups and downs are a part of sports,” BYU coach Jennifer Rockwood said. “But to have a young team play with composure throughout the game says a lot.”

Payne had both game-winners last week at Penn State. The goal was Marshall’s first this year.

“Carlee was brilliant today,” added Rockwood, “and did a great job getting the ball to Jennie who is a great scorer.”

Monday’s results

* PERFECT STARTS
UAB 6-0-0 (Blazers are off to best start in school history)
Wake Forest 6-0-0 (Jill Hutchinson and Kaley Fountain have 14 points apiece)
Florida State 5-0-0 (Jessica Price leads the Seminoles with 15 points)
Indiana 5-0-0 (Dating back to last season, the Hoosiers have won eight games in a row)
Kansas 5-0-0 (Jayhawks open 5-0-0 for the second year in a row)
Louisiana Tech 5-0-0 (Rachel King had back-to-back hat tricks last week)
Marshall 5-0-0 (Thundering Herd opens with three 2-0 wins and two 1-0 wins)
Maryland 5-0-0 (Five-game winning streak is the Terps’ longest in a decade)
New Mexico 5-0-0 (Redshirt freshman Kelli Cornell has four shutouts in goal)
North Carolina 5-0-0 (Heels have gotten goals from 11 different players)
Portland 5-0-0 (Sophie Schmidt and Danielle Foxhoven have 11 of UP’s 16 goals)
Purdue 5-0-0 (Won Boilermaker Challenge Cup with a 6-1 win over Ball State on Monday)
Stanford 5-0-0 (Scored five goals in 26 minutes and 33 minutes in different games)
Vanderbilt 5-0-0 (Commodores also won first five matches in 2008)
… Eight teams at 4-0-0
… One team at 3-0-0
… One team at 2-0-0

* Canadian international Sophie Schmidt, who four goals in the No. 3 Portland’s 5-1 win over Columbia, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week.

This week’s Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week.