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WOMEN’S NEWS … No. 6 Florida State handed No. 3 Boston College its first loss of the season with a 3-2. The visiting Eagles twice came back from one-goal deficits, but sophomore Jessica Price won the game for the Seminoles with her seventh goal of the season in the 73rd minute.

In another ACC match involving Top 25 teams, No. 2 North Carolina rediscovered its scoring touch and made easy work of No. 17 Wake Forest, 4-0.Top-ranked Stanford improved to 10-0-0 with a 1-0 at St. Mary’s in a game played in 100-degree temperatures.

Top 25 teams to fall on Sunday to unranked teams were:

— No. 9 Maryland (2-0 at Miami, Fla.);
— No. 10 Santa Clara (2-0 at home to USC);
— No. 19 Indiana (3-2 at Wisconsin on sophomore Laurie Nosbusch‘s hat trick);
— No. 21 Texas A&M (3-2 at Oklahoma);
— No. 25 UCF (1-0 at home to Memphis).

(Click here for more Sunday women’s results.)

* TOP 25 SCOREBOARD:
Sunday, Sept. 27
St. Mary’s 0 No. 1 Stanford (Press 59).
(Cardinal extends scoreless string to 447 minutes.)
ACC: No. 2 North Carolina 4 (Hawkins 12, McDonald 22, Engen 62, Rich 70) No. 17 Wake Forest 0.
UC Santa Barbara 1 (Ortega 43) No. 5 UCLA 3 (Belcher 50, Leroux 62, 80).
No. 6 Florida State 3 (Huster 10, McCarty 23, Price 73) No. 3 Boston College 2 (V.DiMartino 13, Caldwell 56).
SEC: Arkansas 0 No. 8 Georgia 2 (Pollock 4, Falle 80).
ACC: Miami (Fla.) 2 (Roseboro 27, Steinbruch 64) No. 9 Maryland 0.
(Coach Tricia Taliaferro gets her 100th career win.)
No. 10 Santa Clara 0 USC 2 (Buehning 50, Davila 90).
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SEC: No. 11 South Carolina 1 (Watts 56) Kentucky 0.
Big East: No. 12 Notre Dame 1 (Fowlkes 50) Louisville 0.
(Irish stretch unbeaten streak against conference opponents to 55 matches.)
Big Ten: No. 13 Michigan State 3 (Heyboer 22, 95, Stander 49) Penn State 2 (Schoepfer 59, Nairn 69) (OT).
ACC: No. 14 Virginia 3 (Miskel 8, Rostedt 38, Alwine 54) Clemson 0.
Big East: Providence 1 (Camburn  15) No. 15 St. John’s 1 (Stefansdottir 77).
Big East: No. 16 Connecticut 5 (Ruutu 27, Shufelt 36, 66, Busque pen. 50, Garufi 88) Syracuse 0.
Oral Roberts 3 (Manyan 31, Booth 70, Soto 90) No. 18 Kansas 5 (Cressy 1, Williamson 18, 45, Dolinsky 67, Robbins 83).
Big Ten: Wisconsin 3 (Nosbusch 52, 73, 87) No. 19 Indiana 2 (Beach 73, 76).
Big East: No. 20 Rutgers 1 (Schacher 53) Villanova 1 (Schuyler 24).
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Big 12: Oklahoma 3 (Palmer 6, 9, Kraft 61) No. 21 Texas A&M 2 (Hamilton 14, 55)
SEC: No. 24 Florida 5 (Annis 34, Barney 44, 83, Eicken 66, Tymrak 83) Vanderbilt 1 (Forester 90).
Conference USA: No. 25 UCF 0 Memphis 1 (Strnadova 41).
Big Ten: Northwestern 0 No. 25 Purdue 2 (Leinert 62, Seeger 85).
Big Ten: No. 25 Ohio State 1 (own goal 19) Michigan 0.
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America East
Vermont 1 Albany 1

Atlantic Sun
Mercer 2 Stetson 3

Atlantic-10
Duquesne 0 Massachusetts 1
George Washington 0 Dayton 6

Big East
DePaul 1 Cincinnati 0
South Florida 2 West Virginia 1

Big Ten
Illinois 2 Minnesota 2
(Crowd of 2,347 for SoccerFest is second largest crowd in school history.)

Big 12
Baylor 0 Texas 0
Colorado 1 Iowa State 0
Missouri 3 Oklahoma State 2
Texas Tech 3 Nebraska 3

CAA
Hofstra 4 Drexel 0
James Madison 3 Towson 2
Northeastern 1 Delaware 1
Old Dominion 1 UNC Wilmington 3
VCU 2 George Mason 1
William & Mary 6 Georgia State 2

Conference USA
Colorado College 2 Tulsa 0
East Carolina 1 Houston 2
Marshall 1 Rice 0
Southern Miss 0 UAB 1
UTEP 2 SMU 0

Horizon
Valparaiso 0 Loyola (Ill.) 1

Northeast
Central Conn. State 3 Quinnipiac 2

SEC
LSU 6 Tennessee 1
(Tigers have scored 12 goals in their first two SEC games.)
Mississippi 3 Auburn 2 (OT)
(Hannah Weatherly converts penalty kick to break tie.)
Mississippi State vs. Alabama-postponed

Southern
College of Charleston 1 Samford 0
(Bulldogs give up first goal of the season.)

Non-Conference
Cal Poly 3 Arizona 0
Middle Tennessee 1 Florida Atlantic 0
(Blue Raiders extend their school-record best start to 8-1-1.)
Pacific 3 Air Force 0
Robert Morris 1 American 0
San Diego State 2 UC Irvine 1
TCU 4 Texas Women’s 0
UC Davis 2 Nevada 1
Utah 0 Pepperdine 1
Wagner 0 Lafayette 0
Wyoming 1 UC Riverside 0
Youngstown State 0 St. Francis (Pa.) 0

* EARLIER TOP 25 RESULTS:
Friday, Sept. 25
No. 4 Portland 1 (Burk 55) No. 22 Oregon State 0.
(Top 25 showdown draws 4,238 fans.)
Cal State Northridge 0 No. 5 UCLA 2 (Larsen 18, Cheney 43).
No. 7 California 1 (Sisler 93) Cal Poly 0 (OT).
SEC: LSU 4 (Banks 16, 18, 63, Yepez 52) No. 8 Georgia 0.
No. 10 Santa Clara 1 (Patton 17) Cal State Fullerton 0.
SEC: No. 11 South Carolina 2 (Rhoades 16, Jacobs 52) Vanderbilt 1 (Lukens 89).
(Gamecocks remain perfect at 9-0-0.)
Big East: Cincinnati 1 (Hebbeler 76) No. 12 Notre Dame 2 (Fowlkes 78, Schuveiller 81).
Big 12: Oklahoma State 3 (Miller 17, Langdon 53, Richardson 76) No. 18 Kansas 0.
Big Ten: Northwestern 1 (Herczeg 80) No. 19 Indiana 0.
Big East: Georgetown 0 No. 20 Rutgers 1 (Jones 13).
(Ashley Jones has eight goals in last six games.)
Big 12: Baylor 0 No. 21 Texas A&M 1 (Hooper 59).
No. 23 Oregon 2 (Sweeney 38, Mansfield 65) Portland State 0.
SEC: No. 24 Florida 2 (Thompson 13, pen. 99) Kentucky 1 (Lopez 56) (OT).
Conference USA: No. 25 UCF 3 (Whidden 3, 12, George 90) UAB 1 (Blair 59).
Big Ten: Wisconsin 1 (Leinert 78) No. 25 Purdue 1 (Flannery 52).

Thursday, Sept. 24
ACC: No. 2 North Carolina 2 (Lubrano 83, Rich 97) Duke 1 (Gummersall 89) (OT).
ACC: Miami (Fla.) 0 No. 3 Boston College 2 (V.DiMartino 32, Mewis 36).
ACC: No. 6 Florida State 2 (McCarty 18, Kazbour 35) No. 9 Maryland 1 (Spencer 22).
ACC: N.C. State 2 (Dugal 5, 88) No. 14 Virginia 1 (Norbo 69).
Big East: No. 15 St. John’s 1 (Pasciolla 96) No. 16 Connecticut 0 (OT).

Soccer America Women’s Top 25
TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK
1. Stanford (10-0-0) 2
2. North Carolina (9-0-1) 1
3. Boston College (9-1-0) 4
4. Portland (9-1-0) 3
5. UCLA (8-1-1) 5
6. Florida State (9-1-0) 6
7. California (6-2-0) 7
8. Georgia (7-1-1) 8
9. Maryland (8-2-0) 9
10. Santa Clara (8-3-0) 10
11. South Carolina (10-0-0) 12
12. Notre Dame (7-3-0) 13
13. Michigan State (7-0-2) 11
14. Virginia (6-2-2) 16
15. St. John’s (8-1-1) 18
16. Connecticut (7-3-0) 19
17. Wake Forest (8-2-0) 20
18. Kansas (8-2-1) 25
19. Indiana (8-2-0) 22
20. Rutgers (8-1-2) 23
21. Texas A&M (6-4-0) NR
22. Oregon State (7-2-0) NR
23. Oregon (7-1-1) NR
24. Florida (8-3-0) 14
25. UCF (6-3-1) 17
25. Ohio State (8-1-1) NR
25. Purdue (6-2-2) 15

Get the latest college news Monday-Friday in Soccer America’s College Soccer Reporter.

WOMEN’S NEWS … Two Top 10 teams — No. 7 California and No. 8 Georgia — lost on Friday night to unranked teams.

Cal outshot Cal Poly, 25-8, but fell to the visiting Mustangs, 1-0, on Whitney Sisler’s golden goal. The star of the night was Carlie Banks, who scored a hat trick for LSU in its 6-0 win over Georgia. The loss was the first of the season for the Bulldogs.

The other Top 25 teams to fall to unranked teams were No. 18 Kansas, which lost to Oklahoma State, 3-0, in the Big 12 opener for both teams, and No. 19 Indiana, which lost at Big Ten rival Northwestern, 1-0.

(Click here for more Friday night women’s results as well as the weekend Top 25 schedule.)

* FRIDAY’S SCOREBOARD:
Friday, Sept. 25
No. 4 Portland 1 (Burk 55) No. 22 Oregon State 0.
(Top 25 showdown draws 4,238 fans.)
Cal State Northridge 0 No. 5 UCLA 2 (Larsen 18, Cheney 43).
No. 7 California 1 (Sisler 93) Cal Poly 0 (OT).
SEC: LSU 6 (Banks 16, 18, 63, Yepez 52 Boudreau 84, Johnson 85) No. 8 Georgia 0.
No. 10 Santa Clara 1 (Patton 17) Cal State Fullerton 0.
SEC: No. 11 South Carolina 2 (Rhoades 16, Jacobs 52) Vanderbilt 1 (Lukens 89).
(Gamecocks remain perfect at 9-0-0.)
Big East: Cincinnati 1 (Hebbeler 76) No. 12 Notre Dame 2 (Fowlkes 78, Schuveiller 81).
Big 12: Oklahoma State 3 (Miller 17, Langdon 53, Richardson 76) No. 18 Kansas 0.
Big Ten: Northwestern 1 (Herczeg 80) No. 19 Indiana 0.
Big East: Georgetown 0 No. 20 Rutgers 1 (Jones 13).
(Ashley Jones has eight goals in last six games.)
Big 12: Baylor 0 No. 21 Texas A&M 1 (Hooper 59).
No. 23 Oregon 2 (Sweeney 38, Mansfield 65) Portland State 0.
SEC: No. 24 Florida 2 (Thompson 13, pen. 99) Kentucky 1 (Lopez 56) (OT).
Conference USA: No. 25 UCF 3 (Whidden 3, 12, George 90) UAB 1 (Blair 59).
Big Ten: Wisconsin 1 (Leinert 78) No. 25 Purdue 1 (Flannery 52).

WOMEN’S NEWS … North Carolina women’s fans are starting to get a little nervous. The Tar Heel attack that buried UCLA (7-2) and Notre Dame (6-0) earlier this season has suddenly turned into the gang that can’t shoot start. About the worst thing you can say about the ’09 Heels is they are starting to look like the ’07 Heels, whose offensive woes cost them a national championship.

Returning home Thursday night for its ACC opener after scoring only once in a pair of games at the Duke Nike Classic last weekend, No. 2 UNC didn’t score its first goal against Duke until Maria Lubrano struck in the 84th minute with her first collegiate goal, and it needed a golden goal from freshman Alyssa Rich to win, 2-1. KayAnne Gummersall had tied the score for the Blue Devils with 66 seconds left in regulation to the dismay of the 2,428 fans at Fetzer Field.

Carolina was playing without three of its senior stars. Midfielder Tobin Heath and goalie Ashlyn Harris are with the U.S. women’s national team in training, and winger Nikki Washington‘s career is over after injuring her knee against LSU a week ago. Another starter, sophomore Courtney Jones, has been bothered by a hamstring injury and only played 30 minutes off the bench. Freshman Lucy Bronze was also on national team duty, playing with England’s U-20 national team.

In other ACC action …

— No. 6 Florida State handed No. 9 Maryland its first loss of the season with a 2-1 win. Marissa Kazbour‘s first goal of the season on a header in the 35th minute broke a 1-1 tie. “Maryland is a much improved team and gave us all we could handle,” said Seminole coach Mark Krikorian. The win ended FSU’s four-game losing streak in ACC openers.

— No. 14 Virginia had its seven-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 2-1 loss at N.C. State, which won a pair of goals by Paige Dugal, the second in the 88th minute. “This is obviously a disappointing result for us,” said Cavalier coach Steve Swanson. “But is a result that we can learn some lessons from.” Virginia had a 21-4 edge in shots.

— With Maryland’s loss, No. 3 Boston College is the only unbeaten and untied ACC team. The Eagles won, 2-0, at Miami (Fla.) on first-half goals by freshman stars Kristen Mewis and Victoria DiMartino. BC puts its perfect record on the line Sunday when it travels to Florida State.

Weekend Top 25 Schedule

* RED STORM ROCKS. The surprise of the Big East has been No. 15 St. John’s, which improved to 8-1-0 with a 1-0 over No. 16 Connecticut on Amanda Pasciolla‘s golden goal. The Red Storm has never played in the NCAA Tournament but is making a strong case in 2009. It already has quality wins over USC and Indiana in addition to UConn, which it beat for only the third time in 18 meetings.

St. John’s has yet to score more than two goals in a game, but it is getting timely goals from players throughout the lineup. Pasciolla was the eighth different player in eight wins to score the winning goal. “Once again, I felt the team showed a lot of character in the game,” coach Ian Stone said. “UConn is an excellent team and tonight’s game showed that we can find a way to dig deep and grind out wins.”
 
* RIO TINTO DEBUT. The first women’s game at MLS club Real Salt Lake’s Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy featured a bizarre finish as Utah State defeated Utah, 2-1, in overtime on Thursday when Shantel Flanary‘s attempted cross deflected off a Ute defender and floated into the goal. The game drew 2,070 fans.