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WOMEN’S NEWS … Auburn held No. 1 North Carolina to a 0-0 tie Sunday at the Duke Nike Classic, snapping Carolina’s seven-game winning streak to start the season. The Tar Heels outshot Auburn, 40-4, but were stymied by Tiger keeper Amy Howard, who made 12 saves.

Carolina’s tie left only No. 2 Stanford (9-0-0), No. 4. Boston College (8-0-0), No. 9. Maryland (8-0-0) and No. 12. South Carolina (8-0-0) are the only unbeaten and untied Top 25 teams. The only Top 25 team to lose on Sunday was No. 24 Denver, which fell to Oregon State, 3-1.

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

WEEKEND TOP 25 RESULTS:
Sunday, Sept. 20
No. 1 North Carolina 0 Auburn 0.
No. 2 Stanford 6 (Press 21, Nogueira 23, 54, Verloo 32, Taylor 51, O’Hara 53) Wisconsin 0.
SMU 0 No. 3 Portland 6 (Johnson 22, Enyeart 27, 52, Schmidt pen. 49, Chandhoke 63, 63).
(Kendra Chandhoke scores two goals 27 seconds apart.)
No. 4 Boston College 4 (Bouchelle 12, Knowlton 18, 24, Mewis 37) Central Conn. State 0.
No. 5 UCLA 5 (Leroux 2, Lang 8, Larsen 14, 63, Wright 32) Missouri 0.
(UCLA head coach Jillian Ellis is ejected in second half.)
No. 10 Santa Clara 1 (Bosio 99) Colorado 0 (OT).
Eastern Michigan 1 (Sheridan 12) No. 11 Michigan State 1 (Heyboer 70).
(Lauren Hill was red carded in 78th minute.)
No. 12 South Carolina 6 (Small 4, Diaz-Matosas 20, Aaron 28, Grimsley 56, Holand 60, Brewer 74) South Alabama 1 (Stocker 86).
(Goal allowed is the first in Gamecocks’ eight games.)
No. 13 Notre Dame 2 (Barg 7, Scheidler 50) Northwestern 0.
No. 14 Florida 5 (Torosian 38, 67, Thigpen 67, 87, Thompson 68) Eastern Kentucky 1 (Muller 53).
No. 16 Virginia 2 (Farrelly 48, Lenczyk 89) American 0.
Columbia 1 (Yahr 53) No. 18 St. John’s 2 (Haas 33, Duggan 71).
No. 19 Connecticut 1 (Buske 67) Yale 0.
(Melissa Busque gets her third game-winning goal of the season.)
No. 21 San Diego 1 (Ochs 83) Missouri State 0.
No. 22 Indiana 2 (Herrera 15, pen. 62) Wisconsin-Green Bay 0.
Princeton 0 No 23 Rutgers 2 (Jones 19, 65).
Oregon State 3 (Wetzel 37, Buckland 70, Peck 80) No. 24 Denver 1 (Stewart 2).
No. 25 West Virginia 1 (Larkin 62) Tennessee 0.
No. 25 Kansas 4 (Morris 1, 70, Dolinsky 20, Johnson 56) South Dakota State 0.

Saturday, Sept. 19
UAB 0 No. 20 Wake Forest 1 (Winslow 85).

WOMEN’S NEWS … No. 3 Portland was shocked by unranked Texas A&M, 3-1, on Friday night before 3,542 fans in College Station, Texas. Whitney Hooper led the Aggies with two goals.

LSU gave top-ranked North Carolina a fight, holding the Tar Heels scoreless until Jessica McDonald‘s goal in the 77th minute gave them a 1-0 win at the Duke Nike Classic.

Toni Pressley‘s golden goal gave No. 6 Florida State a 1-0 win at No. 14 Florida before 3,526 in Gainesville. In another battle of Top 25 teams, No. 25 Kansas hammered No. 21 San Diego, 5-0.

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

FRIDAY’S TOP 25 RESULTS:
No. 1 North Carolina 1 (McDonald 77) LSU 0.
No. 2 Stanford 4 (Riley 24, O’Hara 50, Redman 78, 80) Colorado 0.
Texas A&M 3 (Kmezich 34, Hooper 43, 57) No. 3 Portland 1 (Winters 52).
No. 4 Boston College 4 (G.DiMartino 8, V.DiMartino 10, 76, Mewis 71) Harvard 1 (Sheeleigh 40).
No. 5 UCLA 6 (Cheney 17, 69, Lang 23, Barnes 62, Leroux 78, Smith 87) Utah 1 (Hair 35).
No. 14 Florida 0 No. 6 Florida State 1 (Pressley 93) (OT).
St. Mary’s 1 (Menzhuber 33) No. 7 California 4 (Oakes pen. 16, Morgan 57, Omarsdottir 67, 79).
Clemson 1 (Elder 2) No. 8 Georgia 2 (Miller 13, Patterson pen. 48).
No. 9 Maryland 3 (Dreska 29, 50, Spencer 85) Brown 1 (Walker 52).
(Molly Dreska opens scoring with shot from 40 yards.)
No. 10 Santa Clara 2 (Orand 34, Goynes 37) Wisconsin 1 (Owusu 89).
Kent State 0 No. 11 Michigan State 2 (Heyboer 24, Mueller 80).
No. 12 South Carolina 1 (Grimsley 28) No. 17 UCF 0.
(Gamecocks have yet to allow a goal this season.)
No. 13 Notre Dame 4 (Fowlkes 17, Augustin 44, 75, Henderson 88) DePaul 0.
No. 15 Purdue (Phillips pen. 80) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1 (Hagen 54).
(Visiting Panthers snap four-game losing streak.)
No. 18 St. John’s 2 (McConnell 15, Haas 42) Syracuse 0
No. 19 Connecticut 2 (Diakun 16, Clark 34) Providence 0.
No. 22 Indiana 2  (Velasquez 15, 62) Wisconsin-Green Bay 0.
No. 23 Rutgers 2 (Schacher 68, Jones 98) Seton Hall 1 (Desmond 86) (OT).
Oregon 4 (Bowns 14, 54, Libke 44, Kenney 80) No. 24 Denver 1 (Armstrong 87).
(Ducks improve winning streak to four consecutive matches.)
No. 25 Kansas 5 (Cressy 8, Williamson 34, Noble 64, Jackson 67, Morris 84) No. 21 San Diego 0.
Pittsburgh 1 (Habbel 30) No. 25 West Virginia 1 (Blank 16).

WOMEN’S NEWS … The first major women’s conference kicked off play Thursday night when Marquette edged South Florida, 2-1, on Kerry McBride‘s late goal in the Big East opener, and a full slate of games is scheduled for Friday. Notre Dame and West Virginia were picked to win their respective divisions, but both teams head into conference play with .500 records.

The Big East is as deep as its ever been with all 16 teams beginning conference action with legitimate shots of claiming the divisional crowns. Five are ranked in the Soccer America Top 25: No. 13 Notre Dame, No. 18 St. John’s, No. 19 Connecticut, No. 23 Rutgers and No. 25 West Virginia. And only one team has a losing record in non-conference play. Here’s a look at the divisional races with the teams cited in order of their preseason ranking.

* AMERICAN
1. West Virginia, 2-2-3 (Mountaineers have scored only seven goals.)
2. Connecticut, 4-2-0 (Huskies have won four games in a row.)
3. Marquette, 6-2-0 (Golden Eagles are very tough at Valley Fields.)
4. St. John’s, 5-1-0 (C.J. Ludemann leads Red Storm with two goals and four assists.)
5. South Florida, 3-3-1 (Six of USF’s 10 goals came against Austin Peay.)
6. Pittsburgh, 4-2-0 (Panthers opened with four straight victories.)
7. Syracuse, 3-2-2 (Tina Romagnuolo has four of Orange’s six goals.)
8. Providence, 4-2-1 (Both Friar losses came in overtime.)

* NATIONAL
1. Notre Dame, 3-3-0 (Irish are unbeaten in last 52 Big East games — 50-0-2)
2. Rutgers, 5-1-1 (Erin Guthrie allowed her only two goals last Friday against San Diego.)
3. Georgetown, 6-1-0 (Ingrid Wells leads Big East with seven assists.)
4. Louisville, 2-3-0 (Cardinals have only scored four goals.)
5. Villanova, 6-0-1 (Katie Ryan leads Big East with seven goals and two assists.)
6. Cincinnati, 4-3-0 (Julie Morrissey had four goals last week in pair of wins.)
7. Seton Hall, 3-3-0 (Nicki Gross leads Pirates with four of their eight goals.)
 8. DePaul, 4-2-2 (Blue Demons have already equaled last year’s win total.)

Thursday’s Scoreboard

* WEEKEND TOP 25 MATCHUPS:
Friday, Sept. 18
No. 12 South Carolina vs. No. 17 UCF
No. 14 Florida vs. No. 6 Florida State
No. 25 Kansas vs. No. 21 San Diego (Jayhawk Invitational)