No. 1 North Carolina continued to pound its opponents, beating No. 16 Wake Forest, 6-0, and unranked Clemson, 6-1, last week to improve its record to 16-0-0.
Lindsay Tarpley scored four goals, the most by a Tar Heel player in a game in eight years, against Wake Forest. It was also Tarpley's fourth game of the season with three or more goals.
Defender Catherine Reddick, who returned to UNC after a two-month stint with the U.S. women's national team, scored once against Wake and twice against Clemson.
No. 2 Notre Dame tied a school record, extending its shutout streak to eight games with a 2-0 win over No. 21 Connecticut and a 1-0 victory over Pittsburgh.
In other Soccer America Top 25 action, No. 5 Virginia had its 11-game unbeaten streak snapped, falling to No. 15 Duke, 1-0, on Shelley Marshall's goal.
Leslie Osborne had her first career hat trick to lead No. 14 Santa Clara to a 5-0 victory over No. 7 Pepperdine in WCC action. Two days earlier, the Broncos had crushed No. 20 Loyola Marymount, 4-1.
No. 11 Florida State and Wake Forest played to a 0-0 tie.
Top 25 teams suffered their worst weekend of the season against unranked opposition. Six lost to unranked opponents, and four others were tied.
No. 9 Texas A&M blew a 4-1 halftime lead at Missouri and lost, 5-4, in overtime. Melissa Peabody led the Tigers' rally with three goals and an assist for their first Big-12 win in seven games.
Other Top 25 teams to lose were No. 12 BYU (1-0 at San Diego State), No. 13 Washington (2-0 to Oregon State), No. 18 USC (2-0 at Stanford), No. 19 Maryland (1-0 at N.C. State)and No. 20 Loyola Marymount (2-0 at San Diego).
Top 25 teams to tie against unranked opposition were No. 6 West Virginia (0-0 at Villanova), No. 10 Florida (1-1 against Kentucky), No. 22 Cal Poly (2-2 at UCSB) and No. 24 Arizona State (1-1 at Arizona).