Highlights à
Record opening game for Thorlakson à Weimer hat trick against UW à Record crowd at Texas A&M à Illini fall at Marquetteà
Aug. 26
#1 North Carolina 7 (Averbuch 7, Guess 13, OÆReilly 37, 52, Murphy 45, Gilbert 70, Yates 87) #20 Tennessee 1 (Rossi 80).
(Homecoming game in Topeka, Kan., for UNC senior Leea Murphy draws 2,522 fans.)
#2 Notre Dame 11 (Thorlakson 13, 56, Pinnick 30, Hanks 39, 49, 53, Cinalli 55, Manning 74, Bock 76, 84, Krivacek 86) New Hampshire 1 (Cieslak 18).
(Thorlakson sets Irish record for points in opening game with 8 — 2 goals, 4 assists.)
Long Beach State 0 #3 UCLA ((Adams 10, Zerboni 45, Ursini 61).
#5 Virginia 6 (Hammond pen. 14, Rostedt 17, Huffman 21, Quinn 42, Curtis 49, Thompson 68) Rhode Island 0.
(Cavs outshot URI, 31-0.)
#6 Penn State 3 (Weimer pen. 44, 64, 82) Washington 2 (Dougherty 28, Beal 87).
#7 Santa Clara 2 (Estrada 65, Angell 68) Arizona State 0.
#8 Duke 1 (McDonald 100) UNC Greensboro 0 (OT).
(Kate Seibert out 2-4 weeks after undergoing ankle surgery.)
#9 Connecticut 3 (Schnur 6, Eng 25, Picard 42) Hofstra 0.
Kent State 1 (Fracasso 64) #10 Ohio State 2 (Collison 26, Dietrich 71).
#11 Nebraska 3 (Baker 13, Isenhower 30, Dennis 85) Minnesota 1 (Schwartz 37)
(First Husker game on campus draws 1,021 fans.)
#12 Texas A&M 3 (Pistorius 53, Garey 83, 90) Stephen F. Austin 0.
(Aggies draw record home crowd of 5,447.)
#13 Florida 3 (Johnson 18, Kerns 60, Packman 63) Drake 1 (Schmitz 65).
(Game called due to lightning in 87th minute.)
Dayton 1 (Leslie 79) #15 West Virginia (Everett 38, Harris 45, Kanela 88).
#16 Boston College 2 (Walden 39, McNeill 65) Boston U. 0.
Marquette 1 (Zwolski 25) #18 Illinois 0.
(Illini are only Top 25 team to fall on opening day.)
#19 Texas 1 (Carpenter 44) SMU 0.
(Longhorns beat SMU for first time.)
#21 Kansas 1 (Smith 59) Michigan 1 (Dobbyn 20) (OT).
(KU outshoots Wolverines, 36-10.)
St. MaryÆs 1 (Churchill 71) California 2 (Cabello 86, Eisenberg 108) (OT).
#23 Arizona 2 (Miller 33, 34) Missouri 0.
#24 Maryland 0 Towson State 0 (OT).
(Terps canÆt score despite 26-2 edge in shots.)
#25 San Diego (Rowe 21, 76, Mock 41) Northern Arizona 0.
Of note à
Florida State blasts USC 4-0 in Los Angeles.