#1. NOTRE DAME 3 Pittsburgh 1
Canadians Katie Thorlakson, Melissa Tancredi and Candace Chapman scored for the Irish in the last 20 minutes to end Pitt hopes of a major upset. Erin Hills scored in the 32nd to put Pitt ahead. The Irish's NCAA national championship hopes received a boost when Thorlakson announced her intention to remain with them for the entire 2004 season, foregoing her previous plan to leave for three weeks in order to compete with Canada at the Under-19 World Championship in Thailand in November.
#2 NORTH CAROLINA 2 Maryland 1 (OT)
Junior Kacey White converted a penalty kick in the 108th minute to give the Heels a 2-1 victory before a crowd of 3,128 fans at Fetzer Field. UNC outshot the Terrapins, 35-4, and had a 19-0 edge in corner kicks but trailed for most of the match. It did not clinch the win until White's goal, which came after Olympian Heather O'Reilly was taken down in the penalty area with less than three minutes remaining in the second overtime period. The Terps went ahead in the 17th minute on Mallory Mahar's goal, her fifth of the year. O'Reilly tied the score with her third goal of the season in the 79th minute.
#8 FLORIDA STATE 0 #3 VIRGINIA 1
Virginia, now 9-0-0, continued its best start in over a decade. Ariel Thompson picked up an errant clearance, broke in all alone on a 50-yard run and scored from the edge of the box. The ACC showdown drew 1,307 fans.
Portland State 0 #4 WASHINGTON 2
Seniors Tina Frimpong and Nikki Gamble provided the offense with a goal apiece as UW established a new record for the most wins to begin a season in the program's history, surpassing the six straight wins with which UW opened the 2000 season.
#5 PENN STATE 1 Indiana 0
In front of a Jeffrey Field record women's crowd of 2,366 fans, the Lions raised their record to 6-1-1 thanks to junior forward Tiffany Weimer's gamewinner. The goal, her ninth of the season, gave her 101 career points, making her the sixth Lion to break the 100-point plateau. The shutout was Penn State's fifth consecutive, tying the team record from the 2000 season. Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod recorded her fifth Penn State victory, and her fourth consecutive shutout in the win.
#6 PORTLAND 5 Oregon 2
Oregon twice rallied from one-goal deficits before UP put the game away with three goals in the last 20 minutes. Canadian star Christine Sinclair had the game-winner and contributed three assists.
Alabama 0 #7 FLORIDA 1
Two Gator scoring attempts were saved off the line by Alabama defenders before Stephanie Freeman headed in an Ashley Kellgren corner kick in the 86th minute for her eighth goal.
#9 SANTA CLARA 2 Marquette 0
Tina Estrada and Megan Kakadelas scored in the second half to give the Broncos the win at the Santa Clara adidas Classic.
#10 UCLA 1 #24 PEPPERDINE 0
At the 49:25 mark, Bruin sophomore Bristyn Davis slipped a through ball to Kim Devine, who ran onto it and flicked it past Pepperdine goalkeeper Anna Picarelli for her fourth goal of the season. Megan Woods later had two good chances for the Waves, but Bruin goalkeeper Valerie Henderson preserved the shutout.
#11 WEST VIRGINIA 0 Villanova 1
Senior forward Laura Johnson scored the game's only goal at the 53:06 mark .The Wildcats improved to 8-1-0 overall and 2-0-0 in Big East play. WVU dropped to 7-2-0 on the year and 2-1-0 in conference action.
#13 KANSAS 0 Nebraska 1
Nebraska star Brittany Timko, the Big 12's leading scorer, scored a goal in the first minute and the Jayhawks were not able to answer, as UK fell in its Big 12 opener in front of 852 fans at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
Baylor 0 #14 TEXAS A&M 1
Freshman Ashlee Pistorius scored her fourth game-winning goal of the season when she redirected a free kick from Shannon Labhart in the 15th minute.
Texas Tech 2 #15 TEXAS 3 (OT)
Carrie Schmit's goal 34 seconds into the second overtime pushed Texas past the Red Raiders. Freshmen Jenifer Thomas and Priscilla Esquivel had scored to give Tech a first-half lead.
#16 STANFORD 3 Denver 0
Stanford opened play at the Santa Clara adidas Classic with a 3-0 win. Senior Marcie Ward scored the game-winning goal just 6:32 into the contest on an assist from junior Jenny Farenbaugh. Lizzy George and Shari Summers added second-half goals for the Cardinal, which has won its last five games, improving to 6-2-0 on the year.
#17 CALIFORNIA 4 Fresno State 0
Junior forward Liz Eisenberg scored the first two goals to boost her total to seven goals, the most on the Cal team. After posting assists on both Eisenberg's goals, Stephanie Wieger netted her third goal of the season in the 65th minute off of a long service from freshman midfielder Chioma Igwe. The assist was Igwe's first collegiate point. Sophomore reserve forward Katie Ratican capped the Cal attack with her second goal of the season at 83:07.
Minnesota 0 #18 MICHIGAN 1 (OT)
Freshman Kandice McLaughlin scored her first goal in the 101st minute of play, allowing the Wolverines to stay perfect in the Big Ten at 3-0.
N.C. State 0 #20 CLEMSON 2
Courtney Foster and Lindsay Browne both scored goals in Clemson's ACC win over N.C. State.
Mississippi 0 #21 TENNESSEE 3
The Lady Vols opened SEC play with a 3-0 win in Starkville, Miss. They had trouble cracking the MSU defense until Ali Christoph scored from 45 yards out late in the first half. Emily Redberg and Lyndsey Patterson added goals late in the second half.
Iowa State #22 0 COLORADO 1
Ashlie Mihalcin's goal off a corner in the 10th minute proved to be the game-winner as the Buffs fought off a late Iowa State attack in their Big 12 opener. There was a second-half delay of 20 minutes when the lights went black during halftime.
Yale 0 #25 PRINCETON 3
Brea Griffiths, Maura Gallagher and Esmeralda Negron scored second-half goals to lead the Tigers in the Ivy League opener for both teams. The win, Princeton's fourth straight in New Haven dating to a 1996 loss, improved the Tigers to 5-1 overall and dropped Yale to 5-3.