Iris Mora set a school season record for assists Sunday as UCLA beat archrival USC to claim the Pacific 10 Conference title and a berth in the NCAA women's soccer tournament.

The fourth-ranked Bruins, who clinched a tie for the Pac-10 crown with two games remaining, are the second squad to qualify for the 64-team NCAA championships, joining Ivy League champion Dartmouth. Pairings will be announced Nov. 10.

UCLA's 2-0 triumph highlighted a big day in college women's soccer in which Santa Clara topped Portland in a West Coast Conference showdown, Villanova upset No. 17 Connecticut in the Big East Conference quarterfinals, Dayton won the Atlantic-10 Conference championship, and American claimed a share of the Patriot League title.

Mora, a Mexican international, set up Lindsay Greco's goal — her UCLA-record 12th assist of the year — and scored the second. Arizona State can catch the Bruins in the standings, but UCLA has the edge in the tiebreaker.

In a rematch of last year's NCAA Division I final, Santa Clara overcame reigning champion Portland, 2-1, on Kristi Candau's overtime strike. The result gave the Broncos a one-point lead on the Pilots with one match remaining.

The Pac-10, WCC and Ivy League are the only conferences that determine automatic NCAA qualifiers through regular-season play.

Patricia Misciagna finished a rebound in the 39th minute and Villanova's defense did the rest as the Wildcats stunned host Connecticut, 1-0, in the Big East quarterfinals.

Villanova's first victory over the Huskies in 16 meetings dating to 1983 propelled it to a semifinal meeting against second-ranked Notre Dame on Friday at Piscataway, N.J. The Fighting Irish survived a scare from Miami, Fla., winning, 2-1, on Amanda Guertin's overtime goal.

Connecticut was missing Nikki Cross and Meghan Schnur with injuries.

No. 7 West Virginia and Boston College both won home games to advance to Friday's other Big East semifinal match at Rutgers. The Mountaineers beat St. John's, 2-1, as Lisa Stoia scored one goal and assisted the other; BC topped Rutgers, 2-1, on Beth Totman's 87th-minute goal.

In the Missouri Valley Conference quarterfinals, Regina Moench's overtime goal lifted visiting Creighton past Northern Iowa, 2-1, and Southwest Missouri State beat visiting Drury, 2-1, as Chelsea Anderson and Angela Parsons scored second-half goals. The other 25 conference tournaments kick off next week.

Dayton claimed the Atlantic-10 Conference title although it was held to a 1-1 draw at St. Bonaventure. Richmond, which entered the final weekend on top of the standings, fell, 3-2, in overtime to Fordham, its second successive loss. A victory would have given the Spiders a share of the title.

American overcame Army, 2-1, on German midfielder Simone Konig's overtime goal to share the Patriot League title with Navy and will play host to the conference's postseason tournament next weekend.

Loyola, Md., won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference outright by beating Niagara, 2-1. The Greyhounds clinched a share of the title on Friday but would have shared it with Niagara had they lost.

Regular-season titles have been determined in the following conferences:

America East: Boston University
Atlantic Coast: North Carolina
Atlantic Sun: Florida Atlantic and Central Florida
Atlantic-10: Dayton
Big East: Notre Dame in the Mid-Atlantic Division, Connecticut in the Northeast Division
Big Sky: Weber State
Big South: Liberty and Coastal Carolina
Big Ten: Penn State
Big 12: Colorado
Big West: Cal Poly
Colonial Athletic Association: Hofstra
Conference USA: UAB
Horizon League: UW Milwaukee
Ivy League: Dartmouth has clinched a tie, will win outright with a win or tie Nov. 9 against Cornell or Princeton's failure to beat Penn on Nov. 8
Metro Atlantic Athletic: Loyola, Md.
Mid-American: Eastern Michigan and Kent State
Mid-Continent: Oakland
Missouri Valley: Drake and Illinois State
Mountain West: Utah
Northeast: Central Connecticut State
Ohio Valley: Samford
Pacific 10: UCLA
Patriot League: American and Navy
Southeastern: Tennessee wins the overall and Eastern Division titles; Auburn wins the Western Division
Southern: Furman
Southland: Southeastern Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic: Grambling State in the West Division, Alabama A&M in the East Division
Sun Belt: Denver
Western Athletic: SMU and Hawaii

Conference tournaments (with teams that have qualified):

America East: Six teams, Nov. 4 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at top seed (Boston U., Hartford, Maine, New Hampshire, Northeastern, UMBC).

Atlantic Coast: Eight teams, Nov. 5, 7 and 9 at Cary, N.C. (all teams).

Atlantic Sun: Six teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Florida Atlantic (Florida Atlantic, Central Florida, Campbell, Georgia State, Gardner-Webb, Stetson).

Atlantic-10: Six teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Richmond (Dayton, Fordham, Richmond, Xavier, St. Joseph's, Rhode Island).

Big East: Eight teams, Nov. 2 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at Rutgers (Connecticut, Boston College, St. John's, Miami, Fla., Notre Dame, West Virginia, Rutgers, Villanova).

Big Sky: Four teams, Nov. 6 and 8 at Weber State (Weber State, Idaho State, Northern Arizona, Montana).

Big South: Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 8 at High Point (all teams).

Big Ten: Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Wisconsin (Penn State, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin).

Big 12: Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at San Antonio (Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Missouri).

Big West: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Cal State Fullerton (Cal Poly, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, UC Irvine).

Colonial Athletic Association: Six teams, Nov. 4 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at Hofstra (Hofstra, Virginia Commonwealth, Delaware, William & Mary, James Madison, George Mason).

Conference USA: Eight teams, Nov. 5, 6 and 8 at Charlotte (UAB, Marquette, DePaul, South Florida, Tulane, TCU, Saint Louis, Charlotte).

Horizon: Seven teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Loyola-Chicago (all teams).

Metro Atlantic Athletic: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Rider (Loyola, Md., Niagara, Fairfield, Rider).

Mid-American: Eight teams, Nov. 4 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at top remaining seed (Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Western Michigan, Ball State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Ohio U., Bowling Green).

Mid-Continent: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Oral Roberts (Oakland, Oral Roberts, Centenary, Western Illinois).

Missouri Valley: Six teams, Nov. 2 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at St. Louis (Drake, Illinois State, Southwest Missouri State, Northern Iowa, Creighton, Drury).

Mountain West: Seven teams, Nov. 5, 6 and 8 at Utah (all teams).

Northeast: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Robert Morris (Central Connecticut State, Sacred Heart, Long Island, Monmouth).

Ohio Valley: Six teams, Nov. 4 at home sites, Nov. 7 and 9 at Samford (Samford, Eastern Illinois, Jacksonville State, UT Martin, Southeast Missouri State, Tennessee Tech).

Patriot League: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at top seed (Navy, American, Colgate, Army).

Southeastern:Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Orange Beach, Ala. (Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Mississippi).

Southern: Eight teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at UNC Greensboro (Furman, UNC Greensboro, East Tennessee State, College of Charleston, UT Chattanooga, Wofford, Appalachian State, Western Carolina).

Southland: Six teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 9 at Northwestern State (Southeastern Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, Northwestern State, Texas State, UL Monroe, McNeese State).

Southwestern Athletic: Four teams, Nov. 7 and 9 at Alabama A&M, no automatic NCAA bid (Alabama A&M, Mississippi Valley State, Grambling State, Prairie View A&M).

Sun Belt: Eight teams, Nov. 5, 6 and 8 at Western Kentucky (Denver, North Texas, Middle Tennessee State, Western Kentucky, South Alabama, UA Little Rock, Arkansas State, UL Lafayette).

Western Athletic: Six teams, Nov. 6, 7 and 8 at SMU (SMU, Hawaii, Rice, UTEP, Fresno State, Boise State).

SUNDAY'S CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Quarterfinals
Notre Dame 2 Miami, Fla. 1 (OT)
Boston College 2 Rutgers 1
Connecticut 0 Villanova 1
West Virginia 2 St. John's 1

MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE
Quarterfinals
Northern Iowa 1 Creighton 2 (OT)
Drury at Southwest Missouri State

NCAA QUALIFIERS
Ivy League: Dartmouth
Pacific 10: UCLA