#1 Notre Dame 3 Providence 0
Red-hot Canadian Katie Thorlakson picked up her 11th goal and 12th assist of the season as the Irish picked up its 52nd consecutive home victory over a Big East Conference opponent. Thorlakson and freshman midfielder Jannica Tjeder both scored in the first half, while junior midfielder Annie Schefter added one of her patented strikes from outside the box to cap the scoring early in the second half. Notre Dame — the only remaining unbeaten and untied team out of 308 in Division I — had a 38-2 edge in total shots.
San Diego State 0 #4 Washington 1
Junior forward Kim Taylor's 14th-minute goal, her third game-winner of the season, gave Washington a 1-0 victory helped the Huskies equal the best non-conference record in their 14-year history. The Huskies recovered from Friday's 2-1 loss at San Diego to close out the non-conference portion of their schedule with a 9-1 record, matching the school record established by the 2000 team.
Michigan State 0 #5 Penn State 3
Penn State struck first in the 62nd minute on a shot by freshman Alli Donofrio. Tiffany Weimer scored more than three minutes later. The junior striker then found Sarah Dwyer for the LionsÆ final goal in the 77th minute.
Washington State 0 #6 Portland 2
Portland got a pair of second-half goals in a three-minute span to defeat Washington State at Lower Soccer Field. Freshman striker Natalie Budge scored on a header in the 54th minute, while junior All-American Christine Sinclair netted a 57th-minute strike, her 13th goal of the season.
#8 UCLA 1 #7 Santa Clara 0 (OT)
Senior Kendal Billingsley scored a golden goal at the 105:17 mark on a penalty kick, helping UCLA beat the Broncos for the first time in six meetings. Santa ClaraÆs best chance came in the 52nd minute when Tina Estrada bounced a shot that hit the UCLA crossbar. The match was stopped for nearly 30 minutes in the second half when Bruin forward Danesha Adams was injured after a hard collision with a Santa Clara defender. Her injury was not serious. However, she was taken to the UCLA Medical Center for precautionary measures.
#9 Florida 4 Georgia 0
Junior Jamie Garside's first collegiate goal in the 41st minute also turned out to be the game-winner. She timed her jump perfectly to head in Monica Hoyles' corner kick at 40:46. The Gators then scored on three of their four shots of the second half. Freshman Jasmine Johnson hit her first goal since the season opener at 57:13. Senior midfielder Stephanie Freeman scored her team-leading ninth of the season at 77:22. With a little over a minute remaining, freshman KeLeigh Hudson scored her second goal of the season.
#11 Texas A&M 2 Oklahoma 1
Midfielders Paige Carmichael and Laura Probst scored late goals to rescue the Aggies in front of 2,102 fans at the Aggie Soccer Complex. OU's Savannah Scott broke the deadlock in the 70th minute, giving the Sooners the lead. Carmichael answered with the equalizer from 25 yards 16 minutes later and Probst scored the winner 73 seconds later. A&M improved to 10-0-0 against OU. The Sooners played the final 55 minutes of the game with 10 players after midfielder Jenny Jones was issued a red-card in the 35th minute for elbowing Carmichael in the face.
#12 Stanford 2 St. Mary's 1
Junior Leah Tapscott took the pass from senior Emilee Shim and fired the game-winning goal in the 84th minute. Stanford sophomore Gina Farias-Eisner set up freshman Lizzy George, who headed the ball into the net just six and a half minutes into the match. Saint Mary's tied it up before the half, as leading scorer Genevieve Hollis converted a pass from Jenny Barbera in the 39th minute.
#14 Michigan 1 Ohio State 1 (OT)
Freshman Kandice McLaughlin gave the Wolverines the advantage with a goal in the 35th minute, while Ohio State knotted the score in the 63rd minute on a goal by Lara Dickenmann. Michigan goalkeeper Megan Tuura had a career-high 11 saves to help preserve the tie.
#15 Clemson 0 Maryland 1 (Saturday)
Kimmy Francis scored the game's only goal in leading Maryland to a 1-0 win over Clemson in an ACC match. Clemson outshot Maryland, 18-7. The Terrapins' goalkeeper Nikki Resnick finished the match with six saves.
South Carolina 1 #16 Tennessee 3
Sophomore Ali Christoph scored in the 27th minute, and second-half goals by seniors Sue Flamini and Kristin McGrath padded the Lady Vols' lead. South Carolina finally got on the scoreboard at 66:47 when Jessi Swaim connected on her second goal of the campaign. UT improved on the program's best start to an SEC campaign at 4-0.
#18 Princeton 4 Dartmouth 1 (Saturday)
Emily Behncke scored two goals, the second one minute after Dartmouth's Sarah Johnson had scored, to lead Princeton to a 4-1 win over the Big Green at Lourie-Love Field. Behncke also assisted on one of Meghan Farrell's two goals to finish the day with a career-best five points.
St. John's 1 #19 Villanova 0
Laura Burlacu came off the bench for St. John's to score the game-winner, her second goal of the season, with four minutes remaining in the first half.
#20 West Virginia 4 Syracuse 1
The Mountaineers used goals from four different players to earn their ninth victory of the season. Freshman Ashley Banks opened the match scoring in the 12th minute. The Orange knotted the score at 1-1 just three minutes later on Molly McManus' goal. Freshman Kim Bonilla put WVU up for good at 24:37 with her fourth goal of the season. Marisa Kanela and Rachel Minnich added Mountaineer goals.
#21 Illinois 3 Iowa 2
Senior forward Tara Hurless led the Illini charge with one goal and two assists, while Jessica Bayne contributed the game-winning goal. Hurless scored the first Illinois goal and then set up Ella Masar and Bayne. Danielle Oswald set up Lindsay Phillips and Ashley Schlueter for the two Hawkeye goals.
#22 Kansas 3 Baylor 0
Junior forward Caroline Smith scored two goals and added an assist on sophomore Jessica Kilpatrick's goal to lead Kansas over Baylor at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex. The shutout was senior goalkeeper Meghan Miller's Big 12-leading eighth of the season and increased her school record for career shutouts to 27.
Missouri 1 #23 Colorado 0
Elyse Nikonchuk headed a Jennifer Nobis throw-in for the Tigers, who dominated play, out shooting the Buffs, 12-5.
Kentucky 0 #25 Auburn 3
Chrissy Culver, Kristin Stewart and Courtney Crandell scored for the Tigers in the SEC clash. Kentucky head coach Warren Lipka was given a red card in the 20th minute.