The American Athletic Conference women's soccer teams continued conference play on Sunday.
Standings
Results
Highlights
- Cincinnati extended the team's unbeaten streak to seven games (4-0-3) for the first time since 2008, as the team beat Houston, 1-0. Sophomore Julie Gavorski, who sat out the last three weeks due to a shoulder injury, returned on Sunday and scored the Bearcats' game-winning goal in the 64th minute. Redshirt junior goalie Natalie Smith had one save and posted her third shutout of the season.
- Houston's senior goalkeeper Jordan Brown registered six saves in the match. Brown has recorded 39 saves on the year, with a league-leading 3.90 saves per game average.
- Junior Rachel Hill scored a pair of second half goals to help lead No. 20/25 UConn to a 3-2 victory over UCF. Samantha McGuire netted the game-tying goal for the Huskies in the 79th minute, evening the score at 2-2. Hill followed up with the golden goal in the 81st minute, notching her eighth goal of the season. Goalkeeper Emily Armstrong tallied three saves in the match for UConn.
- Sophomore transfer Morgan Ferrara notched her first goal as a Knight to give UCF a 1-0 lead at halftime. Senior Ashley Spivey recorded her sixth goal of 2015 in the 71st minute, giving the Knights a 2-1 lead before the Huskies rallied for the win. Freshman Vera Varis had four saves in goal for UCF.
- No. 24/NR USF is now 5-0 at home this season, and the only team 2-0 in conference play after defeating Temple, 1-0. Junior forward Leticia Skeete recorded the game-winner for the Bulls in the 23rd minute, notching her third goal of the year. Sophomore goalie Kat Elliott had two saves in her seventh shutout of the season. Elliott ranks first in the conference for saves, with 42.
- Freshman Jordan Nash tallied seven saves in the net for Temple, bringing her season total to 40 - the second-highest in the conference.
- SMU outshot East Carolina 17-5 in the team's 2-1 win over the Pirates. Vanessa Valadez scored both goals for the Mustangs, notching the game-winning goal in the final minute. With the pair of goals, Valadez now leads the team and ranks third in the conference with seven goals.
- East Carolina junior defender Caitlin Hite netted the Pirates' lone goal in the 27th minute, marking her first goal of the season and second of her career. Senior goalie Saundra Baron tallied four saves for ECU.
Coming Up
Thursday, October 1
UCF at East Carolina *...................7 p.m. ET
SMU at RV/NR Tulsa *..................8 p.m. ET
Houston at Memphis *....................8 p.m. ET
* Denotes conference game