Memphis 3, Ole Miss 1
A shorthanded Memphis side clawed their way to a 3-1 victory against Ole Miss Sunday evening. Playing with 10 players for the final 24 minutes of the match, two goals in the waning seconds of the contest yielded a Memphis win.
As regulation was winding down, the Tigers took a 2-1 lead in the 89th minute. A service sent in by Mya Jones was misplayed by the Ole Miss defense, giving the lead to Memphis on the own goal. Forty seconds later, with the Rebels scrambling to equalize, Clarissa Larisey sprinted down the pitch and sent a breakaway shot passed the Ole Miss keeper to seal the win.
Ole Miss scored first with a goal in the 22nd minute after a loose ball found the back of the net. Nine minutes later, Boychuk converted a penalty kick in the 31st minute to draw level at 1-1.
UConn 3, Fairfield 0
UConn notched its first win of the 2019 season with a 3-0 victory in the team's home opener against Fairfield on Sunday night. Kess Elmore and Vivien Beil each recorded a goal in the win, a satisfying accomplishment for the duo that rehabbed ACL injuries together during the entire 2018 season.
Elmore struck first on a through ball from Alana Moore in the 11th minute of the first half. Elmore raced ahead and slipped a shot past the keeper to give UConn its first lead of the season. Beil's goal capped the scoring for the Huskies in the 71st minute to pull away with a 3-0 lead.
SMU 2, DePaul 1
A game-winning goal from Hannah Allred in the 89th minute pushed SMU past DePaul 2-1 on Sunday. The Mustangs scored early in the contest when SMU was awarded a free kick in the fifth minute from just outside of the penalty box. Celiana Torres took the kick and found the back of the net to give SMU a 1-0 lead.
DePaul outshot the Mustangs 18 to 10, but wasn't able to put anything away until the Blue Demons added a goal of their own in the 78th minute. Kristin Boos got a shot past Tatum Sutherland, who had seven saves throughout the match, to tie the game at one.
It seemed as if the match would go into overtime, until Allred made a break up the right side of the field and buried a shot into the left side of the net with one minute left in regulation for the winner.
ECU 1, Richmond 1
A late goal from Daria Draovitch helped ECU salvage a 1-1 draw against Richmond on Sunday night inside Johnson Stadium. It was the season opener for both teams after ECU and Richmond were each rained out on Thursday night. It is the second straight season that the Pirates have officially started their season with a 1-1 draw.
The Pirates finished with a 20-10 edge in shots while Richmond had an 8-7 advantage in corner kicks. ECU had 61% of the game's possession as well. Stiles finished with two saves in the goal for ECU while Jessica Stanfill made three stops for the Spiders.
Florida 2, USF 0
A record 2,011 fans made their way through the Corbett Stadium gates to watch the No. 18/14 USF Bulls as they took on the Florida Gators. Despite outshooting Florida 20-4, USF fell 2-0 on Sunday night.
USF took 20 shots and eight found their way on target, but the Gators scored twice in five minutes to take the victory. The first half gave USF a lot of opportunities, with the Bulls putting four shots on goal. However, Florida goalkeeper Susi Espinoza matched each attempt with a save, en route to eight saves on the night.
Bulls Evelyne Viens, Sydny Nasello and Olivia Cooke still loaded the stat sheet offensively, tallying a combined 14 shots. The Bulls took 15 shots in the second period, totaling 20 for the evening.
Rice 3, Houston 0
Houston fell 3-0 on the road at Rice on Sunday night, with the hosts scoring a pair of second half goals to secure the win. The Cougars were outshot 11-4 in the contest, with Mia Brascia recording four shots of her own, including two on net, to pace the Houston offense. Six different Cougars tallied a shot in the loss.
Virginia Tech 2, Cincinnati 0
Cincinnati goalkeeper Madison Less recorded a career-high-tying 10 saves to keep it close, but it was not enough as #25 Virginia Tech scored once in each half to claim a 2-0 victory Sunday in Blacksburg, Va.
Less tied a career-high with 10 saves, equaling her previous best from a 2-1 loss at USF last year (10/4/18), while the Bearcats employed a deep bench for the second-straight match, this time seeing 22 players log minutes after playing 21 against St. John's in the season-opener Thursday night. Virginia Tech out-shot Cincinnati, 18-3, as the hosts fired nine shots each half as Less recorded six saves in the first half and four in the second.
Tulsa at McNeese – CANCELLED
Tulsa’s game scheduled for Sunday against McNeese State was cancelled due to inclement weather. After 90 minutes of lightning strike delays in Lumberton, Texas, the game was cancelled. Tulsa returns to action on Friday, August 30 against Little Rock at home.