In American Athletic Conference women's soccer action, Houston and Memphis both picked up shutout wins on Sunday, August 29.

Sunday, August 29
East Carolina 2, High Point 1 - Box Score
Cincinnati 2, Virginia Tech 1 - Box Score
South Florida 2, Kentucky 1 - Box Score
Memphis 1, Indiana 0 - Box Score
Houston 3, Houston Baptist 0 - Box Score
Temple 0, Binghamton 0 (2OT) - Box Score
Tulsa 2, Missouri State 2 (2OT) - Box Score
LSU 2, UCF 0 - Box Score
Baylor 2, SMU 1 (OT) - Box Score

East Carolina 2, High Point 1 - Box Score
HIGH POINT, N.C. – A goal in the 82nd minute from Maycie McDougal propelled the East Carolina soccer team to a 2-1 win at High Point on Sunday afternoon. East Carolina improves to 2-2-0 on the season while High Point falls to 0-3-1.
 
Early on, the East Carolina pressure allowed the Pirates to turn the Panthers over deep in their own end and led to goal scoring opportunities. Haley McWhirter took a pair of shots that just missed the frame of the goal and Holly Schlagel took a shot that forced High Point goalkeeper Morgan Hairston into a save.
 
The pressure paid off in just the fourth minute. McWhirter dropped a pass off to Tori Riggs between the halfway line and the Panther box. Riggs hesitated to freeze a High Point defender and then pushed the ball into space and onto her right foot. The graduate student then launched a long-range missile that flew past a diving Hairston into the top left corner of the goal.
 
After Riggs' opening goal, High Point began to gain some footing in the game and unfortunately for ECU, that soon led to a Panther goal. In the 15th minute, Skyler Prillaman sent a ball into the Pirate penalty area. Prillaman's pass took an unlucky deflection off a Pirate defender and rolled into the goal to tie the score at 1-1.
 
In a game that saw multiple hydration breaks due to the high heat, it was a moment of putting in the extra effort that eventually was the difference. Off a Pirate throw-in during the 82nd minute, McWhirter was able to turn away from a Panther defender and launch a shot from the top of the box. Her effort had Hairston beat, but crashed off the crossbar and back into the penalty area. Maycie McDougal raced in to follow the shot and was rewarded when the rebound fell to her, with McDougal tucking the ball home for the game-winning goal. It was the first goal of McDougal's ECU career.

Cincinnati 2, Virginia Tech 1 - Box Score
CINCINNATI -- The University of Cincinnati soccer team bounced back from a heartbreaking Thursday loss at Xavier to topple Virginia Tech, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon in Gettler Stadium.
 
The Hokies (3-1-0) were the Bearcats' second-straight opponent receiving votes in the Top-25 poll, and they were also outscoring their previous opponents 11-1 (including a 7-1 Thursday win over Elon). There was a 30-minute lightning delay in the 41st minute.

The Bearcats struck first in the 25th minute as Maddy Pittman connected with Vanessa DiNardo on a goal inside the 6-yard box. Pittman beat her defender at midfield and streaked down the sideline stride-for-stride before feeding DiNardo on a quick reaction.
 
The Hokies retaliated in the 31st minute on a penalty kick, which accounted for the second out of four total goals allowed by UC.
 
Karli Royer gave the Bearcats some massive momentum with her left-footed, free-kick goal halfway between the 18-yard box and midfield that was too high for the keeper and made it a 2-1 margin in the 44th minute.

South Florida 2, Kentucky 1 - Box Score
TAMPA, Fla. – An eventful game came to a thrilling conclusion as the University of South Florida women's soccer team used two late goals to fuel a comeback, 2-1 victory against the Kentucky Wildcats.
 
Sydny Nasello scored a goal in her third consecutive game and tallied an assist for three points in the contest. Vivianne Bessette scored the game-winner to push USF to 3-1 on the season and 2-1 against the SEC.
 
USF had scoring opportunities in the opening 45 minutes. Nasello drew a foul in the box to set up a penalty kick opportunity, but the Wildcats' Laura Nielsen made a diving stop to keep the Bulls off the board. Ultimately, Kentucky opened the scoring in the game, with Sara Makoben-Blessing netting the opener in the 42nd minute.
 
Coming out of the break down by one, the Bulls increased their offensive push in the second half. After nearly 35 minutes of pressure, South Florida finally broke through in the 81st minute. Nasello netted her third goal of the season off assists from Kendall Lincoln and Maya Alicea to tie the game.
 
USF completed the comeback victory about four minutes later. Bessette scored her first goal of the season on a set-piece corner kick by Nasello to give USF the 2-1 win.

Memphis 1, Indiana 0 - Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Aubrey Mister broke a scoreless tie four minutes into the second half, and the Memphis Tigers knocked off Indiana Sunday afternoon in Memphis, Tenn., 1-0.
 
Memphis is now 3-0-1 on the season and handed the Hoosiers (2-1-1) their first defeat of the year.
 
Aubrey Mister broke the deadlock with a 49th-minute goal off a free kick and a flick ahead by Kimberley Smit.
Memphis goalkeeper Elizabeth Moberg made a save on an Indiana try three minutes later. The Memphis defense held strong in the final 15 matches of the match, successfully clearing two Indiana corner kicks.

Mister has scored in each of the last two matches. Smit has assisted on a Memphis score in back-to-back contests. Moberg made four saves in the match.

Memphis' last match against a Big Ten opponent came in the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 9, 2018, when Wisconsin knocked off the Tigers, 3-0.

Houston 3, Houston Baptist 0 - Box Score
HOUSTON – Following a rainy Thursday night draw against Stephen F. Austin, the Cougars picked up another home win, defeating Houston Baptist, 3-0 on Sunday.
 
The first Cougar to put Houston (3-0-1) on the board was sophomore midfielder Madison Gear, assisted by redshirt freshman Caitlyn Matthews. Soon after halftime in the 51st minute, redshirt senior Jazmin Grant, assisted by senior Natalie Anderson, added to the Cougars' tally. Not long after the second Houston goal, freshman Anna Reysa put one in the net thanks to a Zionah Browne assist.
 
In addition to the three goal scorers, goalkeeper Mikaela Gracia recorded a clean sheet for the first time this season. She played a total of 90 minutes in the net notching one save. She now holds a 2-0-1 personal record on the season.
 
Houston also recorded 23 total shots against Houston Baptist (0-3-0), compared to the Huskies' two. Grant, Browne, and Reysa recorded three shots each, with Madison Dichiara, Gear, and Anderson all tallying two shots apiece.
 
For the first time since 2016, the start of the Diego Bocanegra era, Houston Soccer has gone unbeaten in its first four matches. Similar to the 2016 season, Houston has recorded three wins and one draw.

Temple 0, Binghamton 0 (2OT) - Box Score
PHILADELPHIA – Temple women's soccer (0-1-2, 0-0-0 AAC) took on Binghamton (2-1-1, 0-0-0 AEC) on Sunday afternoon, battling the Bearcats in a hard fought, physical match resulting in a 0-0 draw. Despite a last-minute offensive push by the Owls, the game remained scoreless.
 
In the first 45 minutes of play, Temple worked tirelessly as a unit on both ends of the field to maintain possession. A continuous offensive effort throughout the half allowed Temple the opportunity to fire off eight shots.

As the Owls and the Bearcats battled it out in the second half, forward Sumaya Togba created Temple's first strong opportunity of the afternoon. In the 60th minute of play, Togba broke through the Binghamton back line, getting a shot off, but missing wide.

In the 83rd minute, the Bearcats responded with a scoring opportunity of their own. Maya Anand sent a laser towards the goal, but goalkeeper Kyla Burns was in place for the save, resulting in a deflection back into the box. The Bearcats scrambled to put the ball in the net, but ultimately were called offsides to keep the game scoreless.

Just two minutes later, Hailey Gutowksi sent a line drive to the bottom right corner, but goalkeeper Haylee Poltorak made the save to preserve the draw. 

The Owls dominated as the match advanced to overtime, creating two opportunities to close the game. In the 98th minute, Phoebe Hollin made a run down the field, bolting into the box with her defenders on her back. Hollin missed the net wide.

Tulsa 2, Missouri State 2 (2OT) - Box Score
The Tulsa women's soccer team battled Missouri State to a 2-2 double-overtime tie on Sunday afternoon at the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium.  The Golden Hurricane moved to 1-2-1 on the season, while the Bears also moved to 1-2-1 overall.
 
Isold Runarsdottir put the Golden Hurricane on the board off a combination from Karsen Aguirre and Liliana Fernandez at the 9:49 mark.  Fernandez then added a score in the 17th minute as she went one-on-one with a defender and shot from right to left from 12 yards out.
 
Anna Durnin got one back for the Bears as she drilled in a score from 30 yards out after battling a defender in the 29th minute, and Tulsa maintained that 2-1 lead at the break.
 
Kennady Orlick evened the score, 2-2, at the 61:29 mark as she headed in a cross taken by Grace O'Keefe from one yard out.  Both teams battled for the remainder of regulation and two overtime periods, but neither team found the back of the net ending the game in a 2-2 tie.
 
Fernandez finished the game with one goal, one assist and a team-best four shots, while Runarsdottir and Aguirre both had three attempts, and Jadyn Chee and Emilie Torres both had two shots.  Emma Malsy logged all 110 minutes in goal and picked up three saves.

LSU 2, UCF 0 - Box Score
Orlando, Fla. – The UCF women's soccer (2-1-0) team dropped a 2-0 decision at home against LSU (4-0-0) on Sunday afternoon, the first loss of the Knight season. After opening the season with back-to-back shutouts, the Tigers' two goals are the first goals scored against UCF this fall.
 
LSU's Molly Thompson got the scoring started in the 22nd minute to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. That score would stick going into the half. Tinaya Alexander would score three minutes into the second half to make it a 2-0 game and that lead would hold until the end.
 
UCF goalkeeper Caroline DeLisle made eight saves on the day, a season-high. LSU kept the pressure on her with 10 shots on goal and 16 shots total. UCF's offense was never able to truly get going as LSU's pressure only resulted in two shots on goal.

Baylor 2, SMU 1 (OT) - Box Score
WACO, Texas – The SMU women's soccer team suffered a 2-1 overtime defeat at Baylor Sunday night. With the loss, SMU dropped to 1-1, while Baylor improved to 2-2.
 
The Bears ended the match, and a nearly 90-minute scoreless stretch after SMU tied the score early, with a fortunate goal in the 99th minute. Playing up the field, Baylor goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt launched the ball into the SMU box. Lorelai Stamrood held possession until Haven Terry managed to get it to the back of the net.
 
It was the first goal since the 11th minute when SMU answered Baylor's opening goal. Freshman Elisabeth Tse scored her first collegiate goal, using her left foot to direct a cross into the left side of the net. Wayny Balata received a throw-in on the right edge of the 18-yard box from the right sideline. She turned and sent the ball across to find Tse, earning her second assist of the season.
 
The SMU answer came just a minute after the Bears started the scoring in the 10th minute off a corner kick. Mackenzie Anthony beat the outstretched hand of Samantha Estrada to the ball, heading it into the goal.