East Carolina and Memphis picked up midweek wins in American Athletic Conference women's soccer action on Thursday, August 25.

Thursday, August 25
East Carolina 2, High Point 0 - Box Score
Memphis 3, Iowa State 0 - Box Score
Cincinnati 1, Bowling Green 1 - Box Score
No. 23 UCF 0, Utah Valley 0 - Box Score
American 1, South Florida 0 - Box Score
Oklahoma State 1, Tulsa 0 - Box Score

Friday, August 26
Temple 0, Penn 0 - Box Score

East Carolina 2, High Point 0 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina soccer team defeated the High Point Panthers 2-0 Thursday night in Johnson Stadium for their first win in the season. A strike from Grace Doran and a Panthers own goal gave Head Coach Gary Higgins the first win of his ECU career.

Doran's goal in the 10th minute came off of a wonderful feed from Sydney Schnell. Schnell received a pass on the left side of the pitch and took the ball down the sidelines before cutting into the box and making a well-placed well-timed pass to Doran. Doran, making a cut in from the top of the 18, was able to punch it in first time into the left side of the net with a strong finish past High Point keeper Morgan Hairston. Doran's goal was the first of the season for the Pirates.

Through 45 minutes, ECU led High Point nine to nothing on shots taken while also earning five corners to just three for the Panthers.

In the second half, the Pirates were able to keep their feet on the gas, creating scoring chances and ultimately a second goal. In the 52nd minute, Catherine Holbrook crossed the ball in to two awaiting Pirates and after bouncing around, the ball landed at the feet of a High Point defender. The Panther's clear attempt rebounded instead off of a teammate and narrowly snuck over the line for an own goal. 

With the margin at 2-0 the rest of the way, the Panthers only managed their one shot on the game, coming in the 83rd minute. The lone shot was blocked and gave ECU and keeper Maeve English a clean sheet and a victory for the first time in 2022.

Memphis 3, Iowa State 0 - Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Tiger women's soccer team did not let their loss to Ole Miss affect them; coming back to South Campus tonight, the Tigers claimed the 3-0 win over Iowa State. Following tonight's win, Memphis moves to 2-1-0 overall.

Momo Nakao opened up shop for Memphis in the first half, scoring her first goal of the season at the 11' off an assist from Saorla Miller.

Mackenzie Bray got her first goal of the season to extend the Tigers lead in the 75' when she headed one home off a corner kick from Jocelyn Alonzo.

Miller pulled out the fancy foot-work in the 84' when she took the ball herself into the box and found the back of the net for her first one this year.

Cincinnati 1, Bowling Green 1 - Box Score
CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women's soccer team secured a 1-1 draw against Bowling Green in the road opener on Thursday night at Cochrane Stadium.
 
With the tie, Cincinnati moves to 1-0-2 on the season.
 
Vanessa DiNardo broke the stalemate with her first goal of the season in the 37th minute. The graduate student forward controlled a pass from Brandi Thomsen in the final third, making an in-and-out move past a defender and sending a shot right over the outstretch arms of the goalkeeper to give the Bearcats an early lead.
 
Bowling Green found the equalizer in the 71st minute when Brynn Gardner scored her first collegiate goal off an assist right inside the six-yard frame.
 
Anna Rexford limited further damage with her final of four saves on the night, extending to deny a corner attempt in the 77th minute. She has now recorded six saves to one goal allowed through the first three matches. With the 4-3 edge tonight, the Bearcats have held the advantage in saves in two of three matches.

No. 23 UCF 0, Utah Valley 0 - Box Score
OREM, Utah – The No. 23 UCF women's soccer team recorded a 0-0 draw against Utah Valley on Thursday night at Clyde Field.

The Knights had four shots on goal, which was two more than the Wolverines.

While reigning American Athletic Goalkeeper of the Week, Caroline DeLisle only had to make two saves; the second one was another amazing stop. Diving full extension to her left, she preserved the 0-0 tie in the 62nd minute.

The redshirt senior has only allowed one goal in the first three games of the season.

American 1, South Florida 0 - Box Score
TAMPA, Fla. – The University of South Florida women's soccer team battled another extended lightning delay and weren't able to overcome a second-half goal in a 1-0 loss to American on Thursday night.
 
Similar to its first match of the year, USF found itself having to head back to the locker room early, when 20 minutes into the game, lightning entered the area, forcing a two-hour and thirty-seven-minute delay.
 
After the unplanned break, neither team was able to find the back of the net, sending the teams back to their locker rooms scoreless.
 
Twenty-one minutes into the second half, American broke through. American took a shot which was saved by Sydney Martinez (Rincon, Ga.), but the USF keeper was unable to corral the rebound and Izzy Kadzban sent it past a diving Martinez to take the lead.
 
Ultimately, the lead would hold as the game was called due to weather in the 85th minute.

Oklahoma State 1, Tulsa 0 - Box Score
Tulsa fell 1-0 at home to Oklahoma State Thursday (Aug. 25) at the Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium.
 
Tulsa fell to 1-1-1 overall following the loss.
 
After the Cowgirls took a 1-0 lead into the halftime break, Tulsa kept Oklahoma State off the scoreboard the rest of the way. Raegan Beeding led Tulsa with seven saves. The Golden Hurricane recorded six shots in the loss. Tulsa faced 13 Oklahoma State shots, seven of them on goal.

Temple 0, Penn 0 - Box Score
PHILADELPHIA – Temple women's soccer (0-1-2) recorded their second draw of the season on Friday evening after posting a 0-0 finish against city rival, Penn (0-0-1) on the road. A competitive first half push from the Quakers was countered by a second half offensive burst from the Owls, but despite the back-and-forth battle, the match ended in a deadlock.  
 
Penn entered the game exerting offensive pressure immediately, but keeper Kyla Burns headlined the first half defensive efforts for the Owls, recording five saves on nine shots, including a 17th minute diving save to keep the game neutral.

Just three minutes later, Burns made yet another stop, but a deflection back into the box allowed Penn another attempt on goal. Graduate transfer Katie Coritz came up big for the Cherry and White, making a sliding block on the goal-line to stop Penn's closest attempt of the night.