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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Temple, Cincinnati ^21/18, Memphis and UConn each tally three conference points after picking up wins Thursday night. League action will resume Sunday, while UCF ^8/9 will compete in a rescheduled non-conference match against LSU.
 
Results
 
Oct. 12 (Thurs.)

Temple 2 Houston 0 *	Box Score	Recap	Recap
Cincinnati 21/18 3 Tulsa 2 *	Box Score	Recap	Recap
Memphis 2 ECU 0 *	Box Score	Recap	Recap
UConn 2 SMU 1 *	Box Score	Recap	Recap

 
Highlights
Temple earned a 2-0 victory over Houston Thursday. The Owls currently round out the top six in conference standings, qualifying for The American tournament. Gabriella McKeown scored the first goal 14 minutes into the game. Three minutes later freshman midfielder Emma Wilkins secured the insurance goal. Temple’s defense held strong the rest of the match.
 
Cincinnati ^21/18 topped Tulsa 3-1 Thursday night at Gettler Stadium. The Bearcats moved to 11-1-2 overall and 4-0-1 in The American. Jill Vetere opened the scoring, while Sophie Gorman soon followed. Gorman leads the team in goals with four on the year. Sydney Goins scored her first goal of the year, second of her career and her first game-winner in the 75th minute.

 
Memphis won its 10th match of the 2017 season Thursday evening with a 2-0 shutout at ECU. Marie Levasseur scored first for the Tigers, her eighth of the season. Mikayla Morton scored in the 64th minutes to put Memphis up 2-0. Morton, now with nine goals, was assisted by freshman Osa Iyare.
 
UConn took a 2-1 edge over SMU Friday night at Morrone Stadium. Freshman Yamilee Eveillard scored two goals an sophomore Erin Spillane had assists on both. Eveillard’s game-winner was made with 2:26 minutes to play. The Huskies improve to fifth place in the league standings.

 

Upcoming Schedule
 
Oct. 15 (Sun.)

Houston at UConn	Noon ET *
Memphis at Cincinnati 21/18	1 p.m. ET *
Tulsa sat ECU	1 p.m. ET *
SMU at Temple	1 p.m. ET *
UCF 8/9 at LSU	2 p.m. ET

[*] denotes conference match