COMPLETE NOTES
• The week ahead seeing American teams competing in two tournaments and four matchups against Top 25 opponents.
• USF, which opened the season 1-0 after shutting out Lipscomb, 3-0, at home on Monday, travels to Indiana this weekend for the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic. The Bulls will face No. 17/21 Butler and the No. 7/5 ranked Hoosiers during the two-day event in Bloomington, Ind.
• UCF makes its home debut on Friday hosting No. 15/23 Charlotte at the UCF Soccer Complex. Rookie keeper Yannik Oettl was named to the American Weekly Honor Roll last week for his efforts at the John Rennie Nike Invitational. Oettl made eight saves in the season opener last Friday against the host Blue Devils.
• UConn, which shut out Quinnipiac, 1-0 (OT), on Monday for its first win of the season, returns home on Saturday hosting No. 9/10 Notre Dame at Morrone Stadium. Junior forward Abdou Mbacke Thiam scored the game-winning goal in the win over the Bobcats.
• SMU welcomes Oakland and Cornell to Dallas for the SMU Tournament Friday and Sunday at Westcott Field. Mauro Cichero scored all three goals, his first career hat trick, for the Mustangs in a 3-2 win over UC Davis last Friday and earned a spot on TopDrawerSoccer’s National Team of the Week.
Schedule/Results
AUGUST
28 (Mon.)
No. 24/NR UConn 1, Quinnipiac 0 (OT)
USF 3, Lipscomb 0
Wright State 4, Cincinnati 0
29 (Tues.)
Temple 1, Villanova 0
31 (Thurs.)
Temple at Delaware • 2 p.m. ET
SEPTEMBER
1 (Fri.)
USF vs. No. 17/21 Butler • 5 p.m. ET^
IUPUI at Cincinnati • 7 p.m. ET
No. 16/23 Charlotte at UCF • 7 p.m. ET
Tulsa at Missouri State • 8 p.m. ET
Oakland at RV/NR SMU • 8:30 p.m. ET#
2 (Sat.)
No. 9/10 Notre Dame at RV/NR UConn • 7 p.m. ET
RV/NR Kentucky at Memphis • 8 p.m. ET
3 (Sun.)
Rider at Temple • 1 p.m. ET
USF at No. 7/5 Indiana (BTN Plus) • 8 p.m. ET^
Cornell at RV/NR SMU • 8 p.m. ET#
[^] adidas/IU Credit Union Classic (Bloomington, Ind.)
[#] SMU Tournament (Dallas, Texas)
All times subject to change