Memphis moved into first place in the American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings after picking up a victory Sunday, Oct. 10.

Sunday, October 10
SMU 2, South Florida 0 - Box Score
UCF 3, Tulsa 0 - Box Score
East Carolina 1, Houston 0 (2OT) - Box Score
Memphis 2, Cincinnati 1 - Box Score

SMU 2, South Florida 0 - Box Score
TAMPA, Fla. (SMU) – No. 15 SMU defeated USF, 2-0, on a pair of goals by Lindsey Whitmore at Corbett Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Sunday afternoon.
 
For the Bulls, it was the first conference loss of the season as they dropped to 8-3-2 overall, 3-1-1 in the American Athletic Conference. SMU improved to 8-2-1 overall, 2-1-1 in The American.
 
Whitmore put the Mustangs in front just 3:05 into the game. The transfer had a South Florida clearance ricochet off her over the head of the Bulls' goalkeeper and into the net.
 
"I think the early goal gave us some confidence and gave us something more to play for," SMU head coach Chris Petrucelli explained after the win. "We felt like we had something and didn't want to give it away."
 
In the 63rd minute, Whitmore again took advantage of a mistake by the Bulls defense for her second goal of the contest. USF goalkeeper Sydney Martinez mishandled the ball, and Whitmore took it away for an empty-net goal.
 
With the two goals, Whitmore now has four on the season, tied with Courtney Sebazco for the team lead.
 
The Mustangs were under heavy offensive pressure from the Bulls throughout the contest, but Tatum Sutherland was up to the challenge, making eight saves on 14 shots by USF.

UCF 3, Tulsa 0 - Box Score
ORLANDO, Fla. – The UCF women's soccer team earned a 3-0 victory over Tulsa Saturday afternoon at the UCF Soccer Complex. The win marked head coach Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak's 150th career win in 15 years of coaching. It was also the Knights first American Athletic Conference victory on the year, as they improve to 6-5-1, 1-3-1 AAC.
 
The scoring started early for the Black and Gold as Sanja Homann scored just 50 seconds into the game to give UCF a very early 1-0 lead.
 
The Knights would keep the pressure on Tulsa throughout the remainder of the first half but were unable to notch another goal and took a 1-0 lead into the locker room.
 
The Black and Gold came out of the halftime break looking for more, getting multiple chances up front. In the 58th minute Kristen Scott put one in the back of the net off of beautiful passes from Homann and Ellie Moreno.
 
Exactly ten minutes later, Moreno joined the fun and scored the third of the match with a chip over the Tulsa keepers head.

East Carolina 1, Houston 0 (2OT) - Box Score
HOUSTON, TEXAS – Despite being on the back foot for much of the game, the East Carolina soccer snatched a 1-0 double overtime win at Houston on Sunday afternoon.
 
East Carolina improves to 7-7-1 overall and 2-2-1 in AAC play while Houston drops to 10-3-2 with a 2-1-1 league record. The Pirates have now won three straight games for the second time this season and is unbeaten in four straight games.
 
The first half was even in terms of possession, but Houston had the majority of the offensive chances. The Cougars outshot the Pirates 7-2 in the opening 45 minutes, including 3-1 in shots on target. But the East Carolina defense limited how dangerous those shots were. The best chance for Houston came in the 41st minute when Natalie Anderson looked like she was teed up for a shot from point-blank range, but Kim Sanford was there to block the attempt.
 
In the second 45 minutes, the Cougars began to gain control of the game, outshooting East Carolina 11-2. The Pirates stayed in the game thanks to the play of the defense and goalkeeper Maeve English. English made four stops in the second half while the ECU defense blocked a pair of attempts. On the other end, the best ECU chance came when a ball over the top found Kylie Alvarez charging into the Houston box, but she pulled her attempt just wide of the goalpost.
 
The first overtime continued the momentum from the second half as Houston tried to grab the game-winning goal. English was called on for another save while one Cougar shot went over the crossbar.
 
In the second overtime, the Pirates finally got a good look at the Cougar goal and they took advantage of it. In the 103rd minute, Holly Schlagel found space on the right wing and swung a cross into the Houston box. Annabelle Abbott jumped up to win it and her header reached Haley McWhirter at the edge of the six-yard box. McWhirter let loose a spinning shot that clipped the bottom of the crossbar and bounced into the goal. It is the team-high fourth goal of the season for McWhirter and the third time she has scored in five AAC games.

Memphis 2, Cincinnati 1 - Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After playing from behind in the first half, Memphis would overcome a deficit with back-to-back goals to take the 2-1 win over Cincinnati to stay perfect in American Athletic Conference play.
 
Following today's win, Memphis moves to 10-1-1 overall and 4-0-0 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Bearcats fell to 6-5-2 and 1-2-1 in league play.
 
The Bearcats struck first in the 15' when Vanessa DiNardo netted her sixth goal of the season to give Cincinnati a 1-0 lead.

Memphis would get two goals in the second half to take the lead; Saorla Miller found the back of the net in the 49' while Tanya Boychuk scored her team-high sixth goal of the season in the 83'. Boychuk's goal would stand as the game-winning goal for the Tigers.

Along with DiNardo's goal, the Tiger's defense held the he Bearcats to just two shots on-goal and only one corner kick for the match.