USF improved to 5-0-0 in American Athletic Conference women's soccer league play, while Memphis picked up a non-conference top-10 win.

Saturday, March 27
Cincinnati 2, East Carolina 1 - Box Score
Sunday, March 28
No. 22 USF 3, Houston 1 - Box Score
Temple 2, Tulsa 0 - Box Score 
No. 17 Memphis 3, No. 6 Vanderbilt 2 (OT) - Box Score

Cincinnati 2, East Carolina 1 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Alli Pestaina's first career goal in the 80th minute broke a 1-1 tied and gave the University of Cincinnati soccer team a critical 2-1 American Athletic Conference road win over ECU Saturday at Johnson Soccer Stadium.
 
The Bearcats (4-4-0, 3-3-0 AAC) have won three-straight matches with all coming on goals late in the second half or overtime. ECU fell to 2-4-2 (2-2-2 AAC).
 
UC scored both of its goals on set pieces with Pestaina corralling a rebound off a Taylor Nuncio free kick and belting it past ECU GK Maeve English to give the Bearcats the lead for good.
 
Chances for both teams were hard to come by in the first half, but UC made the most of it in the 16th minute via its first corner kick of the match. Nuncio hit an inswinger which found Pestaina's head, was hit down into the middle of the box and Annie Metzger found the loose ball and scored her first career goal.

No. 22 USF 3, Houston 1 - Box Score
TAMPA, Fla.  – The University of South Florida women's soccer team won on the road in Houston, 3-1, to remain perfect in conference play on Sunday afternoon.
 
Serita Thurton netted the game-winner for the Bulls (6-0-1, 5-0-0 AAC), her first career goal. Sydny Nasello and Vivianne Bessette also scored in the win. Sydney Martinez made three saves in the game and earned the win in net, continuing her streak of success.
 
Houston applied pressure early with Jazmin Grant scoring less than five minutes into the game to take a quick lead. USF responded 10 minutes later as Bessette found the back of the net for her second goal of the year.
 
The Bulls scored again to take the lead before halftime. A pass from Nasello found its way to Thurton, who put it past the Cougar goalkeeper to give USF a 2-1 lead heading into the break. South Florida kept up the pressure on the other side of the half. Nasello received a pass from Bessette and sent it over the goal line to add to the Bulls' lead and earn the 3-1 victory.

Temple 2, Tulsa 0 - Box Score 
TULSA, Okla. – Temple defeated Tulsa, 2-0, Sunday afternoon at the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium. The Owls moved to 4-4-1 (2-4-1 American Athletic Conference), while the Golden Hurricane fell to 1-5.

Roisin McGovern gave the Owls the only goal they would actually need in the game, coming at the 25^th minute mark (24:56) when the Temple freshman scored from three yards out on an assist from Gabriela Johnson. The Hurricane put pressure on the Temple goalkeeper in the first half with seven shots, including three on goal, while the Owls had only three shots.
 
Temple appeared to have gone ahead 2-0 in the second half with just over 28 minutes remaining in the contest, but Emily Kavanaugh’s goal was waved off due to an offsides call. The Owls did get that second goal at the 65:09 mark when Emma Wilkins had an open look at the goal 12 yards on an assist from Lexy Endres. The game ended with Tulsa taking 14 shots to Temple’s seven, including a 4-3 advantage for shots on goal for the Hurricane.
 
No. 17 Memphis 3, No. 6 Vanderbilt 2 (OT) - Box Score
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 17 Memphis women's soccer team earned its first-ever win over a Top 10 opponent by defeating No. 6 Vanderbilt 3-2 in overtime on Sunday. Junior midfielder Tanya Boychuk scored a golden goal in the 96th minute to give the Tigers the victory.
 
Memphis (7-1) held a 2-0 lead behind second-half goals from midfielders Mya Jones and Haylee Spray. Vanderbilt (9-5) scored in the 77th minute to cut the lead in half. The Commodores added an equalizer 11 minutes later to force overtime. 
 
Boychuk's golden goal came on an assist from Jones. After chipping the ball over the head of a defender to create space, Jones sent a cross from just inside the box directly to Boychuk. The Edmonton, Alberta, native finished the game by burying her attempt across the face of the goalkeeper into the top right corner.
 
Boychuk also had an assist on Jones' goal in the 62nd minute. Spray's 77th-minute goal was assisted by defender Kimberley Smit.
 
For the majority of the match, the Tigers controlled what was a fast-paced contest. Memphis outshot Vanderbilt, the defending SEC champions, 22-8 with a 12-7 advantage in shots on goal. The game was initially scheduled for Saturday night before being postponed to Sunday due to inclement weather.