Cincinnati and SMU stayed undefeated after picking up victories in American Athletic Conference women's soccer action on Thursday, September 1.

Thursday, September 1
Cincinnati 5, Stony Brook 1 - Box Score
East Carolina 1, UNCW 0 - Box Score
Tulsa 1, Central Arkansas 0 - Box Score
No. 15 SMU 2, Stephen F. Austin 0 - Box Score
Florida 2, South Florida 1 - Box Score
No. 9 Rutgers 7, Temple 0 - Box Score
Louisville 3, No. 23 Memphis 2 - Box Score
Baylor 3, Houston 0 - Box Score

Cincinnati 5, Stony Brook 1 - Box Score
CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women's soccer team defeated Stony Brook 5-1 on Thursday afternoon at Gettler Stadium. With the win, the Bearcats continue their unbeaten season, improving to 3-0-2 (0-0-0 AAC).
 
A dominating start for the first touch saw Mackenzie Tucker connect with Ellie Flower off a corner kick attempt as Flower found the ball in traffic before heading it through the right side of the frame at the 1:59 mark. It was the fifth fastest goal scored under head coach Neil Stafford and the second consecutive match that Flower has scored.
 
The Bearcats continued to attack in the final third and were able to double their lead in the 18th minute with Tucker notching her second assist of the match with a cross that was finished by Sarah Kate Rath for her first career collegiate goal. The two assists by Tucker were also her first as a Bearcat.
 
Stony Brook responded with a goal of their own in the 57th minute as Reilly Rich notched her third of the season on a strike that tucked inside the right post.
 
Cincinnati re-established their control of the match in the 73rd minute as Megan Smith dribbled through the defense and connected on her first collegiate goal from right inside the box. The Bearcats added two more tallies in the final five minutes of the match as Paige Miller connected on her first goal of the season in the 87th minute and Smith added another in the 89th minute.

East Carolina 1, UNCW 0 - Box Score
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The East Carolina soccer team took down the UNCW Seahawks 1-0 on Thursday to earn a third-consecutive win. Annabelle Abbott tallied the lone goal for the Pirates.
 
Abbott opened the scoring for the Pirates in just the sixth minute with what proved to be the game winner. Off of a feed from Catherine Holbrook, Abbott finished with her right foot to give ECU a lead which it would not relinquish. The goal and assist were the first of the year for Abbott and Holbrook, respectively.
 
Goalkeeper Maeve English made four saves on the game with perhaps none bigger than her save of Kayla Burroughs's shot at the end of the 87th minute to retain the lead for the Pirates. The clean sheet was the third consecutive for English, the first time she has accomplished that feat, and the ninth of her career.
 
Three consecutive shutouts is the most for East Carolina since October 2018.

Tulsa 1, Central Arkansas 0 - Box Score
TULSA, Okla. -- Madison Tokarchik scored the lone goal to give the Tulsa women's soccer team a 1-0 win over Central Arkansas on Thursday night at the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium.  The Golden Hurricane moved to 3-1-1 on the season, while the Bears fell to 1-3-1 overall.

Tokarchik's goal came at the 48:45 mark as she drilled in a shot off a pass from Emilie Torres.  This was Tokarchik's fourth goal in five games to start the season.

Liliana Fernandez and Madison Tokarchik both had a team-best four shots, while Karsen Aguirre, Quinn Turner and Jordan Frederick all had three attempts. Kylie Koeijmans logged all 90 minutes in goal and picked up three saves.

No. 15 SMU 2, Stephen F. Austin 0 - Box Score
DALLAS -- No. 15 SMU remained undefeated with a 2-0 win over Stephen F. Austin Thursday night at Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium. 

After a scoreless first half, Julissa Cisneros scored her second goal of the season to give the Mustangs (3-0-1) the lead in the 60th minute. Sammy Nieves and Courtney Sebazco were credited with assists.

Sebazco put the game away, scoring from the penalty spot in the 82nd minute.

Samantha Estrada made four saves in a clean sheet for SMU.

Florida 2, South Florida 1 - Box Score
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 1, 2022 – The University of South Florida women's soccer team fell to the Florida Gators, 2-1, in the team's first road match of the season.
 
Chiara Hahn scored the Bulls' goal in the win, with Rosalia Muino Gonzalez getting an assist. Sydney Martinez made six saves in the match.
 
Coming out of the break, the Gators continued pressing and broke through in the 61st minute, with Julianne Leskauskas finding the back of the net.
 
Just over 10 minutes later, the Bulls answered. Hahn (Lauterbach, Germany) scored her second goal in as many games off an assist from Muino Gonzalez. The stalemate continued until the 82nd minute, with Florida's Syd Kennedy earning the lead back for the Gators off a feed from Leskauskas.

No. 9 Rutgers 7, Temple 0 - Box Score
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Temple women's soccer (0-2-2) fell to No. 9 Rutgers (5-0-0) on Thursday evening in the Owls third road match of the year. The Cherry and White defense worked tirelessly, but the dynamic Scarlet Knight offense prevailed to remain undefeated on the season. 

Rutgers entered the match with offensive drive, finding the go-ahead goal just nine minutes into play, capitalizing on a corner kick opportunity.  

Louisville 3, No. 23 Memphis 2 - Box Score
HARRISONBURG, Va. – No. 23 Memphis began a challenging weekend with a 3-2 defeat to Louisville Thursday night in Harrisonburg, Va. The Tigers are now 3-2-0 on the season. The Cardinals improve to 3-1-0.
 
The Tigers rebounded from surrendering an early goal to tie the game in the 22nd minute when Eef Kerkhof scored his first-career Tiger goal off an assist by Momo Nakao.

Nakao gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead in the 57th minute off a dish from Saorla Miller.

Louisville came right back and tied the game at 2 in the 58th minute and then scored the eventual game-winner in the 65th minute.

Baylor 3, Houston 0 - Box Score
HOUSTON – The University of Houston Soccer program fell in its home opener in a 3-0 defeat to Baylor Thursday night at the Carl Lewis International Complex. Despite the loss, the Houston Soccer team drew the third largest attendance in program history with 1,006 fans in the stands. The Cougars (1-2-1) came into the game Thursday after a four-game road stretch to start the season. Baylor (2-2-1) had an aggressive start as it applied pressure up top and created several scoring opportunities early.
 
Baylor's Hallie Augustin found the back of the net off of a header supplying the first score of the game in the eighth minute as the Bears took a 1-0 lead.
 
The Bears' Ashley Merrill capitalized on another corner kick as a second header by Baylor went into the net marking a 2-0 Baylor lead in the 28th minute.
 
On the counter, a shot from Baylor's Maddie Algya outside the 18-yard box on the right side squeezed into the net to increase the Bears' lead to 3-0 in the 62nd minute.