Oct. 21, 2007

With more than half of the conference season in the books, some key contests were played this afternoon. Memphis improved its undefeated streak to 10 straight matches with a 3-1 victory over SMU, while home teams East Carolina, Marshall, Southern Miss and UAB also picked up wins. UCF put its perfect 5-0-0 conference mark on the line and battled visiting Colorado College to a 0-0 tie.

Memphis 3, SMU 1

Junior forward Kylie Hayes scored the 34th goal of her career, to become the all time leading goal scorer in Memphis women's soccer history. Memphis beat SMU 3-1, to extend their home game winning steak to 8-0, as well as 10 straight matches since its last loss.

Freshman forward Krista Turner gave the Tigers their first goal, three minutes into the match. Turner beamed the ball from four yards out, into the net, after an assist from midfielder Emiko Schwab. A long cross from defender Kate Murphy midway through the first period to forward Vendula Strnadova gave Memphis a 2-0 lead going into halftime. The goal came after a diversion from senior Harumi Someya, who hopped over the pass to let Strnadova take the shot. The goal marked Strnadova's fifth of the season.

Allison Brill scored SMU's lone goal in the 57th minute of play. Brill nailed a shot from the top right side of the box, to cut Memphis' lead to one.

Hayes scored her eighth goal of the season today, to give the Tigers their final goal of the match. The goal came after a corner kick by Caroline Barrett, which was kicked around inside the box, before Hayes was able to get her foot on it, and put it in. Senior goalkeeper, Isabel Briones had a hand on all of SMU's shots on goal, including the one that slipped away.

UCF 0, Colorado College 0 (2ot)

Junior goalkeeper Geneva Sills posted her sixth shutout of the season and the 19th of her Colorado College career on Sunday, making a season-high 14 saves as the Tigers battled first-place UCF to a scoreless tie in a lightning-delayed match in Orlando, Fla. The contest was delayed for 17 minutes due to weather with 12:23 left in the first half.

CC, which won 2-0 at Southern Miss on Friday, now is undefeated (3-0-2) in its last five outings on the road dating back to early September. The Knights, who entered Sunday's contest with a perfect 5-0 mark in league play and now are 10-2-3 overall, finished with a 16-3 advantage in corner kicks to go with their 28-8 edge in shots attempted.

With just four matches remaining in the regular season, Colorado College is 7-4-3 overall and 2-2-1 in league play.

East Carolina 1, Rice 0

Freshman Amanda Broz's goal with three minutes to play in regulation lifted East Carolina to a 1-0 win over Rice Sunday afternoon at Bunting Field. The win is the Pirates first-ever against the Owls. ECU moves to 9-2-3 on the year, 3-1-1 in C-USA action while Rice falls to 9-4-2, 3-1-1 on league play.

Broz connected on a throw in from Nicole Moore on the left side of the field and was able to sneak her kick behind Rice's keeper for the lone goal of the contest. The Pirates registered five total shots on the day, four coming on goal. The ECU defense held the Owls to six shots, and just one on goal. Rice had only one shot heading into halftime. East Carolina was able to get three good looks at the goal in the first half, but Meghan Erkel was able to make the stops to keep the game scoreless at the break.

Broz had three of the Pirates' five shots, all of which on goal. Madison Keller and Patty Pierce also had shots for ECU.

East Carolina improves to 8-0-0 at home this season, as Amber Campbell tallied her 21st career shutout, moving her within one of the school record.

Southern Miss 2, UTEP 1

Southern Miss scored two goals in the second half, to defeat UTEP, 2-1, in Conference USA soccer action on Sunday afternoon.

The Lady Eagles (7-8-0, 3-3-0) closed out their home portion of their schedule with a Senior Day ceremony that saw Erin Bunyard score the game-winning goal in the 75th minute, marking her first goal this season. Bunyard missed most of the season with a head injury.

UTEP (9-6-1, 3-2-0) scored its goal in the 28th minute, when Jami Tullius took the pass from Kristin Wernimont, then beat her defender and put a shot past the goalie from 15-yards on the right side. Wernimont was credited with the assist. The Miners limited the Lady Eagles to only five shots in the half.

Both team missed scoring opportunities early in the second half. The Lady Eagles finally got on the scoreboard in the 55th minute, when Mallory Barnes headed a ball over the goalie on a pass from Jana Mason. Mason received the ball from a cross on a corner kick by Amy Sheet.

Southern Miss scored its second goal in the 75th minute, when Bianca Ontiveros won the ball and beat her defender, then sending a pass to Bunyard down the middle of the field. Bunyard's shot glanced off the left post into the net.

UAB 2, Tulsa 0

UAB won its third consecutive game and moved its record to 7-6-1 overall, including a 3-2-0 mark in Conference USA, by gaining a 2-0 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane Sunday afternoon at West Campus Field. Seniors Sally Palmer and Jill Porto contributed the two goals for the Blazers in the win over Tulsa (3-12-1, 1-5-0 C-USA).

The Blazers got on the board in the 11th minute when Palmer nabbed her sixth goal of the season, with the assist by freshman Justine Hartigan, to give UAB a 1-0 edge at the half.

UAB extended its lead in the 66th minute when Porto found the back of the net, assisted by sophomore Danya Barsalona, to give the Blazers a final score of 2-0. Porto's goal was her fourth of the season, and her fourth consecutive game with a goal.

The Blazers out-did Tulsa, 20-5, in shots, including eight shots on goal compared to zero for the Golden Hurricane. Porto had a team-high five shots for the UAB. Palmer had three shots and Hartigan, Barsalona and junior Caitlin Marple added two shots each.

Jennifer Kacergis and Stephanie Johnson contributed two goals apiece to Tulsa's total, while Shannon Locke tallied one shot on the day.

Redshirt freshman Kate Blankenship got the win in goal for the Blazers. Rachel Robinson allowed two goals and added six saves while receiving the loss for the Golden Hurricane.

Marshall 2, Houston 0

Marshall ended a six-game losing streak and earned its first Conference USA victory with a shutout over Houston, 2-0, Sunday at Sam Hood Field. With the win, the Herd improved to 4-9-1 overall and 1-3-1 in C-USA action while the Cougars dropped to 4-9-1 overall and 0-5-0 in C-USA.

Marshall sophomore forward Molly Snead dribbled from 30-yards out past the Cougars defense to drill the ball into the left side of the goal to put the Herd on the board early in the eighth minute. Snead's lone goal was her third of the season. She also tallied three shots with two being placed on goal.

The Herd's senior forward captain Kassie Hollman put the game away in the 86th minute after a drive through the Cougars defense to add her third goal of the season. She also recorded three shots with two being placed on goal.

Sophomore goalkeeper captain, Liz Orton tallied two saves which now puts her five away from her personal season best of 79, which was set last season.

Senior defender Sue Ahrens also contributed three shots with one being placed on goal. Freshman forward Erika Duncan kicked two shots with one being placed on goal.

Lauri Byrne and Christine Nieva each had a pair of shots for UH and the team's lone shots on goal.