[WEEK 1: Sunday] No. 1 Duke improved to 2-0-0 with an 8-0 win over Elon. No. 8 Penn State followed up on its 3-1 win over No. 7 Virginia with a 5-0 win over St.John’s. No. 17 Illinois was held to a 1-1 tie by Illinois State, and No. 19 Maryland drew with Villanova, 0-0. For all the action …
EAST. No. 8 PennState followed up on its 3-1 win over No. 7 Virginia with a 5-0 win over St. John’s. The Nittany Lions got two early goals from senior Christine Nairn, as wellas goals from Maddy Evans and Emily Hurd to open up a 4-0 advantage after 23 minutes. Costa Rica freshman
— Senior Alyscha Mottershead scored with 21 secondsremaining in the first overtime to complete Syracuse’s comeback in a 3-2 win at Colgate. The Orange trailed 2-0 in the second half before scoring three unanswered goals to win its season opener forthe first time since 2008.
— Canadian Olympian Jonelle Filigno scored in the 101st minute to lead Rutgers to a 1-0 win over Ohio State. The winwas the second in two games for the Scarlet Knights, while the Buckeyes fell to 0-2-0.
EAST SCORES:
Massachusetts 1 #5 UCLA 2
#8Penn State 5 St. John’s 0
Villanova 0 #19 Maryland 0
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0 Boston Univ. 3 Northeastern 0
Colgate 2 Syracuse 3
Connecticut 4 Vermont 2
Duquense 0 Youngstown State 1
Georgetown 2 Delaware 0
Navy 2 UMBC 1
Providence 3 Army 1
Rutgers 1 Ohio State 0
St. Joseph’s 2 American 2
Stony Brook 1 Temple 1
MIDWEST. No. 10 Oklahoma State defeated Weber State with its second 1-0 decisionin two games. George Christie’s first career goal in the 64th minute was the lone goal.
— MissouriValley champion Illinois State held No. 19 Illinois to a 1-1 tie. Rachel Tejada put the Redbirds ahead from the penalty spot in the 24th minute but freshmanNicole Breece equalized for the Illini five minutes later.
— Belmont came from behind on the road todefeat 2011 Mid-American champion Toledo, 2-1, getting goals from Katie Proud and Spencer Laufer.
MIDWEST SCORES:
#10 Oklahoma State 1 Weber State 0
Illinois State 1 #17 Illinois 1
Bowling Green State 1Cleveland State 2
Butler 0 #22 Louisville 2
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Creighton 0 Iowa State 1
Eastern Michigan 3 Oakland 3
Indiana 4 Ohio2
Iowa 3 North Dakota 0
Kansas 1 Northwestern 2
Kent State 4 Morehead State 1
Loyola (Ill.) 1 DePaul 0
Michigan 1 Pittsburgh 0
Michigan State 2 Fordham1
Milwaukee 4 St. Bonaventure 0
Minnesota 2 South Carolina 1
Missouri 2 UC Santa Barbara 0
Nebraska 0 Drake 1
Purdue 2 Eastern Illinois 1
Southeast Missouri State 0Saint Louis 0
Toledo 1 Belmont 2
Valparaiso 1 Towson 0
Wisconsin 5 South Dakota State 0
SOUTH. Kim DeCesare registered a career-high six points with two goals and two assists to lead No. 1 Duke to a convincing 8-0 win over Elon. LauraWeinberg and Katie Trees both added two goals apiece for Duke, which finished with a 32-1 edge in shots. “Today we wanted to play two good halves,” BuleDevils coach Robbie Church said. “I thought we moved the ball well.”
— James Madison coach Dave Lombardopicked up his 350th career coaching victory thanks to the Dukes’ 2-1 win over Marshall on Kelly Germain‘s goal four minutes into overtime.
#1 Duke 8 Elon 0
#3 Wake Forest 0 UNC Wilmington 0
#7 Virginia 5 Radford 0
FGCU 0 #14 UCF 4
#23 West Virginia 2 WesternCarolina 1
#24 Virginia Tech 2 Richmond 0
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Arkansas 1 Texas 0
Auburn 4 High Point 1
Baylor 5 Northwestern State 0
Clemson 2 North Florida 0
Coastal Carolina 3 Francis Marion 0
FIU 2 Jacksonville 1
Georgia 2 Furman 1
Houston 3 Houston Baptist 2
James Madison 2 Marshall 1
Kennesaw State 9 Alabama A&M 0
Longwood 0 VCU 3
Middle Tennessee State 1 Mississippi 3
N.C. State 1 Cincinnati 3
Sam Houston State 0 Texas State 1
Stetson 0 GeorgiaSouthern 2
Texas Tech 2 New Mexico 0
UTSA 1 Dayton 5
Western Kentucky 1 Tennessee 4
WEST. Freshman Kristen Parr scored two goals to lead Oregon to a 2-0 victory over UAB before 758 fans in the first game at Pape’ Field.
— Washington State debuted under Coach
WEST SCORES:
California 5 San Jose State 2
Denver 2 NorthernColorado 1
Fresno State 1 San Francisco 0
Loyola Marymount 2 Cal State Fullerton 1
Oregon 2 UAB 0
San Diego 0 Cal State Northridge 3
Southern Utah 1 UC Riverside 2
UNLV 4 Hawaii 5
Utah State 2 UTEP 1
Washington State 3 Gonzaga 0
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Why the NCAA continues to support the hype around ranking makes absolutely no sense! Really, what value can you get out of this headline “No. 1 Duke improved to 2-0-0 with an 8-0 win over Elon.” Elon looks like they have only a “club” womens team. Quit wasting effort on the ranking, it is meaningless.