[WEEK 1: Friday] No. 2 Akron kicked off the season with a 4-0 victory over visiting FGCU in front of 4,440 fans at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field.Sophomore Eric Stevenson led the Zips with a goal and an assist. Other Top 25 teams to win were Indiana, USF, Boston College, St. John’s, Coastal Carolina,Creighton, Furman and UC Irvine. For the Friday action around the country …
EAST. No. 13 St. John’s got a goal from Nick Matthews in the fourth minute and cruised to a 3-0 win over Boston University. Andres Vargas and JackBennett added goals on either side of halftime.
— Senior Kevin Mejia and freshman Jason Abbottcombined for a pair of first half goals to lead No. 11 Boston College to a 2-1 win at Quinnipiac.
EAST SCORES:
Quinnipiac 1 #11Boston College 2
#13 St. John’s 3 Boston Univ. 0
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Buffalo 1 Canisius 1
George Washington 1 LIU 0
IUPUI 2 Detroit 2
Marist0 UC Riverside 3
Massachusetts 1 Delaware 0
Monmouth 1 Towson 0
Pittsburgh 1 Niagara 1
Rutgers 1 Fordham 0
Syracuse 2 Albany 0
MIDWEST. No. 9 Indiana utilized an own goal in the 67th minute to post a 2-1 win over Saint Louis before a crowd of 5,346 at Hermann Stadium. Jon Roeckle opened the scoring for the Billikens in the 22nd minute, but Eriq Zavaleta equalized for Indiana 12 minutes later.
—Ryan Wehking set a Green Bay record with the 19th shutout of his career as the Phoenix opened the season with a 1-0 win over Northern Kentucky.
MIDWEST SCORES:
#2 Akron 4 FGCU 0
Saint Louis 1 #9 Indiana 2
#15 Creighton 3 Northern Illinois 1
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Cincinnati 1 Drake 0
Dayton 3 Ohio State 2
DePaul 2 UIC 1
Evansville 2 Lipscomb 1
Green Bay 1 Northern Kentucky 0
Marquette 3 Milwaukee 2
SOUTH. No. 10 USF rallied for goals from Brenton Griffiths and Ben Sweat a minute apart midway through the second half to give the Bulls a 2-1 victory over Michigan before a regular-season record crowd of 3,076 at Corbett Soccer Stadium.
— Preseason All-American Ashton Bennett scored two goals and added an assist to lead No. 14 Coastal Carolina to a 4-0 win over Longwood.
–Sophomore Quentin Albrecht scored two goals to lead FIU to a 2-0 win over Bryant and give Kenny Arena his first careervictory as head coach of the Panthers.
SOUTH SCORES:
#10 USF 2 Michigan 1
#14 Coastal Carolina 4 Longwood 0
#20 Furman 3Presbyterian 0
#24 SMU 1 Campbell 1
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FAU 1 UCF 2
FIU 2 Bryant 0
Liberty 0 N.C. State 2
Marshall 2 Wright State 0
Memphis 3 Wisconsin 4
Richmond 1 James Madison 0
South Carolina 1 College of Charleston 0
UAB 2 Mercer 1
VCU 1 Bucknell 1
Virginia Tech 1 SIU-Edwardsville 3
WEST. Visiting California got goals from Alec Sundly in the 18th minute and TonySalciccia from the penalty spot in the the 72nd minute for a 2-1 victory over Santa Clara.
— No. 25 UC Irvine for goals from Cameron Iwasaand transfer Gor Kirakosyan to open with a 2-0 victory at San Diego.
— Sagi Lev-Ari scored twice in hisCal State Northridge debut to lead the Matadors to a 4-0 win over Portland.
SOUTH SCORES:
#8 UCLA 2 #7 New Mexico 3
San Diego 0 #25 UCIrvine 2
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Cal State Northridge 4 Portland 0
Oregon State 4 Sacramento State 0
Santa Clara 1 California 2
UC Davis 1 UNLV0
Washington 2 Gonzaga 1
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