Sept. 5, 2010
Conference USA women's soccer teams combined for 15 wins over the weekend. Tulsa moved into the top of the C-USA standings as the first team to reach five wins on the young season. No. 15 Memphis and SMU posted big shutouts, while Marshall blanked visiting Appalachian State to win the Best Western Huntington Mall Invitational. Rice handed San Francisco its first loss of the season, as the Owls came from behind to earn a 2-1 victory in overtime. UCF won its third-straight match with a 4-1 decision over VCU, while UTEP was also dominant in a 5-1 victory against Houston Baptist.
Complete C-USA Standings and Results
Updated Statistics
RECENT RESULTS
Sunday, September 5
(15) Memphis 6, Arkansas-Little Rock 0
Tulsa 2, Missouri State 1
UCF 4, VCU 1
SMU 3, Davidson 0
UTEP 5, Houston Baptist 1
Samford 1, UAB 0
Colorado College 1, Oklahoma 1 (2OT)
Vanderbilt 2, Southern Miss 0
Baylor 1, Houston 0
Best Western Huntington Mall Invitational, Huntington, W.Va.
Marshall 2, Appalachian State 0
California Invitational, San Francisco, Calif.
Rice 2, San Francisco 1 (OT)
C-USA WOMEN'S SOCCER SHOOTING STARS
• Tulsa is off to its best start in school history after six games as the Golden Hurricane handed Missouri State its first loss of the season, 2-1. Sophomore Rebecca Handley (St. Louis, Mo.) registered her second goal in as many games - both against teams from her home state - as she headed in a cross from sophomore MF Lexis Learmonth (Southlake, Texas) in the 49th minute. Freshman F Claire Nicholson (Overland Park, Kan.) dribbled in a ball from the right side and picked up her sixth goal from 10 yards out at the 53:53 mark.
• Behind a balanced attack, No. 15 Memphis toppled UALR, 6-0. Junior MF Lizzy Hildebrant (Calgary, Alberta) opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. C-USA Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Ashley Berra (Cordova, Tenn.) assisted on the second goal and netted two goals of her own.
• Memphis senior MF Vendula Strnadova (Las Cruces, N.M.) has now posted a school-record 198 career shots in her 71st career match. She broke the record previously held by Kylie Hayes.
• UCF posted its third straight win as four different Knights scored goals as UCF erased an early 1-0 deficit to defeat Virginia Commonwealth, 4-1. Sophomore Tishia Jewell (Satellite Beach, Fla.) and senior Kim Newsome (Apopka, Fla.) each registered a goal and an assist. Senior GK Jaclyn Meade (Sarasota, Fla.) started in net and finished with three saves for her second victory on the weekend.
• Marshall defeated Appalachian State, 2-0, Sunday to win the Best Western Huntington Mall Invitational. Four MU players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Erin Blakely (Westerville, Ohio) earned the tournament MVP award as she tallied a goal and an assist on the weekend. Also receiving All-Tournament honors for Marshall was junior co-captain Freya Holdaway (Llandrindod Wells, Wales) and sophomore MF Sarah Vinson (Amelia, Ohio). GK Lindsey Kerns (Hurricane, W.Va.) wrapped up the Herd awards she tallied four saves on the weekend. Amelia was also named to the all-tournament team at last weekend's Winthrop Tournament.
• A Rice California connection of junior F Annie Kadota (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and senior MF Kate Edwards (Westlake Village, Calif.), playing in their home state for the first time as members of the Owls' soccer team, combined for goals to lift the Blue & Gray to a dramatic 2-1 come-from-behind victory over San Francisco. Rice closed out the final round of action at the California Invitational with a win over an USF squad that entered the weekend with an undefeated record.
• UTEP stormed out to an early 3-0 lead and never looked back on the way to a 5-1 road win over Houston Baptist Sunday. Sophomore Brittany Kindzierski (Edmonton, Alberta) powered the decisive six-minute stretch, scoring twice in a 59-second span (4:46 & 5:45) before assisting on sophomore Skye Schultz's (Tucson, Ariz.) tally at 10:57. Kindzierski has now racked up a Conference USA-best-tying six goals on the year, including all four of the match-winning strikes for the Miners.
• SMU defeated Davidson, 3-0, with goals scored by freshman MF Jessica Bartol (Durango, Colo.), senior MF Kristin Medeiros (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and freshman Shelby Redman (Austin, Texas). It was Redman's second goal of the weekend.
• Colorado College senior Tiffany Brown (Sterling, Va. netted the tying goal and the Tigers came out of Norman with a 1-1 tie with Oklahoma. Brown's goal was the 25th of her career at CC, tying her for sixth on the school's all-time chart. CC junior GK Caitlin Hulyo (Lititz, Pa.) tallied 11 saves
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C-USA UPCOMING MATCHES
Monday, September 6 Niagara at East Carolina - 11:00a
Wednesday, September 8 Marshall at Ohio - 3:00p
Southern Miss at SE Louisiana - 4:00p
Thursday, September 9 Middle Tennessee State at UAB - 6:00p
Friday, September 10 Tulsa at Arkansas State - 4:00p
Colorado College at Utah State - 5:00p
NC State at East Carolina - 6:00p
Stephen F. Austin at Houston - 7:00p
Alabama at (15) Memphis - 7:00p
UTSA at Rice - 7:00p
(20) Oklahoma State at SMU - 7:00p
Harvard at UCF - 7:00p
All Times Central.
More information on this weekend's matches and your favorite teams can be found on the school websites:
Colorado College | East Carolina | Houston | Marshall | Memphis | Rice | SMU | Southern Miss | Tulsa | UAB | UCF | UTEP
