College soccer fans have four top options to see high-level Division I women's soccer action over the next few days, in Friday/Sunday tournament action at the following sites (rankings indicate the CS360 Composite National Rankings top-50 ... note that St. John's was in the CS360 top-50 a week ago while Missouri won the 2009 Big 12 Conference regular-season title):
• at #1 North Carolina (#2 Stanford, #18 Duke and Missouri)
• #9 Texas A&M (#16 Virginia Tech, #29 Washington State and Long Beach State)
• at #24 Marquette (#35 Milwaukee, #41 New Mexico and #44 Auburn)
• at #42 James Madison (#45 Villanova, St. John's and VCU)
Friday' schedule (Aug. 27) features 43 of the CS360 top-50 teams in action, highlighted by the following nine head-to-head showdowns (led by a rare August rematch of the previous season's NCAA title game, UNC vs. Stanford – more on that showdown in an upcoming blog post):
FRIDAY'S BIG GAMES (both teams in CB360 top-50; 8/27)
#2 Stanford 2, at #1 North Carolina 2 ... TIE
#11 Virginia 1, at #14 Penn State 1 ... TIE
at #9 Texas A&M 5, #16 Virginia Tech 3
#3 UCLA 1, at #19 Wisconsin 0
#8 Santa Clara 0, at #27 California 0 ...TIE
#13 Maryland 3, at #39 Tennessee 1
#35 MIlwaukee 1, #41 New Mexico 1 (at Marquette) ... TIE
at #24 Marquette 3, #44 Auburn 0
at #33 Central Florida 2, #50 San Diego State 0
FRIDAY'S OTHER KEY GAMES (CB360 top-50; 8/27)
at #5 Portland 2, SMU 0
at #6 Boston College 5, Hofstra 0
#10 Wake Forest 2, at East Carolina 1
at #12 Florida 3, Florida Atlantic 0
Louisville 1, at #15 South Carolina 0 ... UPSET
at #17 Rutgers 4, Colgate 1
#18 Duke 3, Missouri 1 (@UNC)
at #20 BYU 5, Weber State 1
#21 Oklahoma State 1, at Oregon 0 (2 OT)
at #23 San Diego 4, Arizona 1
at Colorado College 1, #25 Dayton 0 (OT) ... UPSET
Long Beach State 2, #29 Washington State 1 (at Texas A&M) ... UPSET
#30 USC 1, at TCU 0
#31 West Virginia 3, at Bowling Green 0
#32 Washington 3, at UMass 0
#34 Texas 3, at Texas San Antonio 1
#36 Ohio State 2, at Pittsburgh 0
at #38 Georgia 3, Utah 0
at #40 G'town 3, George Washington 0
St. John's 1, at #42 James Madison 0 ... UPSET
William & Mary 0, at #43 UConn 0 ... TIE
#45 Villanova 2, VCU 1 (at James Madison)
#47 Minnesota 2, at Vanderbilt 1
Miami 1, at #48 Purdue 1 ... TIE
#49 Siena 4, at Stony Brook 2
Note: #4 Notre Dame and #28 Oregon State are idle this weekend ... #7 Florida State will return to action on Sunday, Aug. 29 (vs. Stetson), as will: #37 Michigan State (vs. Western Michigan) and #46 Illinois (vs. Ball State) ... Saturday's slate (Aug. 28) will feature a CS360 top-30 battle between #22 Memphis (home) and #26 LSU.