Erin Gordon and Harvard battled to a 0-0 draw in a defensive showdown against Massachusetts last week, but proceeded to roll to a 4-0 win over Northeastern in midweek and will look to produce that kind of performance against west coast heavyweights Pepperdine. The Waves knocked off national title contenders UCLA 1-0 last weekend, giving Harvard a healthy test as they look to build towards the gauntlet that is Ivy League play. Gordon should once again be heavily involved, having played every minute for the Crimson prior to the win over Northeastern, in which the freshman had a 14-minute early mark with the game well and truly secured. Should either team grab the victory, it will be a massive boost to the résumé and potentially a result they can point to should they secure a favourable draw in the NCAA Tournament in two months’ time.
Courtney Butlion and Towson dominated Delaware State last week before securing a draw with Florida, but a lopsided result approaching the 9-0 they posted against the Hornets appears unlikely as the Tigers face Maryland and Penn this week. Maryland have been the model of inconsistency to this point, sitting at 2-2-2, but that does also mean they have only two losses in their six games to this point. Although the Terrapins are picked to finish 17th in the 18 team Big Ten (don’t ask how that works), they have been competitive in all six games to this point. Meanwhile, Penn, having started 0-3-1, will be desperate to get a win on the board and start building as they, like Harvard, look to build towards Ivy League conference play. Neither of these games will be remotely easy, but they are certainly opportunities for Towson to pick up wins, and with Butlion in good form after a goal and an assist last week, the Western Australian could once again be instrumental in her team’s success.
Abbey Burns has also been in outstanding form, and although UAB fell to Coastal Carolina last week, the Blazers have been there or thereabouts in every game despite sitting at 1-2-1 through four games. SEC side Ole Miss come to town this week, with the Rebels having lost to high-flying Michigan State and Memphis, but defeated Southern, McNeese, and Georgia State, giving the team from Oxford a 3-2 record but with all five results going exactly as expected. This match may serve as a litmus test for both teams, but more importantly, it will hopefully see Burns bang home a couple more goals after racking up three already this season.
Greta Kraszula and VCU have put themselves through a gauntlet of a non-conference schedule so far this season, and things don’t get any easier for a Rams side sitting at 0-4 as they take on Virginia in their first game of the week. The ACC heavyweights sit 5-0 and have already knocked off fellow national powerhouse Penn State, so this will almost certainly be the toughest test the Rams face before Atlantic 10 play starts on September 19. Greta Kraszula once again shapes to be absolutely crucial for VCU, having started all four games this season and played in excess of 80 minutes in three of the four games to this point.
Full Schedule
NCAA Division I
Alabama State (Grace Norbury, Madison Chambers)
This week: @ Jacksonville St. – 10:00am, Friday 6 September; v West Ga. – 4:00am, Monday 9 September
Bellarmine (Teagan Douglas)
This week: v Indiana St. – 9:00am, Friday 6 September
Charleston Southern (Eve Tiktikakis)
This week: v South Carolina St. – 5:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Col. of Charleston – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Coastal Carolina (Tahlia Voskanian)
This week: @ Belmont – 9:30am, Friday 6 September; @ Lipscomb – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Dartmouth (Kate Ryan)
This week: @ Pittsburgh – 9:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Robert Morris – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Denver (Isabella Chidiac)
This week: @ Colorado – 11:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Southern Utah – 4:30am, Monday 9 September
Detroit Mercy (Chantelle Symes)
This week: v Chicago St. – 5:00am, Friday 6 September; v Western Mich. – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Fresno State (Shivani Battaglia)
This week: v CSU Bakersfield – 12:00pm, Monday 9 September
Harvard (Erin Gordon)
This week: @ Boston U. – 9:00am, Friday 6 September; v Pepperdine – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
High Point (Meg Roden)
This week: v UNC Greensboro – 9:00am, Friday 6 September; @ UNCW – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Incarnate Word (Montanna Mathews)
This week: v North Texas – 10:00am, Saturday 7 September
Little Rock (Candice Kilderry)
This week: @ Central Ark. – 11:00am, Friday 6 September
Long Island (Isabella Stein)
This week: v Dominican (NY) – 5:00am, Friday 6 September
Loyola Maryland (Ava Blizzard)
This week: v Hofstra – 4:00am, Monday 9 September
Maine (Grace Wilson, Lara Kirkby)
This week: v Stonehill – 2:00am, Monday 9 September
Massachusetts (Hannah Peric)
This week: v Northeastern – 6:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Bryant – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Mississippi Valley State (Jacquelline Kambere)
This week: No games.
Morehead State (Lilly Bailey, Natasha Tanner)
This week: @ Wright St. – 9:00am, Friday 6 September; v Northern Ky. – 2:00pm, Sunday 8 September
Northwestern State (Caitlin Le Roux)
This week: v Jackson St. – 9:00am, Saturday 7 September; @ Alabama A&M – 2:00am, Monday 9 September
Old Dominion (Alice Thompson)
This week: v George Mason – 8:00am, Friday 6 September; v Longwood – 8:00am, Monday 9 September
Oregon State (Katie Godden)
This week: v Nebraska – 12:00pm, Friday 6 September; @ Seattle U – 6:00am, Monday 9 September
Pacific (Libby Davy)
This week: @ Weber St. – 11:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Utah St. – 5:00am, Monday 9 September
Purdue (Zoe Karipidis)
This week: v Alabama – 9:00am, Friday 6 September
Rider (Eloise Jones)
This week: @ Fairfield – 3:30am, Sunday 8 September
Saint Francis (Claire Scarpin, Aimee Benton)
This week: No games.
Saint Peter’s (Sophie Cook, Wilma Thodhlana)
This week: @ Marist – 9:00am, Sunday 8 September
Santa Clara (Holly Furphy)
This week: v Cal Poly – 6:00am, Monday 9 September
Seton Hall (Grace Mitchell, Sarah Mitchell)
This week: v NJIT – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Siena (Iona Snape)
This week: v Iona – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
Southern (Yazmin Baird-Watson)
This week: v La. Christian – 9:00am, Saturday 7 September; v Troy – 4:00am, Monday 9 September
Stetson (Camila Madriz Figueroa)
This week: @ Oklahoma – 10:00am, Friday 6 September; v South Carolina St. – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Tarleton State (Adelaide Wyrzynski)
This week: v Oral Roberts – 10:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Grambling – 2:00am, Monday 9 September
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Molly Arens, Emma Bates)
This week: @ UTEP – 11:00am, Friday 6 September; v Prairie View – 4:00am, Monday 9 September
Towson (Courtney Butlion)
This week: v Maryland – 8:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Penn – 4:00am, Monday 9 September
UAB (Abbey Burns)
This week: v Ole Miss – 10:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Southern Miss. – 4:00am, Monday 9 September
UMBC (Annaliese Grove)
This week: v American – 9:00am, Friday 6 September
UNC Asheville (Mercedes McNabb, Jasmine Barry)
This week: @ Furman – 9:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Wake Forest – 4:00am, Monday 9 September
VCU (Greta Kraszula)
This week: v Virginia – 9:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Maryland – 2:00am, Monday 9 September
NCAA Division II
Barton (Brigitte Sander)
This week: @ Wingate – 7:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Mars Hill – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Cal Poly Pomona (Georgia Rink)
This week: v Vanguard – 9:30am, Friday 6 September; v Biola – 12:00pm, Sunday 8 September
Cal State Dominguez Hills (Katie McDermott)
This week: @ Academy of Art – 5:00am, Friday 6 September
Caldwell (Liz Warne)
This week: @ Staten Island – 3:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Mansfield – 6:00am, Sunday 8 September
Carson-Newman (Amber Wilkinson)
This week: @ Columbus St. – 4:00am, Friday 6 September; v Union (TN) – 7:00am, Sunday 8 September
Catawba (Ashley Hughes)
This week: v Embry-Riddle (FL) – 9:00am, Saturday 7 September; v Georgia College – 5:00am, Monday 9 September
Charleston (WV) (Ciara Casamento, Kate Duffy)
This week: v Gannon – 5:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Kutztown – 5:00am, Sunday 8 September
Concord (Caitlin Webster, Holly Gray)
This week: @ Kutztown – 2:00am, Friday 6 September; v Gannon – 2:00am, Sunday 8 September
Drury (Keva Culkin)
This week: @ Northern St. – 4:00am, Saturday 7 September; @ Bemidji St. – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Fort Lewis (Renee Junna)
This week: @ Lubbock Christian – 9:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Eastern N.M. – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
Francis Marion (Ashley Jordan)
This week: v USC Aiken – 7:00am, Monday 9 September
Franklin Pierce (Erin Keyt, Brianna Trappett)
This week: @ Mercy – 8:00am, Saturday 7 September; @ Queens (NY) – 8:00am, Monday 9 September
Gannon (Paige Taylor)
This week: @ Charleston (WV) – 5:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Concord – 2:00am, Sunday 8 September
Glenville State (Summer McShane-Cale)
This week: v Lake Erie – 2:00am, Monday 9 September
Lincoln Memorial (Jade Brown)
This week: v Southern Wesleyan – 4:00am, Sunday 8 September
Mississippi College (Erin Stamatopoulos)
This week: @ Nova Southeastern – 8:00am, Friday 6 September; @ Palm Beach Atl. – 5:30am, Sunday 8 September
Oklahoma Christian (Layla Lopez, Chloe Walker)
This week: No games.
Seton Hill (Maddie Teakle)
This week: v West Liberty – 2:30am, Friday 6 September; v Lock Haven – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Southern New Hampshire (Dakota Thyssen, Imogen Noon)
This week: v Bridgeport – 2:00pm, Friday 6 September; v Mercy – 5:00am, Monday 9 September
Thomas Jefferson (Olivia Riddel)
This week: v New Haven – 4:00am, Friday 6 September
UNC Pembroke (Sarah Bonifant)
This week: @ North Georgia – 3:00am, Friday 6 September; v Lenoir-Rhyne – 4:00am, Monday 9 September; v Lenoir-Rhyne – 4:00am, Monday 9 September
USC Beaufort (Alice Webster)
This week: @ Southern Wesleyan – 7:00am, Friday 6 September; v King (TN) – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
UT-Tyler (Mackenzee Stokes)
This week: v Rogers St. – 8:00am, Friday 6 September; v East Central – 4:00am, Sunday 8 September
UTPB (Lara Brewis)
This week: @ Our Lady of the Lake – 3:00am, Friday 6 September
Valdosta State (Sienna Havill)
This week: v Middle Ga. St. – 8:00am, Friday 6 September; @ North Greenville – 9:00am, Sunday 8 September
West Virginia State (Emma Farrelly)
This week: v Bloomsburg – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
Wingate (Sophie MacAlpine)
This week: v Barton – 7:00am, Friday 6 September; v Mount Olive – 7:00am, Monday 9 September
NCAA Division 3
Bethany College (Gabby Hicks)
This week: @ Heidelberg – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
Dean College (Miro McIntyre Clere)
This week: v Lasell – 6:00am, Saturday 7 September
Lesley (Maya Spatafore)
This week: @ MIT – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
Millikin University (Lila Castillo Burgess)
This week: v Aurora – 8:00am, Sunday 8 September
Monmouth College (Brontë De Zwart)
This week: v Rockford – 2:00am, Sunday 8 September
SUNY Oneonta (Lisa Schinckel)
This week: v Marywood – 2:00am, Sunday 8 September; v Susquehanna – 2:00am, Monday 9 September
Southern Maine (Kayla O’Connor)
This week: @ Westfield St. – 5:00am, Sunday 8 September
NAIA
Briar Cliff (IA) (Tamzin Hilton)
This week: @ Clarke (IA) – 4:00am, Sunday 8 September
Corban (Ava Hayes)
This week: @ George Fox – 12:00pm, Saturday 7 September
Cumberlands (Ky.) (Georgia Martell)
This week: v Indiana Wesleyan – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
Jamestown (N.D.) (Olivia Cullen, Gaby Sarkis)
This week: @ Central Methodist – 4:00am, Sunday 8 September; @ William Woods – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
Keiser (Fla.) (Zara Board, Georgia Little, Zoe Edwards)
This week: v Tennessee Southern – 2:00am, Monday 9 September
Midway (Holly Johnstone)
This week: No games.
Reinhardt (Ga.) (Riley Welsh)
This week: v St. Andrews (NC) – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
Rio Grande (Saskia Vos)
This week: @ Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) – 9:00am, Sunday 8 September
Rocky Mountain (MT) (Piper Adams-Jones, Georgia Dean, Tara Appleby, Ellen Gaudry)
This week: No games.
Science and Arts (Emali Goulas)
This week: @ Hastings – 8:30am, Sunday 8 September
St. Andrews (NC) (Charlotte Weinand)
This week: @ Reinhardt (Ga.) – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
St. Thomas (Fla.) (D’arne Boato)
This week: No games.
Webber International (FL) (Claudia Vincent)
This week: No games.
Xavier (La.) (Amelia Suma)
This week: @ Mobile (Ala.) – 8:00am, Sunday 8 September
NJCAA D1
Barton (Mary Kahraman)
This week: @ Western Iowa Tech – 7:00am, Sunday 8 September
Dodge City (Jada Lamond)
This week: v Cowley – 7:00am, Monday 9 September
Eastern Florida State (Aimee Longhurst)
This week: @ Pasco-Hernando State – 6:00am, Saturday 7 September
LSU Eunice (Gabby Stone)
This week: v Western Texas – 9:30am, Saturday 7 September; @ Dallas College – Eastfield – 2:30am, Sunday 8 September
Laramie County (Giselle Heck)
This week: @ Western Wyoming – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
Monroe College (Emily Mackie)
This week: No games.
Murray State (Sofia Lopez, Kellie McMahon)
This week: @ Rose State – 4:00am, Monday 9 September
Seminole State (OK) (Sophia Doumos)
This week: v Eastern Oklahoma State – 5:00am, Monday 9 September
Seward County (Ryshelle Taylor)
This week: @ Garden City – 4:00am, Sunday 8 September
Tyler (Ella Palframan, Anna Powell, Sienna Powell, Layne Chapman)
This week: v Jacksonville – 8:00am, Saturday 7 September; @ Blinn – 8:00am, Sunday 8 September
Western Wyoming (Isabelle Kenna)
This week: v Western Nebraska – 5:00am, Saturday 7 September; v Laramie County – 3:00am, Sunday 8 September
NJCAA D2
Heartland (Morgan Stanton)
This week: v Rock Valley – 5:00am, Sunday 8 September
Johnson County (Sophia Abbott, Montana-Rose Currey)
This week: @ Central – 4:00am, Sunday 8 September
Mineral Area (Thea Draganova)
This week: v State Fair – 9:00am, Sunday 8 September
Northeast (Samantha Bayer, Amelia Bingley, Hannah Chetcuti, Talia Sanders)
This week: @ Parkland – 7:00am, Saturday 7 September; v Holmes – 3:00am, Monday 9 September
3C2A
Feather River (Lillian Pettersen)
This week: @ Merced – 6:30am, Saturday 7 September
USports Canada
UNBC (Scarlet Thomas)
This week: @ Mount Royal – 10am, Saturday 7 September; @ Victoria – 6am, Monday 9 September
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