700th win keeps UNC #1; UConn's Shufelt POTW

The 700th win of North Carolina head coach Anson Dorrance’s collegiate coaching career was also good enough to keep the undefeated Tar Heels on top of the latest TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s Tournament 64 National Ranking. Idle Stanford stays at #2 and Portland moves into the top 5 following a pair of wins combined with a 3-2 loss by Florida State to Auburn.

The ranking is a running effort to project the 64-team NCAA Tournament field, including all automatic conference and at-large bids to the field. It is updated every Monday through the season. Click here to see the updated rankings!

Meanwhile Connecticut’s Jessica Shufelt has been named TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Week following her role in the Huskies two wins this weekend. Shufelt scored four goals in wins against Illinois and Penn State, including overtime winners in both contests.

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The full TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s Team of the Week for Monday Aug. 30 through Sunday Sept. 5 is as follows.

GK – Rachel Barnette, Cincinnati
D – Jessica Schuveiller, Notre Dame
D – Cassie Dickerson, Ohio State
M - Jennie Marshall, BYU
F – Jessica Shufelt, Connecticut
F – Alex Morgan, California
F – Katie Stengel, Wake Forest
F – Christine Exeter, Louisville
F -  Tabitha Tice, Siena College
F – Mallory Schaffer, William & Mary(w)
F- Brittney Lyman, Colorado College

Player of the Week: Jessica Shufelt - Connecticut

The TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week is chosen after consulting match reports from all DI matches played in the preceding week.

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