Around the NCAA

Pac-10

• Stanford continued their winning streak as they beat Oregon and Oregon State this weekend, 2-0 and 1-0, respectively. The win over Oregon puts them in excellent position to capture second place in the Pac-10.
  

• UCLA remained undefeated wins over Washington and Washington State on their final home stand of the season. The Bruins posted 2-0 shutouts over both Washington schools.

• USC recorded another scoreless tie in their game against Washington State on Friday, which makes that their 5th scoreless tie of the season and 4th in Pac-10 play. Fortunately, their offense was able to pick it up and post a 2-0 over Washington on Sunday.
  

• Cal drew a scoreless tie with Oregon on Friday, but came back with a 2-0 win over Oregon State on Sunday afternoon.
  

• Down in the desert, the Arizona schools went head to head and Arizona State soundly beat their rivals, 4-0.
  

• With one week left to go in conference play, the LA schools head up to Oregon, the Arizonas head to Washington, while Cal and Stanford face off on Sunday.

• While UCLA, and Stanford seem to have secured their NCAA bids, this last weekend will be important for several schools. Oregon (4-1-2) (10-6-2) currently holds third in the Pac-10 when they enter their toughest weekend yet, as they face UCLA and USC. USC will be a tough affair as both schools fight for a NCAA tournament bid. Cal (2-3-3) (9-4-5) has two important games coming up this week against Bay Area rivals, Santa Clara (11/1) and Stanford (11/5).
  

West Coast Conference

• Pepperdine drops out of first place with a 3-1 loss to Portland on Sunday. SCU and Portland remain tied for first place going into the last weekend of conference play. SCU will be at St. Mary's and Portland is at LMU.
  

• Marian Dalmy of SCU was named player of the week for the WCC and it's well deserved. With five goals and six assists on the year, Dalmy is second points on the team with 16. The senior defender was named to the M.A.C Hermann watch list at the beginning of the season, and has proven herself to be a contender for the award.
  

Conference championships are starting to kick off. The Big East has already started theirs, with Notre Dame advancing to the Semifinals on Friday, Nov 3rd. The first Big East semifinal, featuring Notre Dame and Marquette, will be aired live on ESPNu at 4:30pm EST and the second semi, with Rutgers and West Virginia, will be shown delayed at 11pm EST.

The ACC starts their championships on Wed, Nov 1st in Cary, North Carolina. ACC Select will be there to cover all the quarter and semi final matches. The final match will be aired live Sunday, Nov 5th on FSN South and NESN. Fox Soccer Channel will also be airing the game on 8pm EST on the following Wednesday.

A post will all conference championship television information will come later this week.