Roadrunners Edge Owls for American Championship on Early Goal

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (Interstat) — Bri Carrigan scored in the opening minute to lift Texas-San Antonio to a 1-0 victory over Rice in the NCAA women’s American Championship final on Sunday. The early goal held up as the game’s only score before an announced crowd of 459 at the Premier Sports Campus. The Roadrunners (7-4-2) captured the conference title as their defense stifled the Owls (7-2-4), who were projected by statistical models as the favorite to win.