No. 7 Stanford women's soccer falls 1-0 at No. 2 North Carolina
Bella Devey scored in the 70th minute; Stanford hosts NC State on Thursday.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Tree-lined University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto on a sunny morning. Photo: Brian Sterling / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
No. 7 Stanford lost 1-0 at No. 2 North Carolina on Friday night in Chapel Hill.
How it happened
Bella Devey scored in the 70th minute off a long ball from Izzi Stratton, her 16th goal of the season.
Stanford goalkeeper Birkel matched her career high with 6 saves. UNC's Peyton Trayer made a career-best 7.
Stanford outshot UNC 5-0 in the first 10 minutes of the second half but couldn't score. Shots finished 13-12 for UNC, with 7 on goal each.
Standings and next
Stanford is 9-3-2 (3-3-1 ACC). UNC is 13-2-0.
Stanford hosts NC State at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29.
Sources
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