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
Sandstone arcades of Stanford University's Main Quad in afternoon sun. Photo: King of Hearts / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (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.
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No. 15 Stanford was up two sets to one at No. 23 North Carolina on Sunday, then lost setter Logan Parks to an injury and lost the match in five. It was UNC's first win over the Cardinal since 2015.
Stanford women's basketball was picked 13th of 18 teams in the ACC preseason poll. The Cardinal are trying to get back to the NCAA Tournament after missing it the past two seasons.
Jackson Brousseau, filling in for an injured starter, led a 75-yard drive capped by Ashten Emory's 2-yard score as Cal won 25-20 in Berkeley. Stanford had a rougher day, losing 58-7 at No. 3 Notre Dame.
