While the football team booked a ticket to the Rose Bowl after a late field-goal miss from UCLA, the women’s soccer team’s season ended when North Carolina’s Kealia Ohai scored a breakaway in the 104th minute to give the Tar Heels a 1-0 win.
As has been its way this season, the No. 1 Stanford women’s soccer team didn’t let an early deficit keep them down, scoring twice in the second half to take down No. 6 UCLA and advance to their fourth-straight College Cup on Friday night.
NCAA title number 102 made its way to the Farm this week, but for the undefeated Stanford women’s soccer team, its run at the College Cup meant much more than the trophy it brought home.
The No. 1 Stanford women’s soccer team’s senior class may have helped the squad outscore its opponents 174-17 at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium over the past four years, but the final home game for the four outgoing Stanford players was anything but a breeze
When this weekend is all said and done, the Stanford women’s soccer team will be embarking on either the second half of its potential NCAA Championship run or the very beginnings of yet another disappointing offseason.
The trophy is annually awarded to the best player in collegiate women’s soccer, and is widely recognized as the sport’s most prestigious honor.
The Stanford women’s soccer team is just one step away from earning Stanford’s 100th NCAA team championship