W. Soccer: No. 1 Card beats South Carolina, advances to Sweet 16

By Joseph Beyda
Nov. 19, 2011, 11:15 p.m.

The No. 1 Stanford women’s soccer team advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament Friday, beating South Carolina (16-7-0) 2-0 on a rainy night at Cagan Stadium.

The Cardinal (21-0-1) will face a tired Boston College (13-5-2) squad that needed penalty kicks to beat Cal (12-7-3) in a scoreless game.

Stanford dominated the action, outshooting the Gamecocks 25-4 despite a first-half downpour. Junior midfielder Mariah Nogueira opened the scoring with a close-range header off a feed from senior midfielder Teresa Noyola in the 34th minute. The Cardinal added on with a pinpoint, 67th-minute strike from sophomore midfielder Taylor McCann.

Senior midfielder Kristy Zurmuhlen left the game with what appeared to be a leg injury in the 44th minute, and did not return–her status for the rest of the tournament is still unknown.

Stanford will meet Boston College at home on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Cardinal’s sixth Sweet-16 appearance in as many years.

 

Joseph Beyda is the editor in chief of The Stanford Daily. Previously he has worked as the executive editor, webmaster, football editor, a sports desk editor, the paper's summer managing editor and a beat reporter for football, baseball and women's soccer. He co-authored The Daily's recent football book, "Rags to Roses," and covered the soccer team's national title run for the New York Times. Joseph is a senior from Cupertino, Calif. majoring in Electrical Engineering. To contact him, please email jbeyda "at" stanford.edu.

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