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Matt Brown
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Winner Stanford STAN (2-0-0, 0-0-0)
1
UC Irvine UCI (1-1-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Stanford STAN
(2-0-0, 0-0-0)
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Final
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UC Irvine UCI
(1-1-0, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
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Stanford STAN 1 1 2
UC Irvine UCI 1 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Alex Roberts-Croteau

'Eaters Gritty in 2-1 Loss to No. 11 Stanford

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine women's soccer went up against No. 11 Stanford in Anteater Stadium Saturday night falling by a single goal, 2-1.

#11 STANFORD 2, UC IRVINE 1
  • The match originally scheduled for Sunday, August 20, was moved up a day to avoid the hurricane bearing down on California
  • The Anteaters got on the front foot with a goal in the fifth minute as Desiree Mendoza's corner kick floated to Erin Covey who put it in the back of the net, 1-0
 
 
  • The Cardinal returned fire quickly with a goal in the eighth minute as Shae Harvey collected a ball in the mixer and finished inside the right post, 1-1
  • The teams came out of the half still even before the deciding goal was scored from Joelle Jung in the 62nd minute
  • UC Irvine kept pace in chances including winning the corner kick battle, 8-6
  • Glo Hinojosa stood on her head with five saves and many of them on a dive
 
  • Stanford was making their second visit to UC Irvine all-time, the other was a 0-0 draw in 1988
  • UCI's goal was it's first against Stanford in the fourth all-time matchup
  • The 'Eaters are now 3-2 in their last five matches vs. Pac-12 opponents dating back to 2021
  UCI finishes the opening week of the season 1-1-0 with two more home matches next week against Pacific Thursday evening and Sunday night vs. No. 1 UCLA.
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