STANFORD, Calif. – The North Carolina field hockey team wrapped up its West Coast trip Sunday without surrendering a goal, beating Stanford 6-0 to improve to 6-0 on the season.
The Tar Heels kicked off their first California trip since 1989 with a 7-0 win at Cal on Friday. Including a 4-0 win over Penn in their last home game, on Sept. 4, they now have three shutouts in a row and have outscored their last three opponents 17-0.
Next up for No. 2 UNC is the start of Atlantic Coast Conference play. Carolina travels to face No. 5 Louisville on Friday in what will be a battle between undefeated top-five teams.
Sunday at Stanford’s Varsity Turf, the game unfolded much like the game on Friday in Berkeley. Once again, neither team scored in the first quarter, but the Tar Heels did so quickly in the second.
Just 58 seconds into the period, freshman Ryleigh Heck got UNC on the board with her fourth goal of the season, gathering a ball from senior Erin Matson and sending it into the top of the cage.
Two minutes later, senior Paityn Wirth picked up a loose ball in the middle of the circle with her back to the goal and sent a no-look pass to the post, where Katie Dixon dived to knock it in for her first goal of the season and a 2-0 lead.
UNC’s next goal came on the first penalty corner of the game. Stanford keeper Daisy Ford saved the first two Tar Heel shots, but sophomore Kennedy Cliggett got the rebound after the second and put back a quick shot for the score, her second of the season.
The Tar Heels added one more before halftime, on another penalty corner. After a fake by Matson, the ball went…
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