Women's Soccer Closes Historic Season At North Carolina

Friday, November 15

Chapel Hill, N.C.

6:00 p.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

10-5-4, 5-1-2

North Carolina

17-5-0, 7-3-0

USC Upstate

North Carolina

Photo by: NJMPHOTOS_

11/15/2024 11:54:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Upstate Women's soccer made the trip to Chapel Hill for their first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history, facing #8 North Carolina. The historic season came to a close with a final score of 8-0.

The Spartans held the Tar Heels scoreless through almost 20 minutes of play. Nya Baccelli took the first shot for Upstate, aiming at the top left of the goal. Dara Russo played the full 90 minutes of the match, also putting up a shot aimed on target. Emily Rangel, Hailey Sapinoro, and Catarina Dantas all played the full 90 minutes along the backline. Goalkeeper Meghan Groah made eight saves on the night, setting a new season-high.

Tonight's match capped off a historic season for Upstate, which included winning the Big South regular season title and the tournament title. Multiple players wrote their names in the Upstate record book, including Dara Russo and Margret Edda Bjarnadottir.

Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 0; UNC 8
Record: USC Upstate (10-5-4; 5-1-2 Big South) vs. UNC (17-5-0; 7-3-0 ACC)
Location: Dorrance Field | Chapel Hill, N.C.

How It Happened

'16 – Goal by UNC
'18 – UNC scores their second goal of the match
'21 – A third goal is scored by UNC
'24 – Shot by UNC, saved by Meghan Groah
'28 – Shot by Nya Baccelli, saved
'48 – Dara Russo fires off a shot, but is saved
'54 – Meghan Groah makes another great save
'59 – Fourth goal by UNC
'63 – Shot by UNC, saved by Meghan Groah
'66 – Goal UNC
'72 – Meghan Groah makes another save
'73 – UNC scores another goal
'75 – Shot by UNC, saved by Meghan Groah
'77 – Final goal of the match for UNC
'80 – Shot saved by Meghan Groah
'84 – Meghan Groah makes another save
'86 – Eighth save made by Meghan Groah

Notable

Meghan Groah set a new season high in saves with eight, and faced a new season high of 29 saves

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