Women’s soccer beats Houston, Advances to Second Round of the NCAA

“It is great to be the number one seed and play at home,” sophomore Michelle Xiao said, “but with that said, each team that plays us will come out and play their best game, so we need to match and exceed their intensity.” On Friday night, Stanford outshot the Huskies 29-0 and scored three of its four goals within 20 minutes of game play.

Within the first three minutes of play, Stanford charged straight to goal and put up two shots that were both just short of the net.

However, Stanford did not let up they continued to pepper the goal until finally, at the 15 minute mark, freshman Sam Tran scored Stanford’s second goal from a scramble in front of the net.

“Our team goal moving forward is to treat each game we play as the biggest game of the season, and in doing so, win a national championship.”