No. 9 Notre Dame beats No. 13 Stanford women's soccer 2-1

The Irish scored twice in the first nine minutes, and Mia Bhuta's header pulled the Cardinal within one.

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Stanford women's soccer players in white uniforms celebrate a goal with high-fives as an Arizona State player in a black No. 28 jersey walks away. — Stanford players celebrate a goal at Arizona State in October 2011. File photo. — Photo: Michael Marconi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

STANFORD - No. 9 Notre Dame beat No. 13 Stanford 2-1 in women's soccer on Sunday, Nov. 1, at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium, according to the official box score. It was an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) game and Stanford's last regular-season home game.

Izzy Engle scored for Notre Dame in the first minute, assisted by Morgan Roy. Lily Joseph made it 2-0 in the ninth minute.

Mia Bhuta scored on a header in the 56th minute, assisted by Charlotte Kohler, but Stanford could not tie it. Notre Dame outshot Stanford 12-11. Stanford goalkeeper Caroline Birkel and Notre Dame's Sonoma Kasica each made three saves.

It was Stanford's first home loss to Notre Dame in program history, according to Stanford Athletics. The Cardinal are 10-4-2 overall and 4-4-1 in the ACC, and finished 7-2-1 at home. Notre Dame is 9-1-6. The crowd was 1,917. Stanford plays at Boston College on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 3 p.m. Pacific time.

Source: Stanford official box score, Notre Dame at Stanford; Stanford Athletics recap

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