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NCAA SECOND ROUND
LOS ANGELES [NC State 1 (5), Santa Clara 1 (4)] – After having the upper-hand for 110 minutes, No. 7 Santa Clara women's soccer was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament in the second round in penalty kicks 5-4 by North Carolina State after a 1-1 tie Friday night on the campus of UCLA.

The Broncos (17-3-2) dominated during the run of play, outshooting the Wolfpack 25-3 with a 12-2 edge in shots on goal but were inches away all night. Santa Clara also drew an impressive 13 corner kicks while allowing three.

Both teams made their first four penalty kick attempts. The Wolfpack (12-6-3) started the fifth round with a make and Courtney Ogrenstepped up for the Broncos but fired wide left to end the match.

NCAA FIRST ROUND
SANTA CLARA, Calif. [Santa Clara 4, Milwaukee 1] – A big second half lifted No. 7 Santa Clara women's soccer to a 4-1 win in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday afternoon in Stevens Stadium against Milwaukee.

Maria Sanchez led the way for the Broncos (17-3-1) with two goals and two assists to take over the national lead in assists and help the Broncos to their 54th NCAA Tournament win and their most wins since 2005. It was the 11th time a Bronco has scored two goals in a post season game.

Santa Clara also got goals from Kaile Halvorsen and Natalie Kennedyas well as two assists from Kelsey Turnbow and one from Machaela George.

In net, Melissa Lowder collected four saves with the only blemish a perfect shot off the post. On the other side, Elaina Lamacchia made six saves.

After the Panthers (16-2-1) evened the score at 1-1 in the 62nd minute, the Broncos scored twice in the next two and a half minutes to put the game away.
 

FORT WORTH, Texas [TCU 2, BYU 1] – The No. 24 BYU women's soccer team fell 2-1 to TCU after conceding two second half goals within five minutes in the NCAA First Round.

"I am kind of speechless because we played one of our best halves of the year in the first half," BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood said. "We set the tone, dictated the tempo and owned the width. The second half I'm not sure what happened. TCU came out stronger and a lot more physical. Soccer is crazy and in a less than five-minute span we gave up two goals, and that will get you every time."

Elise Flake scored the Cougars' (13-5-1) only goal of the match in the 23rd minute when Mikayla Colohan set up Flake for a left footed shot outside of the 18-yard box as the ball deflected off the left post and across the goal line.

The Cougars close the season with a 13-5-1 overall record and were the West Coast Conference champions.