Catarina Macario leads top-ranked Stanford past BYU
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Nov 30, 2019
Four goals in 26 minutes in the first half -- the first two by Catarina Macario -- broke the game. Macario upped her season total to 32 goals, the most since Christine Sinclair scored an NCAA-record 39 goals for Portland in 2005.
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“Hats off to BYU for an incredible season," said Stanford coach Paul
Ratcliffe. "This game was much closer than the score indicated but I am so proud of our student-athletes for staying focused on our goal of winning a national championship. It took us a few
minutes to settle in today but I was thrilled with the result and am excited for this chance to play for a championship so close to home.”
Stanford will take a 17-game winning
streak into the semifinals against UCLA on Friday, a rematch of its 1-0 win over the Bruins on Oct. 19. The College Cup will be played at nearby Avaya Stadium in San Jose.
Nov. 29 in Stanford, Calif.
Stanford 5 BYU 1. Goals: Macario (Haley) 17, Macario (Haley, Smith) 30, Pickett 41, Tran
(Malatskey, Goad) 43, own goal 54; Serassio 64.
Stanford -- Meyer, Wesley, Hiatt, Girma, Pickett, Doms, Briede, Macario, Haley, Malatskey, Smith. Subs: Rood, Enge, Stahl, Goad, Tran,
Rubinstein, Ayson, Greubel, Caetano-Ferrara.
BYU -- Davis, Braby, Serassio, Guinn, Lyman, Jefferson, Shepherd, Flake, Colohan, Affleck, Tucker. Subs: Brockbank, Maughan, Petersen, Clark,
Ballstaedt.
Att.: 2,041.
