Both UNC soccer teams were in action Friday night. At Dorrance Field, the Tar Heel women rebounded from a loss at Wake Forest with a 1-0 win vs. No. 7 Stanford, while over in Durham the men played to a 2-2 draw at Duke.
In the women’s match, Bella Devey’s goal in the 70th minute of the action proved to be all the difference the Tar Heels needed in the highly competitive affair. Carolina had controlled the majority of the chances in the first half, firing seven shots to the Cardinal’s two. Devey’s goal came somewhat against the run of play in the second half, as UNC keeper Peyton Trayer had to make three saves in a span of less than eight minutes to preserve the 0-0 score.
At the beginning of the UNC move which led to Devey’s goal, she was the only Tar Heel in the attacking half of the pitch. After receiving a long pass, Devey took on two Cardinal defenders before firing a low shot past Stanford keeper Caroline Birkel. It was Devey’s 16th goal of the season.
Another day, another goal for Devey ?♀️ t.co/NkhlDbentF pic.twitter.com/Np88rnB7di
— UNC Women's Soccer (@uncwomenssoccer) October 24, 2026
Trayer had to make two more saves in the 78th and 80th minutes to see out the match, upping her total on the night to a season-high seven. Stanford outshot the Tar Heels 10-6 in the second half, and the two teams finished the match even with seven shots on target apiece.
Friday’s win is the second of the season for UNC against a top 10 foe. It’s also the first time the Tar Heels have defeated the Cardinal as a conference foe. Carolina is now 13-2 overall and 6-1 in ACC play, two points ahead of second-place Wake Forest. UNC returns to action Thursday, Oct. 29 when it hosts SMU at Dorrance Field at 7 p.m. It is the final home match of the regular season for the Tar Heels.
In Durham, UNC trailed twice but found equalizers both times to play Duke to a 2-2 draw. The Blue Devils, who entered the night occupying last place in the ACC, had gone ahead within the first quarter-hour of action after UNC keeper Alan Rutkowski committed a foul in the penalty area and Duke’s Ethan Congleton converted the penalty kick.
It took barely five minutes for UNC to answer, as Vermont transfer Nico Loebus scored his first goal as a Tar Heel in the 20th minute. Duke would take the lead back before halftime off the foot of Congleton again, and Carolina trailed 2-1 entering the locker room.
Luca Nikolai found the equalizer in the 64th minute, converting a penalty kick of his own after Joschi Schelb was fouled in the penalty area. But that would be UNC’s final shot on target of the night. In fact, the Tar Heels would only manufacture one shot total in the match’s final 27 minutes, an off-target effort from Schelb in the 72nd minute.
With Friday’s result, UNC is still unbeaten in its last six matches, though it had won the previous five. Carolina is 7-2-4 overall and 3-1-3 in ACC play and will be back in action when it hosts William & Mary at Dorrance Field Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m.
Featured image via UNC Athletic Communications/Dalton Wainscott
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