When your soccer team has only allowed four goals through nine games, defense and goalkeeping typically tend to be the main reasons for that.
Such is the case for the UNC women’s soccer team, which currently holds a 6-0-3 record entering its game on Thursday, Sept. 21 at ACC rival UVA.
The Heels are fresh off a defensive battle last Friday night, when a 66th minute Evelyn Shores goal was all they needed in a 1-0 defeat of Virginia Tech.
There is one Tar Heel in particular – redshirt senior Maycee Bell – who is being honored as part of the defensive brick wall UNC has created.
Earlier on Monday, Sept. 19, Bell was tabbed ACC Defensive Player of the Week.
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Bell won the POTW award for the fourth time – but first since 2020 – in her long collegiate career. She continues an impressive streak by her team, as UNC’s captured all but one ACC Defensive Player of the Week award in 2023.
Bell’s strong defensive skills have also helped the Tar Heels limit all nine opponents to 11 shots or fewer, including just one for Gardner-Webb on Thursday, Aug. 31. She’s also a reliable player, playing a full 90 minutes in seven of the Heels’ nine matches.
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