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Maycee Bell named ACC Defensive Player of the Week

UNC women’s soccer player Maycee Bell won ACC Defensive Player of the Week, in large part for her role during the Heels’ 1-0 shutout of VT.

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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Maycee Bell’s hops land her new program record

Maycee Bell, a redshirt senior on the UNC women’s soccer team, set a program record with her 34.5-inch vertical jump in game action.

Maycee Bell is expected to be a key contributor on a UNC women’s soccer team looking to avenge last year’s NCAA Championship defeat.

Bell was one of three Tar Heels selected to the Preseason All-ACC squad, along with teammates Sam Meza and Ally Sentnor. Bell’s been part of a Tar Heel defense that’s, through two games this season, only allowed one goal.

Bell and her Tar Heel teammates limited opponents to 20 goals last year, including an August in which UNC’s opposition never found the back of the net.

Not only is Bell a solid defender, though, she can also get up.

Preseason All-ACC and program record holder? You could say Bell, who’s a redshirt senior, is enjoying her last year in Tar Heel Blue.

Next up for Bell and Carolina is a Thursday, Aug. 24 home contest against the University of Wisconsin. The Badgers, just like UNC, are 1-0-1 after their first two games. They beat UIC (University of Illinois-Chicago) 1-0 on Sunday, while Avery Patterson, Melina Rebimbas and Olivia Thomas helped the Heels down California by a 3-1 score.

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