The Clemson women’s soccer team advanced to the Elite 8 Round of the NCAA Tournament Wednesday night thanks to beating No. 3 seed UCLA in a shootout in Cary, N.C.
After the game remained tied, 1-1, through regulation and two overtime periods, the No. 14 seeded Tigers beat the Bruins 6-5 in the shootout round.
Clemson’s Sami Meredith flicked in the opening goal of the match off of a great pass from Maliah Morris at the 52:22 mark of the match.
However, UCLA forced overtime with a little more than three minutes left in the match.