Alessia Russo Scores Twice To Lead No. 5 UNC Women's Soccer Past Wake Forest

Posted Oct 8, 2017
Alessia Russo scored a pair of goals and Samantha Leshnak recorded her fifth solo shutout in six ACC games as the UNC women's soccer team defeated Wake Forest 2-0 Sunday at Dennie W. Spry Soccer Stadium (Highlights). Russo scored her sixth and seventh goals of the season and now has five game-winning goals for Coach Anson Dorrance's fifth-ranked Tar Heels. (GoHeels.com)

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