Santa Clara freshman Kaile Halvorsen, the 2017 Star-Advertiser girls soccer player of the year from Kaiser, scored her first collegiate goal in the 62nd minute to beat No. 2 North Carolina 1-0 on Friday.

Halvorsen, a 5-foot-6 forward, stole the ball from a defender just outside of the box and beat the keeper near post to knock off the Tar Heels.

The goal gave Santa Clara a win over its highest-ranked opponent since a 1-0 double overtime win over No. 2 Stanford in the NCAA tournament in 2016.

The Broncos are 6-1 for the season after beating Notre Dame 3-2 on Sunday and are ranked No. 7 in this week’s United Soccer Coaches Poll released on Tuesday, jumping five spots.

Halvorsen has played in all seven games and made one start.

LINFIELD’S SOUZA EARNS WEEKLY HONOR IN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Linfield (Ore.) junior Taylor Souza won her second Northwest Conference defensive student-athlete of the week award on Monday in women’s volleyball.

The 2016 Le Jardin Academy alumnus averaged 4.21 digs per set and totaled 59 digs overall in four matches in the Austin College Invitational that ended Saturday.

Souza has started all eight matches for the Wildcats (5-3) this season and is tied for third on the team with four aces.

She ranks third in the NWC in both digs (119) and digs per set (4.58).