Navy comes up short against No. 5 Stanford

Stanford at Navy WSOC Navy's Karli Sottung and Stanford's Jordan DiBiasi work for possession during Friday night's game at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility at the USNA. (Matthew Cole / Capital Gazette) Navy's women's soccer team received a goal from a freshman in her first game, a postgame standing ovation from the huge crowd in attendance and a congratulatory few words from athletic director Chet Gladchuk a few minutes later. Everything but a victory over the No. 5 team in the nation.

Visiting Stanford controlled play throughout, and after a scoreless first half, built a two-goal lead before hanging on for a 2-1 victory over the Mids in the season opener for both teams on Friday night…