Down goes #1! The Tennessee Lady Vols have sent shock waves through the College Soccer world Thursday night after taking down the number one ranked team in the country North Carolina 2-0.
Tennessee’s soccer team opened up the 2025 season against, defending National Champions, #1 North Carolina. The first half was scoreless, then in the final 45 minutes Tennessee’s Shea O’Rourke knocked in two past the goal keeper to put the Lady Vols ahead of the soccer power house. UT’s woman in goal Cayden Norris saved 5 shots to earn a clean sheet.
This is Tennessee’s first win over North Carolina with the series now at 1-12-1. This is also Tennessee’s first win over a #1 ranked team in program history. Before Thursday night Tennessee’s best wins came against a 5th ranked team three times the latest coming against Arkansas in the SEC Championship game in 2021.
The Lady Vols start the season 1-0 after their upset over UNC. Tennessee’s next game will be in Knoxville Sunday afternoon at 12:00 PM CST against Eastern Kentucky.