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Andy Wittry | NCAA.com | September 17, 2017

Women's soccer: Best goals from Week 4 (Video)

  Marquette's Darian Powell (12) scored a beautiful header against Rhode Island.

The fourth full week of the women's soccer season is in the rearview mirror. UCLA has established itself as the best team in the sport, earning 28 of a possible 31 first-place votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll and jumping out to a 7-0-1 record. Some of the biggest wins of the week include No. 8 Virginia over No. 5 Penn State, Notre Dame's 4-2 upset against No. 11 Clemson, and No. 6 West Virginia over No. 20 Princeton.

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Here are the best goals from Week 4 of women's action.

Rebecca Quinn – Duke

Duke improved to 8-1-0 on the season with a 2-1 victory against Utah. Rebecca Quinn scored the game-winner in the 82nd minute, just 45 seconds after her teammate Kayla McCoy tied the game.

Hailie Mace – UCLA

Hailie Mace made a great run down the middle of the field in the first minute of the second half against Pepperdine, where she was on the receiving end of a great setup from Viviana Villacorta.

Darian Powell – Marquette

Darian Powell sent a flying header into the net, which proved to be the game-winner in a 2-1 victory against Rhode Island.

Sam Tran – Stanford

Stanford has been no stranger to our weekly Best Goals of the Week post. The Cardinal have outscored their opponents 26-0 in their last four matches. In Stanford's 7-0 win against Yale, Sam Tran beat the Bulldogs' keeper with a header towards the near post.

Shannon Horgan – Clemson

Clemson suffered a 4-2 defeat to Notre Dame, but Shannon Horgan's goal was one of the few bright spots for the Tigers. She sent in a shot from 35 yards out for Clemson's first goal of the game.

Miranda Nild – California

The Bears won their fourth straight game after a 2-0 win against Oklahoma. She settled a cross with one touch, made a move to her right, then blasted a shot past the keeper.

Courtney O'Brien – Princeton

Courtney O'Brien scored twice in Princeton's 3-1 win against New Hampshire, which earned her Ivy League Women's Soccer Player of the Week honors.

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