Catarina Macario scored two goals, increasing her NCAA-best total to 32 this season, as the Stanford women’s soccer team advanced to the College Cup at Avaya Stadium in San Jose by defeating visiting BYU 5-1 on Friday.

Macario opened the scoring in the 17th minute, then doubled the Cardinal lead in the 30th. After Kiara Pickett (41st minute) and Sam Tram (43rd) struck before halftime, Stanford (22-1) had BYU (21-1-1) in a hole from which it would not escape.

“This game was much closer than the score indicated but I am so proud of our student-athletes for staying focused on our goal of winning a national championship,” Stanford coach Paul Ratcliffe said. “It took us a few minutes to settle in today but I was thrilled with the result and am excited for this chance to play for a championship so close to home.”

As the Provo (Utah) Daily Herald noted, Stanford ended BYU’s 2018 volleyball season in the Final Four, its 2019 women’s basketball season in the NCAA Tournament second round and BYU’s women’s soccer season in the NCAA quarterfinals.

“They’ve been playing at this level for so long now,” BYU coach Jennifer Rockwood said of the Cardinal. “We didn’t pull the trigger and for some reason we did not get our shots off today and you can’t allow that against a team like this.”

Stanford faces UCLA in the semifinals Friday. North Carolina and Washington State meet in the other semifinal.

UCLA (18-4-1) advanced with a 4-0 win at Florida State. The Cardinal defeated the Bruins 1-0 on Nov. 3.