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Sept. 19, 1999
Chapel Hill, N.C. – The Cavaliers and Tar Heels battled for over anhour and neither team had scored, but unfortunately the game is 70 minutesand UNC’s Kristen McCann scored on a breakway to help the Heels defeat theCavaliers 1-0 today in Chapel Hill. It was the first loss in 1999 for theCavaliers, who fall to 5-1.
After a scoreless first half that saw Virginia turn away all ofCarolina’s seven corners, the two teams battled back and forth in thesecond half with neither team able to find the back fo the net. But after aVirginia corner with just under eight minutes to go in regulation, KristenMcCann slipped through the Cavalier defense and got the ball in theVirginia net. It was the first goal the Cavaliers have given up in a spanof 228:55.
Virginia travels to Georgetown to take on the Hoyas on Thursday,Sept. 23. Game time in Washington, D.C. is 3:30 pm. The Cavaliers returnhome on Sunday, Sept. 26 to take on #2 Old Dominion. Game time against theMonarchs is 1:00 pm.
1 2 FVirginia 0 0 0 (5-1)North Carolina 0 1 1 (6-1)
SCORING SUMMARY: 2nd: UNC: McCann/7:33
Goals: UNC: McCannShots: V: 4, C:10 Corners: V: 4, C: 10Saves: V: 6 (Worthington 5, Richardson 1), UNC: 2 (Tran 2)