Virginia Men's Lacrosse Downs North Carolina 10-9 in Squeaker
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April 6, 2002
Chapel Hill, N.C. – The second-ranked Virginia men’s lacrosse team led from start to finish Saturday afternoon and defeated seventh-ranked North Carolina 10-9 before 2,185 fans at Fetzer Field.
The win was the sixth in a row for the Cavaliers as they improved to 7-1 on the season and 2-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Wahoos have won back-to-back ACC road games the past two Saturdays by one goal each. A win over #8 Duke next Saturday in Charlottesville will clinch the #1 seed in the ACC Tournament for the Cavaliers.
For the Tar Heels, their luck lately has gone in the other direction as they have lost three straight games to Top 5 ranked teams after starting the year 6-0. Over the past three weekends, UNC has lost three games to Top 5 teams by a combined total of four goals. UNC is 6-3 on the year, 1-2 in the ACC.
Saturday’s win against the Tar Heels was fueled by senior All-American Conor Gill who had two goals and two assists. Midfielder Chris Rotelli had two goals and one assist and freshman Joe Yevoli scored twice.
For the second successive game the Tar Heels dug themselves an early hole. The Cavaliers scored three unassisted goals in the first 4:33 of the game to take a quick 3-0 lead. Carolina battled back, however, to cut the Virginia lead to 4-3 at the end of the quarter on Pat Jackson’s goal with 3:29 to play in the period.
Virginia pushed the lead to 7-3 with a 3-0 scoring run in the second quarter to take a four-goal lead at the break. Yevoli, John Christmas and Eric Leibowitz scored the second quarter goals for the Cavaliers.
North Carolina got back into the game in the third quarter as Jed Prossner, Tim Gosier and Andrew Lucas scored in succession to cut UVa’s lead to 7-6 with 2:46 to play in the third quarter. But Virginia stepped up its game and destroyed the Tar Heels’ momentum as it scored three goals in a span of 58 seconds to go up 10-6. Rotelli scored off an assist from Gill with 1:20 left in the third quarter, Gill scored unassisted 30 seconds later and then A.J. Shannon scored an extra-man goal assisted by Gill 28 seconds after that. Virginia won the ensuing faceoff and threw the ball away on the fast break and UNC took over with 13 seconds left in the quarter. The Tar Heels capitalized as Austin Garrison found Mike McCall for a goal with two seconds left in the third period to cut the lead to 10-7.
Prossner’s third goal of the game nine seconds into the final period cut the Virginia lead to 10-8. North Carolina pulled to within one on Jackson’s second goal of the game with 4:07 remaining.
North Carolina won the ensuing faceoff, but Bryant Will’s shot was blocked out front, with Virginia gaining possession with two-and-a-half minutes to play and maintained possession until UNC stripped it with less than 25 seconds left. The Tar Heels cleared the ball into their offensive zone and called timeout with 17 seconds left on the clock. Following the restart Tar Heel attackman Steven Will was alone on the crease with three seconds to play. But Bryant Will’s pass to his brother was just inches too high and prevented the younger Will from getting off a decent shot.
Virginia returns home to try to extend its winning streak to seven when it hosts #8 Duke at Kl?ckner Stadium next Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
2002 NORTH CAROLINA MEN'S LACROSSE#2 VIRGINIA vs. #7 NORTH CAROLINAFetzer Field, Chapel Hill, N.C.Saturday, April 6, 2002, 1 p.m.SCORING SUMMARYQtr. Team Scoring Time Score (UNC-VA) Goal Assist1 UVA 12:32 0-1 Joe Yevoli1 UVA 11:04 0-2 Nathan Kenney1 UVA 10:27 0-3 Chris Rotelli Nick Russo1 UNC 8:14 1-3 Jed Prossner1 UNC 7:25 2-3 Mike McCall (EMO) Bryant Will1 UVA 5:23 2-4 Conor Gill1 UNC 3:29 3-4 Pat Jackson Mike McCall2 UVA 12:41 3-5 Joe Yevoli2 UVA 5:51 3-6 John Christmas (EMO) Chris Rotelli2 UVA 5:01 3-7 Eric Leibowitz3 UNC 13:58 4-7 Jed Prossner3 UNC 3:22 5-7 Tim Gosier (EMO) Jed Prossner3 UNC 2:46 6-7 Andrew Lucas3 UVA 1:20 6-8 Chris Rotelli Conor Gill3 UVA 0:50 6-9 Conor Gill3 UVA 0:22 6-10 A.J. Shannon (EMO) Conor Gill3 UNC 0:02 7-10 Mike McCall Austin Garrison4 UNC 14:51 8-10 Jed Prossner Mike McCall4 UNC 4:07 9-10 Pat Jackson Kyle BellEMO= Extra Man Opportunity Goal2002 NORTH CAROLINA MEN'S LACROSSE#2 VIRGINIA vs. #7 NORTH CAROLINAFetzer Field, Chapel Hill, N.C.Saturday, April 6, 2002, 1 p.m.BOX SCORESCORING 1 2 3 4 TOTALVirginia 4 3 3 0 10North Carolina 3 0 4 2 9INDIVIDUAL SCORING SUMMARYGoals ScoredVirginia- Conor Gill 2, Joe Yevoli 2, Chris Rotelli 2, A.J. Shannon, Eric Leibowitz, John Christmas, Nathan KenneyNorth Carolina- Jed Prossner 3, Pat Jackson 2, Mike McCall 2, Tim Gosier, Andrew LucasAssistsVirginia- Conor Gill 2, Chris Rotelli, Nick RussoNorth Carolina- Mike McCall 2, Jed Prossner, Austin Garrison, Bryant Will, Kyle Bell
SHOTS 1 2 3 4 TOTALVirginia 10 12 13 2 37North Carolina 12 10 7 9 38
SAVES 1 2 3 4 TOTALVirginia 4 4 1 2 11North Carolina 3 4 5 1 13
GOALKEEPER SUMMARYVirginia Minutes Saves Goals AllowedTillman Johnson 60 11 9North Carolina Minutes Saves Goals AllowedPaul Spellman 60 13 10
FACEOFFS 1 2 3 4 TOTALVirginia 4 3 7 0 14North Carolina 4 1 1 3 9
GROUND BALLS 1 2 3 4 TOTALVirginia 9 10 15 11 45North Carolina 14 10 7 13 44
EXTRA MAN OPP. 1 2 3 4 TOTALVirginia 0/0 1/1 1/11 0/0 2/2North Carolina 1/3 0/1 1/1 0/1 2/6
PENALTIES 1 2 3 4 TOTAL/Virginia 3/2.0 2/2.0 1/1.0 1/1.0 7/6.0North Carolina 0/0.0 1/1.0 1/1.0 0/0.0 2/2.0
CLEARS 1 2 3 4 TOTALVirginia 9/9 7/8 4/5 2/3 22/25North Carolina 6/7 6/9 5/8 5/6 22/30
TURNOVERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALVirginia 4 3 4 3 14North Carolina 4 3 0 3 10
OFFICIALS: Mark Goldsmith, Dave Casmarowski, Skip Cooper
ATTENDANCE: 2,185
RECORDS: Virginia 7-1 overall, 2-0 in the ACC, North Carolina 6-3 overall, 1-2 in the ACC