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Sept. 21, 2003
The University of Virginia field hockey team (5-2) took the early lead as Katie Phillips scored on a short corner in the 17th minute of play, but the Tar Heels (8-0) answered with five unanswered goals to take the victory 5-1 today in Chapel Hill. The Cavaliers’ Allie Flynn (Readington Township, N.J./Hunterdon Central) forced a corner and Virginia converted, putting UVa up 1-0 with 18:48 to play. Virginia’s Logan Carr (Williamsburg, Va./Walsingham Academy) had a career-high 12 saves to lead Virginia’s defensive effort.
Katie Jo Gerfen (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) intercepted a Carolina pass in the midfield and sent the ball up to Mia Link (Jenkintown, Pa./Jenkintown) on the right side. Link passed the ball up to Katie Nicholson (Clarksburg, N.J./Allentown) on the endline, who found Flynn in the circle. Flynn drew a corner and on the play, Nicholson inserted the ball to Sarah Miller (Lititz, Pa./Warwick). Miller flipped the ball to Phillips, who rocketed the ball to the cage for the 1-0 lead. Carolina answered with a goal with two seconds to play before halftime to tie the game 1-1.
In the second half, the Tar Heels took the lead for good on a penalty corner goal seven minutes into the half. UNC tacked on three more goals for the final count of 5-1.
Carr had a career high 12 saves in the game.
Virginia will host Richmond on Wednesday, September 24. Game time against the Spiders is 7:00 pm.
Linescore 1 2 FVirginia 1 0 1UNC 1 4 5
Scoring summary16:27 VA pc Phillips (Miller) 1-034:58 NC fg Dawson (Keeran) 1-143:47 NC pc Potter 1-251:52 NC ps Keeran 1-358:32 NC fg Chambers 1-468:20 NC fg Douglas 1-5
Goals: VA: PhillipsNC: Dawson, Douglas, Chambers, Keeran, Potter
Assists: VA: MillerNC: Keeran
Goalies: VA: Carr (70 mins, 12 saves, 5 GA)NC: Katy Tran (70 mins, 2 saves, 1 GA)
Shots: VA 4Short corners: VA 4, UNC 13Strokes: NC 1-1