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UNCG's women's soccer team fall to UNC 3-0 and tie Wake Forest 1-1
Caitlin McCann
Issue date: 9/18/07 Section: Sports
The UNCG women's soccer team fell to the Carolina Tar Heels 3-0 last Wednesday night and tied the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 1-1 last Saturday night.
The Tar Heels' came back to UNCG last Wednesday for the first time since 1989. The game against the Tar Heels broke UNCG women's soccer attendance records as 2,844 fans came out to see the Spartans take on the nationally ranked Tar Heels.
The Tar Heels proved to be in control of the game when Carolina's Whitney Engen knocked in a right corner shot making the score 1-0. Engen's goal was her first of the season.
With 30 minutes left in the first half it seemed that UNCG's Jen Bronson and Kristin Player found a hole in the Tar Heels' defense when they came upon an opening in front of Carolina's goal. But the Tar Heels foiled Bronson and Player's shot opportunity when the Tar Heels quickly closed the gap in front of their net.
The rest of the first half was a battle between the teams' defense. The Spartans and the Tar Heels created several scoring opportunities but both defensive lines proved to be too strong to break through.
In the second half it seemed the Spartans were going to tie the game when Player booted the ball in the direction of the Tar Heels' goal but Carolina goalkeeper, Anna Rodenbough, snatched the ball away just in time.
The Tar Heels' Mandy Moraca saved a fly away shot from teammate Yael Averbuch when she knocked the ball into the right the right side of the net, thus lengthening Carolina's lead to 2-0. The goal was Moraca's first of the season.
The Tar Heels sealed the game as theirs when Sterling Smith fired the final goal of the game into the back of the net making the final score 3-0.
The Spartans' Lauren Lopez was named the Greg Harrison UNCG Player of the Game.
Following their heart wrenching loss to the Carolina Tar Heels the Spartans set out Saturday night to play the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, whom they ended up tying 1-1.
The Demon Deacons hit the pitch hard as they dominated much of the first half of the match.
The Tar Heels' came back to UNCG last Wednesday for the first time since 1989. The game against the Tar Heels broke UNCG women's soccer attendance records as 2,844 fans came out to see the Spartans take on the nationally ranked Tar Heels.
The Tar Heels proved to be in control of the game when Carolina's Whitney Engen knocked in a right corner shot making the score 1-0. Engen's goal was her first of the season.
With 30 minutes left in the first half it seemed that UNCG's Jen Bronson and Kristin Player found a hole in the Tar Heels' defense when they came upon an opening in front of Carolina's goal. But the Tar Heels foiled Bronson and Player's shot opportunity when the Tar Heels quickly closed the gap in front of their net.
The rest of the first half was a battle between the teams' defense. The Spartans and the Tar Heels created several scoring opportunities but both defensive lines proved to be too strong to break through.
In the second half it seemed the Spartans were going to tie the game when Player booted the ball in the direction of the Tar Heels' goal but Carolina goalkeeper, Anna Rodenbough, snatched the ball away just in time.
The Tar Heels' Mandy Moraca saved a fly away shot from teammate Yael Averbuch when she knocked the ball into the right the right side of the net, thus lengthening Carolina's lead to 2-0. The goal was Moraca's first of the season.
The Tar Heels sealed the game as theirs when Sterling Smith fired the final goal of the game into the back of the net making the final score 3-0.
The Spartans' Lauren Lopez was named the Greg Harrison UNCG Player of the Game.
Following their heart wrenching loss to the Carolina Tar Heels the Spartans set out Saturday night to play the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, whom they ended up tying 1-1.
The Demon Deacons hit the pitch hard as they dominated much of the first half of the match.
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