Boyles Named ACC Player of the Week

Friday, August 18

Cary, N.C.

6:00 p.m.

North Carolina

1-0

Duke

0-1

Team	1	2	OT 1	Final F
Duke	1	0	0	1
North Carolina	1	0	1	2

Joanna Boyles scored first Carolina goal on this free kick.

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

August 22, 2017 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Led Tar Heels to 2-1 win over arch rival Duke.

By: Dave Lohse

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina senior midfielder Joanna Boyles earns the first Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season.

Boyles tallied a goal and an assist as No. 6 (coaches poll) /10 (Soccer America poll) North Carolina rallied for 2-1 overtime win against #12 (coaches poll)/13 (Soccer America poll) Duke last Friday night in the season opener for both teams at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.

After Duke had taken a 1-0 lead in the game's 25th minute, Boyles scored the game-tying goal 6:54 later. She scored on a direct kick from 20 yards out that hit the underside of the cross bar and bounced in. The game went to overtime and Boyles stepped up again with the assist on the game-winner by Jessie Scarpa at 93:12. UNC earned a corner kick in the 93rd minute and Boyles' corner was volleyed out by a Duke defender. UNC's Dorian Bailey tracked down the ball and sent it back to Boyles, whose service into the box was perfect, finding Scarpa around eight yards out, and she headed the ball down and just inside the left post for the game-winning tally.