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UNC Field Hockey Falls to Wake Forest in OT
October 12, 1999 | Field Hockey
Oct. 12, 1999
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-The University of North Carolina field hockey team suffered its first home-field loss of the season Tuesday evening, 3-2 in overtime against Wake Forest. Junior Jenny Everett scored on a penalty corner with 4:47 remaining in the 15-minute sudden-death overtime to give the visiting Demon Deacons the win.
Fourth-ranked UNC fell to 10-3 on the season, while seventh-ranked Wake Forest improved to 12-1. The Demon Deacons also won the teams' first matchup of the season, 2-0 on Oct. 2 in Winston-Salem, in a game that counted in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. (Tuesday's game did not.)
"This game was very typical of what our last meeting was like," Wake Forest coach Jennifer Averill said. "We were stronger in the first half, but Carolina played stronger in the second."
Wake Forest led 2-0 at halftime on goals sophomore Jennie Shelton (27:55 from the field) and Everett (18:58 on a penalty corner). Sophomore Abbey Woolley was the first to score for the Tar Heels, on a penalty corner with 15:27 remaining in the game. Junior Holly Huff scored from the field to tie the game at 2-2 with 10:15 left in regulation.
"We've got to play with more fire and more emotion, and we did that in the second half," UNC coach Karen Shelton said. "Wake Forest played very well. They capitalized on their chances."
The Tar Heels return to action on Friday when they host Virginia Commonwealth at 1 p.m. Wake Forest hosts Virginia Commonwealth on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Scoring: WFU-Jennie Shelton (Amy Marchell), 27:55, 1st, WFU-Jenny Everett (Marchell), 13:58, 1st, UNC-Abbey Woolley, 15:27, 2nd, UNC-Holly Huff, 10:15, 2nd, WFU-Everett (Marchell, Samantha Rush), 4:47, OT
Shots on goal: WFU-6, UNC-12
Goalkeeper saves: WFU (Meaghan Nitka) 3, UNC (Amy Tran) 2
Penalty corners: WFU-9, UNC-5
Defensive saves: WFU-1, UNC-0
