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No. 6 Women's Lacrosse Team Wins Third in a Row
June 21, 1999 | Women's Lacrosse
April 17, 1999
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The sixth-ranked North Carolina women's lacrosse team earned a much needed victory Saturday afternoon as the Tar Heels defeated 19th-ranked Vanderbilt 10-5 in Nashville, Tenn. The victory by the Tar Heels put a damper on the Lady Commodores' Senior Day celebration.
Carolina junior midfielder Gray MacNair led the way for the Tar Heels by scoring four goals, including a pair on free position shots. Junior attacker Kristin Off added on two goals and an assist for the Tar Heels, while junior midfielder Meghann Mohler had a goal and two assists and senior attacker Erin McGinnis and junior midfielder Julie Kickham each had one goal and one assist.
The victory was the third in a row for Coach Jenny Slingluff Levy's team and lifted the Heels to 7-4 on the season, the first time this year that Carolina has been three games over the .500 mark. Vanderbilt fell to 5-8 with the defeat.
After the Commodores' Amanda Rice scored the opening goal of the game 1:06 into the first half, UNC rattled off three goals in a row-one each by McGinnis, Off and Mohler-to take the lead for good. Vanderbilt twice cut the Tar Heel lead to one goal later in the first half but the Heels scored the last goal of the first half and the first two of the second half to lead 7-3 with 28:14 left in the game. The Lady Commodores never got closer than three goals again.
MacNair scored two of her four goals on free position shots in the final 6:42 of the game to extend the final margin to 10-5.
The Tar Heels dominated time of possession and outshot the Lady Commodores 27-15. In the goal, UNC's Debbie Castine was credited with seven saves while Emily Lough made 10 saves for Vanderbilt.
The Tar Heels will play Penn State this coming Wednesday at 5 p.m. at a neutral site in Baltimore, Md. before returning home to host the third annual Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament next weekend in Chapel Hill. Semifinal games at Francis E. Henry Stadium will be played on Saturday, April 24 with top-seeded Maryland playing fourth-seeded UNC at 1 p.m. and second-seeded Duke playing third-seeded Virginia at 3 p.m. The tournament championship game is on Sunday, April 25 at 1 p.m.
1999 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN'S LACROSSE SUMMARY
#6 NORTH CAROLINA (7-4) vs. #19 VANDERBILT (5-8)
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
Saturday, March 17, 1999, 12:00 p.m. C.D.T.
SCORING SUMMARY
Hlf Team Scoring Time Score of Game Goal By Assist By 1 Vanderbilt 28:54 Vandy 1-0 Amanda Rice 1 North Carolina 28:08 Tied 1-1 Erin McGinnis Meghann Mohler 1 North Carolina 24:06 UNC 2-1 Kristin Off Erin McGinnis 1 North Carolina 16:29 UNC 3-1 Meghann Mohler 1 Vanderbilt 11:52 UNC 3-2 Caroline Mans (FPS) 1 North Carolina 8:53 UNC 4-2 Gray MacNair Meghann Mohler 1 Vanderbilt 3:31 UNC 4-3 Kristin Ehst Amanda Rice 1 North Carolina 1:47 UNC 5-3 Erin McInnes Kristin Off 2 North Carolina 29:04 UNC 6-3 Kristin Off Julie Kickham 2 North Carolina 28:14 UNC 7-3 Gray MacNair 2 Vanderbilt 26:30 UNC 7-4 Amanda Rice (FPS) 2 North Carolina 20:36 UNC 8-4 Julie Kickham 2 Vanderbilt 13:41 UNC 8-5 April Tellam 2 North Carolina 6:47 UNC 9-5 Gray MacNair (FPS) 2 North Carolina 1:45 UNC 10-5 Gray MacNair (FPS)FPS=Goal Scored on Free Position Shot SCORING BY PERIODS 1 2 TOTAL North Carolina 5 5 10 Vanderbilt 3 2 5
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
Goals Scored North Carolina-Gray MacNair 4, Kristin Off 2, Erin McGinnis, Meghann Mohler, Julie Kickham, Erin McInnes. Vanderbilt-Amanda Rice 2, Caroline Mans, Kristin Ehst, April Tellam. Assists North Carolina-Meghann Mohler 2, Erin McGinnis, Kristin Off, Julie Kickham. Vanderbilt-Amanda Rice. SHOTS ON GOAL: North Carolina 27, Vanderbilt 15 FREE POSITION SHOTS: North Carolina 2, Vanderbilt 4 SAVES: North Carolina 7, Vanderbilt 10 GOALKEEPER SUMMARY: North Carolina-Debbie Castine, 60 minutes played, 7 saves, 5 goals allowed; Vanderbilt-Emily Lough, 60 minutes played, 10 saves, 10 goals allowed Virginia--Francis Segarra, 60 minutes played, 12 saves, 6 goals allowed North Carolina--Debbie Castine, 60 minutes played, 13 saves, 3 goals allowed ATTENDANCE: 200 OFFICIALS: Jill Dull, Anne Gasser, Linda Bensing
