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Women's Soccer Bounces Back With Big Shutout Victory
September 26, 1999 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 26, 1999
DURHAM, N.C. - Two days after suffering a heartbreaking loss to top-ranked Santa Clara, the No. 3 ranked North Carolina women's soccer team looked like a championship calibre team as the Tar Heels methodically took apart a very good team from Southern California 5-0 in the third game of the 1999 Duke adidas Women's Soccer Classic at Koskinen Stadium on the Duke University campus.
With the win the Tar Heels improved to 7-2-0 on the season while the sixth-ranked Trojans fell to 6-2-0. The Tar Heels will next be in action in the University of San Diego/Puma Classic in San Diego, Calif. next Friday and Sunday. The Tar Heels face UCLA at 8:00 p.m. P.D.T. on Friday and San Diego at 12:00 p.m. P.D.T. on Sunday.
The Tar Heels made quick work of USC, scoring three goals in a span of only 6:59 early in the first half of play. The Tar Heels lit up the scoreboard intially at 12:25 when Kalli Kamholz's header off a corner kick was saved by USC goalie Shaelyn Fernandes. But sophomore forward Anne Remy headed home the rebound for a 1-0 lead. Just 4:21 later, UNC scored again as freshman Kim Patrick, who came in after the first goal, scored the second goal, again on a rebound. Senior midfielder Lorrie Fair hit the right post with the initial shot, but Patrick was there to poke the rebound home.
At 19:24, Carolina's torrid attack struck again as junior forward Meredith Florance rocketed a bullet into the upper right shelf for a 3-0 lead. Both Patrick and Fair assisted on Florance's goal. The Tar Heels were not done in the first half, however, as Fair took a pass >from senior midfielder Beth Sheppard and dribbled through a host of Trojan defenders to power home the fourth goal.
Carolina added the last goal of the contest at the 86:31 mark as junior midfielder Raven McDonald finished off a nifty passing combination by sliding a ball past sliding USC goalie Lauren Arase into the lower left corner of the net. Remy and senior midfielder Rebekah McDowell assisted on McDonald's goal.
Carolina outshot the Trojans 29-5 and had a 9-0 edge in corner kicks. USC goalies Fernandes and Arase combined to make 12 saves while UNC freshman Jenni Branam recorded four saves.
#6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 0 0 - - 0 #3 NORTH CAROLINA 4 1 - - 5UNC: Anne Remy (Kalli Kamholz), 12:25
UNC: Kim Patrick (Lorrie Fair), 16:46
UNC: Meredith Florance (Kim Patrick, Lorrie Fair), 19:24
UNC: Lorrie Fair( Beth Sheppard), 30:44
UNC: Raven McDonald (Anne Remy, Rebekah McDowell), 86:31
Shots: Southern California 5, North Carolina 29
Corner Kicks: Southern California 0, North Carolina 9
Goalie Saves: Shaelyn Fernandes (USC) 7, Lauren Arase (USC) 5, Jenni Branam (UNC) 4
Fouls: Southern California 11, North Carolina 11
Offsides: Southern California 1, North Carolina 0
Starting Lineups:
Southern California - Shaelyn Fernandes (GK), Susie Mora (D), Andrea Warner (M), Megan Orach (D), Kim Clark (M), Katie Ticehurst (D), Isabelle Harvey (M), Ali Fennell (M), Christy Callier (F), Erin Reed (D), Christina Kushnir (D)
North Carolina - Jenni Branam (GK), Rebekah McDowell (M), Jena Kluegel (M), Kalli Kamholz (D), Anne Remy (F), Lorrie Fair (M), Lindsay Stoecker (D), Raven McDonald (M), Leslie Gaston (D), Meredith Florance (F), Danielle Borgman (D)
Officials: Charles Mitchell (Referee), John Wilson (Assistant Referee), Tom Richardson (Assistant Referee)
Records: Southern California 6-2-0, North Carolina 7-2-0
Attendance: 1,386
