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No. 1 Men's Soccer Tops Charlotte, 3-0, To Equal Best Start in School History
October 18, 2000 | Men's Soccer
Oct. 18, 2000
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Chris Carrieri tallied a goal and two assists as the University of North Carolina men's soccer team defeated Charlotte, 3-0, on Wednesday night at Fetzer Field. With the win, No. 1-ranked Carolina (13-2) equals the best start in school history. UNC also began the 1980 and 1981 seasons 13-2. The Tar Heels will seek break the record on Sunday afternoon when they host NC State at Fetzer Field at 2:00 p.m.
On the night, Carrieri broke the UNC school record for points in a season. He now has 47 points in 2000, surpassing Derek Missimo's 11-year old school record of 44 points set in 1989. Carrieri leads the Atlantic Coast Conference with 18 goals, 11 assists and 47 points this season. All are career highs for the junior forward from Stafford, Va.
"It's an honor to get the record," Carrieri said after the game. "But winning is the goal. We didn't play our best but still were able to win tonight. This is the best team I've ever played on as far as chemistry, and we're playing with more confidence. We need to keep improving because we've still got a lot of tough games left."
The loss is Charlotte's fourth in the last five games and the 49ers fall to 6-6-2 on the season.
Caleb Norkus scored the first goal of the game for Carolina, taking assists from Carrieri and freshman David Stokes on a fast break and scoring at the 27:26 mark. Norkus scored for the seventh game in a row. He has 10 goals on the season, all of which have come in the last seven games. He has scored the game-winner in four of Carolina's last five contests.
Carrieri scored UNC's second goal on a penalty kick at the 35:11 mark. He also provided the assist on the final goal of the night, perfectly placing a corner kick so that Eddie Robinson could head it into the lower left corner of the net at the 72:49 mark.
Michael Ueltschey went the distance in the goal for the Tar Heels and earned the shutout, recording two saves. He now has 5.4 shutouts this season. Carolina outshot the 49ers, 16-5, in the game.
