North Carolina
Wake Forest
No. 1 Men's Soccer Tops Wake, 4-1, For 10th Straight Win
October 28, 2000 | Men's Soccer
Oct. 28, 2000
Michael Bucy scored three goals for his first career hat trick as the University of North Carolina men's soccer team defeated Wake Forest, 4-1, on Senior Night at Fetzer Field. In the final regular-season home match of his career, Bucy, a senior from Raleigh, tied his career high with six points.
Meanwhile, Atlantic Coast Conference Player-of-the-Year candidate Chris Carrieri scored his ACC-leading 23rd goal of the season. Carrieri has scored a goal in 10 matches in a row and at least one point in 15 straight contests. Both marks are school records.
With the win, Carolina improves to 16-2, 5-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and takes a half-game lead in the ACC standings over Duke and Virginia, both of whom are 4-1 in the conference. The five ACC wins are the most in school history in a single season. Wake Forest falls to 10-5-1, 2-3 in the ACC.
Carolina has now won 10 consecutive games, the second-longest win streak in school history. UNC won 11 straight when it won the last eight games of 1977 and the first three games of 1978. The victory also gave Elmar Bolowich the winningest season in his 12-year career as Carolina's head coach. His previous high win total was 15, set in 1991.
ucy scored the first goal of the game at the 39:45 mark, chesting a long cross from Matt Crawford into the net past Wake goalkeeper Rob Vartughian. Bucy scored again with just 0:01 left before halftime, knocking a loose ball into the goal at point-blank range after a free kick with under 0:10 before intermission. Caleb Norkus and Grant Porter assisted on Bucy's second goal.
ucy scored again at 77:17 for a 3-0 UNC lead, heading in a long pass from Danny Jackson on a free kick. Carrieri scored at 83:26, taking the ball behind the midfield line and outracing the Wake Forest defense for an unassisted, fast break goal.
The Demon Deacons' Ben Stafford scored Wake's lone goal of the game on a penalty kick at 84:13.
The Tar Heel defense held the Deacons to 11 shots and four corner kicks on the night. UNC has allowed one goal or less in 15 of 18 gaames this season, including each of the last eight matches.
Carolina returns to action next Sunday, Nov. 5, when it visits South Carolina in its final game of the 2000 regular season.
