University of North Carolina Athletics
Men's Soccer Shuts Down Tribe, 2-0
October 4, 2000 | Men's Soccer
Oct. 4, 2000
No. 8 North Carolina scored twice in the first four minutes of the second half and cruised the rest of the way to a 2-0 victory over William & Mary on Wednesday night in collegiate men's soccer action from Fetzer Field. Chris Carrieri had a goal and an assist for the Tar Heels, while Michael Bucy had two assists and Caleb Norkus scored the game-winning goal.
With the win, the Tar Heels' eighth in their last nine games, Carolina improves to 9-2 this season. William & Mary falls to 3-4-2. UNC assistant coach Oliver Weiss was an assistant under Al Albert at William & Mary for three seasons before coming to Carolina prior to the 1999 season.
After a scoreless first half, the Tar Heels struck quickly in the second period. Norkus scored the game-winner on a beautiful combination of passes from Carrieri and Bucy. Bucy crossed the ball from the right of the net to Carrieri, who one-touched a pass to Norkus for a short blast and 1-0 lead at the 46:20 mark.
Less than three minutes later, Carrieri scored his team-leading 10th goal of the season, taking a pass from Bucy in the box and scoring for the 2-0 margin.
Michael Ueltschey started in goal for UNC and earned the shutout victory, recording three saves. The Tar Heel defense limited the Tribe to seven shots in the game Billy Platz recorded four saves for the Tribe in goal.
Carolina returns to action on Saturday night when it plays at Atlantic Coast Conference rival Maryland at 7:00 p.m.
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