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On This Date With The Tar Heels...
October 21, 2001 | General
October 10, 1992: Hamm's Scoring Keys Win at Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.-- Mia Hamm had two goals and two assists, leading top-ranked North Carolina to a 6-1 women's soccer victory over fourth-rated Portland.
Angela Kelly, Tisha Venturini, Keri Sanchez and Rita Tower also added goals as the Tar Heels improved to 13-0 for the season. The loss was the Pilots' first of the year after 10 straight wins.
Leading 2-0 at halftime, Carolina scored three goals in the first eight minutes of the second half to put the game away. Danielle Egan set up Sanchez's goal just 45 seconds after intermission. Tower scored at the 52:21 mark, taking a pass from Hamm. Hamm added an unassisted goal only 57 seconds later for a 5-0 lead.
Tiffany Milbrett scored Portland's goal with less than 15 minutes in the game. But, Hamm offset that with her second unassisted goal less than two minutes later.
Kelly had given the Tar Heels a quick lead in the opening 30 seconds of the match in the game, scoring on a header from seven yards out. The goal came after she took a cross from Egan who was breaking down the right side. Hamm assisted on Venturini's goal with 3:01 left in the first half.
Carolina outshot the Pilots, 22-3. In fact, Tar Heel goalkeeper Shelley Finger did not even have to record a save the entire game.
October 9, 1995: Field Hockey Team Wins 12th in a Row
CHAPEL HILL--Top-ranked North Carolina ran its record to 12-0 with a 4-0 victory over Radford at Navy Field.
The win marked the best start in history by the Tar Heels. Carolina would eventually finish 24-0, winning its second national championship.
Freshman Nancy Pelligreen scored three goals to pace the Tar Heel attack. She deflected a shot into the back of the net with 26:35 remaining in the first half. Carolina took a 2-0 halftime lead when Stacey Schweighart scored with 9:30 left in the opening half.
Pelligreen then scored twice in the opening minute of the second half to put the game out of reach. Both goals were unassisted.
Carolina controlled the ball most of the day, outshooting the Highlanders, 36-1. The Tar Heels had 13 penalty corners to just one for Radford. Tar Heel goalkeeper Jana Withrow had little trouble in recording her eighth shutout of the year.
October 8, 1960: Defense Holds Off Irish, 12-7
CHAPEL HILL--North Carolina struck for two second-quarter touchdowns and got a standout performance from its defense in toppling Notre Dame, 12-7, at Kenan Stadium.
A 47-yard touchdown pass from Ray Farris to halfback Skip Clement gave the Tar Heels a 6-0 lead. Carolina had moved into Irish territory one play earlier when Farris connected with Clement over the middle for 17 yards. Clement then got behind the Notre Dame secondary on the left sideline for the touchdown throw. The extra point was blocked, but Carolina had a 6-0 lead with 5:55 left in the first half.
Irish quarterback Daryle Lamonica's pass in his own right flat was then intercepted by end Mike Greenday and returned 42 yards for another score with only 52 seconds remaining before halftime. The extra point was wide left and Carolina had a 12-0 lead at intermission.
Much of the second half was played in Tar Heel territory. But, Notre Dame had five passes intercepted and lost two fumbles to a hard-hitting Carolina defense.
The Irish moved to the UNC 12-yard line on their first possession of the third quarter, but John Flournoy deflected a George Haffner pass and Lenny Beck picked it off in the end zone.
On its next series Notre Dame reached the Tar Heel six-yard line. But Jim LeCompte intercepted another pass in the end zone and brought it out to the five.
Carolina had to punt from there and the Irish immediately drove back to the six. But, Flournoy recovered a Hannigan fumble to kill that threat.
Notre Dame came right back, reaching the UNC 16. But, that series ended when Joe Craver and Clements broke up passes and a fourth-down throw fell incomplete.
The Tar Heels then put together their only sustained drive of the day, going 65 yards in 14 plays. An attempted field goal was missed, but this drive finally kept the ball away from the Irish for a long period of time.
Three long passes got Notre Dame to the UNC 34, but Rip Hawkins, John Shroeder and Clements broke up passes. A fourth-down throw fell incomplete.
The Irish finally got on the scoreboard moments later after Farris fumbled the ball back on first down. It took four plays, but Bob Scarpitto swept left end on a two-yard scoring run. Joe Perkowski's PAT cut the Carolina lead to 12-7 with 5:49 in the game.
Tough running by Beck and Bob Elliott got the Tar Heels out of the shadow of their own goal. The drive eventually stalled. But Farris punted into the end zone, leaving the Irish 80 yards away from scoring and just 1:36 to go. Ward Marslender iced the game when he intercepted a long Haffner pass and returned it 41 yards to the Irish 21. Carolina ran out the clock from there.
"We knew we had to contain their halfbacks, Scarpitto and George Sefcik) in order to win," said Tar Heel Coach Jim Hickey afterwards. "We were ablt to basically do that because our ends played sensationally. They gave us a tireless effort."
October 7, 1966: Williams Leads Cross Country Win at State
RALEIGH--North Carolina runners, led by Mike Williams, dominated a four-team cross country meet on the N.C. State course.
Williams won the event with a time of 20:37. It was the fourth-fastest clocking ever on the Wolfpack's four-mile course.
However, Williams wasn't the whole story for Carolina as Tar Heel runners finished third through seventh. The only breakthough by an opponent was East Carolina's Jay Roe. He was second in 20:40.
The Tar Heels got a third-place finish from Truett Godwin in 20:55. UNC's Joe Lasich was fourth (21:14), Steve Williams was fifth (21:18), Jim Hotelling was sixth (21:20) and Tripp McPherson was seventh (21:23).
Team scoring was kept as a three separate dual meets. Carolina finished 3-0 for the day, East Carolina was 2-1, N.C. State was 1-2 and Virginia was 0-3.
October 6, 1991: Venturini, Kelly Star Against Duke
CHAPEL HILL--Freshman midfielders Tisha Venturini and Angela Kelly each scored a goal and had an assist as top-ranked North Carolina defeated 15th-rated Duke, 3-1, in a women's soccer game on Fetzer Field.
Kelly assisted on the game's first goal and scored the second. Venturini assisted on Kelly's score and added the final Tar Heel goal herself.
The Tar Heels, who outshot the Blue Devils, 26-9, scored 31:23 into the game. Kelly's throw-in toward the Duke goal was fired into the net by Paige Coley.
Just 7:28 later, Venturini went one-on-one with Blue Devil goalkeeper Grethchen Young and sent a cross to Kristine Lilly. Lilly headed the ball off the cross bar, but Kelly swept up the loose ball in front of an open goal to score easily.
Duke's Nan Stillinger cut the lead to 2-1 after 67:39 had elapsed. She ripped a shot past goalie Shelley Finger after teammate Charlene Mulfinger stole a clearing pass.
Venturini then put the game away at 84:08. She took a pass from Lilly in the center of the penalty area and beat Young from 15 yards.
The victory increased Carolina's record to 12-0 for the season. It was the 53rd consecutive home win for the Tar Heels and their 107th straight home match without a loss.
October 5, 1957: Tar Heels Stun Sixth-Ranked Navy, 13-7
CHAPEL HILL--North Carolina took advantage of six Navy turnovers to defeat the sixth-ranked Midshipmen, 13-7, at Kenan Stadium.
In an unusual comment by a coach, the Tar Heels' Jim Tatum had said earlier in the week his team could defeat Navy,
"Navy throws the ball too much," Tatum told members of the media. "We should be able to take advantage of that."
Carolina certainly did just that, intercepting five of Navy's 20 passes and also recovering one of the Midshipmen's six fumbles. The Tar Heels, meanwhile, did not throw a single pass in scoring the stunning victory.
Navy's star quarterback, Tom Forrestal, was the victim of all the UNC interceptions.
Fred Swearingen killed a second period Navy scoring threat, picking off a pass at the UNC eight-yard line. Emil DeCantis added another interception later in the quarter.
With 7:51 left in the third period, tackle Leon Russavage intercepted a Forrestal pass and raced 32 yards for Carolina's second touchdown of the day. Although the extra point was blocked, the Tar Heels had a 13-0 lead.
The Tar Heels had taken a 7-0 lead in the first quarter after Decantis recovered a Ned Oldham fumble at the Navy 22. Nine plays later Dave Reed scored on a one-yard dive and Bob Shupin kicked the extra point.
The Midshipmen got on the scoreboard with 13:50 remaining in the game. A 73-yard drive ended with Harry Hurst scoring on a two-yard run and Oldham adding the PAT.
Navy's final two possessions ended with interceptions. Jack Cummings had one at the UNC 36 and Buddy Payne had the other on his own 26.
The Midshipmen had 255 total yards to just 181 for Carolina. But, the Tar Heels did not commit a turnover in pulling off the upset. The win would push Carolina into the Top 20 for the first time in Tatum's two years as coach at his alma mater.
October 4, 1966: Carolina Tops Wolfpack in Men's Soccer
CHAPEL HILL--North Carolina scored twice on penalty kicks in defeating N.C. State in a men's soccer game at Fetzer Field.
John Loud made both penalty kicks to lead the Tar Heels to a 4-0 victory.
The win improved Carolina's record to 2-1, while State fell to 2-3.
Danny Galdes and Larry Heath added the other Tar Heel goals.
Carolina would end the season as Atlantic Coast Conference co-champion with Maryland. It was the first time the Tar Heels had finished the soccer season in first place in the league standings.
October 3, 1981: Women's Soccer Team Continues Offensive Outburst
CHAPEL HILL--Sophomore Ana Klas scored four goals and added one assist to lead North Carolina to a 13-1 women's soccer victory over William and Mary.
The victory gave the Tar Heels 70 goals in their last six games.
Stephanie Zeh and Meg Mills added a pair of goals each as Carolina improved to 10-0 for the season. William and Mary dropped to 3-1.
The Tar Heel win came in the first round of the North Carolina Invitational at Fetzer Field. Carolina advanced to the tournament finals against George Washington, a 9-0 winner over Randolph-Macon.
This game was never close as the Tar Heels rolled to a 9-0 halftime lead. Other UNC goals were scored by Janet Rayfield, Wendy Greenberg, Chrissy Billings and Liz Phillips. Greenberg had two of Carolina's seven assists.
The Tar Heels took an amazing 46 shots in this game to just nine for William and Mary. Kathleen Doherty had the only W&M goal early in the second half.
October 2, 1993: Tar Heel Outlast UTEP, 45-39
CHAPEL HILL--North Carolina spotted Texas-El Paso a 21-7 lead before rallying behind Leon Johnson for a wild 45-39 victory at Kenan Stadium. Johnson scored four touchdowns, a school record for a freshman, and ran for 106 yards in leading the comeback victory.
The Miners stunned the Tar Heels by grabbing the early lead. Defensive end Pookie Floyd recovered a UNC fumble in the end zone for UTEP's first touchdown. Carolina countered with a two-yard run by Johnson, but quarterback Mike Perez led the Miners to two straight touchdowns. He threw a 69-yard scoring pass to Jermaine Brown and later ran 44 yards to set up a 14-yard TD run by Corey Tucker.
A one-yard plunge by Johnson and a UTEP field goal made it 24-14 at halftime.
With quarterback Jason Stanicek and fullback William Henderson doing most of the damage, Carolina scored with 8:15 to go in the third period. Henderson's two-yard run capped that drive.
UTEP immediately drove back to the Carolina 17. But, on perhaps the game's key play, safety Bracey Walker recovered a fumble and returned it 36 yards to the Miner 47. Stanicek threw 18 yards to Corey Holliday on first down. Five plays later the Tar Heel quarterback hit Curtis Johnson with a seven-yard scoring pass for a 28-24 lead.
Leon Johnson scored on a nine-yard run on UNC's next possession. Moments later Carolina had the ball back after linebacker Eddie Mason returned an interception 19 yards to the UTEP 22. Tripp Pignetti's 41-yard field goal made it 38-24 with just 9:20 left in the game.
But Sam Rogers returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and the Miners only trailed 38-31.
Carolina then went 80 yards in 11 plays with Johnson scoring his fourth touchdown on a 15-yard sweep of left end. That took 4:48 off the clock.
UTEP did score in the final minute on a pass from Tucker to Darryl Phillips, but Henderson recovered an onsides kick to clinch the win.
The two teams combined for 439 yards of offense.
Oct 1, 1995: Field Hockey Team Tops Maryland for 11-0 Start
COLLEGE PARK, Md.--Freshman Nancy Pelligreen's goal in the second overtime lifted top-ranked North Carolina's field hockey team to a 2-1 win over third-rated Maryland.
Carolina, on its way to a 24-0 record and an NCAA championship, won its 11th straight game. The victory tied the school record for consecutive wins to start a season.
Tied, 1-1, after 70 minutes of regulation play, the game went into two 15-minute sudden death periods. After the first overtime went scoreless, Pelligreen connected off a pass from Kate Barber with 4:16 elapsed in the second.
Barber had given the Tar Heels a 1-0 halftime lead with her 12th goal of the season. Pelligreen had the assist on that goal with 19:37 to go before intermission.
Nadine Bennett's goal with 19:20 left in the game tied the score for the Terps and forced the overtime periods.
Each team had 16 shots with Carolina goalkeeper Jana Winthrow making a season-high 12 saves.
The Tar Heels ran their Atlantic Coast Conference record to 4-0. Maryland's overall record dropped to 8-1.
