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Tar Heels Face Adversity But Rally Past Golden Eagles
September 20, 2002 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 20, 2002
DURHAM, N.C. - The top-ranked North Carolina women's soccer team played a woman down for over 86 minutes Friday night but four Tar Heel goals in the final 32 minutes of play led Carolina to a 4-1 victory over Marquette in the first game of the Duke adidas Classic at Koskinen Stadium.
Carolina senior forward Susan Bush led the Tar Heel effort as she scored a goal and assisted on two others. Other Tar Heel goals came from sophomore midfielder Mary McDowell, sophomore forward Anne Felts and sophomore forward Anne Morrell.
UNC took an early hit when junior defender Catherine Reddick was red carded just 3:40 into the match for taking down Marquette's Kate Gordon from behind in the penalty area. Marquette's Anne Delecky converted the penalty kick to the left of UNC goalkeeper Aly Winget to give the Golden Eagles a lead they would hold onto for more than 55 minutes. It was Dalecky's first goal of the season.
uoyed by the early goal and the 11-on-10 advantage, the Golden Eagles dominated play by taking six of the first seven shots of the contest. Later in the half the Tar Heels put the pressure on but could not score on their nine first half shots.
UNC came out and dominated the second half, outshooting Marquette 15-7. The Golden Eagles were still able to get good chances but Winget really came up big for UNC with seven saves.
Carolina also started to convert their chances in the second half. In the 59th minute, UNC junior defender Elizabeth Ball was fouled just outside the Marquette penalty area. McDowell banged the free kick off the cross bar and freshman midfielder Kacey White went to head the shot home but she was cleaned out from the rear, giving the Heels a penalty kick of their own. The kick was converted by Bush for her second goal of the season although Marquette goalkeeper Ashleigh Coenig did get her fingertips on the shot.
Just 22 seconds after Bush's goal, UNC scored again as McDowell took a pass from freshman forward Lindsay Tarpley and buried a shot far post from 25 yards out for the eventual game winner.
UNC went on to add two insurance goals. At 75:40, Felts scored her second goal of the season, going lower right shelf from 15 yards out. Bush pushed end line and sent the ball into the box where junior forward Alyssa Ramsey's flicked it back to Felts who was open two steps inside the penalty area.
At 85:10, Bush added another assist as she led Morrell with a nifty through ball and Morrell dribbled by at least three defenders and finished far post.
UNC outshot the Golden Eagles 24-14 and had eight corner kicks to four for Marquette. Carolina withstood a physical effort by Marquette as the Golden Eagles were whistled for 18 fouls and UNC only four.
Carolina, now 6-0-1 and winner of six straight, meets Florida International Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at Koskinen Stadium on the second day of the Duke adidas Classic. Marquette, 5-2, plays Duke at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Reddick will not play Sunday because of her red card.
