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Lindsay Tarpley's Third Career Hat Trick Leads No. 1 UNC Past Duke
October 1, 2003 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 1, 2003
DURHAM, N.C. - Top-ranked North Carolina scored all four of its goals in the first 14:53 of action, three of them by sophomore forward Lindsay Tarpley, to lead the Tar Heels to a 4-0 women's soccer victory over arch-rival Duke before 3,100 fans at Koskinen Stadium.
For Tarpley, it was the third hat trick of her collegiate career. She had one as a freshman a year ago against Florida International and a second one in the season opener this year against Washington State. The Kalamazoo, Mich. native leads the Atlantic Coast Conference in goals this year with 10.
Carolina improved to 12-0 on the season with the win and won its ACC opener. Duke, ranked betweeen 10th and 20th in the four national polls, is now 7-3-1 and 0-1 in the ACC. The win gives Carolina one point in the 2003-04 Carlyle Cup competition, the all-sports trophy sponsored by Carlyle and Company and Rolex which puts UNC against Duke in 23 sports. UNC leads this year's competition, two points to zero.
UNC got on the board at 4:13 of the match as Tarpley scored the first of her three goals. After a failed Duke clearing pass, midfielder Lori Chalupny served the ball back into the box where Tarpley chipped it over Duke goalkeeper Thora Helgadottir from eight yards out. Just 56 seconds later, Tarpley made the score 2-0 as Tarpley headed in a corner kick by senior striker Alyssa Ramsey. It was the first of three assists for Ramsey on the night.
At 12:07, Carolina made it 3-0 on another goal off a corner kick. Ramsey's corner kick was flicked on by the head of freshman forward Heather O'Reilly who sent the ball to the far post where Kendall Fletcher tapped it in for her second goal of the season. The Tar Heels finished off the scoring at 14:53 of the match. O'Reilly won the ball in the midfield and fed Ramsey who carried the ball deep into the right corner. Ramsey crossed to Tarpley who ran onto the ball and finished from 12 yards out.
Carolina has now posted 10 shutout wins in 12 matches this year. This was Aly Winget's ninth solo shutout performance of the season and her fourth solo shutout in a row.
North Carolina 4 0 - 4
Duke 0 0 - 0
Scoring Summary
4:13 - UNC - Lindsay Tarpley, 8th (Lori Chalupny)
5:09 - UNC - Lindsay Tarpley, 9th (Alyssa Ramsey)
12:07 - UNC - Kendall Fletcher, 2nd (Heather O'Reilly, Alyssa Ramsey)
14:53 - UNC - Lindsay Tarpley, 10th (Alyssa Ramsey, Heather O'Reilly)
Shots: UNC 17, Duke 10
Saves: Aly Winget (UNC) 6, Thora Helgadottir (Duke) 5
Corner Kicks: UNC 6, Duke 4
Fouls: UNC 13, Duke 14
Offsides: UNC 2, Duke 2
Yellow Card: Gwendolyn Oxenham (Duke), 50:12
Referee: Ken Tanner; Assistant Referees: Sandra Serafini, Kai Goodrich
Attendance: 3,100
Records: UNC 12-0, ACC 1-0, Duke 7-3-1, ACC 0-1
