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O'Reilly's Figures In All Four Goals As UNC Blanks Florida State 4-0
October 22, 2004 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 22, 2004
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. - Sophomore striker Heather O'Reilly scored two goals and assisted on two others as No. 2-ranked North Carolina defeated No. 14 Florida State 4-0 at the Seminole Soccer Complex Friday night. The game was played before 1,504 fans, the third largest crowd in Florida State soccer history.
Carolina improved to 15-0-1 on the season with the win and more importantly 8-0-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. UNC has now clinched the ACC regular season championship and the top seed in the 2004 ACC Tournament beginning October 31. The Seminoles are 12-4-1 overall and 5-3-1 in the ACC. FSU will still receive a bye in the the first round of the tournament and advance to the quarterfinals just as UNC will. The quarterfinals begin November 3 at SAS Soccer Stadium in Cary, N.C.
North Carolina will finish its regular season with a match against No. 10 Duke next Thursday at 7 p.m. at Fetzer Field.
The Tar Heels took the lead in the 19th minute of the match when Heather O'Reilly, Jaime Gilbert and Lori Chalupny hooked up to give Carolina a 1-0 lead. O'Reilly fed a ball to Gilbert and then Gilbert sent a nifty pass to Chalupny just inside the 18-yard box and Chalupny fired a shot past Florida State goalkeeper Joy McKenzie for her sixth goal of the season. Chalupny's goal was her third game-winning goal of the season and she has now scored game-winners in back-to-back matches. She also scored the deciding goal in UNC's 2-1 win over No. 4 Virginia on October 17.
UNC might have increased its margin before halftime had its shooting been more accurate. Despite outshooting the Seminoles 12-1 in the first half, only three of those shots were actually on target.
Carolina worked on solving that problem in the second half, mostly because of O'Reilly. At the 48:30 mark of the match, UNC forward Jaime Gilbert launched a shot that was saved by McKenzie but the FSU goalkeeper could not hold the shot and O'Reilly ran on to the play and scored on the rebound for her 10th goal of the season. At 64:27 of the match, the Tar Heels made the score 3-0 via O'Reilly's 11th goal of the campaign as Chalupny sent a long cross to the back post and O'Reilly ran on to the ball and finished the scoring opportunity with a header. Sara Randolph also assisted on the goal.
Katie Brooks scored the final goal of the night for the Tar Heels in the 69th minute. O'Reilly took a shot that was saved by McKenzie but Brooks was johnny on the spot and chested in the rebound to make the score 4-0. UNC outshot the Seminoles 24-7. McKenzie was credited with five saves for Florida State. Aly Winget made three saves for UNC and recorded her seventh solo shutout of the 2004 season.
No. 2 North Carolina 1 3--4
No. 14 Florida State 0 0--0
Scoring Summary
18:22--UNC--Lori Chalupny, 6th (Jaime Gilbert, Heather O'Reilly)
48:30--UNC--Heather O'Reilly, 10th (Jaime Gilbert)
64:27--UNC--Heather O'Reilly, 11th (Lori Chalupny, Sara Randolph)
68:45--UNC--Katie Brooks, 2nd (Heather O'Reilly)
Shots: UNC 24, FSU 7
Saves: Aly Winget (UNC) 3, Joy McKenzie (FSU) 5
Corner Kicks: UNC 7, FSU 4
Fouls: UNC 4, FSU 4
Offsides: UNC 0, FSU 4
Referee: Kevin Fouser; Assistant Referees: Kersten Shroeder, Marc Taps; Alternate Official: Tom Scott
Attendance: 1,504
Records: North Carolina 15-0-1 overall, 8-0-0 in the ACC; Florida State 12-4-1, 5-3-1 in the ACC
