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Drew Habeck's School Record Powers Tar Heels Past Fairfield
April 15, 2006 | Men's Lacrosse
April 15, 2006
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - University of North Carolina senior attackman Drew Habeck scored seven goals on eight shots in the first half, setting a school record in the process, as North Carolina ran past Fairfield University 18-9 Saturday afternoon in collegiate men's lacrosse action before 1,207 sun-drenched fans at Kenan Stadium on the University of North Carolina campus.
The Tar Heels improved to 3-9 on the season and ended they a nine-match losing streak in the process. The Tar Heels had not found the win column since beating Air Force 8-6 on February 25 in Denver, Colo. Since that time UNC had lost nine straight games to teams ranked in the Top 20. Fairfield fell to 4-6 with the loss as the Stags have lost three in a row.
Habeck, a red-shirt senior from the Severn School in Maryland, had not scored a goal in his career prior to Saturday's game. He got his first career start on Senior Day as 13 UNC seniors ended their home careers in Tar Heel uniforms with a doubling up of Fairfield. Habeck proceeded to scorch the nets for seven goals on eight shots in the first half, setting a school record for most goals scored in one half. He finished the game with the seven goals, taking nine shots in all. The two shots he did not score on represented two of Fairfield's nine goalkeeper saves during the game.
Habeck fell one goal short of the Tar Heel school record for goals in a game which is eight set by Mac Ford against Adelphi on April 21, 1984 and by Jason Wade against Maryland on March 23, 1996. Wade scored his eight goals against the Terps while taking eight shots in the game, an NCAA record for shooting accuracy in a game.
Habeck is now the sixth player in UNC history to score seven goals in one game and the eighth to score seven or more. Prior to Ford's 1984 performance, Wade's 1996 output and Habeck's effort Saturday, the last player to score seven goals in a game was Bert Fett against Washington College on April 22, 1974.
The other players with seven goals in a match include Dick Harrall against the Nofolk Air Station on April 26, 1952, Jeff Parker against Virginia on March 30, 1965, Harper Peterson against Bucknell on March 27, 1969 and Harper Peterson again on May 13, 1970 against Duke.
Fairfield, which was led offensively by four goals off the stick of Mike Bocklet, jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first four minutes of the game before Nick Tintle's extra-man goal got the Tar Heels going on their offensive end with 9:44 left in the quarter. Back-to-back goals by Habeck put the Tar Heels ahead 3-2 before Bocklet's second goal of the first quarter tied the score again at 3-3 with 3:46 left in the period.
UNC ran off the next three goals as Habeck sandwiched goals around a tally by Michael Burns to built a 6-3 lead. Habeck's goal with 10:24 left in the second quarter came when the Tar Heels were in a man-down situation, the first shorthanded goal for UNC this season.
The UNC lead did not hold up however as the Stags answered with a three-goal run in the second quarter over a span of less than six minutes. Bocklet's fourth goal of the first half tied the score at 6-6 with 3:40 to play before the half.
Carolina then exploded offensively and scored four times in a span of 2:17 starting with Habeck's goal off a pass from defenseman Billy Staines with 3:02 left in the half. Matthias McCall scored his first career goal less than a minute later as he picked up a ground ball after a successful Tar Heel ride and scored into an empty net. Habeck then scored twice more before the half ended with assists by a pair of freshman midfielders, Bobby McAuley and Ben Hunt. Habeck finished the first half with seven goals on eight shots.
After Greg Downing opened the second half with a goal 32 second into the third quarter for Fairfield, the Tar Heels ran off four goals in a row off the sticks of Bart Wagner, Nick Tintle, Shane Walterhoefer and Sean Link. The four goals found the back of the net in a span of only 5:03. After Josh Thornton scored for the Stags, UNC finished the quarter with another scoring run with goals by Andrew McElduff, Billy Staines and Bobby McAuley.
The two teams traded goals in the fourth quarter with UNC midfielder Jamie DeBole joining Habeck and McCall as first-time career goa scorers with 3:42 to play. The goal came off the third assist from senior Sean Link, a career high in a game for the product of St. Paul's School.
Eleven different Tar Heels scored goals in the game, the second straight game in which 11 different UNC players scored. UNC's 18 goals represented the team's high-goal output of the season. UNC's other double digit scoring games included 14 goals against Ohio State and 13 against Virginia.
Senior Sean Link had a goal and three assists and senior Billy Staines, a long-stick midfielder, had one goal and one assist as well as six groun balls. The other seniors to score on Senior Day were Habeck and middie Andrew McElduff. Freshman Bart Wagner had a goal and a career-high three assists in the game.
Senior Stephen McElduff had a team-high three caused turnovers for UNC and senior Dave Werry won five of 10 face-offs. Freshman Shane Walterhoefer won 16 of 20 face-offs and he set a career high for face-offs won in a game and matched his career high with eight ground balls. Walterhoefer also scored his third goal of the season in the game.
Grant Zimmerman came off the bench for UNC and played the last 11:13 in goal, making seven saves and not allowing a goal. Trey Sheain was credited with his third win of the season as he played the opening 48:20 in goal for the Tar Heels. Three goalkeepers played for the Stags and they combined to make nine saves.
UNC concludes its 2006 regular season with a game at Providence College next Sunday at 1 p.m.
UNC outshot the Stags 45-36, won the ground ball battle 51-32, dominated the face-offs 21-9, had an edge in saves 13-10 and forced eight failed clears by the Stags while UNC had only four. UNC's only area for improvement was in turnovers where the Tar Heels had 22 as compared to only 18 for Fairfield.
Carolina scored on one of its two EMO chances while the Stags when 0-5 on the extra-man. UNC scored a man-down goal on one of the Fairfield man-up chances.
