North Carolina
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No. 4 Maryland Rallies Past No. 2 Tar Heels
October 24, 2010 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 24, 2010
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Sade Ayinde scored twice in the final 13 minutes of play to list fourth-ranked Maryland past second-ranked North Carolina 2-1 in women's soccer action Sunday afternoon at Fetzer Field. The victory marked Maryland's first ever over the Tar Heels who now lead the all-time series 31-1-1.
Courtney Jones gave the Tar Heels the lead at the 4:47 mark as she took a through ball from Crystal Dunn and finished into the lower left corner past Maryland goalkeeper Yewande Balogun. Despite numerous good chances the Tar Heels were not able to find the back of the net the remainder of the day and Maryland cashed in with the two late goals by Ayinde.
Balogun made five saves on the day including four on point blank shots by the Tar Heels later in the first half.
Maryland had only three shots in the second half but Ayinde scored on two of them. She finished into the right side of the net at 77:12 when she got behind the UNC defense and found herself unmarked at the 12-yard line. Balogun found Ayinde with a punt for the putaway.
Maryland then took the lead at 84:37 on Ayinde's free kick from 19 yards out. Jasmyne Spencer drew a foul just outside the box to set up Ayinde's winning tally.
UNC outshot the Terps 12-5 on the day and had a 5-3 edge in corner kicks.
UNC falls to 14-2-1 on the season and 6-2 in the ACC. Maryland is now 13-2-1 on the season and 5-2-1 in the ACC.
With the loss, Carolina fell out of first place in the ACC into the second spot heading into the final week of the season. Florida State leads with 19 points followed by UNC with 18, Wake Forest, Virginia and Maryland with 16, Boston College and Duke with 13 and Miami with 12.
UNC finishes the regular season with two rough road games, playing at Duke Thursday at 7 p.m. and at Wake Forest next Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The Tar Heels must win both games and hope for a loss or a tie by Florida State in order to win the regular season title and the top seed in the ACC Tournament which begins in Cary, N.C. on November 3.
