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Georgetown Nips Tar Heels, 9-8
March 17, 2012 | Women's Lacrosse
March 17, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fifteenth-ranked Georgetown scored the last four goals of the game and overcame a three-goal deficit with under 15 minutes to play, coming from behind to defeat second-ranked North Carolina, 9-8, in women's lacrosse action at Multi-Sport Field.
Becky Lynch had three goals and an assist for Carolina and Abbey Friend scored three times. Laura Zimmerman and Emily Garrity scored Carolina's other two goals. Kara Cannizzaro dished out two assists in a losing effort.
Hannah Franklin led Georgetown with four goals. Kristen Coleman had a goal and an assist, and Dina Jackson, Kelyn Freedman, Erin Lovett and Sophia Thomas each scored once.
The Hoyas improve to 3-3 with the victory. Carolina falls to 8-1 with the loss.
The Tar Heels opened the contest with two quick scores by Friend in the first five minutes, but Georgetown answered as Franklin hit her first of the afternoon at 20:31 on the assist from Coleman.
UNC quickly made the score 3-1 when Zimmerman scored an unassisted goal, but the Hoyas put together a three-goal run to take their first lead of the game. Franklin scored at 16:20, before Lovett found the back of the cage two minutes later. Coleman tallied the go-ahead at 14:25.
The lead was short lived as UNC tied it up 25 seconds later. Carolina finished out the half with a three-goal run (with goals from as the squads went into the break with UNC leading, 6-4.
Lynch scored two goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half as Carolina widened its lead to 8-5 with 15:41 to go. The Hoyas finished the game on their 4-0 to pick up the victory.
Carolina outshot the Hoyas, 21-17, but Georgetown had more ground balls (12-9) and a 10-8 advantage on draw controls.
The Tar Heels will play a second consecutive non-conference road game on Sunday when it visits Old Dominion at 1 p.m. Carolina's next home game is on Friday Mach 30 versus Duke.
