Tar Heels Fortify Lead In ACC With Shutout Of BC

Thursday, October 17

Newton, Mass.

7 p.m.

North Carolina

13-1-1, 6-0-1

Boston College

8-5-2, 1-5-1

North Carolina

Boston College

Rachel Jones had a strong game offensively and tallied UNC's third goal in the win over BC.

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

October 17, 2019 | Women's Soccer

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Early goals by defenders power UNC past Eagles.

By: Dave Lohse

NEWTON, MASS. – The University of North Carolina women's soccer team got goals from Maycee Bell, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Rachel Jones and posted a clean sheet defensively as the third-ranked Tar Heels defeated Boston College 3-0 Thursday night at the Newton Lacrosse and Soccer Field. Carolina prevailed over the Eagles on a cold and windy night in Beantown before a national television audience on the ACC Network.

The victory assures the Tar Heels of holding on to their lead in the ACC standings through this weekend heading into next Thursday's rivalry matchup against Florida State in Chapel Hill. That game at 7 p.m. at Dorrance Field will feature the 2018 NCAA finalists and will again be nationally televised by ACC Network.

UNC improved to 13-1-1 with the victory over the Eagles and the Tar Heels are now 6-0-1 in the ACC. Boston College fell to 8-5-2 overall and 1-5-1 in the ACC. Carolina has 19 points in the ACC standings with Florida State in second place with 15 points. The Seminoles host Miami Friday afternoon.

The Tar Heels outshot the Eagles 17-6 and they had a 9-3 margin in shots on goal. UNC had four corner kicks in the game compared to one for BC. Allie Augur played all 90 minutes in goal for the Eagles and made six saves. Marz Josephson and Claudia Dickey shared the shutout for Carolina with Josephson making two saves in the first half and Dickey stopping one shot in the second half.

The Tar Heels jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first 20 minutes of the game. The opening tally came from freshman defender Maycee Bell, her first career goal. The goal came with 37:49 left in the first half as Bell headed home a corner kick by junior defender Lotte Wubben-Moy. The English defender sent the corner kick from the right side to the far post where Bell evaded her mark and confidently headed it home for a 1-0 UNC lead.

Carolina doubled its lead with 26:24 left in the first half. Bridgette Andrzejewski carried the ball into the left side of the penalty box where he cross resulted in a hand ball by Boston College's Jade Ruiters. Wubben-Moy stepped to the 12-yard spot and deposited her penalty kick into the left side of the goal past BC goalkeeper Allie Augur. It was Wubben-Moy's third goal of the season, all on penalty kicks.

Just over two minutes later both teams had excellent chances just seconds apart. Samantha Agresti pounced on a poor clearance to take a shot from distance that just went wide of the left post at 24:24. On the other end, Alessia Russo, just 43 seconds later, had a look from the right side of the penalty box but it was knocked down by Augur before going inside the left post.

UNC outshot the Eagles 10-4 in the first half, including a 6-2 edge in shots on goal. The Tar Heels had three corner kicks in the first half to just one for BC. Augur made four saves in the first half for BC while Carolina starting goalkeeper Marz Josephson notched a pair of saves.

Rachel Jones was the most active player offensively in the second half for the Tar Heels and her hard work eventually paid off with the Tar Heels' third goal of the game. With 36:49 left in the game, Jones stole the ball from a BC defender but sent her shot high from 15 yards out. Boston College almost halved its deficit with 26:35 left in the game when Samantha Agresti was able to sneak behind the Tar Heel defense but her shot from the left side of the box headed to the far post was smothered by Claudia Dickey.

UNC came inches away from making it 3-0 with 22:47 remaining but Izzy Brown's shot from the left side of the penalty area was denied by the cross bar. Jones again had an excellent scoring chance with 12:56 left but her one-touch shot from the top of the box headed inside the right post was knocked down by Augur.

Carolina eventually got the third goal and separation it sought with 10:55 to play in the game when Jones finished with a left-footed shot from just inside the penalty area into the lower right corner for her second tally of the season. The hard work on the goal was really done by Alessia Russo who carried the ball deep into the right corner before evading a pair of Boston College defenders and dribbling into the right side of the box before delivering a perfect assist to Jones for the put away.

GAME NOTES

Carolina improved to 19-1 all-time against the Eagles UNC is now 9-0 in the series in games played at BC.
UNC has won eight in a row against the Eagles.
The three-goal margin of victory marked only the third time in the last 11 meetings between the two teams decided by more than one goal.
Lotte Wubben-Moy now has three goals on the season, all on penalty kicks.
Maycee Bell notched the first goal of her career. It also proved to be the game-winning tally.
Lotte Wubben-Moy now has three assists in the past two games and four assists in the past four games
Rachel Jones scored her second goal of the season and her first since she had the game-winning tally in a 4-0 win over Portland on September 1.
Carolina now has 12 shutouts in 15 matches this season. UNC has conceded just one goal in seven ACC games in 650 minutes of conference play.
UNC is now 27-0-3 in ACC regular season matches since a 1-0 loss at Notre Dame on October 14, 2016.