University of North Carolina Athletics
Thursday, August 22
Chapel Hill, N.C
6:30 p.m.
North Carolina
1-0
3
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Indiana
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2
F
Indiana
0
0
0
North Carolina
2
1
3
Brianna Pinto (#8) scored twice in UNC's stadium opening win.
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
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Pinto's Brace Powers Heels Past Hoosiers
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina opened its luxurious new Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium on the Tar Heel campus with 3-0 win over Indiana Thursday evening in a rain-delayed Carolina Nike Classic women's soccer opener. A crowd of 1,481 fans weathered the delays to root on the Tar Heels to victory in their season opener, playing in the new on-campus stadium that replaced Fetzer Field, home of the team from 1979-2016.
Senior Bridgette Andrzejewski scored the first-ever Tar Heel goal in the new stadium for the game-winner in the 14th minute and Brianna Pinto, a sophomore whose father played for the men's team at the old Fetzer in the 1990s, had a brace to push the Tar Heels to an eventual 3-0 win.
Carolina outshot the Hoosiers 16-1 in the match and had an 8-1 edge in corner kicks. UNC employed two goalkeepers with freshman Marz Josephson playing the first half and Claudia Dickey the second half. Neither was forced to make a save. Bethany Kopel went all 90 minutes for Indiana and made four saves while allowing all three goals.
The game was the opener of the season for both teams. In the first game of Thursday's Carolina Nike Classic Duke downed La Salle 2-0.
Carolina opened the scoring at 13:03 behind the hustle of Andrzejewski. She earned a corner kick on the left side and Pinto sent the kick into a fray where it was headed on to the right side of the box. Taylor Otto's pass into the middle of the penalty area nutmegged Kopel and Andrzejewski drove the ball into the back of the net from close range to make it 1-0.
The second Carolina goal came at 17:43 with UNC earning a free from 25 yards. Alessia Russo drove the ball towards the right side of the goal but Kopel parried it away. Freshman Aleigh Gambone pounced on the rebound in the right side of the box and centered it to Pinto who drove the ball into the lower right corner from six yards.
Carolina finished the scoring at 80:42 on a great individual effort goal by Pinto. She gathered in the loose ball at the top of the box, took one dribble and left footed a worm burner from 18 yards out into the lower right corner to finish off the scoring.
Play continues in the Carolina Nike Classic Sunday with North Florida playing La Salle at noon and UNC hosting Duke at 6 p.m.
Senior Bridgette Andrzejewski scored the first-ever Tar Heel goal in the new stadium for the game-winner in the 14th minute and Brianna Pinto, a sophomore whose father played for the men's team at the old Fetzer in the 1990s, had a brace to push the Tar Heels to an eventual 3-0 win.
Carolina outshot the Hoosiers 16-1 in the match and had an 8-1 edge in corner kicks. UNC employed two goalkeepers with freshman Marz Josephson playing the first half and Claudia Dickey the second half. Neither was forced to make a save. Bethany Kopel went all 90 minutes for Indiana and made four saves while allowing all three goals.
The game was the opener of the season for both teams. In the first game of Thursday's Carolina Nike Classic Duke downed La Salle 2-0.
Carolina opened the scoring at 13:03 behind the hustle of Andrzejewski. She earned a corner kick on the left side and Pinto sent the kick into a fray where it was headed on to the right side of the box. Taylor Otto's pass into the middle of the penalty area nutmegged Kopel and Andrzejewski drove the ball into the back of the net from close range to make it 1-0.
The second Carolina goal came at 17:43 with UNC earning a free from 25 yards. Alessia Russo drove the ball towards the right side of the goal but Kopel parried it away. Freshman Aleigh Gambone pounced on the rebound in the right side of the box and centered it to Pinto who drove the ball into the lower right corner from six yards.
Carolina finished the scoring at 80:42 on a great individual effort goal by Pinto. She gathered in the loose ball at the top of the box, took one dribble and left footed a worm burner from 18 yards out into the lower right corner to finish off the scoring.
Play continues in the Carolina Nike Classic Sunday with North Florida playing La Salle at noon and UNC hosting Duke at 6 p.m.
Team Stats
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NC
Goals
0
3
Shots
1
16
Shots on Goal
0
7
Saves
4
0
Corners
1
8
Fouls
8
8
Scoring Plays
B. Andrzejewski (1)
Assisted By: Taylor Otto
Finish from close range after cross
13:03
Brianna Pinto (1)
Assisted By: Aleigh Gambone
Close range finish after cross following
17:43
Brianna Pinto (2)
Left-footed finish from top of 18
80:42
Game Leaders
Shots
4
SOG
2
Goals
2
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Players Mentioned
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