Three-Goal Second Half Fuels Women's Soccer Over UL 3-1

Thursday, October 29

Louisville, KY

8 PM

North Carolina

8-0-0, 7-0-0

Louisville

4-4-0, 4-4-0

North Carolina

Louisville

October 29, 2020 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: Aury St. Germain

Box Score

LOUISVILLE, KY. – It was a tale of two halves for North Carolina as the No. 1 Tar Heels (8-0-0) defeated Louisville (4-4-0), 3-1, to cap off a perfect regular season road slate.

In the first half, the Tar Heels hit the crossbar on one shot, the post on another and had a goal called off because of an offsides call. The second half could not have started differently; Carolina connected on two goals in the first 10 minutes.

With the win, North Carolina is 37-0-3 in its last 40 regular season ACC matches.

Early in the contest, Rachel Jones connected a strike from outside the box to the back of the net in the ninth minute, but the Tar Heel attack was called for offsides which negated the goal.

After back-and-forth play, UNC had chance at the 27^th minute when Isabel Cox headed a cross inches from the right post for North Carolina's first shot of the game.

The Tar Heels and Cardinals continued play and entered halftime scoreless. Louisville recorded four first half shots compared to three from North Carolina, UNC's lowest total in a half in 2020.

Both teams found their offense at halftime as three combined goals flooded the scoresheet in the first eight minutes of the second half.

Louisville took an initial 1-0 lead at the 49^th minute, but Rachel Jones netted her fourth goal of the season just one minute later to tie up the game. Jones made an impressive run through the middle of the box and finished a cross from Brianna Pinto for the equalizer.

The Cardinals' 22-second 1-0 lead was UNC's first deficient of the 2020 season.

Sam Meza scored her second goal of the season after she collected a deflection from a corner kick and fired a shot into the back of the net to give North Carolina its first lead of the match in the 53^rd minute.

Taylor Otto gave UNC the 3-1 advantage in the 80^th minute when she netted her first goal of the season off of a pass from Talia Dellaperuta.

UNC finished with 14 shots, with four on goal, and held an 8-1 lead in corner kicks.

The Tar Heels return home on Sunday against Notre Dame at 5:30 p.m. to celebrate Senior Day. The final match of the 2020 regular season will be broadcast on ACC Network.