Sept. 19, 2008
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Following a 0-0 stalemate at the half, Old Dominion's Katie Ueberroth (Stevens, Pa.) collected a rebound and found the back of the North Carolina cage early in the second half of action of Friday night's field hockey contest. However, North Carolina, the defending NCAA Champions, scored three unanswered goals, including back-to-back tallies within a minute's span, to edge the Lady Monarchs 3-1 at Francis E. Henry Stadium.
The loss drops Old Dominion to 1-5 on the year. North Carolina meanwhile extends its win streak to four and improves to 5-2 overall.
The Lady Monarchs came out of the lockerroom from the half and were awarded back-to-back penalty corners. The first corner saw Katelyn Smither's (Suffolk, Va.) go wide, but Old Dominion would be granted another corner and opportunity to fire away at the Tar Heel cage. Smither shot at the goal again, but the ball was saved by Tar Heel goalkeeper Brianna O'Donnell. The rebound came to Ueberroth who found the back of the North Carolina cage for the 1-0 ODU lead. For Ueberroth, it was her second goal of the year.
North Carolina tied the game up at 1-1 in the game's 54th minute on a goal by the nation's number two leader in goals, Danielle Forword.
Less than a minute later, Britt van Beek, gave the Tar Heels the lead on her game-winning stroke.
The Tar Heels added in their third and final goal of the evening with a penalty corner. Melanie Brill collected the goal with Kate Scholl and Katelyn Falgowski on the insert and stick stop.
In the cage, senior netminder Kelly Driscoll (West Chester, Pa.) posted 11 saves. Senior Katelyn Smither (Suffolk, Va.) recorded two defensive saves along with one by junior Hanna Warren (Green Lane, Pa.) as Old Dominion played without a netminder in favor of 11 field players over the game's final 10 minutes.
North Carolina's Brianna O'Donnell made two saves in the Tar Heel victory.
The Lady Monarchs were outshot, 27-6, and outcornered, 15-4.
The Old Dominion field hockey team returns to action Sunday, in Durham, North Carolina when they take on No. 9 Duke at 1:00 p.m.