#11 Women's Soccer Falls to #4 Tarheels, 6-1

Friday, September 29

Chapel Hill, N.C.

TBA

Duke University

North Carolina

#11 Women's Soccer Falls to #4 Tarheels, 6-1

9/29/2000 1:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

By: Duke Sports Information

North Carolina Sports Information

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - UNC Sophomore striker Susan Bush (Houston, Texas) produced a career best game to help lead the fourth-ranked North Carolina women's soccer team past 11th-ranked Duke 6-1 before a season-high crowd of 4,355 fans at Fetzer Field on September 29.

Bush figured in five of Carolina's six goals on the evening, scoring three times for the first hat trick of her career and adding a pair of assists. UNC senior forward Meredith Florance added her 14th and 15th goals of the season to move into 11th place all-time in goal scoring at the University.

The victory improved Carolina's record to 11-1 overall and 2-1 in the ACC, while the Blue Devils lost their second straight match and fell to 8-2 overall and 2-1 in the ACC. The victory also gave UNC three points in the 2000-01 Carlyle Cup competition, a new all-sports rivalry between the two schools sponsored by the Greensboro-based jewelry company Carlyle and Company.

The Tar Heels jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 25 minutes of the game. At 11:40, Florance scored on a 10-yard shot in the box, assisted by Bush and senior defender Kalli Kamholz. Kamholz started the play with a long throw in from the right side. Bush pushed the ball back to Florance, who gathered it in, pivoted and found the back of the net with a hard shot.

In the game's 24th minute, Tar Heel goalkeeper Kristin DePlatchett was called for a hand ball just outside the box on the right side. Duke's Gwendolyn Oxenham created a quick restart and she centered the ball to reserve Brigid Bowdell whose shot hit the cross bar, bounced down and was finally cleared away by DePlatchett. Within seconds the Tar Heels launched a counter attack with freshman forward Alyssa Ramsey feeding Bush for a breakaway goal at 24:09.

The Blue Devils answered less than three minutes later when the Tar Heels attempted to clear the ball out after a corner kick. But Bowdell intercepted the clear and passed to Rebecca Smith, whose 20-yard blast found the lower right corner. The goal was the first that Carolina and DePlatchett had allowed in 402:32 dating back to a 2-1 loss at Clemson on September 13.

The Tar Heels would answer that goal before the half as Florance scored her second goal of the match, assisted by freshman midfielder Jordan Walker and Bush. Bush crossed the ball from the left wing to Walker, who centered to Florance, who had an easy putaway past Duke goalkeeper Isis Dallis.

The Tar Heels came out in the second half and put the game away in the first 11 minutes. Ramsey scored at 52:22 as she pushed a ball over the goal line assisted by freshman midfielder Maggie Tomecka and Kamholz. This score was very similar to the first goal as Kamholz launched a long throw in from the left side which Tomecka flicked on to Ramsey for the putaway. Just over three minutes later Bush scored on a solo effort, striking a ball from 30 yards away that found the upper right shelf beyond the lunge of Dallis. Bush also registered the last goal as she redirected a cross from junior midfielder Jena Kluegel into the left side of the goal at 67:02. Bush's header was also assisted by Ramsey, who triggered the play.

The Tar Heels will be off for 12 days before they return to action against NC State on Wednesday, October 11 at 7 p.m. at the WRAL Soccer Complex in Raleigh, N.C.

#11 DUKE            1   0 -  1
#4 NORTH CAROLINA   3   3 -  6

Scoring Summary
UNC:  Meredith Florance (Susan Bush, Kalli Kamholz), 11:40
UNC:  Susan Bush (Alyssa Ramsey), 24:08
DU:  Rebecca Smith (Brigid Bowdell), 27:03
UNC:  Meredith Florance (Jordan Walker, Susan Bush), 35:27
UNC:  Alyssa Ramsey (Kalli Kamholz, Maggie Tomecka), 52:22
UNC:  Susan Bush (unassisted), 55:46
UNC:  Susan Bush (Jena Kluegel, Alyssa Ramsey), 67:02
Shots:  Duke 7, UNC 28
Corner Kicks:   Duke 3, UNC 8
Goalie Stats:   Isis Dallis (Duke), 90 minutes played, 9 saves, 6
goals allowed;  Kristin DePlatchett (UNC), 90 minutes played, 1 save,
1 goal allowed
Back Saves:  Katie Heaps (Duke) 1, Rebecca Smith (Duke) 1
Fouls:  Duke 13, UNC 17
Offside:  Duke 3, UNC 1
Yellow Cards:  None
Officials:  Bob Yovonovich (Referee), Jake Jacobs (Assistant Referee),
Jim Carpenter (Assistant Referee), Tom Richardson (Fourth Official)
Weather:  Clear & Cool
Attendance:  4,355
Records:  Duke 8-2, ACC 2-1;  North Carolina 11-1, ACC 2-1