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Johns Hopkins Downs Tar Heels, 12-2
April 27, 2003 | Women's Lacrosse
April 27, 2003
BALTIMORE, MD - Johns Hopkins junior midfielder Heidi Pearce scored four goals and added two assists to lead the No. 19 Blue Jay women's lacrosse team to an impressive 12-2 victory over No. 14 North Carolina Sunday afternoon at Homewood Field.
Hopkins won its fourth straight game to improve to 10-4 this season. The Tar Heels fell to 6-9 on the year. The nine losses so far this season are the most in a season in UNC program history.
Carolina took the early lead as Nicki Barnes scored a free position goal just 40 seconds into the game, but Hopkins answered with 25:35 remaining in the half as Pearce scored an unassisted goal. The Blue Jays took the lead for good at the 23:03 mark as freshman midfielder Kelley Putnam found freshman attacker Meagan Voight for a goal.
Two minutes later senior attacker Liz Holland scored off a feed from junior midfielder Kate Barcomb to give Hopkins a 3-1 lead, but the Tar Heels cut the lead to one when Brooke Young scored off an assist from Rachel Szakmary with 10:56 left in the half.
However, the Blue Jays would score the last nine goals of the game to post their first victory over Carolina in seven tries. Senior attacker Meghan Burnett made it a 4-2 game by scoring off a feed from Pearce at the 6:28 mark, and Barcomb scored off a pass from freshman attacker Sarah Walsh with 5:14 to play to give Hopkins a 5-2 lead at the half.
Pearce opened the second half with an unassisted goal just 56 seconds into the period, and she found Holland for a goal at the 27:24 mark to make it a 7-2 game. Senior midfielder Erinn Dennis scored an unassisted goal with 25:40 remaining, and Pearce added an unassisted goal 1:21 later to give the Blue Jays a 9-2 advantage.
After Burnett and Pearce each scored unassisted goals, Burnett found Holland for a goal at the 12:10 mark to close the scoring.
The two goals allowed by the Blue Jays were the fewest since a 20-1 win over Mount St. Mary's on March 14, 2001. Carolina's two goals scored tied the UNC school record for fewest goals in a game.
Katelyn Hoffman made two saves while Margaret Garofalo added three in goal for Carolina.
The Tar Heels will play their season finale on Friday at 7 p.m. vs. Dartmouth at Henry Stadium in Chapel Hill.
#14 North Carolina (6-9) 2--0--2 #19 Johns Hopkins (10-4) 5--7--12
GOALS: JHU- Pearce 4, Holland 3, Burnett 2, Barcomb, Voight, Dennis. UNC- Barnes, Young.
ASSISTS: JHU- Pearce 2, Barcomb, Burnett, Putnam, Walsh; UNC- Szakmary.
SAVES: JHU- McDonald (5 sv, 2 GA); UNC- Hoffman (2 sv, 10 GA), Garofalo (3 sv, 2 GA).
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