North Carolina
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Tar Heels Down Ohio State, 10-9
March 25, 2005 | Women's Lacrosse
March 25, 2005
Annapolis, Md. -- The fifth-ranked North Carolina (7-2) women's lacrosse team defeated No. 13 Ohio State (4-3), 10-9, on Friday evening in the ALC-Atlantic Coast Conference Challenge hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. Jess Allen had a team-high three goals for the Tar Heels.
Carolina opened the scoring with 2:28 gone in the contest on a goal by Christina Juras, assisted by Allison Higgins. OSU's Oliver at 3:43 tied the game at one. The Tar Hells took a 2-1 lead at 5:49 with a free position goal by Jess Allen. UNC's Gina Allen took the lead to 4-1 with back-to-back goals, the first at 10:00 that was assisted by Meg Freshwater and the second at 15:22, assisted by Higgins. OSU's Natale Miller with a free position goal at 17:17 cut the lead to 4-2. North Carolina's Julie Gladchuk scored at 21:03 to make it 5-2. Buckeye Kelly Kremer made it 5-3 with an unassisted goal at 22:56. A Higgins' goal at 27:18 put North Carolina ahead by three, 6-3, as the half ended.
The second half opened with Ohio State cutting the UNC lead to 6-5. Kelly Kremer scored on a free position attempt at 32:28 and Miller's second goal at 33:32 cut the Tar Heel lead to one. Jess Allen's second goal on a free position shot at 35:17 gave North Carolina a 7-5 lead. Oliver's second goal at 39:16 cut the lead to one at 7-6. Higgins' second goal of the game, assisted by Jenn Cook at 48:36 and a Chrissy Rude goal at 39:11, assisted by Juras built a three-goal lead for North Carolina at 9-6. Buckeye Oliver added her third (50:34) and fourth (53:15) goals of the game to trim the Tar Hell lead to one at 9-8. North Carolina's Jess Allen scored the winning goal for the Tar Heels at 58:38 to take the lead to 10-8. OSU's Oliver again cut the lead to one at 59:12 with her fifth goal to close out the scoring at 10-9 Tar Heels. North Carolina controlled the final draw of the game to run out the clock.
In goal for North Carolina, Kristen Hordy picked up the win (7-2) while making four saves. OSU's Kim Hastings took the loss (4-3) and recorded seven saves.
UNC will return to action on Sunday vs. No. 2 Penn State.
