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Tar Heels Fall at Duke, 11-10
April 20, 2007 | Women's Lacrosse
April 20, 2007
Durham, N.C. - Caroline Cryer scored her third goal of the game with 5:59 left to play and Duke (12-2) held on to defeat North Carolina, 11-10, in collegiate women's lacrosse action at Koskinen Stadium on Friday night. With the win, Duke improves to 4-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season and clinches a top-two seed and bye in next week's ACC Tournament.
Carolina (13-3) falls to 3-2 in the ACC. Maryland is 3-1 in conference play prior to Saturday's game against Virginia Tech and has defeated both UNC and Duke this season.
Friday's game was worth one point in the standings for the Carlyle Cup, the annual multi-sport competition between Carolina and Duke. The Blue Devils now lead the race for the Carlyle Cup, 11.5 points to 10.5. Twenty-three varsity sports compete, with 26 total points at stake.
Chrissy Rude led the Tar Heels with two goals and one assist on the night. Christina Juras and Meg Freshwater both scored twice for Carolina, while Melissa McCarthy had a goal and an assist and Megan Bosica dished out two assists. Kelly Taylor, Jenn Russell and Erica LaGrow all scored single goals for UNC. Kristen Waagbo had two goals and four assists for Duke.
Carolina got on the scoreboard first when Juras scored just over two minutes into the game off a Bosica assist at the 27:53 mark. Rachel Sanford responded with the first of her two goals just 11 seconds later. McCarthy and Cryter traded free position goals to make the score 2-2 before Freshwater scored off a Rude assist at the 22:06 mark to make the score 3-2 in favor of the Tar Heels.
Two minutes later, Duke scored twice in a row in the span of 26 seconds to take its first lead of the game at 4-3. Juras scored her second goal of the game at the 17:22 mark on a free position opportunity to force another tie at 4-4. Sanford scored her second goal for the Blue Devils on a free position try with 15:35 left in the half to put Duke back out ahead at 5-4 before Rude took a Bosica pass and scored on a nifty, behind-the-head shot at the 14:21 mark. Wagbo scored her second goal a minute later to put Duke back up by a goal at 6-5.
After Russell scored on a free position try for the Tar Heels to tie the score back up at six apiece, Cryer and Michelle Menser scored back-to-back goals off Wagbo assists to lead 8-6 and force a Carolina time out. Rude scored a minute after the timeout to cut the Blue Devil lead to 7-8 with 4:13 left, but Alllie Johnson scored off a Cryer pass with 17 seconds left to make the score 9-7 at halftime.
Kristen Hordy started in goal for Carolina and allowed a season-high nine goals in the first half. Freshman Logan Ripley replaced Hordy in the cage at halftime and played very well as Carolina held Duke scoreless for the first 17:07 of the second half.
LaGrow scored on a spin move at the 27:42 mark and Freshwater scored unassisted to tie the score at 9-9. Lindsay Gilbride scored off a Wagbo assist with 12:53 left for a 10-9 lead. Taylor scored on a free position try with 11:11 left to play to tie it back up at 10-10 before Cryer scored the game-winner just over five minutes later.
Carolina will return to action next week at the ACC Tournament at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill. The ACC office will release the tournament bracket on Monday.
