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No. 2 Tar Heels Top No. 1 ODU in OT
October 30, 2011 | Field Hockey
Oct. 30, 2011
NORFOLK, Va. - Junior Caitlin Van Sickle scored on a pass from senior Katelyn Falgowski less than two minutes into overtime to give No. 2 North Carolina a 3-2 win over No. 1 Old Dominion Sunday afternoon at Powhatan Field in the regular-season finale for both teams. UNC ends the regular season 18-1, while ODU is 18-2.
The Tar Heel victory avenged the team's only loss of the fall, 3-1 to ODU in Chapel Hill on Sept. 16.
After helping the U.S. to the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Mexico on Friday, Falgowski flew back Saturday to meet the team and started for the Tar Heels on Sunday. Her assist on the gamewinner was the 58th of her career, tying the UNC mark set by Joy Driscoll from 1994-97.
"It was great to welcome Katelyn back to the team," UNC coach Karen Shelton said. "We're so proud of her for her play with the U.S. team and we love having her back in a Carolina uniform now."
The Lady Monarchs scored first, in the 10th minute. Kathryn Kirk had the goal, assisted by Emma Batten on a breakaway. The score sat at 1-0 through the rest of the first half. Carolina finally answered in the 45th minute of play, on a penalty corner, the team's first of the second half. Senior Teryn Brill stopped the ball then passed it to Van Sickle, who blasted a shot that was tipped in by senior Jaclyn Gaudioso Radvany to tie the score at 1-1.
Just over three minutes later, ODU scored on its own penalty corner to take the lead again. In the 61st minute, UNC tied the score at two on a give-and-go from senior Elizabeth Stephens to junior Kelsey Kolojejchick, who put the ball in from the left side of the cage.
The game went into overtime at 2-2, but UNC scored quickly, on its second corner of the extra period. The Tar Heels are 4-0 in overtime games this fall.
Next up for UNC is the 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, which begins on Thursday in College Park, Md. Carolina, the top seed by virtue of its 5-0 ACC mark this season, opens play on Friday at 1 p.m. against the winner of the Thursday matchup between Wake Forest and Boston College. For a tournament bracket and more information, go to theacc.com.
No. 2 UNC 3, No. 1 Old Dominion 2, OT
Scoring: ODU - Kathryn Kirk (Emma Batten), 9:51; UNC - Caitlin Van Sickle), 44:12; ODU - Stephanie Kratzer (Christy Longacre), 47:24; UNC - Katelyn Falgowski), 71:58
Shots: UNC 12 (8/2/2), ODU 9 (6/3/0)
Penalty corners: UNC 10 (5/3/2), ODU 6 (3/3/0)
Saves: UNC 3 (Sassi Ammer, 71:58, 2 goals allowed, 3 saves); ODU 2 (Devon Siefert, 71:58, 3 goals allowed, 2 saves)
UNC Starters: Sassi Ammer, Teryn Brill, Taryn Gjurich, Katie Ardrey, Kelsey Kolojejchick, Elizabeth Stephens, Caitlin Van Sickle, Meghan Dawson, Katelyn Falgowski, Marta Malmberg, Jaclyn Gaudioso Radvany
UNC Substitutes: Loren Shealy, Samantha Travers, Katie Plyler, Sophie Rudolph
