Cavaliers Rally To Take 3-2 Victory At No. 2 North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The No. 7 Virginia girls’s soccer crew (8-0-1, 1-0-0 ACC) opened ACC play with a livid rally, scoring three second-half targets to take down No. 2 North Carolina (7-2-0, 0-1-0 ACC) by a rating of 3-2 at Dorrance Area on Saturday (Sept. 17).

Lia Godfrey hit the game-winning purpose within the 72nd minute off a go from Maggie Cagle to cap a rally that noticed the Cavaliers rating three targets in 18 minutes to roar again from a 2-0 deficit on the half. Rebecca Jarrett sparked the rally with a purpose within the 54th minute earlier than Alexa Spaanstra hit the equalizer within the 61st minute.

GOALS
14’ – UNC: Emily Murphy (Avery Patterson)
25’ – UNC: Ally Sentnor (Avery Patterson, Sam Meza)
54’ – UVA: Rebecca Jarrett (unassisted)
61’ – UVA: Alexa Spaanstra (Lacey McCormack)
72’ – UVA: Lia Godfrey (Maggie Cagle)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Trailing by two on the half and held and not using a shot by the primary 45 minutes, the Cavaliers got here out within the second half seeking to chip away and get again into the match. That second offered itself within the 54th minute when Rebecca Jarrett scored the primary of what could be three targets in lower than 20 minutes for the visiting crew.

The Jarrett purpose that sparked the rally got here after she minimize in alongside the highest of the field from the proper facet, creating her personal alternative as she dribbled previous a pair of defenders and turned for the left-footed shot close to the circle. The ahead slotted it in again previous the close to put up on the bottom.

The Hoos tied it up within the 61st minute when Godfrey’s service off a nook was headed again towards the highest of the field by a UNC participant. The ball didn’t clear the field and Lacey McCormack headed it again towards purpose the place Alexa Spaanstra completed it with a header of her personal flicked in for the equalizer.

Virginia moved in entrance within the 72nd minute when Maggie Cagle acquired the ball out large on the left facet and dribbled in towards the field earlier than laying it off to Lia Godfrey close to the circle. Godfrey took the strike and slipped it in previous the close to put up for what proved to be the deciding purpose.

NOTES ON THE GAME
• It’s Virginia’s win over UNC for the reason that 2014 season and the fifth in program historical past over the Tar Heels.
• Every win by the Cavaliers within the collection has are available Chapel Hill or in a neutral-site match.
• Virginia’s three targets is probably the most scored by the Cavaliers in opposition to UNC within the historical past of the collection.
• It’s the primary time a crew has scored three targets on UNC in Chapel Hill since 2010 vs. Boston School (9/23/10)
• It’s solely the second time a crew has rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat UNC and it’s the primary time a crew has completed it in regulation. Texas A&M rallied from a 3-1 deficit to take a 4-3 victory in time beyond regulation (9/11/11) in Durham.
• The opening UNC purpose snapped a shutout streak of 662:04 minutes for the Hoos – fourth longest in UVA historical past
• Maggie Cagle’s help was her fourth on a game-winning purpose this season. She has six complete assists this 12 months.
• Lia Godfrey’s purpose was the third game-winning purpose of her profession and first recreation winner this season.

FROM HEAD COACH STEVE SWANSON
“Clearly I’m actually pleased with the crew, not simply that we obtained the outcome, however extra as a result of we dug down deep to battle our method again in it and we performed the sort of soccer we wanted to in an effort to create the probabilities we wanted to attain. Anybody that follows the sport is aware of how tough it’s to win at North Carolina not to mention being down by two targets at halftime. They put such strain on you for 90 minutes; it was good to see us execute the best way we did within the second half.”

UP NEXT FOR THE HOOS
Virginia will proceed to play on the street subsequent week, persevering with ACC motion at No. 6 Notre Dame in a 7 p.m. contest on Thursday (Sept. 22).