CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (CBS19 SPORTS) — Steve Swanson has been a head coach for greater than 30 seasons and picked up greater than 400 wins, however few evaluate to No. 7 Virginia’s dramatic second-half comeback to beat No. 2 North Carolina.

The Tar Heels rapidly took a 2-0 lead over the Cavaliers 25 minutes into the sport after targets from Emily Murphy and Ally Sentnor. UNC had by no means misplaced a recreation in regulation with a 2-0 lead.

“Anybody that follows the sport is aware of how troublesome it’s to win at North Carolina – not to mention being down by two targets at halftime,” Swanson mentioned.

Virginia returned from the halftime break with new power although with Rebecca Jarrett beginning the scoring within the 54th minute. Seven minutes later the Cavaliers took benefit of a poor clear from UNC and Alexa Spaanstra headed within the equalizer. Within the 72nd minute, Maggie Cagle then laid off a ball for Lia Godfrey who powered house the game-winner from simply outdoors the field.

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Inside 20 minutes Virginia went from down 2-0 to capturing a 3-2 win on the street in Chapel Hill. Virginia’s three targets had been essentially the most given up by the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill since 2010.

“Down 2-0 we knew we wanted to be higher, we knew we wanted to execute and I feel being down that drove us, motivated us to have the ability to execute, put pictures on purpose,” Godfrey mentioned, “We had the grit, we had the starvation, we simply had the need to win.”

The win was the primary for Virginia over North Carolina since 2014 and the primary win in Chapel Hill since 2013.

“Clearly I’m actually happy with the group, not simply that we bought the outcome, however extra as a result of we dug down deep to combat our manner again in it and we performed the type of soccer we wanted to as a way to create the possibilities we wanted to attain,” Swanson mentioned.

The Cavaliers proceed a troublesome ACC slate with a street journey to No. 6 Notre Dame on Thursday, September 22.

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