Women's Soccer Falls At North Carolina 6-0 In NCAA Tournament

Tribe Ends Season 12-7-4

11/13/04 10:25PM

Chapel Hill, NC - North Carolina junior forward Lindsay Tarpley recorded the fourth hat trick of her career and sophomore striker Heather O'Reilly tied the NCAA Tournament record for assists in a match with four as the top-seeded North Carolina women's soccer team defeated William & Mary 6-0 Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 1,528 chilly fans at Fetzer Field in the Women's College Cup second round. The Tar Heels advance to the third round and will host the winner of Sunday's Stanford-Santa Clara second-round match next Saturday at 2 p.m. at Fetzer Field. The Tribe, which participated in the NCAA Tournament for the 20th time and the 13th season in a row, ends its season at 12-7-4.

O'Reilly scored a goal and had four assists, tying former Tar Heels Cindy Parlow and Jena Kluegel and Tarpley, for the tournament record for the most assists in an NCAA Tournament game. Sophomore forward Elizabeth Guess came off the bench for Carolina and had two goals and an assist.

The game was evenly matched until the 29th when the Tar Heels broke through for a 1-0 lead. Tarpley fed O'Reilly up the left side of the pitch and O'Reilly's feed to the far post found Guess for a diving header and Guess' sixth goal of the season. At 36:18, UNC increased the lead to 2-0 when Sara Randolph led a long pass to O'Reilly and she dribbled to the end line and slotted a ball along the goal mouth that Tarpley tapped in for her third goal of the season.

Carolina's attack was relentless in the second half as it racked up four goals against the Tribe. At 57:42, Lori Chalupny lofted a ball over the Tribe back line and O'Reilly ran on to it and scored on a ball that deflected in off Tribe starting goalkeeper Kellie Fenton (Calgary, Alberta). Just less than 10 minutes later, UNC made it 4-0 as O'Reilly's long feed found Guess and the sophomore forward from Athens, Ga., beat a defender and Fenton to score into the empty net at 67:38.

Tarpley finished off the scoring with back-to-back goals at 75:11 and 81:43, giving her a fourth career hat trick. The goal in the 76th minute came when Fletcher fed Guess who carried the ball deep into the right side of the penalty area. Guess spotted Tarpley alone in the center of the field and fed the ball back to her where she scored from 20 yards out into the lower right corner.

The Tribe's best scoring chance came late in the second half when senior forward Taline Tahmassian (Great Falls, VA) gathered the ball at the top of the 18-yard box and fired a shot that was headed for the goal, but UNC goalkeeper Aly Winget made a diving save to preserve the shutout.

Carolina outshot the Tribe 27-4 and had seven corner kicks to two for William & Mary. Winget made three saves for Carolina while Fenton recorded five saves for the Tribe.

Today was the final match in the careers of Susanne Huntington (Great Falls, VA), Keri Gordon (Clearwater, FL), Shannon Mosier (Woodbridge, VA), Taline Tahmassian (Great Falls, VA) and Ali West (Columbia, MD). These five ladies led the Tribe to a 50-29-9 record, two CAA Championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances.

Scoring Summary
28:01--UNC--Elizabeth Guess, 6th (Heather O'Reilly, Lindsay Tarpley)
36:18--UNC--Lindsay Tarpley, 3rd (Heather O'Reilly, Sara Randolph)
57:42--UNC--Heather O'Reilly, 13th (Lori Chalupny)
67:38--UNC--Elizabeth Guess, 7th (Heather O'Reilly)
75:11--UNC--Lindsay Tarpley, 4th (Elizabeth Guess, Kendall Fletcher)
81:43--UNC--Lindsay Tarpley, 5th (Heather O'Reilly)
Shots: W&M 4, UNC 27
Saves: Kellie Fenton (W&M) 5, Aly Winget (UNC) 3
Corner Kicks: W&M 2, UNC 7
Fouls: W&M 12, UNC 12
Offsides: W&M 5, UNC 0

Box Score