Sept. 23, 2000

RICHMOND, Va.-North Carolina jumped out to an early lead and never relinquished it in beating the University of Richmond 4-1 Saturday afternoon at Crenshaw Field. UNC is now 7-1 and plays at James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va., Sunday at 1 p.m.

Less than three minutes into Saturday's game, junior Abby Martin scored on a penalty corner, assisted by Abbey Woolley and Erin Cox. Senior Kristen McCann, assisted by Woolley, added a second goal for UNC in the first half.

Richmond's Heather Rice scored her team's only goal on a penalty stroke with no time remaining on the first half clock.

In the second half, McCann scored her second goal with 12:56 left to play. Less than a minute later, sophomore Meredith Keller scored her first career goal to put the Tar Heels up 4-1.

Scoring summary: UNC-Abby Martin (Abbey Woolley, Erin Cox), 1st, 32:27, UNC-Kristen McCann (Woolley), 1st, 11:13' UR-Heather Rice, 1st, 0:00, UNC-McCann (Jana Toepel, Cox, Holly Huff), 12:56, 2nd, UNC-Meredith Keller, 11:58, 2nd

Shots on goal: UNC 24, Richmond 3
Penalty corners: UNC 13, Richmond 1
Penalty strokes: UNC 0, Richmond 1
Goalkeeper saves: UNC (Amy Tran) 0, Richmond (Brooke Fuller) 13