Women's Lacrosse Downs Davidson, 17-3, in Season Opener
Feb. 24, 2002
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team cruised to a 17-3 win over Davidson in its 2002 season opener on Sunday afternoon at Henry Stadium. Senior All-America Christine McPike set a career high with five goals in the game. With the win, UNC improved to 1-0 this season. Davidson fell to 1-1. Other than McPike, multi-goal scorers for Carolina included Lindsay Stone with three, Kellie Thompson with two and Brooke Young with two. Stone and Young added two assists as well. After a slow start during which neither team scored for the first 7:14 of action, The Tar Heels jumped out to a 7-0 lead behind three goals from McPike and two from Thompson. Carolina outshot Davidson, 22-2 in the first half. The score was 8-1 Carolina at the break. Davidson got its lone goal of the first half when Whitney Diefendorf intercepted an attempted clear by UNC goalkeeper Katelyn Hoffman with less than two minutes left before intermission. The Tar Heels opened up a wider lead in the second half, leading by as many as 14 goals at 15-1 before cruising the rest of the way. McPike scored twice after halftime to bring her total to five goals in the game. Stone and Young both also scored twice in the second half. Hoffman started the game and played the first 39 minutes before being relieved by Margaret Garofalo with just over 21 minutes left to play.
The Tar Heels will return to action next weekend with a pair of home games - vs. Johns Hopkins on Friday at 5 p.m. and defending national champion Maryland on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both games will be played at Henry Stadium.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY Goals Scored Davidson- Whitney Diefendorf 1, Loren Seaton 1, Sarah Otto 1 North Carolina- Christine McPike 5, Lindsay Stone 3, Kellie Thompson 2, Brooke Young 2, Erin McInnes 1, Laurie Milback 1, Betsy Gaines 1, Beth Ames 1, Kate Boyle 1
Assists
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