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9/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
DURHAM, N.C. ? With less than two minutes on the clock, freshman Julie Tromp knocked a solid shot into the left corner of the net for a Duke goal that gave the fifth-ranked Duke field hockey team a 2-1 edging over No. 3 North Carolina in Chapel Hill Friday night. The Blue Devils came away with their first ACC win this season without four starters -- Katie Grant, Cara-Lynn Lopresti, Amy Stopford and Hilary Linton -- who are competing in the Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.
“Talk about stepping up,” said head coach Beth Bozman. “It was just a complete team effort today. Fourteen people had great games. Everyone really played their hearts out.”
Both teams put up a strong defense with each only allowing seven shots the entire game. North Carolina scored its only goal 22 minutes into the game to give the Tar Heels a 1-0 halftime advantage. But Duke came out in the second period ready to take control. The Blue Devils took six shots in the second half compared to one in the first and held North Carolina to only two shot opportunities.
Penalty corners were the answer for Duke in the second half, as the team's two goals accounted for half of its penalty corner opportunities in the game. Freshman Ashley Pultorak leveled the score six minutes into the second half, tipping a hit from senior Nicole Dudek off a penalty corner that sailed over North Carolina goalie Katy Tran's head.
The score remained knotted for the next 28 minutes. The Blue Devils forced three late penalty corners, and on the final one, Tromp sliced the ball straight past Tran and into the net with 1:13 left in the game. The ball traveled to the other end of the field, but North Carolina was not able to force the overtime.
Sophomore Caitlin Williams played the first half in goal for the Blue Devils, and senior Christy Morgan, who played her first full game last Sunday after returning from a back injury, wrapped up the game without allowing a goal in the second half.
“I'm really thrilled with the way we played,” said Bozman. “We had a very structured game plan, and we stuck to it to a T. That's why we won.”
Duke collected a point in the school's first Carlyle Cup event of 2005. The Carlyle Cup is awarded to the school who tallies the most points in Duke vs. North Carolina competition throughout the year.
The Blue Devils defeated the Tar Heels in their second straight meeting after knocking top-ranked North Carolina out of the NCAA Tournament last year. Duke has won four of the last five games against the ACC rival.
Next up for the Blue Devils is No. 19 James Madison. Duke will travel to Harrisonburg, Va., to face off against the Dukes at 1 p.m. Sunday.
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