September 24, 1998

ROCK HILL, S.C. - North Carolina's Michael Bucy scored two goals and added an assist to lead the visiting Tar Heels to a 3-2 victory Wednesday night over Winthrop University. The win improves UNC to 5-2 while the Eagles fall to 6-3 after suffering their third loss in the last four games.

Bucy put UNC on the board 27 minutes into the game on a smash off an assist from Joey DiSalvo. The Tar Heels dominated the first half as they outshot Winthrop 11-3.

Winthrop, which played a man down for the last 60 minutes of the game following the ejection of defender Rob Bruni, went on the attack in the second half, knotting the score at 1-1 at the 52-minute mark on an unassisted goal by Darryl Gomez, his fourth of the season.

Bucy put UNC back on top 13 minutes later with a straight-away header off a long pass from Noz Yamauchi. The Tar Heels scored the clinching goal just two minutes later as Chris Carrieri took a pass from Bucy and connected in the far right corner of the goal with 23 minutes left to play.

The Eagles drew to within a point with only 1:18 left in the game when Dave Oldham headed in a goal from 10 yards away off the assist from Andrew Blackadder. It was Oldham's third goal this year.

Game Summary

          1  2    F  Records
UNC       1  2 -- 3  5-2
Winthrop  0  2 -- 2  6-3

Shots: UNC--14; Winthrop--6

Goalkeeper Saves: UNC--2 (Michael Ueltschey); Winthrop--7 (Justin Stevens)

Fouls: UNC--21; Winthrop 10

Offsides: UNC--3; Winthrop--2

Corner Kicks: UNC--2; Winthrop--3

Goals Scored:
Michael Bucy (UNC) 26:41; Joey DiSalvo (assist)
Darryl Gomez (WU) 52:02; unassisted
Michael Bucy (UNC) 65:55; Noz Yamauchi (assist)
Chris Carrieri (UNC) 67:46; Michael Bucy (assist)
Dave Oldham (WU) 88:42; Andrew Blackadder (assist)

Attendance: 311

Time of Game: 2:10