Oct. 31, 2009

Virginia Comes Back to Beat Duke on Senior Day

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The third-ranked Virginia field hockey team concluded the regular season with a come-from-behind, 2-1 victory over No. 14 Duke Saturday at the University Hall Turf Field. Sophomores Paige Selesnki and Michelle Vittese each scored and contributed an assist in the win.

Virginia seniors Lauren Elstein and Traci Ragukas were honored following the game for their contributions to the program.

With the win, the Cavaliers conclude the regular season with a 16-2 mark and a 3-2 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team's only losses were to No. 1 Maryland and No. 2 North Carolina in overtime.

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Deacons Spook Eagles 5-2 in Regular Season Finale

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The sixth-ranked Wake Forest field hockey team downed No. 9 Boston College 5-2 on Saturday, October 31, in Winston-Salem.

Wake Forest is now 11-5 and 2-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and clinched the four-seed for the upcoming ACC Tournament. The Deacons will face Boston College (13-5, 1-4) in the opening round of the tourney on Thursday, November 5, in Charlottesville, Va.

Appropriately, following the 2009 Senior Day ceremony, the Wake Forest senior class scored four of the team's five goals. Raisa Schiller teamed up with sophomore Kaitlin Piosa on a breakaway run. Piosa out-ran the BC defenders and found herself wide open and slipped the ball to Schiller who tapped it in just over two minutes into regulation.

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NORFOLK, Va.. - The North Carolina field hockey team finished off its regular-season schedule Saturday afternoon with a 2-0 win over Old Dominion at the Lady Monarchs' Powhatan Sports Complex. The shutout was UNC's 12th of the season and boosted the Tar Heels' record to 16-1. ODU, which lost 4-0 to Carolina on Sept. 18 in Chapel Hill, fell to 8-11 overall.

Tar Heel sophomore Charlotte Verstraten scored the gamewinner in the 13th minute of play, dribbling around a defender and shooting from the right side for her third goal of the season. Carolina added one more in the second half, when sophomore Elizabeth Stephens got her third goal of the season, assisted by junior Jen Slocum in the 50th minute of play. "Every time we play ODU it's a challenge," UNC coach Karen Shelton said. "This was not an easy victory. I'm really proud of the kids, especially Charlotte Verstraten, who scored the first goal and had a hand in the second."

UNC outshot the host team 18-9, with 12 of the Tar Heels' shots coming in the first half. Carolina also led on corners, 11-4. All of ODU's corner opportunities came before halftime.