Field Hockey ACCtion: Saturday, November 1
Virginia, Wake Forest and North Carolina post wins.



Nov. 1, 2008

Virginia Edges Duke in Regular Season Finale

DURHAM, N.C. - The 13th-ranked Virginia field hockey team (12-7, 2-3 ACC) edged No. 4 Duke 4-3 in the regular season finale Saturday after first-year Floor Vogels scored the game-winner on a penalty corner with 13:07 to play in the game.

The Cavaliers got out to a commanding 3-0 lead in the first 14 minutes of play. Ragukas put Virginia up 1-0 with her unassisted goal in the seventh minute. Kaars Sijpesteijn made it 2-0 with her score from the left side after a pass from Pien Hulsebosch. Haley Carpenter rounded out the first half scoring effort with a goal in the 14th minute. Vogels assisted on the play.

Duke was able to cut the lead to 3-1 in the 15th minute when Marian Dickinson converted a pass from Laura Suchoski. The Virginia defense limited the Blue Devils to six shots in the first half and no penalty corners.

WFU Finishes Conference Play with 4-1 Win at BC

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The second-ranked Wake Forest field hockey team defeated No. 14 Boston College 4-1 on Saturday, finishing conference play with a 3-2 record. On Sunday the Demon Deacons (16-2, 3-2) will play the final match of the regular season at Dartmouth beginning at 1 p.m.

Michelle Kasold scored the first goal in the opening ten minutes, marking the senior's seventh of the season. Hilary Moore stretched the Deacon lead to 2-0 in the 21st minute, converting on a penalty corner play, assisted by Raisa Schiller.

Boston College's Janna Actil scored her first goal of the season before the end of the first half to keep the Eagles close, but Wake Forest's Kim Romansky quickly countered to give the Deacons a 3-1 lead at the half.

No. 6 Carolina Tops ODU For Second Time

NORFOLK, Va. - The setting changed but the result didn't as North Carolina and Old Dominion met in field hockey on Saturday afternoon for their second matchup of the season. Sixth-ranked UNC won 3-1 at Powhatan Sports Complex, the same score by which the Tar Heels beat the Lady Monarchs when the two met in Chapel Hill on Sept. 19. Carolina improved to 13-4 with the victory, while ODU fell to 7-12.

UNC returns to action on Sunday, hosting Davidson for the final home game of the regular season. Game time at Francis E. Henry Stadium is 1 p.m. and the Tar Heels will honor seniors Kate Scholl and Britt van Beek in Senior Day ceremonies prior to the match.

On Saturday, Tar Heel junior Illse Davids scored the gamewinner 5:35 into the action, sending a shot from the top left of the circle past ODU keeper Kelly Driscoll for an unassisted goal, her seventh of the season. The next Carolina goal came just over six minutes later, courtesy of reserve forward Teryn Brill, a redshirt freshman who got the ball from freshman Taryn Gjurich on a breakaway. The goal was Brill's third of the season.