Top-Ranked Tar Heel Field Hockey Falls To No. 5 Iowa
Posted Sep 1, 2008
Fifth-ranked Iowa handed the North Carolina field hockey team its first loss since the 2006 season on Sunday, winning 3-2 in ACC-Big Ten Challenge play at Wake Forest's Kentner Stadium. The top-ranked Tar Heels (1-1) led 2-0 before Iowa (1-1) scored three times in the final 20:28 of the game, including twice in the final 3:04. "We congratulate Iowa," UNC coach Karen Shelton said. "They had seven seniors who refused to quit."
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