UCLA rallies past UNC to win NCAA Women’s College Cup final
CARY, N.C. (AP) — Maricarmen Reyes scored a go-ahead aim off a rebound within the 107th minute and top-seeded UCLA rallied previous North Carolina 3-2 on Monday evening to win its second girls’s soccer championship in program historical past.
UCLA (22-2-1) trailed 2-0 late within the second half earlier than scoring two objectives within the last 10 minutes to pressure time beyond regulation. In the second 10-minute time beyond regulation, Ally Cook had a close-range shot knocked broad by North Carolina goalkeeper Emmie Allen, however Reyes raced to the ball for a sliding end from a troublesome angle.
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The Bruins turned the primary girls’s soccer program in NCAA historical past to win the title with a first-year head coach. And coach Margueritte Aozasa’s squad was additionally the primary to come back again from two-goals right down to win the nationwide title.
“I’m just amazed by this team and the grit that they show and the character they showed today,” Aozasa stated. “I even had my doubts at 2-0, but quite honestly no one on the field did and they just found a way.”
Lexi Wright pulled UCLA inside 2-1 within the eightieth minute. The goal-scoring sequence began with Jayden Perry’s lengthy free kick that was headed out of the field. Sunshine Fontes was first to the unfastened ball and her shot was blocked by Allen nevertheless it spilled to Wright for a one-touch end.
UCLA tied it at 2 with 16 seconds left in regulation when Reilyn Turner headed in Ally Lemos’ nook kick in entrance of an introduced attendance of 9,531.
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UCLA’s solely different girls’s soccer title got here in 2013 — additionally in additional time.
North Carolina (20-5-1) was trying to be part of the 2012 Tar Heels and 2013 UCLA as the one groups to defeat three No. 1 seeds in the identical NCAA Tournament.
Avery Patterson opened the scoring within the 59th minute by heading in Emily Moxley’s cross. Patterson added her team-leading thirteenth aim of the season within the seventy fifth.
All 5 of North Carolina’s losses this season got here after main 1-0, together with the lone regular-season assembly with UCLA when the Bruins scored twice within the last half-hour on Sept. 4.
