[NORTH CAROLINA-FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON] Senior Cameron Brown, who sat out the 2010 and 2011 seasons because of a kneeinjury suffered in 2010, scored a minute and a half into overtime to push defending champion North Carolina into the final eight with a 1-0 win over upstart Fairleigh Dickinson Sunday night at FetzerField.
Brown redeemed himself after a pair of narrow misses earlier in the contest when he put away Rob Lovejoy‘s cross for his third of theyear.
Scott Goodwin lowered his goals against average to 0.26 — the fourth lowest in NCAA history — as the Tar Heels earned their nation-leading17th shutout of the year. They also extended their home unbeaten streak to 40 matches with the win.
FDU, the NEC champion, had beaten St. John’s and Saint Louis on the road before fallingin Chapel Hill.
“What a great run we had this postseason,” FDU coach Seth Roland said. “This group has restored our program back to greatness andnational prominence. We went toe-to-toe with the defending national champions and put ourselves in a position to win the game a handful of times but were just a little unlucky.”
North Carolina 1 Fairleigh Dickinson 0. Goal: Brown (Lovejoy) 92.
Att.: 750.
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