Abbey Friend maybe had one of the best days of her life. She started off her day in a cap and gown and ended her day in her lacrosse uniform celebrating a 10-8 win over Georgetown.
But the win was not the only thing she had to celebrate.
Friend entered the game with 191 career goals, only one short of tying the UNC record of 192 careers goals set by Corey Donohoe in 2011. Nearly seven minutes into the game, Friend scored the first goal of the game to tie the record with Donohoe at the game to witness it happen.
“I didn’t know she was going to be here," Friend said. "It’s exciting. She was such a big mentor to me, so to have her in the stands was pretty exciting.”
Everything seemed to be going the Tar Heels' way for most of the first half, holding on to a 5-2 lead. But winning draw controls and UNC penalties kept the Hoyas in the game.
With nearly a minute left, the Hoyas were able to score two quick goals to cut the deficit to 5-4. At the end of the half, Georgetown had all of the momentum going into the locker room.
Georgetown had to keep switching things up to challenge UNC. Georgetown’s coach Ricky Fried thought his team did a good job of sticking to the game plan.
“Obviously this is not a team you want to run up and down with," Fried said. "They're very athletic. We wanted to make sure we changed up our defenses and kept them off guard a little bit. I think that worked for a period of time.”
Georgetown carried the momentum into the second half by scoring another goal 17 seconds in. Georgetown would eventually take a 7-6 lead over UNC with 12 minutes left in the game.
