CARY, N.C. — Georgetown’s Arielle Schechtman hobbled across the field on crutches, her right knee wrapped in ice and her spirit broken by a 1-0 defeat to North Carolina in sudden-death overtime of the first College Cup women’s semifinal Friday.
Schechtman consoled her goalkeeping understudy, junior Lauren Gallagher, who had performed with valor after entering in an emergency role late in regulation.
The two goalkeepers were tremendous, but as the wonderfully entertaining match steamed toward a penalty kick tiebreaker, the Tar Heels' Julia Ashley cracked the previously unbeaten Hoyas' resistance with a transition goal in the 108th minute before a sellout of 10,439 at WakeMed Soccer Park.