CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Overtime games have been the norm lately for the top-ranked North Carolina field hockey team, which has played into extra time the last four games in a row, a program-record streak.
The way Friday's battle with Wake Forest ended looked familiar as well, with Tar Heel senior Bryn Boylan calmly burying a penalty stroke in the second overtime period to ignite the Carolina celebration. It marked the second time in the past four games and the third time this season she's had a stroke for the gamewinner. Carolina's 3-2 double OT win over the 11th-ranked Demon Deacons earned UNC the the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic berth in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.