The No. 6 North Carolina men’s soccer team experienced its first loss of the season this past Sunday against Wake Forest, but Tuesday's match versus Campbell saw a very different outcome.
The Tar Heels quickly overcame their one-game losing streak to trounce the Fighting Camels by a score of 6-1 and improve to 12-1-1 this season.
The first half began with redshirt junior forward Tucker Hume attempting to score on a header that was saved by the opposing goalkeeper about four minutes into the first half. A mere two seconds later, junior midfielder Warren Marshall scored the first goal of the game on an assist by Hume.
The Tar Heels were able to maintain their strong, offense-focused start to the game, as Hume and senior midfielder Raby George attempted two shots on goal that were saved by the keeper.
Marshall continued to keep the Tar Heels ahead and scored his second goal of the game and of the season in the 24th minute from outside the box.
In the 31st minute, they increased their lead to 3-0 on a goal by Hume. He collected the ball off of a header by redshirt junior midfielder Nico Melo and pushed the ball right past the Fighting Camels' keeper.
Freshman midfielder Andy Lopez started off the second half strong by scoring just 20 seconds in on an assist by sophomore midfielder David October.
In the fourth minute of the second half, Melo fired in his first goal of the season from 30 yards out, as the Tar Heels continued to dominate the second half of the match.
Campbell put their first and only goal of the night when sophomore forward Bradley Farias scored in the 69th minute.
