For the second time in three days, North Carolina women's soccer beat Maryland.
There was more riding this time on chilly night at WakeMed Soccer Park, where the Tar Heels won 3-0 in the final of four first round games in the ACC Women's Soccer Championship.
And this time it was a more convincing win.
"It's tough to beat a team twice, and we just played them," said North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance. "To come in and win by a shutout and to score a couple of goals, I'm very excited."
On Sunday, the Tar Heels beat the Terrapins 1-0 in College Park, Md.
This time, North Carolina(15-3-1) scored early and didn't gave up only one shot.
Tar Heels senior midfielder Tobin Heath, who had three shots in the first half, was slipped a pass from senior forward Casey Nogueira and she fired past Maryland goalkeeper Mary Casey at 14:09.
"It was very precise, right onto my feet," said Heath.
It was Heath's first goal since the second game of the season. She missed six games for activities with the U.S. National team, which Heath is a member.
North Carolina got off nine shots in the half, and controlled the ball for much of the period, allowing the Terrapins (12-5-2) the only shot they got off in the game.
The Tar Heels got their second score in the second half when sophomore midfielder Maria Lubrano's shot hit the right post.
"I screamed, No!" Lubrano said.
But the ball ricocheted in front of the net and bounced off the back of one of Maryland's players and into the net at 55:57.
And North Carolina got one more goal when freshman defender Lucy Bronze headed one more insurance goal late at 82:53, with Jessica McDonald and Heath getting assists.
McDonald threw the ball inbounds to a wide open Heath, who touched the ball back to her.
With two defenders closing in, McDonald got the ball across to Bronze perfectly.
"She did a great job finding Lucy's head," said Heath.
McDonald had a team high seven shots, many of them great looks, though her only point came on the assist to Bronze.
No. 3 seeded North Carolina will now face No. 2 seed Boston College at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in the semifinals.
The Tar Heels won the last meeting with Golden Eagles 2-1, scoring twice on penalty kicks on Oct. 1.
Javier Serna has covered sports for The News & Observer since 2007. He previously covered growth for the North Raleigh News, and sports at The Truth in Elkhart, Ind. E-mail 
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