Casey Nogueira comes into her own, leads UNC in title game

Posted Dec 8, 2008
The wind that whipped through WakeMed Soccer Park during Sunday afternoon's national championship match brought a chill worthy of December and sent even well-struck balls fluttering off course like wayward knuckleballs. But with a pair of memorable second-half goals into the teeth of the gale, Casey Nogueira provided North Carolina cover from the winds of change for at least another season. (ESPN.com)

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