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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 5768201, member: 4819"]
Maybe I'm crazy, but I think the Orange have a decent shot at a win tonight. Yes, they lost by five last time they played UNC, but there is some hope here. Josh Marcus played outstanding against the Orange with 15 saves last time out. But he's still a goalie under 50% on the year, and is coming off two really poor performances against UVA an Duke (13 saves while giving up 31 goals - 42%). UNC packed it in against the Orange last time, Luke Rhoa has to hit outside shots to make the defense pay. He was 2/6 last time out, I wouldn't mind seeing him have at least 10 shots this time out.

Also, despite losing the face-off battle by seven, they only lost the groundball war by four. They've got to keep scrapping for the lose balls and not give UNC multiple bites at the apple. Support McCool and pick the ball off the carpet instead of allowing UNC multiple shot possessions. This has to be a key.

Obviously curious about motivation with this one ... they seemed pretty locked into that 4/5/6 seed. UNC might feel the same way though.  A win would definitely be nice for confidence reasons, but it's not the end all be all. Either way, Go Orange.
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