Bic's View: UNC 1-1 Maryland (10/6), Campbell 1-0 UNC (10/10), and UNC 0-1 Wake Forest (10/13)

It's been a rough two weeks for the Tar Heels. After drawing 1-1 with the defending national champion Maryland Terrapins in a hard fought affair, UNC fell to Campbell away in a game where the only goal was an own goal. The Tar Heels scoreless streak continued back at Fetzer Field on Friday the 13th as Wake Forest got the better of the Tar Heels by a single goal. Winless now in 4 straight games, the Tar Heels look to rebound on Friday when they travel up Hwy 15/501 to take on ACC-leading Duke.

---

TSF: In the Maryland match, you took part in a very spirited overtime period as the Tar Heels were pressing for a goal. It looked like you had a pretty good shout for a penalty in overtime. Did you think the Tar Heels deserved a chance to finish that match from the penalty spot after you went down under a challenge on the break in overtime?

Bic: Absolutely. Contact was made and it was a very clumsy challege by the defender that went unpunished. He clipped my back leg just as I thought I had gone by him.

TSF: It's been a rough couple of weeks for the Tar Heels. With 2 matches remaining in the regular season, what can the team hope to salvage from these last two games.

Bic: I think two wins is a very realistic aspiration for the Duke and BC games. We wouldn't want to take any less than 4 points from the last two matches.

TSF: I know you were hosting a few recruits on campus during the last couple of weeks. What role do the current players play in the recruiting process when you host prospects on campus?

Bic: Basically the recruit stays with us in our dorm rooms and we show them around campus. They ask us a lot of great questions and we just try our best to get them to try to show them that Carolina is an outstanding place to go to school, not just an outstanding place to play soccer.

TSF:Looking ahead to Duke, this is a team you should be intimately familiar with. You've played with some of their key starters like Michael Videira, Spencer Wadsworth, and Darrius Barnes with the Raleigh Elite. What can the Tar Heels expect from these players, and the Duke team on a whole?

Bic: Duke is a great team that is deep with talent in every position. They are an extremely athletic team, and their size and pace is always a threat.

---

Stephen Bickford, a sophmore forward at UNC and Green Hope (Cary) High School alum, will be sharing his thoughts on the Tar Heels season with Triangle Soccer Fanatics throughout the year.

Originally posted at Triangle Soccer Fanatics.