PEMBROKE – Home-standing UNCP fought off 19 shots from visiting Wingate, including 12 in the first half alone, to put together a flurry of overtime scoring opportunities of their own , but was forced to settle with a 0-0 tie after 110 minutes of play Wednesday evening at Varsity Grounds.

Play between Wingate (2-1-1) and UNCP (3-1-1) became more aggressive as time progressed with the Bulldogs ending the game with 18 fouls and the Lady Braves with 15. Junior forward Rebecca Womack led the hosts in shots with three while Holly Holsclaw and Julie Zielinski each contributed three shots for Wingate.

"Wingate is a quality team and they really battered us in the first half," said UNCP head coach Lars Andersson. "We made some changes at half to make the game competitive on our end."

Four yellow cards and one red card to Andersson occurred within five quick minutes of action for UNCP midway through the first half. Despite the loss of Andersson for the final 39 minutes of action, assistant coach Pauline Privitera led the Lady Braves to a monster effort down the stretch.

"I'm very proud of my players for the continued intensity and determination on the field and coach Privitera for stepping in and securing the draw against a talented team," Andersson said.

Freshman goalkeeper Britney Bennett had four saves on the night for UNCP. Carly Rives of Wingate grabbed six saves - three of which came in the second overtime period. This is the first tie of the season, as well as the series, for both teams.

UNCP will travel to Flagler (2-2-0, 1-0-0 PBC) on Saturday for their second Peach Belt Conference matchup in a week. Kickoff has been slated for 5 p.m. The Lady Braves will return home again on Wednesday to battle Pfeiffer in a 7 p.m. match-up at Varsity Grounds. Admission to all 2010 UNCP soccer home games is free.