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Megan Carney raced along the eight-meter arc, put her head down and charged. In her sight was Meaghan Tyrrell, who had a different plan.
Tyrrell accepted Carney’s feed and kept her head up. In front of Tyrrell was a Northwestern defender who would soon be on the receiving end of a face dodge and a wide-open goal.
Tyrrell would go on to score four more times en route to a 16-11 upset win in Evanston, Illinois. To those that knew her best, an offensive explosion like this was no surprise. But her offensive style doesn’t fit the mold of many other top college attacks.