A sophomore defender for the Chapel Hill High School soccer team, Laura Sullivan doesn’t score goals all that often. They come far enough apart that she can’t remember if her most recent one was her second or third.

But she’ll remember where she scored it.

Friday at previously undefeated Carrboro, the state’s No. 1 2A team in the eurosportscoreboard.compoll and ranked No. 4 among all Triangle teams by the News & Observer, Sullivan heeled in a pass from Maria Miggs in the 67th minute to give the Jaguars their first loss, 1-0.

Alex Kimball started the play by centering a pass from the corner into the 6-yrd-box, where Miggs flicked it toward Sullivan, who one-timed the ball with her right heel.

Whether it was Sullivan’s second or third, it was only the third this year yielded by Carrboro (11-1-2), whose only previous blemishes had been 2-2 and 0-0 ties with 4A East Chapel Hill.

Yes, it was really big," Sullivan said. "Definitely, this is a big game. "This is the first time Chapel Hill has ever beaten Carrboro, so it really is a big win."

As Sullivan noted, prior to Friday, Chapel Hill had never beaten Carrboro’s girls, going 0-2-1 in the first three years of their series. CHHS lost to the Jaguars 1-0 in both 2009 and 2010 before tying them 1-1 last year.

"It’s a big win," Chapel Hill coach Ron Benson agreed. "When you beat the No. 1 one team in 2A, and it’s a big rivalry, that means it’s a big win."

"Sullivan is something. She is really something," he said.

Carrboro had not lost a regular-season match since march 11, 2011, when the Jaguars fell 5-0 on the road at Carolina 3A Conference champion Cardinal Gibbons.

The Jaguars were unbeaten in 33 of 34 matches since then, the lone loss coming in a shootout with Waxhaw Cuthbertson in the NCHSAA 2A state final.

Chapel Hill, No. 5 this season in both the News & Observer and eurosportscoreboard.com rankings, improved to 13-3-1 with Friday’s win.

"We’re feeling pretty good right now," Benson said, noting his Tigers had wins in hand over East, Cardinal Gibbons and Carrboro.

CHHS was blessed, he said, with a versatile team.

"Everybody on the team can play. We’ve got lots of players who can play lots of positions well," Benson said. "We’ve had people hurt, and other people have filled right in. Everybody plays like we’re a family."

Defense has been a strong suit for the Tigers, who’ve allowed conference opponents just two goals so far this season in six matches.

Conference matches are crucial, noted Jaguar coach Robin Bulleri, who was a long-time assistant for Benson before taking the job at Carrboro.

"We won’t play Chapel Hill in the playoffs," she said. "Playoffs are based on how we do in conference games. We need to get over this little hurdle and get re-focused on beating all of our conference rivals."