Women's lacrosse gets by with a little help from Friend
Abbey Friend is the senior captain — of the defending national champions, of the No. 1 team in the country.
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Abbey Friend is the senior captain — of the defending national champions, of the No. 1 team in the country.
Freshman attacker Sydney Holman has yet to play a regular season game for the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team, but she has already secured a reputation as a formidable scorer and a valuable addition to the defending national champion Tar Heels.
It’s been more than eight months since Sammy Jo Tracy scored the most electrifying goal in North Carolina women’s lacrosse history.
North Carolina women’s lacrosse captain Kara Cannizzaro and women’s soccer senior midfielder Crystal Dunn are both nominated for “Best Female College Athlete” at ESPN’s ESPY awards this year.
The North Carolina women’s lacrosse team has finally claimed what it’s been chasing.
VILLANOVA, Pa. — The No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team ended its 2013 season in a dream-like blur as one 17-second sequence led the Tar Heels to claim the school’s first-ever NCAA title with a 13-12 victory against top-ranked Maryland (22-1).
Coming off of an 11-4 victory against Northwestern in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament — a game in which coach Jenny said her team missed multiple opportunities on offense — the No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team haven’t missed many in the first half of the title game against No. 1 Maryland.
When the No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team defeated No. 2 Northwestern for the first time in the NCAA Tournament semifinals Friday — after falling to the Wildcats twice previously in the final four — the Tar Heels tied a school record for most wins in a season: 17.
VILLANOVA, Pa. — Perhaps freshman goalkeeper Megan Ward had a moment of deja vu when the final horn sounded in the No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team’s NCAA Tournament semifinal game against No. 2 Northwestern on Friday.
VILLANOVA, P.A. — At halftime of its NCAA Tournament semifinal game against No. 2 Northwestern, the No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team finds itself with a 4-1 lead, having played a sharp first half on both sides of the field.
The No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team will face No. 2 Northwestern (19-2) in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament tonight at 5 p.m. in Villanova, Pa.
For the third time in the last four years, the No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team will face No. 2 Northwestern in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament.
A short-lived rain shower at Fetzer Field caused a 15-minute delay in the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team’s 13-9 win against unseeded Virginia in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
It’s halftime of the North Carolina women’s lacrosse NCAA quarterfinal matchup against Virginia, and so far the Tar Heels are having no problems finding the cage.
The last time the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team got a chance to see ACC foe Virginia play in April, the Cavaliers were battling against top-ranked Maryland in the ACC tournament semifinals at Fetzer Field, and nearly played their way into the conference title game.
While most seniors were busy with graduation festivities Sunday, Kara Cannizzaro and the No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team were busy fighting to continue in the NCAA playoffs in a match against Loyola.
At halftime of the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team’s second round matchup against Loyola, the Tar Heels lead 7-5.
Following the final horn in Sunday’s ACC women’s lacrosse championship, Maryland goalkeeper Kasey Howard braced herself for the onslaught of her rushing teammates, as they rallied to celebrate their 12-8 victory against North Carolina.
As soon as the horn signaling halftime sounded on a gloomy Fetzer Field, the entire Maryland women’s lacrosse team headed straight to one athlete — its goalie, Kasey Howard. The senior has already registered seven saves in the first half of the ACC tournament final between the Terrapins North Carolina as Maryland has taken a 5-3 lead.
The No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team defeated No. 14 Boston College (12-7, 4-3 ACC) 16-6 in the ACC tournament quarterfinal on Friday. The Tar Heels (14-2, 5-1 ACC) will face No. 1 Maryland in the ACC championship at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The game will be played at Fetzer Field, the site of the this year’s entire tournament.