Women’s lacrosse flies past Cornell despite scoreless start
After enduring more than six minutes of scoreless play and facing a one-goal deficit, North Carolina women’s lacrosse looked like it might struggle against Cornell.
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After enduring more than six minutes of scoreless play and facing a one-goal deficit, North Carolina women’s lacrosse looked like it might struggle against Cornell.
Senior Corey Donohoe’s goal with 11:16 put the clock in permanent motion.
For the first 57 minutes of their 12-7 win against Dartmouth, it looked like a game the North Carolina men’s lacrosse attackers would soon forget.
The North Carolina women’s lacrosse team had not proved itself a comeback squad, so starting in a 3-1 hole against Georgetown at Fetzer Field on Saturday was a grim forecast for the Tar Heels.
After scoring a goal to narrow North Carolina’s lead with 11 seconds left in the first half, the Georgetown women’s lacrosse team casually assembled for the draw, thinking UNC would run out the clock and keep its 6-5 lead.
It seemed like it would be déjà vu for the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team.
For more than 65 minutes, the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team shut down Northwestern’s dangerous offense.
The No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team met a familiar foe at Fetzer Field, only to walk away with the same result.
The North Carolina women’s lacrosse team controlled all but 18 meters of the field in its 14-8 victory against Richmond on Sunday.
In a slow-paced, scrappy game that saw a combined 50 fouls and three yellow cards, the Tar Heels topped Richmond on scoring contributions from six players.
The North Carolina women’s lacrosse team kicked off its season in dramatic fashion Saturday, defeating Florida 10-9 on a game-winning goal from senior Corey Donohoe with seven seconds remaining in overtime.
Both the North Carolina men’s and women’s lacrosse teams are coming off successful 2010 campaigns, and both squads will begin the season ranked No. 3 in the country in the preseason polls.
Hoping to build on the momentum of a 17-7 quarterfinal victory against Virginia, the No. 3 seeded Tar Heels knew they would have to play near flawlessly if they hoped to defeat No. 2 Northwestern in Friday night’s NCAA women’s lacrosse semifinal matchup held in Towson, Md.Going into the contest, UNC had the benefit of having defeated the Wildcats once previously this season, but it ultimately wasn’t enough to break Northwestern’s 23-game NCAA Tournament winning streak.A few pivotal turnovers and the offensive productivity of Northwestern’s attackers helped the Wildcats avenge their April 18 loss to North Carolina in a 15-10 victory that advanced them to their sixth straight national title game Sunday.“Unfortunately, it’s really hard to score without possession,” North Carolina coach Jenny Levy said. “And I thought early in the game, unfortunately for us, we didn’t capitalize on a couple of opportunities that we had.”The Wildcats dominated possession in the game, winning 17 draw controls to UNC’s nine and outshooting the Tar Heels 34-21. With diminishing opportunities to score, the Tar Heel offense proved too little too late as Northwestern pulled away in the final 10 minutes of the game.“Hindsight 20/20, I would have told our players to make more of our offensive possessions because they were few and far between,” Levy said.North Carolina midfielder Laura Zimmerman was first to score for the Tar Heels after a behind-the-goal pass from attacker Corey Donohoe.Zimmerman would tally three goals for UNC in the contest, while Donohoe would go on to break the program’s single-season point record with two goals and two assists throughout the game.Northwestern tied the game up a few minutes later, and after nearly 13 minutes of scoreless play, scored again to take the lead 2-1.Both teams would continue trading goals until the last 30 seconds of the half, when UNC scored twice and Northwestern once to tie the game at 4-4 with another half to play.The Wildcats dominated in the second half, taking a quick 6-4 lead over UNC that they would build upon for the remainder of the game.The Tar Heels were able to narrow Northwestern’s lead to one at 10-9 when Donohoe scored her second goal with about 16 minutes left to play, but it would be the last time UNC remained within striking distance of the Wildcats.Northwestern went on to score four consecutive goals in the final 13 minutes of the game, giving them a 14-9 lead that North Carolina would not overcome.Kristen Taylor scored UNC’s last goal at the three-minute mark, and a Northwestern goal in the closing seconds brought the score at the final whistle to 15-10.Northwestern would go on to lose in the title game 13-11 to ACC Tournament champion Maryland.With the loss, North Carolina finished the season with an overall record of 17-3, which ties the school record set in 2002 for most wins in a season.“We’ve had a great season; I’m very proud of my student-athletes,” Levy said. “They fought to the end.”Moving forward, Levy said she hopes next year’s team can build on the successes of this season.“As a program, we accomplished many of our goals,” Levy said. “We dominated on ground control, we put teams away on a consistent basis and we inspired a lot of people who watched us play.”Five Tar Heel seniors have graduated, but a majority of the team will be returning for next season, including leading season scorers Donohoe and Becky Lynch.“Although we’re really sad to see our seniors leave, it seems to me that we’ll have a really united, hard-working team next year that’s ready to grind,” Levy said.
When the No. 3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team prepared to meet No. 6 Virginia for the second round of the NCAA tournament, the Tar Heels knew it wouldn’t be like any other game.
When the women’s lacrosse team faced Navy in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, they knew that they wanted to get a quick start right out of the gate and attack relentlessly on offense. Not only did the Tar Heels get a quick start, they outshot the Midshipmen 39-13 en route to an 18-5 victory.“To be able to come out strong early is great, and to be able to keep playing at a high level throughout the game is something we really try to do,” said Tar Heel midfielder Megan Bosica. “It definitely helps the momentum of the game.”UNC dominated on the field with goals by eight different Tar Heels. Becky Lynch led the team with three goals and three assists, followed by Bosica with three goals and two assists. Corey Donohoe and Laura Zimmerman also added to the final tally with three goals and one assist each.Within the first six minutes of the game, the Tar Heels swept the field by scoring five goals from five different players. This caused Navy to pull their starting goalie.The change didn’t affect UNC, however, when Zimmerman scored her second goal only five minutes later.Both teams traded goals with about 10 minutes left to play in the first half, but the Midshipmen were unable to slow down the Tar Heel offense and two more goals gave UNC the 9-1 edge at halftime.Thirty seconds into the second half, Carolina quickly made the score 10-1 with Zimmerman’s third goal. Carolina scored two more goals before Navy stole the momentum.Navy midfielder Erin Rawlick scored three goals in five minutes, cutting Carolina’s lead to 12-4 and forcing a Tar Heel timeout.“I thought we were getting out-hustled on the draw. A couple things didn’t go our way, and Navy came up with some loose balls,” UNC coach Jenny Levy said. “Our first three goals of the second half were at a very high level, things that you don’t see all the time from a team and I thought we relaxed a little bit.“So, we called a timeout to get us refocused. We lost some discipline; we were swinging away. We weren’t worried or afraid — we just needed a little break to get ourselves together and refocused.”A refocused Tar Heel team shutout Rawlick and allowed only one more Navy goal. Taking back the momentum, UNC scored six more goals in the last 15 minutes of the game, making the final score 18-5.After Saturday’s first round victory, the Tar Heels will advance to the quarterfinals to play No. 6 seed Virginia at Fetzer Field on Saturday at 1 p.m.The Tar Heels lost to the Cavaliers once this season 13-12 in a March 13 contest that went into overtime in Charlottesville, Va.“We’re on a constant search to find the best we can be and next week is another opportunity, and we’re excited to have it,” Levy said.“It doesn’t matter who we play, because it is really about us.”Contact the Sports editor at sports@unc.edu.
Coming out of the gate, the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team wanted to get a quick start on Navy and attack relentlessly on offense.
The women’s lacrosse team will look to make another run in this year’s NCAA Tournament, having already beaten defending national champions Northwestern 18-16 this year in what was a rematch of last year’s title game.On Sunday, the Tar Heels received a No. 3 seed in the tournament, marking their sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and the second time in as many seasons that they’ve been among the top three seeds.The Tar Heels are scheduled to play unseeded Navy on Saturday at noon at Fetzer Field.
Early in the season, the No. 1 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team had made a habit of stumbling out of the gates. As the season wore on, the Tar Heels replaced these early turnovers and fouls with strong first halves that netted them upset victories against Maryland and Northwestern.But after defeating Duke in Friday’s ACC tournament semifinal, the Tar Heels picked the worst possible time to relapse in their rematch with Maryland in Sunday’s ACC Championship game. The Terrapins built themselves a 5-1 lead 16 minutes into the first half and never looked back en route to a 10-5 victory and the conference title.“I don’t think our mentality was in the right place for that game,” senior midfielder Megan Bosica said. “We definitely weren’t the team (Sunday) that we normally are.”To be more successful in the NCAA tournament, the Tar Heels will have to do a better job maintaining their composure in the event that things don’t go their way from the opening whistle.“We want to make sure that when we’re challenged during games, we keep our resilience and our poise and discipline and play the game we want to play,” coach Jenny Levy said.More specifically, UNC will need to reassert a normally potent transition attack that went missing in Sunday’s contest. Key to this effort will be the Tar Heels’ ability to win ground balls early in the game. In the first half of Sunday’s contest, UNC won just two of these to Maryland’s seven.“They were faster to the ball than we were,” Levy said. “They were also working harder to get back (on defense) so we couldn’t get out fast enough.”To shake off some rust between the ACC Championship and the opening of NCAA tournament play May 15, UNC will play one last regular-season game against Cornell in Alexandria, Va., on May 8. Bosica said she and her teammates will be excited to play again after taking time off for finals.“It’s like a whole ‘nother preseason going into NCAAs, just because of how long you’re going without competition,” she said.At the NCAA tournament, the Tar Heels could run into the Terrapins again, as well as the Northwestern team whose 41-game win streak UNC snapped. Despite pulling off the upset, Bosica said UNC could still improve on its 18-16 regular-season win.But Levy isn’t worried about which teams her squad will face off against in the postseason. She’s more concerned with which UNC team shows up to play.“We’re going to practice hard in the next couple of weeks. We’re going to worry about ourselves,” she said. “We can’t control our opponents, we can only control what we do, ourselves.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
In a rematch of last year’s NCAA Championship game, the No. 2 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team won an 18-16 battle against No. 1 Northwestern and handed the Wildcats (12-1) their first home loss in 59 games.The win also marked the end to Northwestern’s 41-game winning streak. The Wildcats had not lost a game since April 27, 2008.Sophomore midfielder Laura Zimmerman led UNC’s offense with five goals and two assists, while junior Corey Donohoe and sophomore Becky Lynch each had five points.The Tar Heels (13-1, 4-1 ACC) move on to the ACC Tournament next weekend.
In typical North Carolina fashion, the Tar Heels won the opening draw of their Wednesday night matchup against No. 4 Duke, and leading scorer Corey Donohoe broke away for the goal. In eight of UNC’s 12 previous games, the Tar Heels have scored in the first three minutes of play.But not this time.Donohoe had an open path to the goal on the first possession of the game but suddenly dropped the ball before taking the shot.Despite playing a sloppy first half, the No. 2 Tar Heels cleaned up their act in the second period, beating their ACC rival 9-6.“I think we had some opportunities that we either didn’t capitalize on or we were a little impatient,” UNC coach Jenny Levy said. “We didn’t touch the ball that much. That affected our rhythm.”Duke led 2-0 before the North Carolina got on the board. With 5:31 left in the first half, attacker Becky Lynch scored the first goal for UNC unassisted. The almost 25 minutes of waiting for a score was the longest for the Tar Heels all season.“During the first games of the season we had a little trouble getting into the games,” Lynch said. “We’ve been in the situation before, so we knew that as long as we got into our rhythm, it would stay there.”But the rhythm wouldn’t come until the second half. Before Wednesday’s game, the Tar Heels averaged 17 shots in the first half. Against Duke, they had only five.The Blue Devils were on attack for most of the first half, keeping the Tar Heel defense on their toes. But UNC goalie Logan Ripley wasn’t fazed.“Our defense was holding them to weak shots. They weren’t getting a lot on cage,” she said. “It made my job pretty easy.”The Tar Heels took 11 shots on goal in the second half and scored six times in just more than 14 minutes. Lynch led UNC with three goals and an assist, placing her third-best on the team in goals scored with 28. “This year she’s just exploded,” Levy said. “She’s a great player, and she’s an even better person. She’s never too high and never too low. She’s just happy to be on the team and contributing to our success.”The Tar Heels, now 12-1 (4-1), finished their conference schedule tied with Virginia for first place. UNC will possibly meet Duke again in the upcoming ACC Tournament.And Levy hopes that next time, the game goes a little better.“I don’t think we played particularly well,” she said. “Duke did a great job and affected some of the things we like to do. But I was really happy that we got ourselves focused, we fought back and we showed resilience and poise.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.