At one point, former UNC student-athlete Elizabeth Haus was unsure if she could balance lacrosse and pursuing a nursing degree. Two years after graduation, she's working 12-hour shifts in a pediatric intensive care unit fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coming off of one of its best victories of the season, the North Carolina women's lacrosse season was hit with the news that its short season would be canceled, along with all other ACC sports due to the coronavirus.
Katie Hoeg registered six assists and eight points, both career highs, in the North Carolina women's lacrosse team's 19-7 domination of Louisville.
In its first five games of the 2020 season, the North Carolina women's lacrosse team has outscored its opponents 98-33 behind dominant starts to the year from Jamie Ortega and Katie Hoeg.
For a team with two elite offensive players in Jamie Ortega and Katie Hoeg, it was Scottie Rose Growney that stepped up against UNC's biggest rival, Maryland, to score a career-high six goals in a blowout win.
Jamie Ortega and Katie Hoeg are UNC's two best offensive players, and they again propelled the Tar Heels to a blowout victory over Davidson.
In its home opener, the No. 1 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team defeated the Davidson Wildcats by a score of 22-5 on Sunday afternoon in Chapel Hill.
The No. 1 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team marked its second game of the season with a 24-3 win at High Point University on Friday evening.
The No. 1 ranked North Carolina women’s lacrosse team took on No. 17 James Madison University on Saturday in the first game of the regular season. The Tar Heels defeated the Dukes 15-7.
Coming into 2020 as the preseason No. 1, the UNC women's lacrosse team returns with two of the best scorers in school history to make a run at the national championship.
After a 20-3 domination over Elon in an exhibition match, the North Carolina women's lacrosse team will look to rely on team chemistry and a dynamic offense led by Jamie Ortega in the 2020 season.
The North Carolina women's lacrosse team signed the No. 1 recruiting class in the country last Friday, complete with the No. 1 overall recruit, Caitlyn Wurzburger.
Marie McCool and Katrina Dowd were both part of the UNC women's lacrosse that won the 2016 national championship. Now, the two have both been named to the WPLL All-Star team.
The North Carolina women's lacrosse team (17-4) fell in the NCAA semifinal to Boston College (22-1), 15-14, in double overtime on Friday in a heartbreaking end to the Tar Heels' season.
The No. 2 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team (17-3, 5-2 ACC) defeated No. 6 Virginia (13-7, 3-4 ACC) on Saturday, 14-7, and advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time in the past 11 years.
Katie Hoeg's lacrosse career took off and her work ethic and family would drive her to the success she's had, from being ranked the No. 6 recruit in the country to earning first-team All-American honors and breaking UNCs single-season points record as only a sophomore.
On Saturday's game against Duke, the women's lacrosse team matched its highest offensive output in conference play this season.
DURHAM –The third-ranked North Carolina women’s lacrosse team went into Saturday’s season finale with a couple of things on the line: a lengthy winning streak against its biggest rival and the No. 2 seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament.
Some Tar Heels made career-highs at the game Saturday against Syracuse, including first-year attacker Tayler Warehime.
The weather was suboptimal, but the UNC women’s lacrosse team’s on-field performance made up for it. Back at home for the first time in three weeks following three road games, the sixth-ranked Tar Heels (11-3, 4-2 ACC) defeated No. 3 Syracuse (13-3, 5-2 ACC) 11-5 on senior day on a rainy Saturday afternoon at the UNC Lacrosse Stadium, staying sharp despite two weather delays.
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