With an 11-8 win over Canada, the U.S. captured its fourth-straight World Lacrosse Women's Championship title on Saturday. Led by UNC women's lacrosse head coach Jenny Levy, the U.S. National Team roster features six former Tar Heels in Emily Parros, Molly Hendrick, Caylee Waters, Marie McCool, Emma Trenchard and Ally Mastroianni.
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Perhaps no group of Tar Heels feel greater satisfaction than UNC's veterans. After enduring postseason heartbreak year after year, the seasoned squad finally earned its redemption. After the Tar Heels were eliminated by Boston College in the Final Four a year ago, head coach Jenny Levy met individually with each of her then-seniors to discuss their future with the program. “It was probably the best decision of my life,” Mastroianni said of her return. “The people and the place, it was just too good to leave.”
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After early-game struggles, fifth-year attacker Scottie Rose Growney came up with the game-winning goal for the No. 1 UNC women's lacrosse team in the NCAA title game.
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No. 1 UNC women's lacrosse capped off an undefeated season with an NCAA title thanks to Sunday's 12-11 win over No. 3 Boston College. Graduate goalkeeper Taylor Moreno had 11 saves and graduate attacker Sam Geiersbach led the team with three goals to capture the championship trophy. The national championship is the third of head coach Jenny Levy's career, and the Tar Heels completed the first perfect season in NCAA Division I since 2017.
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With the No. 1 North Carolina women's lacrosse team set to play the No. 3 Boston College Eagles in Sunday's NCAA title game, these two teams will meet for a third time this season. Let’s rewind, and take a look back at how the previous three matches played out between the premier women’s lacrosse programs of the ACC.
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As the UNC women’s lacrosse team trudged to the locker room in the first quarter of its Final Four bout against Northwestern due to a weather delay, North Carolina faced a six-goal deficit. But no matter how tumultuous the waters got on Friday, the Tar Heels never abandoned ship, and pulled off an all-time comeback in their eventual 15-14 win over Northwestern.
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Playing in her first NCAA semifinal game, graduate attacker Sam Geiersbach netted five goals as part of an 8-0 run in the fourth quarter. This 8-0 run occurred in the final 10 minutes to prolong an undefeated season and earn the program’s first national title appearance in six years. The UNC women's lacrosse defeated the Northwestern Wildcats, 15-14.
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UNC women's lacrosse graduate attacker Sam Geiersbach led an 8-0 charge in the final quarter of the team's semifinal match against Northwestern, propelling the Tar Heels to the NCAA title game with a 15-14 comeback victory.
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The UNC women's lacrosse team will square off against the No. 4 Northwestern Wildcats on Friday in a rematch from an early-season bout. In Friday's game, the Tar Heels will have to slow down Northwestern graduate attacker Lauren Gilbert and renew an offense left shaky by a stout Stony Brook defense.
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There are four words, scribbled in black permanent marker, on the white wristband that rests on UNC goalkeeper Taylor Moreno’s left arm: "Win or go home." On a night where the unbeaten North Carolina women’s lacrosse team squeaked past Stony Brook for an 8-5 victory, perhaps no Tar Heel played a more pivotal role under immense pressure than the graduate goalkeeper.
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In the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, North Carolina topped Stony Brook, 8-5, in the team’s first defensive grudge match of the season. The Seawolves' high-pressing zone challenged UNC, which struggled to find the back of the cage for most of Thursday's NCAA Tournament quarterfinals game. “We faced the best zone in the country tonight,” head coach Jenny Levy said. “Sometimes you don’t have to win pretty, you just need to advance.”
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In the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night at Dorrance Field, the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team defeated the Stony Brook Seawolves, 8-5, in a come-from-behind win to advance to the program's 13th NCAA Final Four.
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On Sunday, the No. 1 UNC women's lacrosse team dismantled the Virginia Cavaliers, 24-2, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Its 24 goals — a program record in NCAA Tournament play — showcased a juggernaut offense led by fifth-year attackers Jamie Ortega and Scottie Rose Growney. Fifth-year defender Emma Trenchard and graduate goalkeeper Taylor Moreno, held Virginia scoreless in the second half. The Tar Heels will play eighth-seeded Stony Brook in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
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In the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the No. 1 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team defeated the Virginia Cavaliers, by a score of 24-2. With the win, the Tar Heels advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, and are just one win away from returning to the Final Four.
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The road back to the mountaintop begins Sunday for the No. 1 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team, as the Tar Heels look to snap the program's five-year NCAA title drought. Here’s a look at a few teams North Carolina could face en route to returning to the Final Four in Baltimore.
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