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.
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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.Not only did the Tar Heels get a quick start, they outshot the Midshipmen 39-13 and had double the amount of Navy’s groundballs in their 18-5 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Read More »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.
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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.
Read More »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.
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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.
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The No. 2 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team beat rival Duke on Wednesday night, but it sure wasn’t pretty.The Tar Heels (12-1, 4-1 ACC) beat No. 4 Duke (11-4, 2-3) 9-6 despite numerous UNC first half turnovers and not scoring until almost 25 minutes into the game.
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It’s hard to imagine that a game could be so easily forgotten.Almost a year ago, the second-seeded North Carolina women’s lacrosse team faced third-seeded Duke in the 2009 ACC Championship semifinals.The Blue Devils ousted UNC, defeating the Tar Heels 14-4.
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The Maryland women’s lacrosse team has to be growing weary of facing ACC rival North Carolina. Led by Kristen Taylor’s four goals and goaltender Logan Ripley’s career-high 13 saves, the No. 3 Tar Heels defeated the previously undefeated No. 2 Terrapins 13-9 Saturday afternoon at Fetzer Field.
Read More »For defender Meredith Newton, Saturday’s much-anticipated home date with No. 2 Maryland was a bit of a mixed blessing.While the junior would only earn her second start of the season, she also had the unenviable task of marking Karri Ellen Johnson, the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leading scorer.
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Every day at practice, freshman midfielders Kara Cannizzaro, Emily Garrity and Jessica Griffin help lug the team’s goal cages to and from Navy Field. Although this sort of chore is one asked of rookie lacrosse players everywhere, these freshmen are there for more than just grunt work.With the imminent departure of All-ACC senior midfielders Megan Bosica and Jenn Russell, coach Jenny Levy’s high-energy newcomers are putting in what she likes to call “mental minutes” in preparation for the more prominent roles they will take on next season.
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In what has been a regular occurrence this season, the No.3 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team put on a clinic Friday at Fetzer Field. This time, the victim was Virginia Tech, as the Tar Heels obliterated the Hokies 19-3 and extended their home unbeaten streak to six.
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During Friday’s game against Virginia Tech, the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team did not hesitate to share the wealth.And there certainly was a lot of it to share.The depth on offense shined in UNC’s 19-3 win against the Hokies. Eight different Tar Heels had goals in the matchup, and seven of them had two or more.
Read More »After a tight physical first half, the No. 4 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team pulled away from another overmatched opponent, defeating Florida 18-5 Sunday at Fetzer Field.This is the fourth out of the Tar Heels’ first five games that they won by at least 10 goals.
Read More »The North Carolina women’s lacrosse team hosted a Florida squad Sunday that boasted the No. 1 recruiting class in the country.But despite the five goals scored by Gator newcomers, it was a pair of UNC freshmen — Emily Garrity and Kara Cannizzaro — who turned the tide midway through the first half.
Read More »The excitement of starting a new season led to a sloppy, turnover-filled game on Sunday for the No. 4 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team.But the Tar Heels still won 18-7, defeating an overmatched Denver team.
Read More »Starting this season where it left off, the No. 4 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team experienced yet another high-scoring game.Except this time, the Tar Heels didn’t go home disappointed.They ended last season with a 21-7 NCAA championship loss, where the team gave up the most points in a single game in the history of the program.
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Fresh off a run to the national title game, Jenny Levy’s women’s lacrosse program is gunning for another trip.With the top four scorers returning from an attacking unit that averaged more than 10 goals a game last season, North Carolina fields one of the best offenses in the nation. Corey Donohoe, Kristen Taylor, Megan Bosica and Jenn Russell all topped 35 goals last season.
Read More »DURHAM — The North Carolina women’s lacrosse team’s South of the Border Tournament was canceled due to weather, so the Tar Heels scrimmaged Duke and beat the Blue Devils on Sunday afternoon 13-3. The tournament was set to have both teams face off against eight others in a full day of exhibition games.
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DURHAM — During the first half of Sunday’s lacrosse scrimmage against Duke, North Carolina allowed two goals inside the first 13 minutes and conceded another seven minutes later.But from then on, the Tar Heels’ back line was flawless, shutting out the Blue Devils the rest of the way en route to a 13-3 victory on Duke’s West Campus fields.
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