University of North Carolina Athletics
Women's Lacrosse Earns No. 6 seed in 2001 NCAA Tournament
May 6, 2001 | Women's Lacrosse
May 6, 2001
Chapel Hill, N.C. - The University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team has earned the No. 6 seed in the 2001 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Tournament, the NCAA announced Sunday evening. The Tar Heels will play No. 11 seed Syracuse on Thursday May 10 at 4 p.m. at Henry Stadium.
The winner of that game will face the winner of the game between No. 3 seed Georgetown and No. 14 seed Hofstra in the NCAA quarterfinals next Sunday, May 13. The NCAA Final Four will be held on May 18 and 20 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
"We're very excited about the opportunity to get our fifth NCAA bid in a row ," UNC head coach Jenny Slingluff Levy said Sunday evening. " I think it will be a very competitive tournament, with every team very capable of advancing to the Final Four. With the field expanding to 16 teams this year, the tournament should be very competitive."
The Carolina squad, receiving an at-large tournament bid in its sixth year as a varsity team, is making its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. The Tar Heels are aiming for their third Final Four appearance in the last five seasons, having reached the Final Four in both 1997 and 1998.
"We played a very tough schedule this year," Slingluff Levy said. "I hope the tough schedule will prepare us for the tournament. I'm glad the NCAA Committee rewarded us for our schedule because although we did have six losses, we had some very good wins as well."
UNC is one of four Atlantic Coast Conference teams named to the NCAA Tournament field. Maryland, the six-time defending national champions, are the tournament's top seed. Duke is the No. 2 seed and Virginia is the No. 8 seed.
Carolina, which is ranked No. 6 in this week's IWLCA national rankings, has a record of 10-6 this season. UNC was the No. 4 seed in the 2000 NCAA Tournament and reached the quarterfinals before losing to Loyola in Chapel Hill.
