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Women's Lacrosse ACC Tournament Game Notes
April 18, 2002 | Women's Lacrosse
April 18, 2002
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No. 2 seed North Carolina (11-2, 2-1 ACC)
vs.
No. 3 seed Duke (7-5, 1-2 ACC)
Date & Time: 3:30 p.m., Friday, April 19, 2002
Site: Koskinen Stadium (grass/7,000), Durham, N.C.
Carolina's Series Record vs. Duke: UNC leads, 5-4 (series tied 1-1 in ACC Tournament)
Websites: North Carolina (TarHeelBlue.com), Duke (www.GoDuke.com)
Tar Heels Enter ACC Tournament on Six-Game Winning Streak
North Carolina women's lacrosse team, riding a six-game winning streak, is the No. 2 seed in this weekend's Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament and will face No. 3 seed Duke on Friday afternoon at 3:30 at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C.
The Tar Heels are ranked No. 4 this week in the IWLCA national poll, while Duke is ranked seventh. Last month, fifth-ranked Carolina defeated top-ranked Duke, 10-4, at Henry Stadium in Chapel Hill.
Should UNC defeat the Blue Devils, it will advance to the championship game to face the winner of Friday's semifinal between No. 1 seed Virginia and No. 4 seed Maryland. The championship game will be played on Sunday at noon and will be televised regionally by Fox Sports Net South, Sunshine Network and Comcast Sports Net.
Friday's game marks the third year in a row that Carolina and Duke have faced off in the ACC Tournament semifinals. In 2000 in College Park, Md., the Tar Heels defeated the Blue Devils, 7-6, to advance to the finals before losing to Maryland. Last year in Orlando, Duke defeated UNC, 10-5.
Carolina earned the second seed in the Tournament by virtue of its 2-1 ACC record this season. Virginia went 3-0 to grab the top seed. Duke was 1-2 for the third seed and Maryland was 0-3 for the fourth seed.
In 2001, the Tar Heels were the third seed and lost in the semifinals to Duke.
ACC Tournament Information
Ticket Information
Adults: 2 Day Pass - $8, Single Day Pass - $6
Youth/Students/Senior Citizens: 2 Day Pass - $6, Single Day Pass - $4
Groups: $3 per person for groups of 10 or more - single day only.
**Tickets are good for both the men's and women's games. You do not need separate tickets for the men's games and the women's games. Gates open 90 minutes before each day's first game.
Carolina vs. Duke
Carolina leads the all-time series with Duke, 5-4.
Earlier this season, No. 5 UNC defeated No. 1 Duke, 10-4, at Henry Stadium in Chapel Hill. Kellie Thompson and Lindsay Stone each scored three times in the win for the Tar Heels.
Duke has won four of the last six games in the series (dating to 1999), with the Carolina wins coming in the 2000 ACC Tournament semifinals and earlier this season.
Carolina and Duke have split two previous ACC Tournament appearances in 2000 and 2001.
Carolina in the ACC Tournament
The Tar Heels have an all-time Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament record of 2-5. UNC has reached the ACC Tournament finals twice - in 1998 in Charlottesville, Va., and in 2000 in College Park, Md.
The first ACC Tournament was held in 1997 at Charlottesville, Va. The second-seeded Tar Heels fell to third-seeded Virginia in the tournament semifinals, 9-6. The top-ranked Maryland Terrapins went on to win the first-ever ACC title in women's lacrosse by defeating the host Cavaliers in the finals.
The 1998 ACC Tournament was also held in Charlottesville, Va. The Tar Heels were the No. 1 seed after going 3-0 against ACC teams in the regular season. Carolina defeated fourth-seeded Maryland 12-10 in the semifinals. In the tournament finals the next day, second-seeded Virginia delighted its home crowd by defeating the Tar Heels 9-7.
The 1999 ACC Tournament was held in Chapel Hill on April 24-25 with UNC falling in a semifinal contest to top-seeded Maryland 19-17 in overtime. UNC trailed the Terrapins, 15-8, with less than 15 minutes remaining in the second half, but the Tar Heels scored the last seven goals of regulation to force overtime. However the Terps responded by outscoring UNC 4-2 in the overtime period to advance to the tournament finals. In the finals, Maryland routed Virginia, 13-5.
At the 2000 ACC Tournament in College Park, Md., Carolina defeated Duke, 7-6, in the semifinals. In that game, Kristin Off scored three second-half goals, including the game-winner with 3:54 left in regulation, to lead the top-seeded Tar Heels over the fourth-seeded Blue Devils. In the finals, Maryland handed Carolina a 17-6 defeat. That 11-goal margin of defeat was UNC's worst loss since losing 14-2 to Maryland in Chapel Hill in the second game of UNC's inaugural season in 1996.
Third-seeded Carolina lost 10-5 to second-seeded Duke in the 2001 semifinals in Orlando.
Tar Heel Defense Leading the ACC
Carolina leads the ACC in team defense with a goals-allowed average of 7.23 per game. Virginia is second at 8.71 gpg.
Six Tar Heels are among the top 10 players in the ACC in caused turnovers, led by leader Andy Fortino (2.46 per game) and second-place Christine McPike (2.20). Fellow UNC players Erin McInnes (2.00, fifth), Meghan Kelly (1.85, tied sixth), Jazmine Norton (1.85, tied sixth) and Porter Wilkinson (1.69, eighth) are also among the top 10.
Goalkeeper Katelyn Hoffman leads the conference in goals-against average at 7.05, more than a full goal better than second-place Kristen Foster of Duke (8.27).
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