University of North Carolina Athletics
Game Notes From Carolina's 13-10 Win Over Johns Hopkins
April 1, 2007 | Men's Lacrosse
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*North Carolina ended a 13-game losing streak against No. 5 Johns Hopkins with its 13-10 win Saturday. The last Tar Heel win came on April 2, 1994 when UNC beat Johns Hopkins 11-9 at Homewood Field in Baltimore. Current Tar Heel head coach John Haus served as an assistant coach on that Johns Hopkins team.
*UNC is now 13-23 all-time against the Blue Jays. The three-goal margin of victory was UNC's biggest against Hopkins since a 16-10 win in the 1993 NCAA semifinals on May 29, 1993.
*The Tar Heels have won the last four games they have played at Kenan Stadium. The Tar Heels beat UMBC 15-11 on April 13, 2002, UMBC 17-6 on April 17, 2004 and Fairfield 18-9 on April 15, 2006. Prior to the game in 2002, UNC had not played at Kenan in eight years.
*The crowd of 3,582 at Kenan Stadium Saturday was the largest for a Tar Heel home game since April 13, 2002 when 6,235 fans watched the Tar Heels beat UMBC 15-11 at Kenan Stadium.
*The win was UNC's first over a Top 10 team since March 23, 2005 when the Tar Heels beat 10th-ranked Cornell 9-5 at Fetzer Field. UNC had lost 13 straight to Top 10 teams since then.
*The last time UNC beat a team ranked as high as No. 5 Johns Hopkins was March 20, 2004 when Carolina beat No. 5 Duke in Durham by a 10-9 score in overtime. Grant Zimmerman's older brother, Lance Zimmerman, scored the game-winning goal in that game for the Tar Heels.
*The last time UNC beat a team ranked higher than No. 5 was March 22, 2003 when the Heels whipped No. 2 Maryland 10-6 at College Park, Md.
*Ben Staines had a career high six ground balls in the win.
*Grant Zimmerman had a career high 15 saves, including eight in the first quarter when the Tar Heels were outshot by Hopkins 12-6. Zimmerman's previous career best for saves was 13 earlier this year against Dartmouth on February 26, 2007.
*Zimmerman also had eight ground balls, the most in a game in his career. His previous high was seven earlier this year against Duke on March 17, 2007.
*UNC got 10 of its 13 goals from the midfield and another goal from a defenseman. Ten UNC goals were scored by players who did not start the game.
*Shane Walterhoefer won 15 of 23 face-offs, the sixth time in 10 games this season he has won 15 or more face-offs in a match. There are only 26 instances in UNC history where a player has won 15 or more face-offs in a match and Walterhoefer has six of those performances this season.
*Gavin Petracca equaled his career high for assists in a game with three. He also had three assists earlier this year versus Bellarmine and Notre Dame.
*Gavin Petracca's 31 points in 10 games already tops the total for UNC's leading scorer from the 2006 season when Bart Wagner had 29 points in 14 games.
*Five Tar Heels have 18 or more points in 10 games. Last season, only three reached 18 points in 14 games.
*Johns Hopkins, which lost to Virginia 7-5 in Baltimore last Saturday, has now lost back-to-back games for the first time since 2000.
*The 13 goals by Carolina were the most allowed by Johns Hopkins this season. The previous best was nine by Syracuse in 17-9 Hopkins trouncing of the Orangemen on March 17 at the Carrier Dome.
*Nick Tintle, Rob Driscoll and Sean Burke all matched their career highs for goals in a game with two.
*Sean Burke's three points matched his career high as did the two points for Sean Delaney.
*Brian Connors had a career high three points in a game and a career high two goals as well.
*Tim Kaiser scored his second goal of the season and third of his career. He also scored against Air Force as a freshman.
*Carolina is 6-1 at home this season after finishing the 2006 season with a 1-4 home mark.
*Junior defenseman Brian Burke had the first assist of his career Saturday, ironically assisting a goal by his younger brother, Sean Burke.
*Nine of UNC's 13 goals were of the assisted variety Saturday.
*Sophomore Shane Walterhoefer has six ground balls, the seventh time this season he has had six or more ground balls in a game.
*UNC is averaging 10.70 goals per game this season after averaging only 8.50 goals a game last year.
