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Carolina Sweeps ACC Men's Lacrosse Players of Week
February 6, 2017 | Men's Lacrosse
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Following its season-opening 17-6 victory over UMBC, North Carolina's Justin Anderson has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week, while teammate Stephen Kelly is this week's Defensive Player of the Week.
Anderson made his long anticipated Tar Heel debut Saturday against the Retrievers. After serving a two-year Mormon Church mission in South America after his 2014 high school graduation, Anderson started the first game of his career and scored three goals and added an assist in UNC's 17-6 win. He scored two of his three goals and had an assist during a 12-goal first half for the Tar Heels.
Kelly won 11 of 16 face-offs and had a game high nine ground balls. Kelly won eight of 10 face-off attempts in the first quarter alone, had seven of his nine ground balls in the first quarter, and scored 15 seconds into the game to give the Tar Heels a 1-0 lead they never relinquished. Kelly's eight face-off wins and seven ground balls in the first quarter allowed UNC to outshoot the Retrievers 17-1 in the first quarter while the Tar Heels took a 10-1 lead after the first quarter, putting the game away early.
Anderson made his long anticipated Tar Heel debut Saturday against the Retrievers. After serving a two-year Mormon Church mission in South America after his 2014 high school graduation, Anderson started the first game of his career and scored three goals and added an assist in UNC's 17-6 win. He scored two of his three goals and had an assist during a 12-goal first half for the Tar Heels.
Kelly won 11 of 16 face-offs and had a game high nine ground balls. Kelly won eight of 10 face-off attempts in the first quarter alone, had seven of his nine ground balls in the first quarter, and scored 15 seconds into the game to give the Tar Heels a 1-0 lead they never relinquished. Kelly's eight face-off wins and seven ground balls in the first quarter allowed UNC to outshoot the Retrievers 17-1 in the first quarter while the Tar Heels took a 10-1 lead after the first quarter, putting the game away early.
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