University of North Carolina Athletics
Saturday, February 24
Chapel Hill
1 p.m.
North Carolina
vs
Maryland
Carolina will look for its third win in a row when it hosts Maryland.
Photo by: Brian Westerholt/Sports On Film
Tar Heels To Host Terrapins On Saturday
February 22, 2018 | Women's Lacrosse
• The North Carolina women's lacrosse team will play its second of three consecutive home games on Saturday when it hosts top-ranked and defending NCAA champion Maryland.
• The Tar Heels are looking for their third straight win after a season-opening loss at James Madison.
• Last weekend, Carolina won 14-10 at High Point and dominated Liberty, 23-4, at home in Chapel Hill.
• Saturday's game will be streamed live by ACC Network Extra. Brian Waer (play-by-play) and Matt Bachman (analyst) will have the call.
• Carolina is ranked No. 7 this week in the IWLCA coaches poll and No. 8 in the Cascade media poll. UNC started the year ranked No. 3 in both polls.
• Maryland is No. 1 in both polls.
• Carolina is the two-time defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion and has won three consecutive ACC regular season titles.
SERIES HISTORY VS. THE TERRAPINS
• Maryland leads the all-time series with North Carolina, 25-13.
• The Tar Heels have won three of the last five meetings in the series played in Chapel HIll (wins in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and losses in 2013 and 2016) and are 8-7 overall at home against the Terrapins.
• Last year, Maryland beat UNC, 13-10, in the regular season in College Park, Md.
• Two years ago, these teams split a pair of meetings with Carolina winning, 13-7, in the NCAA Tournament championship game. The Terrapins beat Carolina, 8-7 on February 27, 2016, in Chapel Hill.
• Three years ago in 2015, Maryland beat Carolina, 13-11, in College Park and 9-8 in the NCAA final in Chester, Pa.
LAST YEAR AGAINST THE TERRAPINS
• Second-ranked Maryland took a 3-0 lead in the first 4:22 of the game and led the rest of the way, beating top-ranked North Carolina, 13-10, on Feb. 25, 2017, in College Park, Md. Jen Giles tallied four goals and three assists for the Terrapins.
• Carly Reed led the Tar Heels with three goals, and Maggie Bill had two goals and an assist. Marie McCool had two goals, two ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover. Caroline Wakefield had a goal and an assist, and Ela Hazar and Molly Hendrick both had single goals.
• Caylee Waters went the distance in goal for the Tar Heels, making 11 saves and allowing 13 goals. Megan Taylor (3-0) played all 60 minutes in goal for the Terps, making nine saves and allowing 10 goals.
• Maryland jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 4:22 of action. Reed stopped the run with a free position goal at the 25:07 mark of the first half, only to Maryland score two in a row to go up, 5-1. The teams traded goals the rest of the first half, and Reed's second goal with just 35 seconds left made it 8-5 Terps at the break.
• Maryland went on a 3-0 run to start the second half, holding the Tar Heels scoreless for the first 16:32 after halftime. Carolina closed the game on a 4-1 run after trailing by as many as six goals at 12-6, eventually falling by a score of 13-10.
2016 NCAA FINAL VS. MARYLAND (in Chester, Pa.)
• Most Outstanding Player Aly Messinger tied her career high with six points and Megan Ward made a career-high 14 saves as North Carolina beat Maryland, 13-7, in the NCAA women's lacrosse championship game at Talen Energy Stadium on May 29, 2016.
• The Tar Heels (20-2) captured their second national championship, joining the 2013 title. Carolina improved to 4-2 in the NCAA Tournament against the Terrapins, who fell to 22-1 in 2016. The win snapped a three-game losing streak in the series for UNC and ended Maryland's 26-game winning streak.
• Carolina handed Maryland its biggest margin of defeat since March 13, 2007, and scored the most goals against Maryland in a game since the Tar Heels beat the Terps, 17-15, on April 5, 2014.
• Messinger set a career high in assists in the first half and finished with two goals and four assists to tie her career scoring high. Carly Reed had two goals and two assists, Molly Hendrick scored three times and Marie McCool had a goal and two assists for UNC. Ela Hazar had two goals and an assist, Sammy Jo Tracy added two goals and Devin Markison added her second goal of the season.
• Megan Whittle led Maryland with three goals and Caroline Steele had two. Zoe Stukenberg had a goal and an assist and Taylor Cummings scored once.
TAR HEELS PLAYING AT KENAN STADIUM IN 2018
• The Tar Heel men's and women's lacrosse teams will play their home games in 2018 at Kenan Stadium, home of the UNC football team. Carolina's home lacrosse stadium, Fetzer Field, is under extensive renovations and scheduled to reopen for the 2018-19 academic year.
• The new Fetzer Field will be a soccer/lacrosse facility with improved fan amenities, office space for UNC coaches, training and medical facilities, locker rooms and more.
• Fetzer was built in 1935, and the Carolina women's lacrosse team has played games at Fetzer since the inception of the program in 1996.
• Carolina is 139-28 all-time at Fetzer Field, including 18-2 in NCAA Tournament games.
Marie McCool BACK FOR MORE AS A SENIOR
• Midfielder Marie McCool is among the most decorated players in the nation and is primed to earn more national honors as senior in 2018.
• She leads the Tar Heels with 14 goals, 15 points and 23 draw controls this season. She set a career high with 11 draw controls on Feb. 16 against High Point and tied her career high with seven goals on Feb. 18 versus Liberty.
• McCool's 14 goals are the third-most in the nation in the latest NCAA statistics (as of Feb. 19).
• McCool was one of five 2017 finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, the highest individual honor in the sport, as well as one of four nominees for the 2017 Honda Award for Lacrosse. She is a two-time, first-team All-America and two-time, first-team All-ACC pick. She also was the 2017 ACC Midfielder of the Year and the 2017 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
• McCool also was one of just two college players on the United States National Team that won a gold medal at the World Cup in England in July of 2017.
HAZAR NEARING UNC CAREER ASSIST RECORD
• Senior attacker Ela Hazar enters Saturday's game with 83 career assists, ranking third in school history in the category. She needs three assists to tie Sydney Holman (2014-17) for second place and nine to tie Becky Lynch (2009-12) for the UNC career record.
• Hazar had a school-record 40 assists last season and has had three in each UNC game so far this season.
• Hazar's nine assists lead the nation in the latest NCAA statistics (as of Feb. 19).
ROSTER TURNOVER
• UNC returns 21 letterwinners and five starters from its 2017 team that won the ACC regular season and ACC Tournament while ranking among the top three teams in the national polls throughout the season.
• Carolina graduated a decorated senior class after the 2017 campaign, a group that included ACC Attacker of the Year Molly Hendrick, two-time National Goalie of the Year Caylee Waters, All-Americas Sammy Jo Tracy and Maggie Auslander and more.
BACK-TO-BACK ACC TOURNAMENT TITLES
• Carolina won its second straight ACC Tournament last year, beating Duke, Boston College and Syracuse by an average of over seven goals per game.
• The Tar Heels have won three ACC Tournaments, including each of the last two (2002, 2016, 2017).
THREE STRAIGHT ACC REGULAR SEASON TITLES
• Carolina was the ACC regular season champion in 2017 for the third year in a row and the eighth time overall: 1998 (outright), 2000 (tie), 2006 (tie), 2010 (tie), 2012 (outright), 2015 (outright), 2016 (outright) and 2017 (outright).
CAROLINA HAS WON 23 OF LAST 24 VS. ACC
• Carolina has won 23 of its last 24 games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents, losing only to Syracuse in the 2017 regular season in Chapel Hill since the 2015 ACC Tournament final.
TAR HEELS ARE 36-4 IN LAST 40 GAMES
• The Tar Heels enter Saturday's game having won 36 of their last 40 games, dating back to early in the 2016 season.
• Carolina closed its 2016 NCAA championship run on a 17-game winning streak, then went 17-3 in 2017.
• The Tar Heels are looking for their third straight win after a season-opening loss at James Madison.
• Last weekend, Carolina won 14-10 at High Point and dominated Liberty, 23-4, at home in Chapel Hill.
• Saturday's game will be streamed live by ACC Network Extra. Brian Waer (play-by-play) and Matt Bachman (analyst) will have the call.
• Carolina is ranked No. 7 this week in the IWLCA coaches poll and No. 8 in the Cascade media poll. UNC started the year ranked No. 3 in both polls.
• Maryland is No. 1 in both polls.
• Carolina is the two-time defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion and has won three consecutive ACC regular season titles.
SERIES HISTORY VS. THE TERRAPINS
• Maryland leads the all-time series with North Carolina, 25-13.
• The Tar Heels have won three of the last five meetings in the series played in Chapel HIll (wins in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and losses in 2013 and 2016) and are 8-7 overall at home against the Terrapins.
• Last year, Maryland beat UNC, 13-10, in the regular season in College Park, Md.
• Two years ago, these teams split a pair of meetings with Carolina winning, 13-7, in the NCAA Tournament championship game. The Terrapins beat Carolina, 8-7 on February 27, 2016, in Chapel Hill.
• Three years ago in 2015, Maryland beat Carolina, 13-11, in College Park and 9-8 in the NCAA final in Chester, Pa.
LAST YEAR AGAINST THE TERRAPINS
• Second-ranked Maryland took a 3-0 lead in the first 4:22 of the game and led the rest of the way, beating top-ranked North Carolina, 13-10, on Feb. 25, 2017, in College Park, Md. Jen Giles tallied four goals and three assists for the Terrapins.
• Carly Reed led the Tar Heels with three goals, and Maggie Bill had two goals and an assist. Marie McCool had two goals, two ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover. Caroline Wakefield had a goal and an assist, and Ela Hazar and Molly Hendrick both had single goals.
• Caylee Waters went the distance in goal for the Tar Heels, making 11 saves and allowing 13 goals. Megan Taylor (3-0) played all 60 minutes in goal for the Terps, making nine saves and allowing 10 goals.
• Maryland jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 4:22 of action. Reed stopped the run with a free position goal at the 25:07 mark of the first half, only to Maryland score two in a row to go up, 5-1. The teams traded goals the rest of the first half, and Reed's second goal with just 35 seconds left made it 8-5 Terps at the break.
• Maryland went on a 3-0 run to start the second half, holding the Tar Heels scoreless for the first 16:32 after halftime. Carolina closed the game on a 4-1 run after trailing by as many as six goals at 12-6, eventually falling by a score of 13-10.
2016 NCAA FINAL VS. MARYLAND (in Chester, Pa.)
• Most Outstanding Player Aly Messinger tied her career high with six points and Megan Ward made a career-high 14 saves as North Carolina beat Maryland, 13-7, in the NCAA women's lacrosse championship game at Talen Energy Stadium on May 29, 2016.
• The Tar Heels (20-2) captured their second national championship, joining the 2013 title. Carolina improved to 4-2 in the NCAA Tournament against the Terrapins, who fell to 22-1 in 2016. The win snapped a three-game losing streak in the series for UNC and ended Maryland's 26-game winning streak.
• Carolina handed Maryland its biggest margin of defeat since March 13, 2007, and scored the most goals against Maryland in a game since the Tar Heels beat the Terps, 17-15, on April 5, 2014.
• Messinger set a career high in assists in the first half and finished with two goals and four assists to tie her career scoring high. Carly Reed had two goals and two assists, Molly Hendrick scored three times and Marie McCool had a goal and two assists for UNC. Ela Hazar had two goals and an assist, Sammy Jo Tracy added two goals and Devin Markison added her second goal of the season.
• Megan Whittle led Maryland with three goals and Caroline Steele had two. Zoe Stukenberg had a goal and an assist and Taylor Cummings scored once.
TAR HEELS PLAYING AT KENAN STADIUM IN 2018
• The Tar Heel men's and women's lacrosse teams will play their home games in 2018 at Kenan Stadium, home of the UNC football team. Carolina's home lacrosse stadium, Fetzer Field, is under extensive renovations and scheduled to reopen for the 2018-19 academic year.
• The new Fetzer Field will be a soccer/lacrosse facility with improved fan amenities, office space for UNC coaches, training and medical facilities, locker rooms and more.
• Fetzer was built in 1935, and the Carolina women's lacrosse team has played games at Fetzer since the inception of the program in 1996.
• Carolina is 139-28 all-time at Fetzer Field, including 18-2 in NCAA Tournament games.
Marie McCool BACK FOR MORE AS A SENIOR
• Midfielder Marie McCool is among the most decorated players in the nation and is primed to earn more national honors as senior in 2018.
• She leads the Tar Heels with 14 goals, 15 points and 23 draw controls this season. She set a career high with 11 draw controls on Feb. 16 against High Point and tied her career high with seven goals on Feb. 18 versus Liberty.
• McCool's 14 goals are the third-most in the nation in the latest NCAA statistics (as of Feb. 19).
• McCool was one of five 2017 finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, the highest individual honor in the sport, as well as one of four nominees for the 2017 Honda Award for Lacrosse. She is a two-time, first-team All-America and two-time, first-team All-ACC pick. She also was the 2017 ACC Midfielder of the Year and the 2017 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
• McCool also was one of just two college players on the United States National Team that won a gold medal at the World Cup in England in July of 2017.
HAZAR NEARING UNC CAREER ASSIST RECORD
• Senior attacker Ela Hazar enters Saturday's game with 83 career assists, ranking third in school history in the category. She needs three assists to tie Sydney Holman (2014-17) for second place and nine to tie Becky Lynch (2009-12) for the UNC career record.
• Hazar had a school-record 40 assists last season and has had three in each UNC game so far this season.
• Hazar's nine assists lead the nation in the latest NCAA statistics (as of Feb. 19).
ROSTER TURNOVER
• UNC returns 21 letterwinners and five starters from its 2017 team that won the ACC regular season and ACC Tournament while ranking among the top three teams in the national polls throughout the season.
• Carolina graduated a decorated senior class after the 2017 campaign, a group that included ACC Attacker of the Year Molly Hendrick, two-time National Goalie of the Year Caylee Waters, All-Americas Sammy Jo Tracy and Maggie Auslander and more.
BACK-TO-BACK ACC TOURNAMENT TITLES
• Carolina won its second straight ACC Tournament last year, beating Duke, Boston College and Syracuse by an average of over seven goals per game.
• The Tar Heels have won three ACC Tournaments, including each of the last two (2002, 2016, 2017).
THREE STRAIGHT ACC REGULAR SEASON TITLES
• Carolina was the ACC regular season champion in 2017 for the third year in a row and the eighth time overall: 1998 (outright), 2000 (tie), 2006 (tie), 2010 (tie), 2012 (outright), 2015 (outright), 2016 (outright) and 2017 (outright).
CAROLINA HAS WON 23 OF LAST 24 VS. ACC
• Carolina has won 23 of its last 24 games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents, losing only to Syracuse in the 2017 regular season in Chapel Hill since the 2015 ACC Tournament final.
TAR HEELS ARE 36-4 IN LAST 40 GAMES
• The Tar Heels enter Saturday's game having won 36 of their last 40 games, dating back to early in the 2016 season.
• Carolina closed its 2016 NCAA championship run on a 17-game winning streak, then went 17-3 in 2017.
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