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Kelly Named ACC Offensive Player Of The Week
February 26, 2018 | Men's Lacrosse
Leads Tar Heels past Blue Jays with four-goal game.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – University of North Carolina junior attackman Timmy Kelly of Lutherville, Md., is this week's Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week
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Kelly scored a career-high four goals as North Carolina earned a 13-11 victory at No. 13/14 Johns Hopkins, giving the Tar Heels their fifth straight win over the Blue Jays in Baltimore. With the game tied at 9-9, Kelly put North Carolina ahead for good with a man-up goal with 8:11 left in the game. He scored again 15 seconds later to give the Tar Heels a two-goal lead and then scored with 5:09 left in the match for the eventual game-winning goal in UNC's 13-11 victory.
All five ACC teams are ranked in both Inside Lacrosse and USILA Top 25 polls this week, with four in the top 10 – No. 3/3 Duke, No. 4/5 Virginia, No. 8/8 Notre Dame, No. 10/10 North Carolina and No. 12/12 Syracuse.
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Kelly scored a career-high four goals as North Carolina earned a 13-11 victory at No. 13/14 Johns Hopkins, giving the Tar Heels their fifth straight win over the Blue Jays in Baltimore. With the game tied at 9-9, Kelly put North Carolina ahead for good with a man-up goal with 8:11 left in the game. He scored again 15 seconds later to give the Tar Heels a two-goal lead and then scored with 5:09 left in the match for the eventual game-winning goal in UNC's 13-11 victory.
All five ACC teams are ranked in both Inside Lacrosse and USILA Top 25 polls this week, with four in the top 10 – No. 3/3 Duke, No. 4/5 Virginia, No. 8/8 Notre Dame, No. 10/10 North Carolina and No. 12/12 Syracuse.
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