Friday, May 25
Stony Brook, N.Y.
5 p.m.
North Carolina
17-4
12
vs
15
James Madison
21-1
1
2
F
James Madison
8
7
15
North Carolina
4
8
12
Marie McCool had two goals and four assists in her final college game.
James Madison Downs Tar Heels, 15-12, In NCAA Semifinal
May 25, 2018 | Women's Lacrosse
STONY BROOK, NY—Third-seeded James Madison (21-1) jumped out to an early, 3-0 lead it would never relinquish, beating No. 2 North Carolina (17-4) by a score of 15-12 in the NCAA Tournament semifinals at LaValle Stadium on Friday evening. The loss snapped Carolina's 11-game winning streak.
Haley Warden scored five goals for the Dukes, who also got three goals and an assist from both Hanna Haven and Kristen Gaudian.
Marie McCool had two goals and four assists in her final college game to lead the Tar Heels, who also got four goals and an assist from Jamie Ortega and three goals from Kara Klages. Olivia Ferrucci scored twice, Katie Hoeg had two assists and Ela Hazar had a goal and an assist for UNC.
"First and foremost, I just want to congratulate James Madison," UNC head coach Jenny Levy said afterward. "They've had a tremendous season and we saw them at the beginning of the year and now at the last game of the season for us. We came across a really tough JMU team and we just didn't get into much rhythm offensively in the first half, We needed to shift our defense around in the second half, which obviously was somewhat effective. But they're just a tremendous team that's really well balanced and we just we struggled with that today."
Taylor Moreno (7-2) started for Carolina in goal and played the first 37:51 of the game, allowing 11 goals and making six saves. Elise Hennessey played the final 22:09, allowing four goals and making two saves. Molly Daugherty started in the cage for the Dukes and went the distance, making nine saves.
JMU and Carolina both took 26 shots in the game, and draw controls also were essentially even with the Dukes winning 15 and UNC grabbing 14. James Madison had 15 ground balls to the Tar Heels' four.
The Dukes jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening eight minutes of the game before UNC scored two in a row to make it 3-2. After JMU responded to make it 5-2 and the Tar Heels again had back-to-back goals to cut it to 5-4, the Dukes ended the half on a 3-0 run for an 8-4 lead at the break.
Ortega scored first in the second half to cut it to 8-5, and Carolina got within three goals two other times after halftime but could never get any closer.
Ortega finished the season with 70 goals to set a UNC freshman record, finishing two shy of the school record of 72 set by Molly Hendrick in 2017.
Haley Warden scored five goals for the Dukes, who also got three goals and an assist from both Hanna Haven and Kristen Gaudian.
Marie McCool had two goals and four assists in her final college game to lead the Tar Heels, who also got four goals and an assist from Jamie Ortega and three goals from Kara Klages. Olivia Ferrucci scored twice, Katie Hoeg had two assists and Ela Hazar had a goal and an assist for UNC.
"First and foremost, I just want to congratulate James Madison," UNC head coach Jenny Levy said afterward. "They've had a tremendous season and we saw them at the beginning of the year and now at the last game of the season for us. We came across a really tough JMU team and we just didn't get into much rhythm offensively in the first half, We needed to shift our defense around in the second half, which obviously was somewhat effective. But they're just a tremendous team that's really well balanced and we just we struggled with that today."
Taylor Moreno (7-2) started for Carolina in goal and played the first 37:51 of the game, allowing 11 goals and making six saves. Elise Hennessey played the final 22:09, allowing four goals and making two saves. Molly Daugherty started in the cage for the Dukes and went the distance, making nine saves.
JMU and Carolina both took 26 shots in the game, and draw controls also were essentially even with the Dukes winning 15 and UNC grabbing 14. James Madison had 15 ground balls to the Tar Heels' four.
The Dukes jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening eight minutes of the game before UNC scored two in a row to make it 3-2. After JMU responded to make it 5-2 and the Tar Heels again had back-to-back goals to cut it to 5-4, the Dukes ended the half on a 3-0 run for an 8-4 lead at the break.
Ortega scored first in the second half to cut it to 8-5, and Carolina got within three goals two other times after halftime but could never get any closer.
Ortega finished the season with 70 goals to set a UNC freshman record, finishing two shy of the school record of 72 set by Molly Hendrick in 2017.
Team Stats
JMU
NC
Shots
26
26
Turnovers
12
13
Caused Turnovers
4
6
Draw Controls
15
14
Free-Position Shots
3
4
Ground Balls
15
4
Game Leaders
Players
G
4
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
3
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
2
A
4
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
1
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
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