Carolina Will Meet Duke Saturday For Trip To ACC Final

• Second-seeded North Carolina (13-3) will seek to advance to its fifth consecutive ACC Tournament final when it faces sixth-seeded Duke (10-7) in the ACC Championship semifinals on Saturday at noon in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The game was originally scheduled for Friday night but was postponed due to stormy weather.
• Carolina is seeking its fourth consecutive ACC championship and its fifth overall. The Tar Heels have reached the ACC final in eight of the last nine years.
• UNC advanced to the semifinal round with a 19-9 win over seventh-seeded Virginia Tech on Wednesday. Duke upset third-seeded Notre Dame, 14-13, on Wednesday.
• The Tar Heels are ranked No. 3 in the IWLCA poll and No. 3 in the Inside Lacrosse D1 Media poll this week.
• The ACC Network Extra will stream the game live online.

CAROLINA'S ACC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• Carolina has an all-time record of 27-18 in ACC Tournament play and captured its third conference title in a row last year in Durham, N.C. The Tar Heels won their first ACC title in 2002 and also won titles in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
• The Tar Heels have won 10 consecutive ACC Tournament games, last losing in the 2015 final to Syracuse.
• UNC is 11-0 all-time in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals with wins in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• Carolina is 12-10 in the ACC semifinals (with wins in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018). The Tar Heels have won eight of their last nine ACC semifinal games.
• UNC is 4-8 in ACC Tournament finals, winning in 2002 over Maryland, 2016 and 2017 over Syracuse and 2018 over Boston College. Carolina has reached the ACC final eight times in the last nine years and 12 times overall (1998, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018).

SERIES HISTORY VS. DUKE
• Carolina leads the all-time series with Duke, 24-14, including nine consecutive Tar Heel wins.
• Last Saturday night, UNC beat Duke, 19-9, in Durham, N.C.
• UNC has won 12 of the last 13 and 17 of the last 20 meetings in the series.
• The Tar Heels are 7-4 against Duke in the ACC Tournament.

LAST WEEKEND IN DURHAM
TAR HEELS DOWN BLUE DEVILS, 19-5 (April 20, 2019)
• Carolina scored seven consecutive goals midway through the game and beat 13th-ranked Duke, 19-5, in Durham last Saturday night.
• Jamie Ortega had six goals and two assists to lead the Tar Heels. Olivia Ferrucci added a career-best five goals, and Katie Hoeg had two goals and fie assists. Kara Klages and Ally Mastroianni each scored twice, and Gianna Bowe and Ida Farinholt both scored once. Emma Trenchard had her first career assist.
• The game was close in the early going before the Tar Heels took control midway through the first half. Ortega started the game on fire, tallying four goals and an assist before halftime to give Carolina a 9-3 lead at the break. UNC closed the first period on a 5-0 run, then scored the first two and seven of the first eight goals in the second half to seize control.

LAST TIME OUT
• Paced by tournament- and school-record performances by sophomore Jamie Ortega and junior Katie Hoeg, the Tar Heels pulled away from seventh-seeded Virginia Tech for a 19-9 win in ACC Women's Lacrosse Championship quarterfinal action on Wednesday in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
• Ortega set ACC Championship single-game records with eight goals and 12 points, and Hoeg's six assists set another single-game tournament mark.
• The 12 points by Ortega were also a UNC school record, and her eight goals tied the school mark (both set in 2002 by Kellie Thompson). Ortega now has a UNC school-record 90 points this season, breaking the previous record of 89 set in 2018 by Hoeg.
• Ortega has registered 28 points (23 goals and five assists) in four career ACC Tournament games.
• UNC's 14 total team assists tied another tournament single-game record.
• Throw in a career-high six goals by freshman Tayler Warehime, and it added up to a good night for the Tar Heels, who scored at least 17 points for the fourth time in their last six games.

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Gianna Bowe

Ida Farinholt

Olivia Ferrucci

Katie Hoeg

Kara Klages

Ally Mastroianni

Jamie Ortega

Emma Trenchard

Tayler Warehime

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