Tar Heels Host #6 Virginia In ACC Semifinals Saturday

Saturday, April 27

Chapel Hill, N.C. (UNC Lacrosse Stadium)

2 p.m.

North Carolina

Virginia

Tickets

Zachary Tucci scored the game-tying goal against Syracuse Thursday with 3:01 to play.

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

April 26, 2019 | Men's Lacrosse

ACC Tournament Bullet Points 2019 GAME NOTES WatchESPN Live Stats Tickets 2019 UNC Men's Lax Media Guide

Game time is 2 p.m. at UNC Lacrosse tadium

By: Dave Lohse

UNC ACC Tournament Semifinal Bullet Points & Updated Stats

Game Details
UNC vs. #6 Virginia
Saturday, April 27, 2019
ACC Tournament Semifinals
2 p.m.
UNC Lacrosse Stadium
Chapel Hill, N.C.
ESPNU
Announcers: Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra

• North Carolina advanced to the ACC Tournament semifinals Saturday against ACC regular-season champion Virginia by rallying to beat seventh-ranked Syracuse 11-10 in the first round game on Thursday night. The Orange had broken open a close game in which neither team had led by more than two goals by tallying three goals at 11:43, 8:31 and 6:12 of the fourth period to go up 10-7. After going up by three goals, SU had three possessions and in each case UNC forced a turnover (by Michael Nathan, Brian Cameron, Nicky Solomon, respectively).
• After the third caused turnover, UNC tallied three goals in a matter of 45 seconds without Syracuse touching the ball. Midfielder Matt Gavin scored at 3:45, attackman Brian Cameron scored off an assist by Nicky Solomon at 3:07 and freshman Zachary Tucci won his own face-off and scored six seconds later to tie the game. Gavin scored his second goal of the fourth quarter to provide the winning margin with 1:07 left in the game.
• UNC improved to 9-18 all-time against Syracuse. Thursday's game marked the first time in those nine wins that the Tar Heels had trailed the Orange in the fourth quarter of the game and come back to win.
• Carolina won 14 of 24 face-offs Thursday against the Orange, the first time since the win over Duke on March 30 that Carolina had been above 50 percent at the X. Syracuse had won 15 of 24 draws in the regular-season meeting. Face-offs will again be key Saturday. Virginia won 17 of 23 draws against the Tar Heels on April 6 in Charlottesville.
• UNC improved to 22-19 all-time in ACC Tournament games with Thursday's victory over the Orange. The Tar Heels are now 2-2 all-time in ACC Tournament games against Syracuse. UNC and Virginia have played each other in ACC Tournament games 12 times in history with the Tar Heels going 7-5 in those matches.
• Carolina has won the last two meetings between UNC and Virginia in ACC Tournament play. Carolina beat the Cavaliers 11-9 in the semifinals in 2012 in Charlottesville and 16-13 in the championship game in 2013 in Chapel Hill.
• Carolina's ACC Tournament championships have come in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2013 and 2017. UNC has 13 ACC championships overall as it won crowns in 1981, 1982, 1985 and 1988 when the titles were decided by regular season play. The first ACC Tournament was held in 1989.
• Virginia leads the all-time series against Carolina 50-27. The Cavaliers have won two in a row in the series, winning 15-12 in the regular-season meeting in Chapel Hill in 2018 and 11-10 in the 2019 regular-season meeting in Charlottesville. Carolina has won seven of the past 10 meetings overall dating back to 2012.
• The regular-season meeting went down to the wire in Charlottesville with Virginia winning 11-10 with the game-winning goal coming with 1:34 to play. The Tar Heels led by three goals in the second quarter of that game and two goals in the fourth quarter but Virginia rallied both times.
• For as close as the regular season meeting was on the scoreboard, statistically it was not even at all. Virginia outshot the Tar Heels 52-34 in the game, won the ground ball battle 40-20 and won 17 of the game's 23 face-offs. However, 24 of UNC's 34 shots were on goal while only 23 of Virginia's 52 shot were on goal.
• Timmy Kelly's assist against Syracuse Thursday extended his streak with at least one point in a game to 19 successive contests dating back to March 24, 2018. That equals the 22^nd longest streak for points in a game in UNC history, matching the streak senior teammate Andy Matthews from March 4, 2017 through March 5, 2018.
• Nicky Solomon has scored goals in 14 successive games in his freshman year, each contest of his first year campaign. That matches the 14^th longest goal scoring streak in UNC history.
• On Thursday, Nicky Solomon posted the 11^th multi-point game of his career; William Perry posted the 21^st multi-goal game of his career and 23^rd multi-point game; Brian Cameron posted the third multi-goal game of his career and fifth multi-point game; Matt Gavin posted his fifth multi-goal game of his career and sixth multi-point game; Tanner Cook posted his 14^th multi-point game of his career.
• Timmy Kelly and Andy Matthews rank 40^th and 41^st in career points at Carolina with 104 and 103, respectively. William Perry is now tied for 60^th in career points at UNC with 78 points.
• William Perry is now tied for 45^th in career goals at Carolina with 60.
• Jack Rowlett now has 59 career caused turnovers and is in fifth place in Carolina history. He needs one caused turnover to tie Tim Kaiser for fourth place in Tar Heel lore.
• With the win over Syracuse, UNC improved to 26-24 in games decided by one goal in Coach Joe Breschi's 11 seasons as head coach. The Tar Heels are now 60-52 in games against nationally-ranked teams and are 72-21 in home games.