UNC Travels To Durham Thursday For Top-Two Battle

North Carolina will make the short trip to Durham on Thursday evening for a 1-vs-2 men's lacrosse battle with Duke. Both teams are undefeated, with No. 2 UNC at 8-0 (1-0 ACC) and No. 1 Duke at 9-0 (1-0 ACC).

The game starts at 7 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium and will air live on the ACC Network.

The matchup marks the sixth-ever ACC game pitting the nation's No. 1 and 2 teams (according to the USILA poll). Carolina has taken part in three of the previous five.
1 vs. 2 in the ACC
4/18/15 - at No. 1 Notre Dame 15, No. 2 North Carolina 14
3/28/15 - at No. 2 Notre Dame 13, No. 1 Syracuse 12 (2OT)
4/10/10 - No. 1 Virginia 7, No. 2 North Carolina 5 (in East Rutherford, N.J.)
3/28/87 - at No. 2 Maryland 16, No. 1 North Carolina 6
4/13/74 - at No. 1 Maryland 25, No. 2 Virginia 13

• Carolina leads the overall series with Duke 42-33. This is the first top-two matchup in the history of the rivalry.

• Thursday's game is UNC's second ACC game of the season, with both on the road.

• UNC leads the nation in scoring (18.38 goals per game) and ranks third in assists (10.25 apg). Senior Chris Gray is seventh in goals per game (3.75) and 10th in assists per game (2.88) .

• The Tar Heels' last win at Duke came exactly five years ago, on April 1, 2016. The 17-16 overtime victory was UNC's first in Durham since 2010. The gamewinner came from Patrick Kelly, whose cousin Jacob now starts at attack for the Tar Heels.

• UNC is 8-0 for the first time since 2015, when the Tar Heels won their first nine and finished 13-4. (Last season Carolina was 7-0 when the season was halted.)

• The last time Carolina won more than one conference game in a season was 2016, when the Tar Heels went 3-1 in league play and went on to claim the NCAA title.

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