Wurzburger's Six Points Lead Women's Lacrosse To 21st Win In A Row

Sunday, April 18

Chapel Hill

1 PM

North Carolina

14-0, 8-0ACC

Virginia

8-6, 3-6ACC

Virginia

North Carolina

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Catie Woodruff, Nicole Humphrey, Julia Dorsey, Kimber Hower, Claire Nappi

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Katie Hoeg, Tayler Warehime Jamie Ortega, Nicole Humphrey

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Kimber Hower, Anna Barton, Mason Paradine

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Scottie Rose Growney, Melissa Sconone, Caitlyn Wurzburger

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Emily Nalls, Emma Trenchard, Caroline Wakefield

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2021 Senior Class: Kerrigan Miller, Katie Bourque, Katie Hoeg, Claire Nappi, Catie Woodruff, Caroline Wakefield, Kayla Wood
University of North Carolina Women's Lacrosse v Virginia
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Sunday, April 18, 2021

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Wurzburger's Six Points Lead Women's Lacrosse To 21st Win In A Row

April 18, 2021 | Women's Lacrosse

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CHAPEL HILL—Freshman Caitlyn Wurzburger set a season scoring high for the second consecutive game as top-ranked North Carolina picked up a 15-4 win over No. 7 Virginia on Sunday afternoon at Dorrance Field.

Coming off a then-season-high five-point performance in Friday's win over Virginia, Wurzburger finished with a season-high six points (two goals and four assists) on Sunday.

The Tar Heels won their 21st consecutive game, breaking the record to become the longest win streak in school history. The previous record was 20 in a row (17 straight to end the 2016 season and three in a row to start 2017).

In addition to Wurzburger's career day, the Tar Heels got strong performances from Ally Mastroianni (three goals, four draw controls and a ground ball), Scottie Rose Growney (three goals, one assist and two draw controls), Katie Hoeg (two goals and one assist) and Jamie Ortega (two goals and a caused turnover in less than one half of action).

Kerrigan Miller added a goal, an assist and a draw control for UNC. Tayler Warehime and Julia Dorsey each scored goals and defender Kayla Wood had her first career assist on Senior Day. Four different Cavaliers scored goals.

"Virginia is a top-10 opponent, so we were looking to continue the quality of play and level of play we had on Friday into today's game," head coach Jenny Levy said after the win. "I thought the first half in particular was really good. We executed better on the draw, we did better defensively. We anticipated some differences from what they did defensively against us on Friday, and I thought we adjusted well to that, too."

Ortega left the game with 10:47 remaining in the first half and the Tar Heels leading, 9-0. She took a hard fall during a loose ball encounter with a Virginia defender. She did not return and finished with two goals and a caused turnover on three shots. Levy said after the game Ortega would be re-evaluated by doctors, but the hope is that the injury is not serious.

The Tar Heels led, 12-1, at halftime, outshooting the Cavaliers, 21-4, in the first 30 minutes. The Cavs out-shot UNC, 11-7, in the second half but still finished with a 28-15 shot deficit in the game. The Tar Heels controlled 12 of 20 draws in the game.

Carolina goalie Taylor Moreno (14-0) played well in the cage, limiting the Cavaliers to just two goals in 44:20 of action and making four saves. Kimber Hower finished up in goal for UNC, making two saves and allowing a pair of goals in the final 15:40.

Sunday's game marked the final regular season home game for seven Tar Heel seniors and graduate students: Hoeg, Miller, Wood, Katie Borque, Claire Nappi, Caroline Wakefield and Catie Woodruff.

Carolina will return to action when it concludes the regular season on Friday April 23 at Duke.

Notes:
• Carolina won its 21st consecutive game, becoming the longest winning streak in school history (the previous record of 20 was set in 2016 and '17).
• UNC is off to a 14-0 start in 2021, the best start in school history (previous record was 11-0 in 2014).
• UNC scored double-figure goals for the 30th game in a row.
• Carolina's defense held Virginia to four goals, the 13th time in 14 games this season the opponent has scored single-digit goals.
• Jamie Ortega extended her goals streak to 28 consecutive games and posted her 58th career multi-goal game (58 multi-goal efforts in 63 career games).
• Ortega has tallied at least one point in 57 consecutive games and 62 of 63 in her career.
• Taylor Moreno improved her career record in the cage to 43-5. She has started 47 consecutive games in goal.
• Two days after posting a season-high five points against UVA, freshman Caitlyn Wurzburger topped that with a season-high six points on two goals and a season-high four assists on Sunday. In the last three games, Wurzburger has eight goals and six assists for 14 points.
• This weekend against Virginia, Carolina played an ACC opponent twice in the same weekend for the first time in its 26-year history. Earlier this season, UNC was scheduled to play a pair of games at Virginia Tech, but the first of those games was canceled due to Covid-19 protocols in the Hokie program.