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Moreno & Ortega Sweep ACC & National Awards
April 6, 2021 | Women's Lacrosse
CHAPEL HILL—University of North Carolina seniors Taylor Moreno and Jamie Ortega swept weekly national and conference player-of-the-week awards this week after their performances in the 17-6 win over Syracuse on Saturday April 3.
Ortega is the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Offensive Player of the Week and was the co-Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Week with Boston College's Charlotte North.
Moreno grabbed both the IWLCA and ACC Defensive Player of the Week awards.
IWLCA National Offensive Player of the Week
ACC co-Offensive Player of the Week
Jamie Ortega – University of North Carolina
Ortega led Carolina to a 17-6 win over then second-ranked Syracuse on Saturday. The senior attacker scored a season-high eight points on five goals and three assists, and also posted two ground balls and a caused turnover. Ortega scored four goals in a key, 9-0 run to close the first half, turning a 4-1 Syracuse lead into a 10-4 UNC halftime advantage. The #1 Tar Heels are now 11-0 on the season.
IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week
ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Taylor Moreno – University of North Carolina
Moreno held then No. 2 Syracuse scoreless for nearly 29 consecutive minutes during Carolina's 17-6 victory. The senior netminder helped the Heels turn a 4-1, first-half deficit into an 11-4 lead with 21:21 left in the game. After the Orange cut the lead to 12-6 with 18:36 to play, Moreno held Syracuse scoreless the rest of the game. Moreno's 11 saves are a season high, and her 16th career game with 10 or more.
Ortega is the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Offensive Player of the Week and was the co-Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Week with Boston College's Charlotte North.
Moreno grabbed both the IWLCA and ACC Defensive Player of the Week awards.
IWLCA National Offensive Player of the Week
ACC co-Offensive Player of the Week
Jamie Ortega – University of North Carolina
Ortega led Carolina to a 17-6 win over then second-ranked Syracuse on Saturday. The senior attacker scored a season-high eight points on five goals and three assists, and also posted two ground balls and a caused turnover. Ortega scored four goals in a key, 9-0 run to close the first half, turning a 4-1 Syracuse lead into a 10-4 UNC halftime advantage. The #1 Tar Heels are now 11-0 on the season.
IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week
ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Taylor Moreno – University of North Carolina
Moreno held then No. 2 Syracuse scoreless for nearly 29 consecutive minutes during Carolina's 17-6 victory. The senior netminder helped the Heels turn a 4-1, first-half deficit into an 11-4 lead with 21:21 left in the game. After the Orange cut the lead to 12-6 with 18:36 to play, Moreno held Syracuse scoreless the rest of the game. Moreno's 11 saves are a season high, and her 16th career game with 10 or more.
Taylor Moreno & Jamie Ortega swept @IWLCA and @ACCWLax weekly honors for their performances in the win over Syracuse: https://t.co/IFrMVXwVY8#GoHeels | 🐏🥍 pic.twitter.com/98acMfcjQv
— UNC Women's Lacrosse (@uncwlax) April 6, 2021
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