Women's Lacrosse Goes For Fifth Consecutive ACC Title Sunday

2021 ACC Women's Lacrosse Tournament Final
Matchup: North Carolina (17-0) vs. Syracuse (14-2)
UNC Ranks: No. 1/1/1 (IWLCA/Inside Lacrosse/USLacrosse)
Syracuse Ranks: No. 3/3/3 (IWLCA/Inside Lacrosse/USLacrosse)
Date: Sunday May 2, 2021
Time: Noon
Site: Chapel Hill (Dorrance Field)
Watch: ACC Network

• Top-seeded North Carolina will try for its fifth consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference title when it hosts No. 2 seed Syracuse in the ACC Tournament final on Sunday May 2 at noon.
• UNC is hosting this year's tournament at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill.
• The Tar Heels and Orange will take the opening draw just after noon. The game will be televised live by the ACC Network.
• UNC is seeking its fifth consecutive ACC Tournament title and its sixth overall (2002, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).
• Carolina has won 14 ACC Tournament games in a row, tying the longest winning streak in the event's history. Maryland won 14 in a row as it captured six consecutive titles from 2009-14.

Tar Heel Tidbits
Team
• Rankings: The Tar Heels are ranked No. 1 in the nation by the IWLCA, Inside Lacrosse and USLacrosse and have topped all the polls every week in 2021.
• Scoring Streak: Carolina has scored 10 or more goals in 33 consecutive games (dating to 2019 vs. Notre Dame).
• Winning Streak: UNC has won 24 consecutive games, the longest winning streak in school history. The previous record was 20 games (17 in a row to end the 2016 season & 3-0 to start 2017).
• During their 24-game winning streak, the Tar Heels have outscored their opponents, 418-160 (a +10.8 scoring margin).
• Top Start: Carolina is 17-0 in 2021, the best start to a season in program history (the previous record was 11-0 in 2014).
• Tough Schedule: Carolina is 15-0 this season against IWLCA-ranked opponents, including 8-0 against top-10 foes.
• Among the NCAA Leaders: The Tar Heels were among the national leaders in several statistical categories entering the ACC Tournament: scoring margin (2nd, 10.07), scoring defense (1st, 6.20), scoring offense (10th, 16.27), save percentage (1st, .567), fewest turnovers committed (1st, 10.33) and shooting percentage (5th, .510).
• Stellar D: UNC has held opponents to single-digit goals in 15 of 17 games this season. UNC's defense has limited opponents to a shooting percentage of .272, best in school history.
• Scoring Margin: The Tar Heels have outscored their 2021 opponents by 178 goals in 17 games, 281-103 (a scoring margin of +10.47 goals per game that ranks second in the nation in 2021 and is the best in school history).
• Two of the Nation's Top Five Scorers: Jamie Ortega and Katie Hoeg both have 90 points this season, tied for second in the nation.
• Two of the Top Five in ACC History: Katie Hoeg (352 career points, fourth in ACC history) and Jamie Ortega (334, fifth) are the top-scoring set of teammates in ACC history.

Jamie Ortega
• Attacker Jamie Ortega is Carolina's career leader in goals and has scored two or more goals in 60 of 65 career games.
• She missed her first career game on April 23 at Duke.
• Ortega's 334 career points are fifth in ACC history (teammate Katie Hoeg is just ahead of her with 352).
• Her 253 career goals are fourth in ACC history (Amy Appelt of Virginia is third with 258).
• Ortega has scored five or more goals 26 times as a Tar Heel, including eight times in her last 11 games.
• Ortega has scored four or more goals in 12 of her 16 games this season,
• Ortega has scored at least one goal in 30 consecutive games. She ranks fourth in the nation in goals with 70 despite missing the regular season finale vs. Duke.
• Ortega has tallied at least one point in 59 consecutive games and 64 of 65 in her career.
• Ortega is tied for fifth in Carolina history in career assists with 81.
• Over her last 10 games, Ortega has scored goals on 48 of 62 shots, a blistering shooting percentage of .775.
• Ortega ranks second nationally with a shooting percentage of .722.

Katie Hoeg
• Attacker Katie Hoeg is third in NCAA history and first in ACC history in career assists with 222. She has 57 career multi-assist games.
• With three assists on Sunday against Syracuse, Hoeg would pass Hannah Nielsen of Northwestern (who had 224 assists from 2006-09) and move into second place in NCAA history.
• Hoeg is fourth in ACC history in career points with 352 (Amy Appelt of Virginia is third with 373).
• Hoeg leads the ACC and the nation with 3.53 assists per game. She also leadsd the nation with 60 assists.
• Hoeg's 60 assists in 2021 are already the second-highest single-season total in school history (behind her own 73 in 2019).

Taylor Moreno
• Goalie Taylor Moreno has a career record of 45-5. The UNC career record for goalie wins is 49 (Caylee Waters, 2014-17).
• Moreno has started 50 consecutive games in the cage for the Tar Heels, beginning with the final five games of the 2018 season.
• Moreno has 17 career games with 10 or more saves, including five in 2021 (and a season-high 11 on April 3 versus Syracuse).
• Moreno leads the ACC and the nation in goals against average (a career-best 6.08) and is second in the nation in save percentage (a career-high .573). Her goals-against average is more than three goals per game better than her career average entering the 2021 season (9.12).

Scottie Rose Growney
• Attacker Scottie Rose Growney is Carolina's third-leading scorer with 60 points, ranking 41st in the nation.
• Growney is second on the team behind Ortega in goals with 42.
• Growney has seven goals on eight shots in two ACC Tournament games in 2021.
• This season, Growney already has set career highs in goals (42), assists (18) and points (60).

Carolina Seeking Fifth Consecutive ACC Title
• Carolina has an all-time record of 31-18 in ACC Tournament play and captured its fourth conference title in a row in 2019.
• The Tar Heels have won ACC championships in 2002, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• UNC is seeking its fifth title in a row, which would be the second-longest streak of titles in ACC history (behind Maryland's six straight from 2009-14).
• Carolina has won 14 consecutive ACC Tournament games, last losing in the 2015 title game to Syracuse. That ties the longest win streak in ACC Tournament history, set by Maryland from 2009-14.
• UNC's five ACC titles are tied with Virginia for second-most in conference history. Maryland holds the record with 11.
• Carolina has reached the ACC championship game six years in a row, 10 times in the last 11 years and 14 times overall (1998, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021).
• Jenny Levy is seeking her sixth ACC championship, which would tie Cathy Reese of Maryland for the most in ACC history.
• The Tar Heels are the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament for an eighth time. Carolina is 14-5 all-time as the No. 1 seed, winning titles in 2016 and 2017.
• UNC is 12-0 all-time in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.
• Carolina is 14-10 in the ACC semifinals. The Tar Heels have won 10 of their last 11 ACC semifinal games.
• UNC is 5-8 in ACC Tournament finals, winning in 2002 over Maryland, 2016 and 2017 over Syracuse and 2018 and 2019 over Boston College.

Series History vs. Syracuse
• Carolina leads the all-time series with Syracuse, 9-6.
• UNC has won five in a row and seven of the last eight meetings in the series (since the start of the 2016 season).
• After Syracuse won four of the first five meetings in the series between 2001-14, Carolina has won eight of the last 10 meetings starting in 2015.
• Carolina is 5-2 against Syracuse in ACC regular season games since the Orange joined the conference prior to the 2014 season.
• UNC is 4-1 against the Orange in Chapel Hill and 3-2 in the ACC Tournament.
• Earlier this season in Chapel Hill, Carolina closed the game on a 16-2 run and beat No. 2 Syracuse, 17-6 on April 3.
• The Tar Heels spotted the Orange a 4-1 lead less than 10 minutes into the game, then scored 16 of the next 18 goals to finish the game.
• Carolina scored its 17 goals on just 24 shots, posting a collective shooting percentage of .708.
• Jamie Ortega led the way offensively with a season-high eight points on five goals and three assists, adding two ground balls and a caused turnover. Katie Hoeg posted three goals and four assists, while Scottie Rose Growney scored four times.

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Players Mentioned

Scottie Rose Growney

Katie Hoeg

Taylor Moreno

Jamie Ortega

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