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Tar Heels Dominate ACC WLAX Individual Awards
May 10, 2022 | Women's Lacrosse
CHAPEL HILL—For the second year in a row, University of North Carolina players have won four of five individual Atlantic Coast Conference women's lacrosse awards.
Jamie Ortega is the 2022 ACC Attacker of the Year, winning the award for the second consecutive time (2021, 2022). Ally Mastroianni is the ACC Midfielder of the Year for the second time in a row (2021, 2022). Emma Trenchard is the ACC Defender of the Year for the second time in her career (2019, 2022), and Jenny Levy is the ACC Coach of the Year for the third year in a row and seventh time overall (1997, 2002, 2010, 2016, 2019. 2021, 2022).
Virginia attacker Rachel Clark was chosen ACC Freshman of the Year.
Carolina is 18-0 this season entering NCAA Tournament play this weekend and won its sixth consecutive ACC Tournament championship on May 7 with a win over second-ranked Boston College.
The awards were selected following a vote of the league's nine head coaches.
Ortega owns 60 goals, an ACC-best 38 assists and 98 points this season. She ranks second in the ACC in scoring at 5.44 points per game. A First-Team All-ACC and ACC All-Tournament Team honoree, she is one of 25 national nominees for the 2022 Tewaaraton Award. Ortega owns an ACC-record 451 career points (second in NCAA history), with 325 goals and 126 assists.
Mastroianni was a 2022 First-Team All-ACC honoree and is a 2022 Tewaaraton Award nominee. She also was named to the 2022 ACC All-Tournament Team. The graduate student owns 40 goals and eight assists this season. Mastroianni also has picked up 18 ground balls and caused 12 turnovers.
The linchpin in UNC's stingy defense, Trenchard was a First-Team All-ACC honoree for the third straight season and is a nominee for the 2022 Tewaaraton Award. The graduate defender also was named to the ACC All-Tournament Team. She spearheaded a UNC defense that has allowed just 155 goals (8.5 per game), fewest in the ACC.
Clark was the lone student-athlete to earn spots on both the All-ACC First Team and All-Freshman Team this season. She also earned a spot on the ACC All-Tournament Team and is Virginia's first Freshman of the Year honoree since Sammy Mueller in 2017. Clark led all ACC freshmen and tied for third in the league in goals per game at 3.33. She has 60 goals, tied for fourth most in the league.
Levy was voted the ACC Coach of the Year for the seventh season in her career after guiding top-ranked and unbeaten North Carolina to its sixth straight ACC Championship title and the top seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. UNC's 18 consecutive ACC tournament wins (2016-22) stands as the longest streak in conference history. Now in her 27th season, Levy ranks first all-time among ACC women's lacrosse coaches with 391 career wins.
2022 ACC Women's Lacrosse Awards
Attacker of Year – Jamie Ortega, Gr., A, North Carolina
Midfielder of Year – Ally Mastroianni, Gr., M, North Carolina
Defender of Year – Emma Trenchard, Gr., G, North Carolina
Freshman of Year – Rachel Clark, A, Virginia
Coach of Year – Jenny Levy, North Carolina
Jamie Ortega is the 2022 ACC Attacker of the Year, winning the award for the second consecutive time (2021, 2022). Ally Mastroianni is the ACC Midfielder of the Year for the second time in a row (2021, 2022). Emma Trenchard is the ACC Defender of the Year for the second time in her career (2019, 2022), and Jenny Levy is the ACC Coach of the Year for the third year in a row and seventh time overall (1997, 2002, 2010, 2016, 2019. 2021, 2022).
Virginia attacker Rachel Clark was chosen ACC Freshman of the Year.
Carolina is 18-0 this season entering NCAA Tournament play this weekend and won its sixth consecutive ACC Tournament championship on May 7 with a win over second-ranked Boston College.
The awards were selected following a vote of the league's nine head coaches.
Ortega owns 60 goals, an ACC-best 38 assists and 98 points this season. She ranks second in the ACC in scoring at 5.44 points per game. A First-Team All-ACC and ACC All-Tournament Team honoree, she is one of 25 national nominees for the 2022 Tewaaraton Award. Ortega owns an ACC-record 451 career points (second in NCAA history), with 325 goals and 126 assists.
Mastroianni was a 2022 First-Team All-ACC honoree and is a 2022 Tewaaraton Award nominee. She also was named to the 2022 ACC All-Tournament Team. The graduate student owns 40 goals and eight assists this season. Mastroianni also has picked up 18 ground balls and caused 12 turnovers.
The linchpin in UNC's stingy defense, Trenchard was a First-Team All-ACC honoree for the third straight season and is a nominee for the 2022 Tewaaraton Award. The graduate defender also was named to the ACC All-Tournament Team. She spearheaded a UNC defense that has allowed just 155 goals (8.5 per game), fewest in the ACC.
Clark was the lone student-athlete to earn spots on both the All-ACC First Team and All-Freshman Team this season. She also earned a spot on the ACC All-Tournament Team and is Virginia's first Freshman of the Year honoree since Sammy Mueller in 2017. Clark led all ACC freshmen and tied for third in the league in goals per game at 3.33. She has 60 goals, tied for fourth most in the league.
Levy was voted the ACC Coach of the Year for the seventh season in her career after guiding top-ranked and unbeaten North Carolina to its sixth straight ACC Championship title and the top seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. UNC's 18 consecutive ACC tournament wins (2016-22) stands as the longest streak in conference history. Now in her 27th season, Levy ranks first all-time among ACC women's lacrosse coaches with 391 career wins.
2022 ACC Women's Lacrosse Awards
Attacker of Year – Jamie Ortega, Gr., A, North Carolina
Midfielder of Year – Ally Mastroianni, Gr., M, North Carolina
Defender of Year – Emma Trenchard, Gr., G, North Carolina
Freshman of Year – Rachel Clark, A, Virginia
Coach of Year – Jenny Levy, North Carolina
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— UNC Women's Lacrosse (@uncwlax) May 10, 2022
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