University of North Carolina Athletics
Thursday, May 19
Chapel Hill
7:30 PM
North Carolina
20-0
8
vs
5
Stony Brook
16-3
1
2
3
4
F
Stony Brook
1
3
1
0
5
North Carolina
2
1
3
2
8
Team Stats
SBU
NC
Shots
22
23
Turnovers
11
18
Caused Turnovers
11
6
Draw Controls
6
10
Free-Position Shots
1
9
Ground Balls
13
14
Game Leaders
G
3
A
2
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
2
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
1
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
1
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
Players Mentioned
Attacker
/ Women's LacrosseAttacker
/ Women's LacrosseMidfielder
/ Women's Lacrosse
Attacker
/ Women's Lacrosse
Goalkeeper
/ Women's Lacrosse
Midfielder
/ Women's Lacrosse
Attacker
/ Women's LacrosseAttacker
/ Women's LacrosseAndie Aldave
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Final Four Bound! WLAX Downs Stony Brook, 8-5
May 19, 2022 | Women's Lacrosse
Top-seeded North Carolina got three goals from Andie Aldave and 10 saves from Taylor Moreno and beat eighth-seeded Stony Brook, 8-5, in an women's lacrosse NCAA Tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night at Dorrance Field.
Carolina trailed, 4-3, at halftime and 5-4 with 5:35 left in the third quarter. The Tar Heels closed the game on a 4-0 run and held the Seawolves scoreless for the final 20:35 of the game.
Aldave scored all three of her goals during the 4-0 UNC run to clinch the win, adding an assist earlier in the night. Fellow graduate transfer Sam Geiersbach had two goals and one assist, and Caitlyn Wurzburger had a goal and an assist. Elizabeth Hillman and Brooklyn Neumen each scored single goals, and Jamie Ortega had an assist.
Moreno (20-0) started in goal and made 10 saves with three ground balls to pick up the win in the cage, improving to 68-6 in her career.
"I think it was a good test for us," said Moreno. "I would rather have a hard game and challenging game than a breeze-through one, so I thought this was huge for us in terms of continuing to improve and get better as a team."
"It was obviously a tough game, and congratulations to Stony Brook," Tar Heel head coach Jenny Levy said afterward. "We're not surprised they came in feisty and well prepared. Their zone [defense] shifted a little bit from what we'd seen on film, so it took us a little time to shift to that. Taylor Moreno and our defense were amazing tonight. It started with our one-on-one stuff, then our help defense and Taylor being able to make saves. Holding this team to five goals is great. I thought the middle of our field did great, our draw crew did great. Our offense, it wasn't the performance they wanted, but they gutted it out. Sometimes you don't have to win pretty, you just need to advance.
"We're not going to hang onto this too long," Levy continued. "We will learn from it, in case we see another zone. Stony Brook has the best zone in the country."
With the victory, the Tar Heels advance to their 10th trip to the NCAA semifinals in the last 13 years, their fourth in a row and their 13th overall. UNC has reached the final four weekend in 1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022.
Carolina will play Northwestern, which beat Syracuse in the quarterfinals, in an NCAA semifinal at either 3 or 5 p.m. on Friday May 27 in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University will be hosting the final four weekend on its campus.
UNC has won 20 consecutive games, tying the second-longest winning streak in school history. The 20 wins tie the program record for most wins in a season (set in 2016 and 2021). Carolina has won 33 home games in a row. Carolina has won 47 of its last 48 games and 55 of its last 57 overall.
The Tar Heels improved to 29-3 all-time at home in the NCAA Tournament and is 29-10 in the Tournament in the last 13 years (since 2009), advancing to 10 final fours and four national finals in that span.
UNC improved to 13-9 in NCAA quarterfinal games and has won 10 of its last 13. It is 12-3 in quarterfinal games played in Chapel Hill.
Carolina committed 18 turnovers in the game.
NOTES:
Team
• Carolina won for the 47th time in its last 48 games and the 55th in its last 57.
• Carolina has won 33 consecutive home games, the longest streak in program history.
• UNC is 29-10 in the last 13 NCAA Tournaments (beginning in 2009).
• Carolina is 29-3 at home in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Tar Heels have won 10 of their last 13 NCAA quarterfinal games.
• The win was UNC's 20th of the season, tying the 2016 and 2021 teams for the school single-season record.
• The current UNC senior class (2018-22) improved to 81-9 in five seasons.
• Carolina improved to 14-0 this season vs. ranked teams.
Individual
• Taylor Moreno improved her career record in goal to 68-6. She has started 74 consecutive games in the cage dating to 2018.
• Jamie Ortega has tallied at least one point in 83 consecutive games and 88 of 89 in her career.
• Ortega has 458 career points, most in ACC history and second in NCAA history.
• Ortega started her 89th career game, the most starts in school history and tying Katie Hoeg for most games played in school history at 89,
• With the win over Stony Brook, head coach Jenny Levy picked up her 38th career NCAA Tournament win, tying the recently retired Chris Sailer of Princeton for third-most in the history of the sport.
For the latest updates on Carolina women's lacrosse, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram.
Carolina trailed, 4-3, at halftime and 5-4 with 5:35 left in the third quarter. The Tar Heels closed the game on a 4-0 run and held the Seawolves scoreless for the final 20:35 of the game.
Aldave scored all three of her goals during the 4-0 UNC run to clinch the win, adding an assist earlier in the night. Fellow graduate transfer Sam Geiersbach had two goals and one assist, and Caitlyn Wurzburger had a goal and an assist. Elizabeth Hillman and Brooklyn Neumen each scored single goals, and Jamie Ortega had an assist.
Moreno (20-0) started in goal and made 10 saves with three ground balls to pick up the win in the cage, improving to 68-6 in her career.
"I think it was a good test for us," said Moreno. "I would rather have a hard game and challenging game than a breeze-through one, so I thought this was huge for us in terms of continuing to improve and get better as a team."
"It was obviously a tough game, and congratulations to Stony Brook," Tar Heel head coach Jenny Levy said afterward. "We're not surprised they came in feisty and well prepared. Their zone [defense] shifted a little bit from what we'd seen on film, so it took us a little time to shift to that. Taylor Moreno and our defense were amazing tonight. It started with our one-on-one stuff, then our help defense and Taylor being able to make saves. Holding this team to five goals is great. I thought the middle of our field did great, our draw crew did great. Our offense, it wasn't the performance they wanted, but they gutted it out. Sometimes you don't have to win pretty, you just need to advance.
"We're not going to hang onto this too long," Levy continued. "We will learn from it, in case we see another zone. Stony Brook has the best zone in the country."
With the victory, the Tar Heels advance to their 10th trip to the NCAA semifinals in the last 13 years, their fourth in a row and their 13th overall. UNC has reached the final four weekend in 1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022.
Carolina will play Northwestern, which beat Syracuse in the quarterfinals, in an NCAA semifinal at either 3 or 5 p.m. on Friday May 27 in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University will be hosting the final four weekend on its campus.
UNC has won 20 consecutive games, tying the second-longest winning streak in school history. The 20 wins tie the program record for most wins in a season (set in 2016 and 2021). Carolina has won 33 home games in a row. Carolina has won 47 of its last 48 games and 55 of its last 57 overall.
The Tar Heels improved to 29-3 all-time at home in the NCAA Tournament and is 29-10 in the Tournament in the last 13 years (since 2009), advancing to 10 final fours and four national finals in that span.
UNC improved to 13-9 in NCAA quarterfinal games and has won 10 of its last 13. It is 12-3 in quarterfinal games played in Chapel Hill.
Carolina committed 18 turnovers in the game.
NOTES:
Team
• Carolina won for the 47th time in its last 48 games and the 55th in its last 57.
• Carolina has won 33 consecutive home games, the longest streak in program history.
• UNC is 29-10 in the last 13 NCAA Tournaments (beginning in 2009).
• Carolina is 29-3 at home in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Tar Heels have won 10 of their last 13 NCAA quarterfinal games.
• The win was UNC's 20th of the season, tying the 2016 and 2021 teams for the school single-season record.
• The current UNC senior class (2018-22) improved to 81-9 in five seasons.
• Carolina improved to 14-0 this season vs. ranked teams.
Individual
• Taylor Moreno improved her career record in goal to 68-6. She has started 74 consecutive games in the cage dating to 2018.
• Jamie Ortega has tallied at least one point in 83 consecutive games and 88 of 89 in her career.
• Ortega has 458 career points, most in ACC history and second in NCAA history.
• Ortega started her 89th career game, the most starts in school history and tying Katie Hoeg for most games played in school history at 89,
• With the win over Stony Brook, head coach Jenny Levy picked up her 38th career NCAA Tournament win, tying the recently retired Chris Sailer of Princeton for third-most in the history of the sport.
For the latest updates on Carolina women's lacrosse, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram.
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