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Tar Heels Ready For Northwestern In NCAA Semis Friday
May 25, 2022 | Women's Lacrosse
• The top-seeded and No. 1-ranked University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team (20-0) will make its 13th NCAA semifinal appearance and its 10th in the last 13 seasons when it meets fourth-seeded and sixth-ranked Northwestern (16-4) on Friday May 27 in Baltimore.
• The Tar Heels and Wildcats will play the afternoon's first quarterfinal at 12:30 p.m., followed by No. 2 seed Maryland vs. No. 3 Boston College. The game times were moved up from 3:00 and 5:30 pm due to pending weather in the Baltimore area. Johns Hopkins University's historic Homewood Field will play host.
• Carolina and Northwestern will be meeting for the second time this season and the seventh time in the NCAA Tournament. Earlier this season, UNC beat the Wildcats, 20-9, on March 6 in Chapel Hill.
• UNC is riding a 20-game winning streak, tied as the second-longest in program history.
• On its tournament road to Memorial Day weekend, the Tar Heels beat Virginia, 24-2, and Stony Brook, 8-5, in Chapel Hill.
• ESPNU will televise Friday's semifinal games live nationally. Jay Alter (play-by-play), Sheehan Burch (analyst) and Dana Boyle (analyst) will have the call.
Tar Heel Hot Streaks
Carolina has:
• Won 20 consecutive games, tied as the second-longest streak in UNC history
(last loss: 2021 NCAA semifinal to Boston College)
• Won 33 consecutive home games
(last loss: 8-14, 3/23/19 vs. Boston College)
• Won 18 consecutive road games
(last loss: 7-9, 3/31/19 at Notre Dame)
• Won 18 consecutive ACC Tournament games, the longest streak in the event's history
(last loss: 2015 final to Syracuse)
• Won six consecutive ACC Tournament titles—tied as the longest streak in the event's history (with Maryland's six straight from 2009-14).
• Won 40 consecutive regular season games (tied as third-longest streak in NCAA history)
(last loss: 7-9, 3/31/19 at Notre Dame)
• Won 22 consecutive regular season ACC games
(last loss: 7-9, 3/31/19 at Notre Dame)
• Won 47 of its last 48 games
• Won 55 of its last 57 games
• Won 10 ACC regular season championships, including five of the last seven (beginning in 2015, excluding the COVID year of 2020 and including 2022)
• Reached 10 of the last 13 NCAA semifinal weekends
Carolina's NCAA Tournament History
• UNC is 38-20 all-time in NCAA Tournament games and is making its 23rd NCAA appearance in 27 years as a varsity program (including 17 in a row).
• The Tar Heels have made 13 NCAA semifinal (final four) appearances (1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022), including 10 in the last 13 seasons.
• Carolina's 13 berths in the NCAA final four are tied as the third-most in the history of the sport behind Maryland (28) and Virginia (14). Northwestern also has 13.
• UNC has reached the NCAA title game four times, winning twice (2013, 2016).
• Carolina is 29-10 in the last 13 NCAA Tournaments, advancing to 10 final fours and four national finals since 2009.
• Carolina is 29-3 at home in NCAA Tournament games, losing only in 2000 (to Loyola), 2014 (to Virginia) and 2017 (to Navy). UNC has won 27 of its last 29 home NCAA Tournament games.
• UNC is 19-1 with 19 consecutive wins in the NCAA Tournament second round.
• The Tar Heels are 13-9 in NCAA Tournament quarterfinal games and have won 10 of their last 13. Carolina is 12-3 in quarterfinal games played in Chapel Hill and 1-6 on the road.
• Carolina is 4-8 in NCAA semifinal games but has lost three in a row (2018, 2019, 2021).
• The Tar Heels are 2-2 in NCAA championship games, beating Maryland in 2013 and 2016 while losing to Northwestern in 2009 and Maryland in 2015.
• Head coach Jenny Levy has led Carolina to 23 NCAA Tournament berths, including 17 in a row. Levy's 38 NCAA Tournament wins are tied for third in the history of the sport.
• UNC is a top-five seed in the NCAA Tournament in 2022 for the 13th tournament in a row.
Two Tewaaraton Award Finalists
• Ally Mastroianni and Jamie Ortega are both among the five finalists for the 2022 Tewaaraton Award.
• This is the second year in a row and the second time overall the Tar Heels have had two Tewaaraton finalists in the same season (Ortega and Taylor Moreno were finalists in 2021).
• Ortega joins Marie McCool as the only two-time Tewaaraton finalists in Tar Heel history.
• Mastroianni and Ortega are the 10th and 11th Tewaaraton finalists in Carolina women's lacrosse history: Christine McPike (2002), Amber Falcone (2009), Jen Russell (2010), Becky Lynch (2012), Kara Cannizzaro (2013), Marie McCool (2017, 2018), Taylor Moreno (2021), Ortega (2021, 2022) and Mastroianni (2022).
Eight Inside Lacrosse All-Americas
• Eight Tar Heels grabbed spots on the 2022 Inside Lacrosse All-America teams.
• Attacker Jamie Ortega, midfielder Ally Mastroianni and defender Emma Trenchard earned first-team nods. Defender Emily Nalls made the second team, and goalie Taylor Moreno was on the third team. Attackers Caitlyn Wurzburger and Scottie Rose Growney and defender Brooklyn Walker-Welch picked up honorable mention honors.
Nine USA Lacrosse All-Americas
• Nine Tar Heels, most of any team in the nation, grabbed spots on the 2022 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America teams.
• Attacker Jamie Ortega, midfielder Ally Mastroianni and defender Emma Trenchard earned first-team nods. Goalie Taylor Moreno was on the second team, while attacker Caitlyn Wurzburger and defender Emily Nalls were third-team picks. Attackers Andie Aldave and Scottie Rose Growney and defender Brooklyn Walker-Welch picked up honorable mention honors.
Tar Heels Dominate ACC Awards
• Carolina dominated the 2022 ACC individual awards, announced after the Tar Heels won their sixth consecutive ACC Tournament.
• Jamie Ortega is the ACC Attacker of the Year for the second year in a row (2021, 2022), Ally Mastroianni is the ACC Midfielder of the Year for the second year in a row (2021, 2022) and Emma Trenchard is the ACC Defensive Player of the Year of the second time (2019, 2022).
• Jenny Levy earned her seventh ACC Coach of the Year award in 2022.
Six Consecutive ACC Titles
• The Tar Heels won their sixth ACC Tournament championship in a row with their 16-9 win over No. 2-ranked Boston College on May 7 in Chapel Hill.
• The Tar Heels have won seven ACC championships overall (2002, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022).
• UNC's six ACC titles in a row tie the longest streak of consecutive titles in ACC history (with Maryland's six straight from 2009-14).
• UNC's seven ACC titles are second-most in conference history. Maryland holds the record with 11.
• Head coach Jenny Levy won her seventh ACC championship, passing Cathy Reese of Maryland for the most in ACC history.
• Carolina has won 18 consecutive ACC Tournament games, the longest streak in history. UNC's last ACC Tournament loss came in the 2015 title game to Syracuse.
• UNC has an all-time record of 35-18 in ACC Tournament play.
• Carolina has reached the ACC championship game seven years in a row, 11 times in the last 12 years and 15 times overall (1998, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022). The 15 ACC title-game appearances are the most in history.
• The Tar Heels were the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament for the ninth time. Carolina is 17-5 all-time as the No. 1 seed, winning titles in 2016, 2017, 2021 and 2022.
• UNC is 13-0 all-time in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.
• Carolina is 15-10 in the ACC semifinals. The Tar Heels have won 11 of their last 12 ACC semifinal games.
• UNC is 7-8 in ACC Tournament finals, winning in 2002 over Maryland, 2016, 2017 and 2021 over Syracuse and 2018, 2019 and 2022 over Boston College.
10x ACC Regular Season Champ
• Carolina (8-0 in the ACC) won its 10th ACC regular season championship in 2022 (1998, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022).
• This is Carolina's seventh outright ACC regular season title (1998, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022).
• Carolina has won 22 consecutive ACC regular season games.
Series vs. the Wildcats
• Carolina leads the all-time series with Northwestern, 12-11.
• The Tar Heels have won the last eight meetings in the series and 10 of the last 11 after losing 10 of the first 12 (from 2005-12).
• Earlier this season, UNC beat the Wildcats, 20-9, on March 6 in Chapel Hill behind five goals from Andie Aldave.
• UNC is 2-4 against the Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament. That record includes a 1-3 mark on Championship Weekend (UNC losses in the 2009 final, 2010 semifinal and 2011 semifinal and a Tar Heel win in a 2013 semifinal).
• Prior to the disruption to the series caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, UNC and Northwestern had met in 16 consecutive years (2005-20), sometimes in both the regular season and the NCAA Tournament.
• Two seasons ago in 2020, Carolina won a thriller over the Wildcats in Evanston, Ill., 20-18, on March 9, 2020. That was the final game of the season for Carolina, as the Covid-19 pandemic canceled the remainder of the season days later. In that 20-18 UNC win, Katie Hoeg had four goals and four assists, Scottie Rose Growney had four goals and one assist, Jamie Ortega had two goals and an assist and freshman Nicole Humphrey had her first career hat trick with three goals.
Tar Heel Tidbits
Team
• Carolina has 20 wins this season, tied as the most in UNC history. The Tar Heels finished 20-1 in 2021 and 20-2 in 2016.
• Scoring Run: Carolina has scored 10 or more goals in 55 of the last 57 games (a run that began on April 6, 2019). The exceptions were the 2021 ACC Tournament final vs. Syracuse (nine) and the 2021 NCAA quarterfinal vs. Stony Brook (eight).
• The current Tar Heel senior class (2018-22) has posted a record of 81-9 in four-plus seasons.
• Vs. Ranked Teams: In 2022, Carolina is 14-0 vs. top-25 teams, 7-0 vs. top-10 teams and 4-0 vs. top-five teams.
• Among the NCAA's Best: The Tar Heels lead the ACC and the nation in scoring margin, points per game and assists per game. UNC also leads the ACC in scoring offense (ranking second nationally), save percentage (eighth nationally), scoring defense (fourth nationally) and shooting percentage (third nationally).
• The 2022 Tar Heels are the highest-scoring team in school history. Carolina is averaging 17.15 goals per game this season, second in the nation. The UNC school record is 15.90, set in 2017.
• Carolina has scored at least 15 goals in 17 of 20 games this season and has scored 20 or more seven times.
• UNC has led entering the fourth quarter in every game this season and at halftime in all but three contests (tied 7-7 at Syracuse; trailed 6-4 vs. Boston College in ACC final; trailed 4-3 vs. Stony Brook in NCAA quarterfinal).
• The Tar Heels are allowing 8.10 goals per game in 2022, the ACC's best and the nation's fourth-best scoring defense.
• With a lengthy list of recent All-America defenders and goalies in Chapel Hill under the tutelege of longtime defensive coordinator Phil Barnes, Carolina's defense has held its opponents to single-digit goals in 36 of its last 47 games (since the start of the 2020 season).
Individual
• Andie Aldave has 2+ goals in 15 of 20 games this season and 2+ points in 17 of 20.
• Aldave led Carolina with a game-high five points on three goals and two assists in NCAA quarterfinal win over Stony Brook. She scored a career-high six goals against Louisville on March 13 and scored four goals in the win at No. 1-ranked Boston College on March 20.
• Sam Geiersbach has nine multi-goal games and 14 multi-point games this season. She has 27 goals and 24 assists in the last 17 outings, providing instant offense (3.00 ppg in that span) off the bench. She had two goals and an assist in the win over Stony Brook in the NCAA quarterfinals.
• Scottie Rose Growney is second on the team with 53 goals and third with 72 points, both of which are career highs.
• Growney has scored at least two goals in 17 of 20 games this season. She scored 13 goals in three ACC Tournament wins and was named to the all-tournament team.
• Caitlyn Wurzburger leads the team and the ACC with 42 assists. She is second on the UNC team with a career-high 73 points.
• Junior defender Emily Nalls tied the school record with 10 ground balls at High Point and earned second-team All-ACC honors in a breakout 2022 season. Nalls leads UNC with 21 caused turnovers and 44 ground balls and is second with 54 draw controls—all of which are career highs in what has been a breakout season.
• Head coach Jenny Levy has more wins (record of 393-118) and more ACC regular season wins (96-33) than any coach in ACC history.
#1 In The National Polls
• Carolina is ranked No.1 in the ILWomen/IWLCA rankings for the seventh week in a row. UNC took over the top spot on March 21 after its win at previously-top-ranked Boston College.
• UNC had been ranked No. 2 nationally in every poll this season prior to winning at BC.
All-ACC Honors
• Four Tar Heels earned first-team All-ACC honors for 2022, all for the second consecutive year: midfielder Ally Mastroianni, goalie Taylor Moreno, attacker Jamie Ortega and defender Emma Trenchard. Moreno, Ortega and Trenchard were named first-team All-ACC for the third year in a row.
• Defender Emily Nalls and attacker Caitlyn Wurzburger grabbed second-team All-ACC accolades.
• Brooklyn Walker-Welch was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team
Tar Heels Streaking at Dorrance
• Carolina has won 33 consecutive home games at Dorrance Field, the longest home winning streak in program history and the tied as the fifth-longest in NCAA history.
• UNC's last loss at home came on March 23, 2019, to Boston College.
ACC Dominance
• Carolina is 68-6 in its last 74 games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents (regular season and postseason) and has won six consecutive ACC Tournaments.
• UNC's six straight ACC titles are the longest streak in the event's history (tied with Maryland's six straight from 2009-14).
• UNC's 18 consecutive ACC Tournament wins are the longest streak in the history of the tournament.
• Since a loss in the 2015 ACC Tournament final, UNC's only losses to conference foes have come to Boston College (four times), Syracuse (once, in 2017) and Notre Dame (once, in 2019).
Ortega Rewriting Record Books
• Attacker Jamie Ortega is rewriting the UNC, ACC and NCAA record books in 2022 and is the first five-time All-America in Carolina history.
• Ortega is first in ACC history and second in NCAA history with 458 career points, topping the record of former ACC leader Jen Adams of Maryland (1998-2001) that had stood for over 20 years.
• Ortega is Carolina's career leader in goals and points and is second in school history in assists.
• Ortega has 458 points in 89 career games for a UNC-record 5.15 points per game. Katie Hoeg is second with 370 points in 89 games (4.16 ppg).
• Ortega has scored at least one goal in 52 of the last 54 games. Her 50-game streak came to an end in the ACC semifinal win over Notre Dame on May 1.
• Ortega has scored multiple goals in 78 of 89 career games (87.6 percent).
• Her 329 career goals are third in NCAA history and second in ACC annals. Current BC attacker Charlotte North is first in ACC history with 348 goals.
• Ortega has scored five or more goals 31 times in 89 career games (34.8 percent of the time).
• Ortega has tallied at least one point in 83 consecutive games and 88 of 89 in her career.
• Ortega has started all 89 games in her career, the most starts in school history and tied with Katie Hoeg for most games played in school history.
Mastroianni Excelling in Midfield
• Graduate student midfielder Ally Mastroianni is the two-time reigning ACC Midfielder of the Year (2021, 2022) and a Tewaaraton Award finalist this season. She has been at her best in big games and earned first-team All-ACC honors for the second consecutive year.
• Mastroianni had three goals, an assist and tied her career high with 11 draw controls in the ACC championship game win over No. 2 Boston College, earning All-ACC Tournament honors.
• She tied her career high with four goals in the April 21 win over Duke that clinched the top seed in the ACC Tournament.
• In the April 14 win at Virginia, she scored a game-high four goals (tying her career high) and had eight draw controls.
• In the March 20 win at top-ranked Boston College, she had two goals (including the game-winner) and five draw controls.
• She tied her career high with four goals and set a new career high with five points in UNC's 20-9 win over No. 6 Northwestern on March 6.
• She leads Carolina with a career-high 126 draw controls this season. She also led UNC with 112 DCs in 2021, earning unanimous first-team All-America honors.
• She was among three Tar Heels and 52 ACC student-athletes selected as 2021 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award recipients.
• Mastroianni, from Martinsville, N.J., earned a degree in 2021 with a double major in media & journalism and communication studies. She is now pursuing a master's degree in strategic communication while also spearheading UNC's community service efforts off the field.
Moreno Snaps UNC Career Wins Record
• Graduate student goalie Taylor Moreno has a career record of 68-6 in the cage and became Carolina's all-time leader in goalie wins on Feb. 16 against Furman.
• Moreno eclipsed the wins record of Caylee Waters (2014-17), who had 49 career victories. Waters is a volunteer assistant coach for the 2022 Tar Heels.
• Moreno has started 74 consecutive games in the cage for the Tar Heels, beginning with the final five games of the 2018 season.
• Her 85 games played in goal and 74 consecutive starts both are most in UNC history.
• Moreno leads the ACC in save percentage and goals against average.
• Moreno has seven games with 10+ saves this season, including a season-high 16 (one off her career high of 17) in the April 2 win over Notre Dame, 12 in the ACC semifinal win at Notre Dame, 11 in the ACC final win over Boston College and 10 in the NCAA quarterfinal vs. Stony Brook.
• Moreno has 23 career games with 11 or more saves, including five in 2021 and six in 2022.
• Moreno is a three-time ACC Defensive Player of the Week and won IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week honors on April 5.
• In 2021, Moreno finished second in the nation in goals against average (a career-best 6.65) and save percentage (a career-high .549). Her goals-against average was nearly three goals per game better than her career average entering the 2021 season (9.12).
• She is a two-time ACC Tournament MVP (2018, 2021) and three-time first-team All-ACC pick (2019, 2021, 2022).
• In the 2021 ACC Tournament, she earned MVP honors for the second time after leading the Tar Heels to three wins. Moreno allowed just 4.78 goals per game in three UNC victories, posting a save percentage of .611.
Six Tar Heels On US National Team
• Head coach Jenny Levy and her staff have named the final 18-player roster that will represent the United States in this summer's World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, and six of the players are current or former UNC players who played as Tar Heels for Levy.
• The six Carolina players, most of any school in the nation, include goalie Caylee Waters (UNC '17), fifth-year senior defender Emma Trenchard ('22), graduate student midfielder Ally Mastroianni ('21), midfielder Marie McCool ('18), midfielder Emily Parros ('13) and attacker Molly Hendrick ('17).
Fedor Wins AD Scholar-Athlete Award
• Each school year, Carolina Athletics honors members of each varsity team as Athletic Director's Scholar-Athletes, recognizing one from each UNC team for outstanding academic achievement.
• Amanda Fedor, a senior exercise & sport science major from Vestal, N.Y., was the women's lacrosse winner for 2021-22.
Last Year
• Carolina went 20-1 overall in 2021, including 9-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, won its fifth consecutive ACC championship and made its 12th appearance in the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Tournament final four.
• The Tar Heels made their ninth final four appearance in the last 12 NCAA Tournaments (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021).
• The Tar Heels and Wildcats will play the afternoon's first quarterfinal at 12:30 p.m., followed by No. 2 seed Maryland vs. No. 3 Boston College. The game times were moved up from 3:00 and 5:30 pm due to pending weather in the Baltimore area. Johns Hopkins University's historic Homewood Field will play host.
• Carolina and Northwestern will be meeting for the second time this season and the seventh time in the NCAA Tournament. Earlier this season, UNC beat the Wildcats, 20-9, on March 6 in Chapel Hill.
• UNC is riding a 20-game winning streak, tied as the second-longest in program history.
• On its tournament road to Memorial Day weekend, the Tar Heels beat Virginia, 24-2, and Stony Brook, 8-5, in Chapel Hill.
• ESPNU will televise Friday's semifinal games live nationally. Jay Alter (play-by-play), Sheehan Burch (analyst) and Dana Boyle (analyst) will have the call.
Tar Heel Hot Streaks
Carolina has:
• Won 20 consecutive games, tied as the second-longest streak in UNC history
(last loss: 2021 NCAA semifinal to Boston College)
• Won 33 consecutive home games
(last loss: 8-14, 3/23/19 vs. Boston College)
• Won 18 consecutive road games
(last loss: 7-9, 3/31/19 at Notre Dame)
• Won 18 consecutive ACC Tournament games, the longest streak in the event's history
(last loss: 2015 final to Syracuse)
• Won six consecutive ACC Tournament titles—tied as the longest streak in the event's history (with Maryland's six straight from 2009-14).
• Won 40 consecutive regular season games (tied as third-longest streak in NCAA history)
(last loss: 7-9, 3/31/19 at Notre Dame)
• Won 22 consecutive regular season ACC games
(last loss: 7-9, 3/31/19 at Notre Dame)
• Won 47 of its last 48 games
• Won 55 of its last 57 games
• Won 10 ACC regular season championships, including five of the last seven (beginning in 2015, excluding the COVID year of 2020 and including 2022)
• Reached 10 of the last 13 NCAA semifinal weekends
Carolina's NCAA Tournament History
• UNC is 38-20 all-time in NCAA Tournament games and is making its 23rd NCAA appearance in 27 years as a varsity program (including 17 in a row).
• The Tar Heels have made 13 NCAA semifinal (final four) appearances (1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022), including 10 in the last 13 seasons.
• Carolina's 13 berths in the NCAA final four are tied as the third-most in the history of the sport behind Maryland (28) and Virginia (14). Northwestern also has 13.
• UNC has reached the NCAA title game four times, winning twice (2013, 2016).
• Carolina is 29-10 in the last 13 NCAA Tournaments, advancing to 10 final fours and four national finals since 2009.
• Carolina is 29-3 at home in NCAA Tournament games, losing only in 2000 (to Loyola), 2014 (to Virginia) and 2017 (to Navy). UNC has won 27 of its last 29 home NCAA Tournament games.
• UNC is 19-1 with 19 consecutive wins in the NCAA Tournament second round.
• The Tar Heels are 13-9 in NCAA Tournament quarterfinal games and have won 10 of their last 13. Carolina is 12-3 in quarterfinal games played in Chapel Hill and 1-6 on the road.
• Carolina is 4-8 in NCAA semifinal games but has lost three in a row (2018, 2019, 2021).
• The Tar Heels are 2-2 in NCAA championship games, beating Maryland in 2013 and 2016 while losing to Northwestern in 2009 and Maryland in 2015.
• Head coach Jenny Levy has led Carolina to 23 NCAA Tournament berths, including 17 in a row. Levy's 38 NCAA Tournament wins are tied for third in the history of the sport.
• UNC is a top-five seed in the NCAA Tournament in 2022 for the 13th tournament in a row.
Two Tewaaraton Award Finalists
• Ally Mastroianni and Jamie Ortega are both among the five finalists for the 2022 Tewaaraton Award.
• This is the second year in a row and the second time overall the Tar Heels have had two Tewaaraton finalists in the same season (Ortega and Taylor Moreno were finalists in 2021).
• Ortega joins Marie McCool as the only two-time Tewaaraton finalists in Tar Heel history.
• Mastroianni and Ortega are the 10th and 11th Tewaaraton finalists in Carolina women's lacrosse history: Christine McPike (2002), Amber Falcone (2009), Jen Russell (2010), Becky Lynch (2012), Kara Cannizzaro (2013), Marie McCool (2017, 2018), Taylor Moreno (2021), Ortega (2021, 2022) and Mastroianni (2022).
Eight Inside Lacrosse All-Americas
• Eight Tar Heels grabbed spots on the 2022 Inside Lacrosse All-America teams.
• Attacker Jamie Ortega, midfielder Ally Mastroianni and defender Emma Trenchard earned first-team nods. Defender Emily Nalls made the second team, and goalie Taylor Moreno was on the third team. Attackers Caitlyn Wurzburger and Scottie Rose Growney and defender Brooklyn Walker-Welch picked up honorable mention honors.
Nine USA Lacrosse All-Americas
• Nine Tar Heels, most of any team in the nation, grabbed spots on the 2022 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America teams.
• Attacker Jamie Ortega, midfielder Ally Mastroianni and defender Emma Trenchard earned first-team nods. Goalie Taylor Moreno was on the second team, while attacker Caitlyn Wurzburger and defender Emily Nalls were third-team picks. Attackers Andie Aldave and Scottie Rose Growney and defender Brooklyn Walker-Welch picked up honorable mention honors.
Tar Heels Dominate ACC Awards
• Carolina dominated the 2022 ACC individual awards, announced after the Tar Heels won their sixth consecutive ACC Tournament.
• Jamie Ortega is the ACC Attacker of the Year for the second year in a row (2021, 2022), Ally Mastroianni is the ACC Midfielder of the Year for the second year in a row (2021, 2022) and Emma Trenchard is the ACC Defensive Player of the Year of the second time (2019, 2022).
• Jenny Levy earned her seventh ACC Coach of the Year award in 2022.
Six Consecutive ACC Titles
• The Tar Heels won their sixth ACC Tournament championship in a row with their 16-9 win over No. 2-ranked Boston College on May 7 in Chapel Hill.
• The Tar Heels have won seven ACC championships overall (2002, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022).
• UNC's six ACC titles in a row tie the longest streak of consecutive titles in ACC history (with Maryland's six straight from 2009-14).
• UNC's seven ACC titles are second-most in conference history. Maryland holds the record with 11.
• Head coach Jenny Levy won her seventh ACC championship, passing Cathy Reese of Maryland for the most in ACC history.
• Carolina has won 18 consecutive ACC Tournament games, the longest streak in history. UNC's last ACC Tournament loss came in the 2015 title game to Syracuse.
• UNC has an all-time record of 35-18 in ACC Tournament play.
• Carolina has reached the ACC championship game seven years in a row, 11 times in the last 12 years and 15 times overall (1998, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022). The 15 ACC title-game appearances are the most in history.
• The Tar Heels were the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament for the ninth time. Carolina is 17-5 all-time as the No. 1 seed, winning titles in 2016, 2017, 2021 and 2022.
• UNC is 13-0 all-time in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.
• Carolina is 15-10 in the ACC semifinals. The Tar Heels have won 11 of their last 12 ACC semifinal games.
• UNC is 7-8 in ACC Tournament finals, winning in 2002 over Maryland, 2016, 2017 and 2021 over Syracuse and 2018, 2019 and 2022 over Boston College.
10x ACC Regular Season Champ
• Carolina (8-0 in the ACC) won its 10th ACC regular season championship in 2022 (1998, 2000, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022).
• This is Carolina's seventh outright ACC regular season title (1998, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022).
• Carolina has won 22 consecutive ACC regular season games.
Series vs. the Wildcats
• Carolina leads the all-time series with Northwestern, 12-11.
• The Tar Heels have won the last eight meetings in the series and 10 of the last 11 after losing 10 of the first 12 (from 2005-12).
• Earlier this season, UNC beat the Wildcats, 20-9, on March 6 in Chapel Hill behind five goals from Andie Aldave.
• UNC is 2-4 against the Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament. That record includes a 1-3 mark on Championship Weekend (UNC losses in the 2009 final, 2010 semifinal and 2011 semifinal and a Tar Heel win in a 2013 semifinal).
• Prior to the disruption to the series caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, UNC and Northwestern had met in 16 consecutive years (2005-20), sometimes in both the regular season and the NCAA Tournament.
• Two seasons ago in 2020, Carolina won a thriller over the Wildcats in Evanston, Ill., 20-18, on March 9, 2020. That was the final game of the season for Carolina, as the Covid-19 pandemic canceled the remainder of the season days later. In that 20-18 UNC win, Katie Hoeg had four goals and four assists, Scottie Rose Growney had four goals and one assist, Jamie Ortega had two goals and an assist and freshman Nicole Humphrey had her first career hat trick with three goals.
Tar Heel Tidbits
Team
• Carolina has 20 wins this season, tied as the most in UNC history. The Tar Heels finished 20-1 in 2021 and 20-2 in 2016.
• Scoring Run: Carolina has scored 10 or more goals in 55 of the last 57 games (a run that began on April 6, 2019). The exceptions were the 2021 ACC Tournament final vs. Syracuse (nine) and the 2021 NCAA quarterfinal vs. Stony Brook (eight).
• The current Tar Heel senior class (2018-22) has posted a record of 81-9 in four-plus seasons.
• Vs. Ranked Teams: In 2022, Carolina is 14-0 vs. top-25 teams, 7-0 vs. top-10 teams and 4-0 vs. top-five teams.
• Among the NCAA's Best: The Tar Heels lead the ACC and the nation in scoring margin, points per game and assists per game. UNC also leads the ACC in scoring offense (ranking second nationally), save percentage (eighth nationally), scoring defense (fourth nationally) and shooting percentage (third nationally).
• The 2022 Tar Heels are the highest-scoring team in school history. Carolina is averaging 17.15 goals per game this season, second in the nation. The UNC school record is 15.90, set in 2017.
• Carolina has scored at least 15 goals in 17 of 20 games this season and has scored 20 or more seven times.
• UNC has led entering the fourth quarter in every game this season and at halftime in all but three contests (tied 7-7 at Syracuse; trailed 6-4 vs. Boston College in ACC final; trailed 4-3 vs. Stony Brook in NCAA quarterfinal).
• The Tar Heels are allowing 8.10 goals per game in 2022, the ACC's best and the nation's fourth-best scoring defense.
• With a lengthy list of recent All-America defenders and goalies in Chapel Hill under the tutelege of longtime defensive coordinator Phil Barnes, Carolina's defense has held its opponents to single-digit goals in 36 of its last 47 games (since the start of the 2020 season).
Individual
• Andie Aldave has 2+ goals in 15 of 20 games this season and 2+ points in 17 of 20.
• Aldave led Carolina with a game-high five points on three goals and two assists in NCAA quarterfinal win over Stony Brook. She scored a career-high six goals against Louisville on March 13 and scored four goals in the win at No. 1-ranked Boston College on March 20.
• Sam Geiersbach has nine multi-goal games and 14 multi-point games this season. She has 27 goals and 24 assists in the last 17 outings, providing instant offense (3.00 ppg in that span) off the bench. She had two goals and an assist in the win over Stony Brook in the NCAA quarterfinals.
• Scottie Rose Growney is second on the team with 53 goals and third with 72 points, both of which are career highs.
• Growney has scored at least two goals in 17 of 20 games this season. She scored 13 goals in three ACC Tournament wins and was named to the all-tournament team.
• Caitlyn Wurzburger leads the team and the ACC with 42 assists. She is second on the UNC team with a career-high 73 points.
• Junior defender Emily Nalls tied the school record with 10 ground balls at High Point and earned second-team All-ACC honors in a breakout 2022 season. Nalls leads UNC with 21 caused turnovers and 44 ground balls and is second with 54 draw controls—all of which are career highs in what has been a breakout season.
• Head coach Jenny Levy has more wins (record of 393-118) and more ACC regular season wins (96-33) than any coach in ACC history.
#1 In The National Polls
• Carolina is ranked No.1 in the ILWomen/IWLCA rankings for the seventh week in a row. UNC took over the top spot on March 21 after its win at previously-top-ranked Boston College.
• UNC had been ranked No. 2 nationally in every poll this season prior to winning at BC.
All-ACC Honors
• Four Tar Heels earned first-team All-ACC honors for 2022, all for the second consecutive year: midfielder Ally Mastroianni, goalie Taylor Moreno, attacker Jamie Ortega and defender Emma Trenchard. Moreno, Ortega and Trenchard were named first-team All-ACC for the third year in a row.
• Defender Emily Nalls and attacker Caitlyn Wurzburger grabbed second-team All-ACC accolades.
• Brooklyn Walker-Welch was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team
Tar Heels Streaking at Dorrance
• Carolina has won 33 consecutive home games at Dorrance Field, the longest home winning streak in program history and the tied as the fifth-longest in NCAA history.
• UNC's last loss at home came on March 23, 2019, to Boston College.
ACC Dominance
• Carolina is 68-6 in its last 74 games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents (regular season and postseason) and has won six consecutive ACC Tournaments.
• UNC's six straight ACC titles are the longest streak in the event's history (tied with Maryland's six straight from 2009-14).
• UNC's 18 consecutive ACC Tournament wins are the longest streak in the history of the tournament.
• Since a loss in the 2015 ACC Tournament final, UNC's only losses to conference foes have come to Boston College (four times), Syracuse (once, in 2017) and Notre Dame (once, in 2019).
Ortega Rewriting Record Books
• Attacker Jamie Ortega is rewriting the UNC, ACC and NCAA record books in 2022 and is the first five-time All-America in Carolina history.
• Ortega is first in ACC history and second in NCAA history with 458 career points, topping the record of former ACC leader Jen Adams of Maryland (1998-2001) that had stood for over 20 years.
• Ortega is Carolina's career leader in goals and points and is second in school history in assists.
• Ortega has 458 points in 89 career games for a UNC-record 5.15 points per game. Katie Hoeg is second with 370 points in 89 games (4.16 ppg).
• Ortega has scored at least one goal in 52 of the last 54 games. Her 50-game streak came to an end in the ACC semifinal win over Notre Dame on May 1.
• Ortega has scored multiple goals in 78 of 89 career games (87.6 percent).
• Her 329 career goals are third in NCAA history and second in ACC annals. Current BC attacker Charlotte North is first in ACC history with 348 goals.
• Ortega has scored five or more goals 31 times in 89 career games (34.8 percent of the time).
• Ortega has tallied at least one point in 83 consecutive games and 88 of 89 in her career.
• Ortega has started all 89 games in her career, the most starts in school history and tied with Katie Hoeg for most games played in school history.
Mastroianni Excelling in Midfield
• Graduate student midfielder Ally Mastroianni is the two-time reigning ACC Midfielder of the Year (2021, 2022) and a Tewaaraton Award finalist this season. She has been at her best in big games and earned first-team All-ACC honors for the second consecutive year.
• Mastroianni had three goals, an assist and tied her career high with 11 draw controls in the ACC championship game win over No. 2 Boston College, earning All-ACC Tournament honors.
• She tied her career high with four goals in the April 21 win over Duke that clinched the top seed in the ACC Tournament.
• In the April 14 win at Virginia, she scored a game-high four goals (tying her career high) and had eight draw controls.
• In the March 20 win at top-ranked Boston College, she had two goals (including the game-winner) and five draw controls.
• She tied her career high with four goals and set a new career high with five points in UNC's 20-9 win over No. 6 Northwestern on March 6.
• She leads Carolina with a career-high 126 draw controls this season. She also led UNC with 112 DCs in 2021, earning unanimous first-team All-America honors.
• She was among three Tar Heels and 52 ACC student-athletes selected as 2021 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award recipients.
• Mastroianni, from Martinsville, N.J., earned a degree in 2021 with a double major in media & journalism and communication studies. She is now pursuing a master's degree in strategic communication while also spearheading UNC's community service efforts off the field.
Moreno Snaps UNC Career Wins Record
• Graduate student goalie Taylor Moreno has a career record of 68-6 in the cage and became Carolina's all-time leader in goalie wins on Feb. 16 against Furman.
• Moreno eclipsed the wins record of Caylee Waters (2014-17), who had 49 career victories. Waters is a volunteer assistant coach for the 2022 Tar Heels.
• Moreno has started 74 consecutive games in the cage for the Tar Heels, beginning with the final five games of the 2018 season.
• Her 85 games played in goal and 74 consecutive starts both are most in UNC history.
• Moreno leads the ACC in save percentage and goals against average.
• Moreno has seven games with 10+ saves this season, including a season-high 16 (one off her career high of 17) in the April 2 win over Notre Dame, 12 in the ACC semifinal win at Notre Dame, 11 in the ACC final win over Boston College and 10 in the NCAA quarterfinal vs. Stony Brook.
• Moreno has 23 career games with 11 or more saves, including five in 2021 and six in 2022.
• Moreno is a three-time ACC Defensive Player of the Week and won IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week honors on April 5.
• In 2021, Moreno finished second in the nation in goals against average (a career-best 6.65) and save percentage (a career-high .549). Her goals-against average was nearly three goals per game better than her career average entering the 2021 season (9.12).
• She is a two-time ACC Tournament MVP (2018, 2021) and three-time first-team All-ACC pick (2019, 2021, 2022).
• In the 2021 ACC Tournament, she earned MVP honors for the second time after leading the Tar Heels to three wins. Moreno allowed just 4.78 goals per game in three UNC victories, posting a save percentage of .611.
Six Tar Heels On US National Team
• Head coach Jenny Levy and her staff have named the final 18-player roster that will represent the United States in this summer's World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, and six of the players are current or former UNC players who played as Tar Heels for Levy.
• The six Carolina players, most of any school in the nation, include goalie Caylee Waters (UNC '17), fifth-year senior defender Emma Trenchard ('22), graduate student midfielder Ally Mastroianni ('21), midfielder Marie McCool ('18), midfielder Emily Parros ('13) and attacker Molly Hendrick ('17).
Fedor Wins AD Scholar-Athlete Award
• Each school year, Carolina Athletics honors members of each varsity team as Athletic Director's Scholar-Athletes, recognizing one from each UNC team for outstanding academic achievement.
• Amanda Fedor, a senior exercise & sport science major from Vestal, N.Y., was the women's lacrosse winner for 2021-22.
Last Year
• Carolina went 20-1 overall in 2021, including 9-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, won its fifth consecutive ACC championship and made its 12th appearance in the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Tournament final four.
• The Tar Heels made their ninth final four appearance in the last 12 NCAA Tournaments (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021).
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