Men's Lacrosse Downs Mercer In Season Opener

Friday, February 10

Chapel Hill, N.C.

5 PM

North Carolina

1-0, 0-0

Mercer

0-2,0-0

Mercer

North Carolina

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

February 10, 2023 | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Behind 16 different goal scorers and 10 saves from goalkeeper Collin Krieg, the North Carolina men's lacrosse team (1-0) defeated Mercer (0-2) 25-3, Friday night at Dorrance Field.

How It Happened

Lance Tillman, Logan McGovern and Antonio DeMarco found the back of the net in the opening period, as Carolina held a 3-0 lead after the first.
UNC scored the first 11 goals of the second period, however Mercer found the score column for the first time with 3:39 remaining in the half.
The Tar Heels closed the opening 30 minutes with back-to-back goals from James Matan and Dewey Egan, entering the halftime break ahead, 16-1.
Coming out of the half, the two teams traded two goals apiece, as UNC finished the third with two-straight goals to lead 20-3 entering the fourth.
North Carolina capped off the game with five fourth quarter goals, defeating the Bears 25-3.

Tar Heel Performances

McGovern led the Tar Heels offensively with six points (four goals, two assists) in his UNC debut.
Tillman, Henry Schertzinger, DeMarco, Dewey Egan, Matan and Ryan Levy each found the back of the net twice.
Johnny Schwarz, Andrew Tyeryar, Sean Goldsmith, Trevor Deubner, Caden Whaling, Leif Hagerup, Connor Maher, Ryan O'Leary and Collin Loughead each scored one time.
Tyeryar, Maher and Krieg each finished with four groundballs.
Tyeryar finished the game 13-18 (.722) at the faceoff X for UNC.
Krieg (10 saves) and Kent Goode (1 save) combined for the defensive showing between the pipes.

Inside The Numbers

With the win, UNC has now won 25-straight season openers.
Carolina improves to 6-0 all-time against the Bears.
The three goals allowed is the fewest since Feb. 11, 2017, when UNC defeated Furman 7-3.
Friday was the first time the Tar Heels scored 25-or-more in a game since posting 27 against High Point in 2021.
North Carolina improves to 137-31 under head coach Joe Breschi when scoring 10+ goals, and 86-11 under Breschi when allowing fewer than 10 goals.

The Tar Heels return to action Tuesday evening, traveling to Homewood Field to take on Johns Hopkins. Opening faceoff is slated for 5 PM, and the matchup can be watched live on ESPNU.