Balanced Effort Leads No. 18 Men's Lacrosse Over Brown

Saturday, March 11

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Noon

North Carolina

4-2, 1-0

Brown

3-2

Brown

North Carolina

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

March 11, 2023 | Men's Lacrosse

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Nine different goal scorers, including three with hat tricks, lifted No. 18 North Carolina (4-2) over Brown (3-2), 19-6, Saturday in a non-conference matchup at Dorrance Field.

How It Happened

Quintin O'Connell netted his first of the season to begin scoring five minutes into the game, sparking a 4-1 run for the Tar Heels.
Lance Tillman got his second of the quarter to put UNC – which outshot Brown 17-8 – up 5-2 at the end of the first.
Carolina exploded during the second frame, tallying five goals from four different scorers which included a pair from Harry Wellford.
Sean Goldsmith and Logan McGovern both had one goal and one assist during the second quarter, giving the home team a 10-2 lead at the break.
Behind three saves from Collin Krieg during the second quarter, UNC's defense kept its opponent without a goal, the fourth time the Tar Heels have done so in a quarter this season.
Brown began to chip away at its deficit with back-to-back goals to start the second half, but UNC ended the third quarter on a 4-0 run.
James Matan had the first hat trick of his career with 2:14 remaining in the third to put Carolina up 14-4 after 45 minutes.
Andrew Tyeryar also tallied three goals for the first hatty of his career, which came less than five minutes in the final quarter.
Tillman's third goal with just over seven left in the game gave him his second hat trick of the year and sixth of his career.

Tar Heel Performances

Matan and Tyeryar both recorded the first hat tricks of their career, while Tillman had the sixth of his.
O'Connell saw the first multi-goal games of his career with two goals.
Krieg finished with nine saves between the pipes for a .600 save percentage.

Inside the Numbers

Saturday was the second time this season where three Tar Heels recorded a hat trick, the first which came at Syracuse on Feb. 25.
Goldsmith extended his point streak to 13-straight contests, including 47 of 48 games during his collegiate career.
This marked the 31st game in McGovern's collegiate career scoring a goal and his 15th multi-goal game.
In a series dating back to 1985, Carolina remains undefeated all-time against Brown and extends its streak to 6-0.