Levy Earns 100th ACC Victory In 20-7 Win At Louisville

Thursday, March 16

Louisville, Ky.

1 p.m. ET

North Carolina

7-0

Louisville

4-4

UNC

Louisville

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

March 16, 2023 | Women's Lacrosse

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Less than two weeks after earning her 400th career win, University of North Carolina women's lacrosse head coach Jenny Levy reached another major milestone: her 100th Atlantic Coast Conference victory.

Levy is the first coach in ACC history to reach the century mark. As of March 16, no other coach in league history has more than 67 conference victories.

The only head coach UNC has ever known, she achieved the feat after No. 1 North Carolina cruised past Louisville, 20-7, Thursday afternoon at the UofL Lacrosse Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky.

Following the win, the top-ranked Tar Heels remain undefeated at 7-0 overall and 4-0 in league play while the Cardinals drop to 4-4 (1-3).

How it Happened

Carolina maintained possession the majority of the first quarter after holding an 8-0 advantage in draw controls.
Five different Tar Heels scored to put them up 5-2 after the first quarter.
Louisville got itself within one, but Reilly Casey had all three of Carolina's second-quarter goals to give UNC an 8-5 lead at the break.
Casey's goal with two minutes left in the half was her fourth of the game, a new career-high for the redshirt sophomore.
The Tar Heels exploded during the third quarter, out-scoring the Cardinals 7-2.
Caitlyn Wurzburger tallied the first two goals after the break to help Carolina pull away, making it a hat trick at 4:20 on the clock.
Nicole Humphrey had back-to-back goals in the final 75 seconds to give UNC a 15-7 lead heading into the final frame.
Wurzburger notched her fifth goal of the game less than three minutes into the fourth quarter, matching the most goals she has scored in one contest.
Marissa White made it a hat trick of her own – the second of her career – at the 9:40 mark as one of five different goal scorers in the final frame.
Carolina allowed only two goals during the second half, and none in the final 15 minutes, ending the game on a 7-0 run.

Inside the Box Score

Nine UNC players scored at least once while only three UofL players found the back of the cage.
Casey and Wurzburger had a game-high seven points each, and seven players had multi-point games.
Carolina dominated every category, including a 21-10 edge in draw controls. Nine players had at least one, led by Olivia Dirks with five.
UNC out-shot UofL 44-19, the most shots the Tar Heels have taken this season. UNC also has 31 shots on goal to UofL's 19.
Alecia Nicholas and Brooklyn Walker-Welch both had three ground balls to contribute to Carolina's total of 13. Louisville had seven. It was a career high for Walker-Welch.
Emily Nalls had a game-high three caused turnovers, more than the entire UofL team at two. UNC had five total.
Nicholas made eight saves between the pipes.

Tar Heel Tidbits

Today's win marked the 100th ACC victory for Levy, the only head coach in program history. She has 33 more league wins than any other coach in the conference.
North Carolina's 20 goals is the most it has scored this season.
Behind her seven points today, Casey surpassed her previous single-game career-high of six from the season opener. She has recorded at least three points in every contest so far this season.
Wurzburger also recorded seven points to tie her career-high. Her five goals matches the most she has ever scored in a single contest, which was first done on April 23, 2021.
With two assists today, Wurzburger is now seven assists away from being tied for seventh all-time in UNC history for career assists (77).
The Tar Heels have now won 47 consecutive regular season games, the second longest streak in Division I women's lacrosse history.
UNC has now won 26 consecutive regular season ACC games and has gone 73-6 in its last 79 games against ACC opponents (regular season and postseason).
Carolina has now won 20 consecutive road games (excluding neutral site).
Now with 29 victories in a row, the Tar Heels have extended their program record for longest win streak.
UNC has now won 56 of its last 57 games, and 64 of its last 66 games.
UNC has now scored double-figure goals for the 64th time in the last 66 games.

Up Next
Next on the schedule is a rematch of last year's epic NCAA semifinal as the top-ranked Tar Heels head to Evanston, Illinois, to take on No. 3 Northwestern at 1:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. CT) Sunday, March 19. The game will take place at Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium and be aired on ESPNU.

Sunday's clash will be the second top-5 showdown of the year for Carolina, and the fourth of its nation-leading eight on national television.

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