No. 3 Women’s Lacrosse Blitzes High Point, 22-4

Thursday, March 23

Chapel Hill, N.C.

6 p.m. ET

North Carolina

8-1 (4-0)

High Point

1-6 (0-0)

High Point Panthers

NORTH CAROLINA

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

March 23, 2023 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score Photo Gallery

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – With goals from a season-high 11 different players, the No. 3 University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team had a convincing bounce back win Thursday night at Dorrance Field, cruising past High Point, 22-4.

The Tar Heels are now 8-1 (4-0 ACC) on the year while the Panthers drop to 1-6 (0-0 Big South).

UNC set a single-game team record with 19 assists, erasing the previous record of 16 set on two occasions, most recently against High Point a season ago. Carolina had 41 points, eclipsing the previous single-game mark of 39 set versus the Panthers in 2022.

How It Happened

With Reilly Casey leading the way at six points in the first 15 minutes, the Tar Heels jumped out to a 10-1 lead at the end of the opening quarter.
UNC went on an 8-0 scoring run from 6:45 in the first to 11:23 in the second.
Caitlyn Wurzburger made it a hat trick four minutes into the second frame as the home team went into the break with a 15-2 advantage.
Also recording a hat trick was Mackenzie Rich, who achieved the feat just under the halfway point of the third quarter.
Carolina had 10 unanswered goals from 7:57 in the second to 10:17 in the fourth, with Brooke Baker scoring UNC's 22nd goal.

Inside the Box Score

Carolina dominated every category, including a 38-10 advantage in shots and a 29-7 lead in shots on goal.
After a 10-1 lead in the first quarter alone, UNC concluded the game with a 21-7 edge in draw controls.
UNC had six caused turnovers to HPU's three – which featured two apiece from Lauren Figura and Livi Lawton – as well as 10 ground balls to the visitor's eight.
Eleven players scored at least once for UNC, while all four of HPU's goals came from two student-athletes.

Career Highlights

Melissa Sconone dished out five assists, a new career-high for the senior. Her previous game-high was four from Feb. 24, 2022, at Pitt.
Also having a career-high five assists was Casey, who bested her previous high of four from Feb. 24, 2023, at Virginia Tech.
Mackenzie Rich recorded the first hat trick and first assist of her career, finishing the day with a career-high four points.
Having had one draw control in four different games, Bailey Horne blasted her career-high with eight.
Brooke Baker saw the first points of her career after scoring two goals, while Liv Pikiell registered the first assist of her career.
Kaleigh Harden notched a career-high three points behind two goals and an assist.
Making one save in her first career appearance between the pipes was Lucy Catherine Olmert.

Tar Heel Tidbits

UNC improves to 11-0 in the all-time series with HPU, including 6-0 in Chapel Hill.
Caroline Godine has recorded at least three points in each of the last five games.
Today marked back-to-back games where Kiley Mottice has tallied three points.
Wurzburger now has 26 multi-goal games in her career.
The Tar Heels have now won 39 consecutive home games.
UNC has scored double-figure goals for 65 times in its last 68 games.
Carolina has won 57 of its last 59 games, and 65 of its last 68.

Up Next
It's a quick turnaround for the third-ranked Tar Heels, who are back at Dorrance Field on Sunday, March 26, to host No. 22 Clemson in an Atlantic Coast Conference showdown at 2 p.m. ET. The game will be aired on ACC Network and tickets are available here.

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