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Women’s Lacrosse Fifth In Final IWLCA Poll To Conclude 2023 Season
May 30, 2023 | Women's Lacrosse
The 2023 campaign has come to a close for the University of North Carolina women’s lacrosse team, which checked in at No. 5 in the final IWLCA/ILWomen and USA Lacrosse Magazine polls of the year. The season saw several standout performances, both by individual players and together as a team.
2023 by the Numbers
- One Tewaaraton Award nominee (More)
- Three IWLCA All-Americans, including one on the first team (More)
- Three ACC All-Tournament picks (More)
- Four IWLCA All-South Region honorees, including three on the first team (More)
- Four ILWomen All-Americans, including one on the first team (More)
- Six Tewaaraton Award Watch List members (most in the country) (More)
- Eight All-ACC Team members (the most in the conference), including two on the first team (More)
- Eight USA Lacrosse Magazine All-Americans (second-most in the country) (More)
Season Highlights: Team
- Made its 24th overall – and 18th straight – NCAA Tournament appearance
- Advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the 23rd time in program history
- Earned a top-5 NCAA Tournament seed for the 14th consecutive year
- Reached the ACC Tournament title game for the seventh year in a row, and 16th time overall
- ACC semifinals victory marked the team’s 20th straight ACC Tournament win, extending the longest streak in event history
- Set new single-game team records with 19 assists and 41 points (22 goals/19 assists) against High Point on March 26
- Set a new program record for longest win streak at 29 from Feb. 12, 2022, to March 16, 2023
- Went 8-5 against top-25 teams, including two wins against top-five opponents
- Finished the season ranked No. 5 in the final IWLCA/ILWomen and USA Lacrosse Magazine polls
Season Highlights: Individual
- Emily Nalls was a top-25 nominee for the prestigious Tewaaraton Award and was named to the College Sports Communications Academic All-District At Large Team
- Caitlyn Wurzburger achieved her 200th career point on May 14, becoming the 13th Tar Heel to ever reach the milestone
- Wurzburger now ranks fourth all-time in UNC history with 94 career assists, while her team-leading 35 assists sits at ninth in the school record book for a single season
- 34 assists on the year from Reilly Casey ranks 10th for a single season in program history
- Totaling nine goals and 12 points during the ACC Tournament, the most of any league player, was Caroline Godine
- Alecia Nicholas was named ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 14
- Jenny Levy achieved her 400th career victory on March 16, just the sixth head coach in NCAA history to reach the threshold and the third in Division I
- Levy also earned her 100th career ACC victory, the first league coach to reach the milestone
- UNC’s win in the NCAA Second Round marked Levy’s 42nd NCAA Tournament win, moving to be tied for second all-time by a head coach
“This team wanted to compete, and we wanted to play together. We came together as a team with the same goal in mind which was really special, and we wanted to have fun while we were doing it…it was fun to compete with everyone, every day.”Emily Nalls, senior defender, following the NCAA Quarterfinals
Among the Nation's Best
- UNC led the nation in clearing percentage at .940
- First in the ACC and sixth nationally in scoring defense, allowing only 8.43 goals per game
- Ranked 11th in the country with a 5.67 scoring margin
- Goalkeeper Alecia Nicholas finished the year ranked first in the ACC and seventh in the country with an 8.51 goals-against average
- Caitlyn Wurzburger capped off the season ranked second in the ACC and ninth in the country with a .597 shot percentage
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