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Undefeated NCAA Champs!
GoHeels Coverage
Comeback Puts WLAX in Championship Game (GoHeels.com)Perfection! Tar Heels Cap Undefeated Season With NCAA Title (GoHeels.com)
Tar Heels Finish Atop Final National Poll (GoHeels.com)
Geiersbach & Moreno Win Final IWLCA Weekly Honors (GoHeels.com)
Four Tar Heels Go In Top Eight Picks of Athletes Unlimited Pro Draft (GoHeels.com)
Mastroianni & Trenchard Win IWLCA Player of the Year Awards (GoHeels.com)
What They're Saying About The Tar Heels
Post-Championship Coverage• Two Goals Made the Difference For This Year's UNC Women's Lacrosse Team (Daily Tar Heel)
• For North Carolina, the Pieces Fit Perfectly (Inside Lacrosse)
NCAA Championship Game vs. Boston College
• Perfection: North Carolina Beats BC, Caps Unbeaten Season (Inside Lacrosse)
• North Carolina's Sam Geiersbach Writes Fairytale Ending, Earns MVP After Big-Time Weekend (Inside Lacrosse)
• UNC Holds Off BC To Claim Third NCAA Championship (USA Lacrosse Magazine)
• No. 1 Women's Lacrosse Captures NCAA Title With 12-11 Defeat of No. 3 Boston College (Daily Tar Heel)
• 'Best Decision of My Life': UNC Women's Lacrosse Veterans Run It Back One Last Time For NCAA Title (Daily Tar Heel)
• Game-Winning Growney Secures 12-11 Victory (Daily Tar Heel)
• Reflecting on Jenny Levy's Legacy (Daily Tar Heel)
• North Carolina Escapes Boston College, 12-11, to Win First NCAA Title Since 2016 (Baltimore Sun)
NCAA Semifinal vs. Northwestern
• 'Sam Went Crazy': Geiersbach's Late-Game Heroics Propel UNC Women's Lacrosse To NCAA Title Game (Daily Tar Heel)
• Heel of a Comeback: North Carolina Scores Final Eight Goals, Tops Northwestern 15-14 (Inside Lacrosse)
• North Carolina Scores Final 8 Goals, Comes Back to Stun Northwestern (USA Lacrosse Magazine)
• Benched in the Third Quarter, Taylor Moreno Returns to Save North Carolina's Season (USA Lacrosse Magazine)
• Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Falls in Final Four (Chicago Tribune)
Social Media Reactions
So, so sweet 🏆🐏🥍#GoHeels x #WeGetTo pic.twitter.com/nZ1I8kZXhi
— UNC Women's Lacrosse (@uncwlax) May 29, 2022
𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 🏆✨
— UNC Women's Lacrosse (@uncwlax) May 31, 2022
Championship gear now on sale ➡️ https://t.co/z4QdZUNB1H#GoHeels #WeGetTo 🐏🥍 pic.twitter.com/fVlKjQXAzQ
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦!🏆🎉#GoHeels 🐏🥍 x @wellsfargo pic.twitter.com/ahat15QtAr
— UNC Women's Lacrosse (@uncwlax) May 29, 2022
TAR HEELS ARE NCAA CHAMPIONS 🐏
— ACC Network (@accnetwork) May 29, 2022
First undefeated champ since 2017 @uncwlax pic.twitter.com/zjXWLGLdsR
What a game!! University of Natty Champs!! https://t.co/0dG03g7o0Q
— Mia Hamm (@MiaHamm) May 29, 2022
A little Jump Around for the day for @uncwlax pic.twitter.com/T8jVwddvng
— Bubba Cunningham (@BubbaUNC) May 29, 2022
What 🎉
— UNC Women's Lacrosse (@uncwlax) May 29, 2022
A 🎉
Feeling 🏆#GoHeels x #GTDBATH pic.twitter.com/K7Ieka3FJT
This past Sunday, the 2022 #NCAAWLAX Championship game between @uncwlax & @BCwlax attracted a record-setting audience on ESPN
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) June 1, 2022
🥍 428,000 average viewers
🥍 592,000 peak viewers
🥍 Most-viewed women's college lacrosse game on record pic.twitter.com/MjY0wkt1oG