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NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Semifinal #2
#3 North Carolina (16-4) vs. #2 Maryland (21-1)
Johnny Unitas® Stadium • May 22, 2009
Tournament Notes
North Carolina advances to the NCAA Championship game for the first time in school history with an 8-7 win over Maryland on Friday night.
Friday's games were played in front of 7,549 fans - the largest crowd to witness a women's lacrosse game in NCAA Championship history.
The third-seeded Tar Heels will take on the top-seeded Northwestern Wildcats in the NCAA Championship Game on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ... dating back to 2002, the No. 1 seed has gone 3-2 in the national championship game (Northwestern with all those victories in 2005, '07 and '08), while the No. 3 seed has gone 0-2 in the title contest (Virginia lost to Princeton in overtime, 8-7, in 2003 and Virginia fell to Northwestern, 15-13, in 2007).
The Tar Heels have won the last two games against Maryland in the NCAA Tournament ... North Carolina topped Maryland, 9-6, during the 2006 NCAA First-Round game.
Both NCAA semifinal games were decided by one goal on Friday night - the first time since 1996 when Maryland defeated Princeton, 6-5, and Virginia defeated Loyola, 10-9.
This is the third meeting between the two teams in NCAA Tournament history ... previously, Maryland defeated North Carolina, 14-9, during the 1998 semifinal before North Carolina bested Maryland in the 2006 first-round game, 9-6.
North Carolina Notes
North Carolina is in its fourth NCAA Championship Round appearance and is now 1-3 all-time in NCAA semifinal action ... the Tar Heels are now 12-10 all-time in NCAA Tournament games.
North Carolina head coach Jenny Levy coached her 22nd NCAA Tournament game, moving her into sole possession of fifth place on the career games coached list ... she also moved into sole possession of sixth place on the career wins list with 12.
Five different North Carolina players accounted for its first six goals of the game ... with Megan Bosica scoring twice and Corey Donohoe scoring once, four North Carolina players have scored 35-plus goals this year.
Laura Zimmerman's three goals on Friday night marked her first-career hat trick.
Megan Bosica chipped in with two goals and two assists for four points ... Bosica has recorded multi-goal efforts in each of the Tar Heels' three NCAA Tournament games this year.
Goalie Logan Ripley made seven saves - four of which came in the second half - during Friday night's win ... she has made 28 saves during the NCAA Tournament this year and posted a .571 save percentage.
Maryland Notes
Maryland was in the NCAA Tournament for the 25th time and the NCAA Championship Round for the 17th time - both of which are the most in NCAA history.
The Terrapins are 39-16 all-time in the NCAA Tournament ... Maryland is now 14-3 all-time in NCAA semifinal games.
Maryland head coach Cathy Reese is 4-3 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and made her first appearance in the NCAA Championship Round with the Terrapins.
Karri Ellen Johnson scored four goals to move into sole possession of third place on Maryland's single-season goals scored list with 74 ... Johnson has scored nine goals during the NCAA Tournament this spring.
Maryland won 6-of-14 draw controls on Friday night ... coming into the contest, the Terrapins had won 55.0 percent of their draw controls ... they had won 72.0 percent during the NCAA Tournament. 
