Tar Heels To Face Eagles For Third Consecutive ACC Title

Sunday, April 29

Durham, N.C.

1:00 PM

North Carolina

Boston College

2018 Women’s Lacrosse Championship #ACCWLAX

TAylor Moreno leads the Tar Heel celebration after the win over Virginia Tech.

Photo by: ACC

April 28, 2018 | Women's Lacrosse

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TAR HEELS SEEK THIRD STRAIGHT ACC TITLE VS. EAGLES ON SUNDAY
• The second-seeded and fifth-ranked North Carolina women's lacrosse team (14-3, 6-1 ACC) will face top-seeded and second-ranked Boston College (19-0, 7-0) in the championship game of the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Sunday in Durham, N.C. The Tar Heels and Eagles will take the opening draw at 1 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium on the Duke University campus.
• The game will be televised by RSN and streamed live by ACC Network Extra.
• UNC is making its 12th appearance in the ACC championship game, its eighth in the last nine years and its fourth in a row.
• The Tar Heels have won eight straight ACC Tournament games and 10 of 11 since 2015.
• Carolina is seeking its third consecutive ACC championship, having won the 2016 title in Blacksburg, Va., and the 2017 crown in Richmond. UNC is seeking its fourth ACC championship overall.
• The Tar Heels have won eight games in a row and 11 of their last 12 this season.
• Carolina has scored 20 or more goals in four of the last five games for the first time in program history.
• Carolina is ranked No. 5 this week in the IWLCA coaches poll and No. 5 in the Cascade media poll. the Tar Heels have been ranked fifth for each of the last six weeks.
• Boston College is ranked No. 2 in both polls and is undefeated at 19-0 in 2018.

SERIES HISTORY VS. BOSTON COLLEGE
• Carolina leads the all-time series with Boston College, 15-3.
• A month ago in the regular season, the Eagles beat the Tar Heels, 17-11, in Newton, Mass.
• UNC is 4-0 all-time against the Eagles in the ACC Tournament with wins in the 2008 quarterfinals, the 2013 semifinals, the 2014 quarterfinals and the 2017 semifinals.
• Last year, Carolina beat BC twice. In late March, Carolina beat BC, 15-13, in Chapel Hill behind three goals apiece from Marie McCool and Molly Hendrick. In the ACC Tournament semifinals in Richmond, UNC won, 17-14.
• Boston College's three wins over Carolina were a 5-4, double-overtime decision in 2008, an overtime win in 2015 and in the 2018 regular season.

2018 REGULAR SEASON AT BC:
CAROLINA FALLS AT BC, 17-11 (Saturday, March 24, 2018)
• Second-ranked Boston College scored six consecutive goals late in the game and beat fifth-ranked North Carolina, 17-11, at the Newton Campus Soccer and Lacrosse Field in Newton, Mass., on March 24, 2018.
• After Marie McCool scored back-to-back goals for Carolina to cut the BC lead to 11-10 with 13:46 to play in the second half, the Eagles went on a 6-0 run to put the game out of reach.
• Maggie Bill led Carolina with three goals and three assists on the day. McCool and Katie Hoeg each had two goals and an assist, and Jamie Ortega scored twice. Marisa DiVietro and Ally Mastroianni both scored once.
• The Eagles got four goals and five assists from Sam Apuzzo, along with three goals and two assists from Emma Schurr and two goals and three assists from Dempsey Arsenault. BC won 17 draws in the game to Carolina's 10.

2017 ACC SEMIFINAL VS. THE EAGLES:
UNC 17, BC 14 (April 28, 2017)
• Top-seeded Carolina got five first-half goals from Molly Hendrick and went on a 7-0 run in a span of 7:25 in the first half, beating fifth-seeded Boston College, 17-14, in an Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinal at Sports Backers Stadium.
• In addition to the output from Hendrick, UNC got got three goals and two assists from Ela Hazar, two goals and three assists from Carly Reed and three goals from Marie McCool. Sydney Holman had a goal and two assists, while Sammy Jo Tracy, Caroline Wakefield and Gianna Bowe had single goals. Charlotte Sofield had an assist.
• BC got four goals from Sam Apuzzo, three goals and one assist from Kate Weeks and two goals and three assists from Kenzie Kent. Kaileen Hart and Dempsey Arsenault both scored twice, and Laura Frankenfield had a goal and an assist.
• After BC took a 1-0 lead early in the game, the Tar Heels ripped off seven consecutive goals and eight of the next 10 to take control, eventually taking a 12-7 lead into halftime. The Eagles rallied in the second half, eventually cutting the UNC lead to as few as three goals with 5:26 to play, but it was not enough as Hazar added a final, insurance goal for Carolina with 1:59 to go.