No. 2 Women’s Lacrosse Blows Out No. 20 Notre Dame In Three Quarters

Sunday, March 30

South Bend, Ind.

3 p.m. ET

North Carolina

11-0, 6-0ACC

#20 Notre Dame

6-6, 1-5ACC

UNC

NOTRE DAME

No. 2 Women’s Lacrosse Blows Out No. 20 Notre Dame In Three Quarters

March 30, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

SOUTH BEND, IND. – Second-ranked North Carolina women's lacrosse held No. 20 Notre Dame scoreless over the final 24 minutes of game action to blow past the Fighting Irish, 14-3, in a weather-shortened contest. The Tar Heels finished the game on an 8-0 run before weather caused a delay at the third quarter break.

The Tar Heels kept their undefeated streak alive and improved to 11-0 (6-0 ACC) while the Fighting Irish fell to 6-6 (1-5 ACC).

How It Happened

Kiley Mottice got the Tar Heels on the board less than 30 seconds into the game.
Kaleigh Harden and Marissa White added tallied to give the Heels a 3-2 lad at the first media timeout.
Ashley Humphrey assisted Chloe Humphrey for the 18th time this season to give UNC a 6-2 lead early in the 2nd.
C. Humphrey gets her first half hat trick to push Carolina's lead to 7-3.
All three Humphreys got in on the act as Nicole gave to Ashley, who assisted Chloe to make it 8-3.
M. White netted her second of the half with 18 seconds left to push the lead to 9-3.
The Heels gave up two goals in the first four minutes of the game and only one the remaining 26 minutes. B. Nelson ended the half with six saves.
Olivia Vergano scores a rocket to open the 2nd-half scoring.
C. Humphrey from guess who, A. Humphrey, for her fifth of the day to make it 11-3.
Nicole Humphrey nets one late in the third quarter, and for the second time in three games, all three Humphreys scored in the same game.
The game was delayed due to weather at the third-quarter break and was ultimately abandoned.

Inside the Box Score

The Tar Heels held Notre Dame scoreless for 24 minutes over the second and third quarters, while the offense went on an 8-0 run.
UNC outshot Notre Dame 25-18 and doubled their shots on goal, 22-11.
The Heels also doubled ND's in groundballs, 14-7.
Betty Nelson finished with eight saves.
Seven Tar Heels scored on the day with C. Humphrey (6), M. White (2) and O. Vergano (2) posting multi-goal games.

Tar Heel Tidbits

UNC and Boston College are the only undefeated teams remaining in the country this season.
With its win over Notre Dame, UNC has now defeated seven Top 25 teams.
C. Humphrey tied her single-game best with six goals on the day and now has hat tricks in 10-of-11 games this season.
A. Humphrey has now assisted on 20 of C. Humphrey's goals this season.
A. Humphrey has posted at least four assists in six straight games.
A. Humphrey moved into seventh on UNC's all-time assist list (84) and fifth on the single-season list (46).
O. Vergano has scored at least two goals in five consecutive games and seven times overall this season.

Up Next
The second-ranked Tar Heels will host No. 1 Boston College on Saturday, April 5 in a battle of the two top teams in the country. First draw on Alumni Day is set for 11 a.m. with the game airing on ESPNU.

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