Women’s Lacrosse Keeps Rolling After Routing Temple, 19-3

Tuesday, March 4

Chapel Hill, N.C.

5 p.m. ET

North Carolina

6-0

Temple

1-5

Temple

North Carolina

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

March 4, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – With 11 players getting on the board, No. 2 North Carolina scored over 15 goals for the third straight game as it toppled Temple, 19-3, on Tuesday evening at Dorrance Field.

Following the win, the Tar Heels extended their unbeaten streak and improve to 6-0 (2-0 ACC). The Owls drop to 1-5 (0-0 AAC).

How It Happened

Carolina got on the board first 30 seconds into the game to jump out to a lead it would not relinquish, quickly making it 2-0 just 14 seconds later.
Chloe Humphrey and Ashley Humphrey combined for five points in the opening 15 minutes to help give the home team a 6-2 lead at the end of the first.
The Humphrey duo contributed two goals and two assists in the second quarter, with the youngest sister making it a first-half hat trick less than three minutes in.
The Tar Heels maintained an 8-3 lead at the break. They had 19 shots to the Owls' eight with an 11-4 advantage in shots on goal.
UNC was on the attack quickly coming out of the break, out-scoring TU 7-0 in the third frame. Marissa White got a hat trick of her own during that stretch with 5:13 on the clock.
C. Humphrey added two more goals at the end of the third as Carolina extended its lead to 15-3 after 45 minutes.
Carolina's defense did not concede a goal during the second half and kept Temple off the scoreboard for the final 32:57 of the contest.
Starting with A. Humphrey's goal with 1:02 left in the second quarter, the Tar Heels went on a 12-0 run to close out the game.

Inside the Box Score

C. Humphrey led all players with eight points behind a career-high six goals and two assists. A. Humphrey had seven points after three goals and a game-leading four assists.
UNC out-shot TU 46-14, including 30-6 on goal. C. Humphrey took a game-high 12 shots.
Carolina had 11 caused turnovers to Temple's nine. Charlotte Corkins, Kate Levy and Brooklyn Walker-Welch had two apiece.
UNC also ended with a 21-20 advantage in ground balls. Six different players recorded two.
Led by Sophie Student's game- and season-high five, the Tar Heels finished with 21 draw controls to the Owls' five. It was the most draw controls UNC has had this year.

Tar Heel Tidbits

North Carolina extended its record to 7-1 in the all-time series with Temple and 5-0 for games played in Chapel Hill.
The Tar Heels have yet to allow double-digit goals this season. They have limited opponents to an average of 4.0 goals per game.
C. Huphrey's six goals were the most by a Tar Heel since Alyssa Long vs. Virginia Tech on April 6, 2024.
C. Humphrey has netted Carolina's first goal of the game in five of six contests. She has had a hat trick in five of six games, and three have come in the first half.
A. Humphrey registered her 30th career game of five or more points. With her four assists today, she now ranks 12th in program history for career assists – and she has done that in just 22 games at UNC.

Up Next
The second-ranked Tar Heels are back at Dorrance Field on Saturday, March 8, to resume Atlantic Coast Conference play against No. 14 Virginia. First draw is set for 2:30 p.m. ET on ACCNX.

Saturday will serve as a doubleheader with UNC men's lacrosse. One ticket, which can be purchased here, will gain access to both events.

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