Women's Lacrosse To Face Clemson In ACC Semis On Friday

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Top-seed North Carolina women's lacrosse will face No. 16 Clemson in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament on Friday. First draw is set for 5 p.m. at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte.

All tournament games will air on ACC Network with Jay Alter, Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Charlotte North and Dana Boyle on the call.

Game Info
Who: (1) Carolina vs. (16) Clemson
Where: Charlotte, N.C. – American Legion Memorial Stadium
When: Friday, April 25 – 5 p.m.
Links: Live Stream | Live Stats | Tickets

Ten Things + One to Know

The Tar Heels won their 11th ACC regular-season title and eighth outright championship. They previously won the regular season outright in 1998, 2012, '15, '16, '17, '21 and '22. UNC shared the regular-season title in 2000, '06 and '10.
UNC has won seven ACC Tournament titles (2022, '21, '19, '18, '17, '17, '02).
North Carolina secured the ACC Tournament's No. 1 seed for the first time since 2022 and the sixth time in the last 10 tournaments after going undefeated and winning the ACC regular-season title outright.
UNC is the only undefeated team in the country after snapping Boston College's 21-game winning streak. The Tar Heels current 16-game winning streak is the longest in the nation, five games ahead of Florida's 11-game streak.
UNC has defeated nine Top 25 teams, including six over Top 10 teams.
Through 16 games, Carolina has outscored its opponents 284-101 (+183). Its 11.4 scoring margin per game ranks first nationally. UNC ranks second in both the ACC and NCAA in scoring offense at 17.8 goals per game.
Carolina's defense has held opponents to 6.3 goals per game, which ranks first in both the ACC and NCAA. The team has only allowed two double-digit scoring efforts all year. UNC has kept its opponent scoreless in 15 quarters across 16 games.
Betty Nelson and Lexi Zenk have combined to give UNC a .526 save percentage, which ranks second in the country. Nelson's 6.87 goals-against average ranks first nationally.
Chloe Humphrey has scored six goals four times this season and has tallied hat tricks in 13-of-16 games. Her 67 goals rank third nationally and second in the ACC. She is now sixth on UNC's single-season goals list and has tallied the most goals by a freshman since Jamie Ortega's 70 in 2018. Her 86 points are tied for eighth nationally, rank third in the league and are tied for eighth on UNC's single-season list.
Ashley Humphrey is currently fifth on UNC's all-time assists list (103) and third on the single-season list (65). Her 4.06 assists per game lead the country (65 in 16 games) and her 92 points are tied for fifth nationally and rank sixth on UNC's single-season list. She is the NCAA's active leader in assists (233) and assists per game (3.38) and ranks second in points per game (5.04).
UNC has four Tewaaraton Award Nominees in Sam Forrest, Ashley Humphrey, Chloe Humphrey and Brooklyn Walker-Welch. The four honors are the second most in the country.

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Players Mentioned

Sam Forrest

Ashley Humphrey

Chloe Humphrey

Betty Nelson

Brooklyn Walker-Welch

Lexi Zenk