Thursday, May 15
Chapel Hill, N.C.
7:30 p.m. ET
North Carolina
20-0
19
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10
#8 Princeton (NCAA Quarterfinal)
16-4
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PRINCETON
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10
North Carolina
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19
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
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Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
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Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
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No. 1 Women’s Lacrosse Beats Princeton, Books Spot In Final Four
May 15, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Top-ranked North Carolina women's lacrosse defeated No. 8 Princeton, 19-10, on Thursday to book its place in the Final Four. The Tar Heels will make their 14th appearance in the national semifinals, which is tied for the third most all-time, when they face No. 4 Florida next Friday.
The Tar Heels had 10 goal scorers on the night and six with multiple goals, but Ashley Humphrey stole the night with five assists. Her second assist of the game broke the NCAA record for career assists at 247 and she finished the game with 250.
The Tar Heels improved their nation-leading win streak to 20 games (20-0), while the Tigers fell to 16-4.
How It Happened
Up Next
No. 1 North Carolina will play No. 4 Florida in the national semifinals on Friday May 23 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The Heels will play at 3 p.m. on ESPNU.
Stay up to date with UNC women's lacrosse by following the Tar Heels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
The Tar Heels had 10 goal scorers on the night and six with multiple goals, but Ashley Humphrey stole the night with five assists. Her second assist of the game broke the NCAA record for career assists at 247 and she finished the game with 250.
The Tar Heels improved their nation-leading win streak to 20 games (20-0), while the Tigers fell to 16-4.
How It Happened
- Kaleigh Harden got the Heels on the board at 10:42 in the first with her 14th of the season.
- Eliza Osburn's 28th of the season gave UNC a 2-1 lead in a tightly-contested first quarter.
- Caroline Godine to Marissa White made it 3-1 Heels. It was White's 43rd on the year.
- Chloe Humphrey with her 78th on the year and UNC was on a 3-0 run to make it 4-1.
- Marissa White with another on a gorgeous feed from Chloe Humphrey to put the Heels up 5-1.
- Kiley Mottice with her 30th on the year pushed the lead to five at 6-1.
- Caroline Godine scored her 19th of the season on an assist from Ashley Humphrey.
- Ashley Humphrey continued the Heels' run with her 30th of the season. 8-1 Heels.
- Kaleigh Harden with her second of the night and UNC ran off eight straight goals.
- The Heels took a 9-2 lead into the break. UNC outshot Princeton 28-13 in the first half.
- Ashley Humphrey with her second of the night and the Heels led 10-2 early in the third.
- Ashley Humphrey with her 79th assist of the season and the 247th of her career to set a new NCAA career record for assists.
- Olivia Vergano netted her 36th of the season to push the Heels lead to 13-4.
- Eliza Osburn completed her hat trick and UNC led 14-4.
- Ashley to Chloe for the Humphrey connection made the score 15-7.
- Marissa White completed her hat trick to push the Heels lead to 17-8 with four minutes left.
- Reilly Casey got on the score sheet with 1:28 left and UNC led 18-10.
- The Tar Heels tied season highs with 51 shots and 35 shots on goal compared to Princeton's 29 and 19.
- UNC had the edge in draw controls, 18-13.
- The Heels defense had 11 caused turnovers and forced Princton into 17 turnovers overall.
- UNC was perfect on the clear, while forcing Princeton into five failed clearances.
- UNC remains the only undefeated team in the country this season.
- UNC extended its nation-leading win streak to 20 games.
- UNC has won 95 of its last 107 games.
- UNC has outscored its opponents 353-139 for a margin of +214.
- Ashley Humphrey set a new NCAA career assists record with her second assist of the game. She finished with five on the night to push her career total to 250.
- Ashley Humphrey's seven points increased her season total to 113, which ties her with Jamie Ortega atop the UNC single-season chart.
- With four points on the night, Chloe Humphrey moved into sixth on UNC's single-season list with 106 points.
- Eliza Osburn matched her career high with four goals.
- Marissa White tallied the 12th hat trick of her career.
Up Next
No. 1 North Carolina will play No. 4 Florida in the national semifinals on Friday May 23 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The Heels will play at 3 p.m. on ESPNU.
Stay up to date with UNC women's lacrosse by following the Tar Heels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Team Stats
PRI
UNC
Shots
29
51
Turnovers
17
10
Caused Turnovers
7
11
Draw Controls
13
18
Free-Position Shots
5
4
Ground Balls
11
20
Game Leaders
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GB
1
CT
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3
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GB
0
CT
0
G
2
A
2
FO
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Pen
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GB
1
CT
2
G
2
A
2
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
1
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