No. 1 Women’s Lacrosse Wins A Good One At No. 13 Syracuse, 13-9

Friday, February 13

Syracuse, N.Y.

2:30 PM

North Carolina

2-0, 1-0

Syracuse

0-2, 0-1

North Carolina

Syracuse

No. 1 Women’s Lacrosse Wins A Good One At No. 13 Syracuse, 13-9

February 13, 2026 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Top-ranked North Carolina women's lacrosse won a good one in the Dome, defeating No. 13 Syracuse, 13-9, on Friday afternoon. The two teams battled, exchanging goals most of the day, but a late surge from the Tar Heels gave UNC the edge.

Kate Levy had a career-high five points, including her first career hat trick, and Chloe Humphrey notched her 20th hat trick in 24 career games.

How It Happened

Kate Levy got the Heels on the board with her first of the season.
Syracuse scored the next two to make it 2-1 Orange.
Caroline Godine rifled a free position home for her third of the season to make it 3-2 at 11:18 in the second.
Kiley Mottice buried one off a feed from Chloe Humphrey to even things up at 3-3.
Chloe Humphrey bagged her fourth of the season at 7:49 in the half from Godine to even things up at 4.
The teams trade goals as Eliza Osburn notched her second of the season at 4:35 in the second to make it 5-5.
Syracuse added a late goal to take a 6-5 lead at the half.
Humphrey scored on the first possession of the second half to even things up.
Godine made it two in a row with a nice finish curling from behind the back of the net to make it 7-6.
Darcy Felter with a whirling finish off a feed form Addison Pattillo and the Heels led 8-7.
The teams continue to exchange goals. Syracuse leveled at 8 but Kate Levy's second of the game restored the Heels lead, 9-8 with 13:02 to go.
Humphrey scored her third from Levy with 9:27 left to push the Heels lead to two, 10-8.
Felter netted her second of the day, again from Levy, to make it three in a row. 11-8 Heels.
The Orange got one back but Mottice answered with her second off a feed from Godine. 12-9 Heels at 6:44 left in the 4th.
Levy secured her hat trick off a beautiful feed form Humphrey to extend the lead to 13-9 with 3:37 remaining.

Inside the Box Score

The Heels outshot Syracuse, 18-8, in the first half.
The Heels finished with 41 shots and 21 shots on goal.
Syracuse's goalie finished the game with 14 saves.

Tar Heel Tidbits

UNC is currently on a 24-game winning streak, which is the longest in the nation, the third longest in program history, and the 10th longest in NCAA history.
UNC holds at 14-8 all-time advantage vs. Syracuse (4-4 at Syracuse).
Chloe Humphrey notched her 20th hat trick in 24 career games.
Kate Levy's hat trick was the first of her career and her five points were a career high.

Up Next
No. 1 North Carolina will play it's home opener on Friday, Feb. 20, when it hosts Ohio St. at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at GoHeels.com/Tickets.

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