No. 1 Women’s Lacrosse Smothers Seminoles, 27-3

Friday, February 27

Chapel Hill, N.C.

5 PM

North Carolina

5-0, 3-0

Florida State

2-5, 0-3

Florida State

North Carolina

Photo by: NATE SKVORETZ

February 27, 2026 | Women's Lacrosse

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Top-ranked North Carolina women's lacrosse came out fast and didn't look back in a 27-3 win over Florida St. at Dorrance Field on Friday. The Heels scored the first eight goals and didn't let off the gas in their third ACC win of the season. UNC improved to 5-0 on the year and 3-0 in league play.

Chloe Humphrey and Addison Pattillo matched their career high in goals with seven and four respectively. Eliza Osburn and Kate Levy added hat tricks to pace a Tar Heel offense that saw 12 different players score. Negai Nakazawa added two goals, her first two as a Tar Heel, and Charlotte Rathjen capped a complete performance with her first UNC goal.

The Heels 27 tallies set a new program record for a single game, beating the previous mark of 24 which had been done five times, including the last game versus Louisville. UNC's 73 goals over the last three games are also a program record, bettering the previous mark of 65 which had been done twice. UNC also set a single-game record for shooting percentage after going 27-of-34 (.794).

Carolina played a clean game, committing only nine turnovers, while causing eight for FSU. The Heels dominated the draw circle, 22-8, with Rathjen leading the way with six over her own. Grace Leonard added five and Kaleigh Harden chipped in with four. UNC also provided 12 assists on its 27 goals led by Julia O'Connor's first three-assist game.

How It Happened

Kate Levy opened the scoring for the Heels with her eighth of the season.
Chloe Humphrey followed seconds later with her 18th of the season to make it 2-0.
Humphrey and Eliza Osburn added one more apiece and the Heels jumped out to a 4-0 lead just five minutes in.
Addison Pattillo netted her 11th of the season with 8:28 left in the first.
Humphrey secured a hat trick for the 23rd time in 27 career games.
Caroline Godine added to the tally for a 7-0 Heels lead.
Pattillo with a ridiculous no-look, backwards shot to beat the keeper.
Payton Magday scored her first of the game to make it 9-1 at the quarter break.
Darcy Felter got on the board on a nice feed from Julia O'Connor to give the Heels a 10-2 lead midway through the second.
Another Humphrey goal, this one a wrap-around from behind goal, pushed UNC's lead to nine.
Pattillo secured her hat trick to give UNC a running clock.
The Heels led 16-2 at halftime.
Osburn secured her hat trick with a rocket from the right side.
Julia O'Connor scored her second of the season.
Addison Pattillo added her fourth of the season, matching her career high.
Kate Levy secured her third hat trick in four games to give the Heels a 21-2 lead.
Negai Nakazawa netted her first as a Tar Heel late in the third.
Nakazawa with her second from Grace Winkler and the Heels led 23-3 early in the fourth.
Felter from Winkler made it 24-3 with eight minutes left.
Charlotte Rathjen scored the first of her career to make it 25-3.

Tar Heel Tidbits

The Tar Heels current 27-game winning streak is the longest in the nation. The 27-game streak is tied for the second longest in program history and tied for the eighth longest in NCAA history with our streak from Feb. 8, 2020 to May 28, 2021.
This was the first ever match-up between UNC and FSU as this is the first year of the Seminoles program.
The Tar Heels set a program record for goals in a three-game stretch with 73 over the last three games – 22 vs. Ohio St. (2/20/26), 24 vs. Louisville (2/22/26) and 27 vs. Florida St. (2/27/26). That mark betters the previous record of 65, which has happened twice.
- 65 – at High Point (2/14/20), 22 vs. Davidson (2/16/20) and 19 vs. Maryland (2/22/20)
- 65 – 24 vs. Canisius (2/19/14), 22 vs. Vanderbilt (2/22/14) and 19 vs. Notre Dame (2/27/14).
Carolina's 27 goals set a new program record for goals in a game.
Chloe Humphrey posted a hat trick for the 23rd time in 27 career games. She matched her career high with seven goals.
Addison Pattillo notched the sixth hat trick of her career. She finished by matching her career high with four goals.
Eliza Osburn posted her seventh career hat trick.
Kate Levy notched her third career hat trick, all coming in the last four games.
Julia O'Connor tallied the first three-assist game of her career.

Up Next
No. 1 North Carolina will head to Clemson for a match-up with the Tigers on Wednesday, March 4 at 6 p.m. That game will air on ACCNX and tickets are available through Clemson's website.

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