2009 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Amber Falcone
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Westminster, Md.
- High School:
- Winters Mill
General - One of the nation's top defenders ... A strong candidate for All-ACC and All-America honors ... One of Carolina's three co-captains this season (along with Katie Brooks and Megan Bosica) ... Winner of the Three-Dimensional Leader Award, the highest honor awarded by the Carolina Leadership Academy ... Played on the 2007-08 United States Developmental women's lacrosse team and then earned a spot on the U.S. World Cup Training team, set to play at the World Cup in Prague in June 2009 ... Has started 44 consecutive games, dating to April 28, 2006, versus Virginia in the ACC Tournament semifinals.
Hopes to become just the fourth three-time All-ACC player in Carolina history, joining defenders Porter Wilkinson (2000-01-02) and Jenn Cook (2005-06-07) and midfielder Christina Juras (2005-06-07).
Is one of five three-time All-Americas in school history, joining Brooke Crawford (1997-99), Kellie Thompson (2000-02), Poter Wilkinson (2000-02) and Jenn Cook (2005-07) ... Will become the first four-time All-America in Carolina history if she earns the honors in 2009.
Junior (2008) - Earned All-ACC honors for the second consecutive season at defender ... Named first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse, WomensLax.com and WomensLacrosse.com and earned second-team honors from the IWLCA ... Named first-team All-South by the IWLCA ... Consistently marked the opposition's best player throughout the season ... Led the Tar Heels with a career-high 35 ground balls and was third with 19 caused turnovers ... Started all 20 games on the back line ... Scored a goal against Albany and tallied assists against Denver and Old Dominion ... Gathered at least one ground ball in all but two Tar Heel games, drawing a blank against Old Dominion and Boston College (ACC Tournament) ... Had a season-high four draw controls against Denver on Feb. 17 ... Also caused a season-high four turnovers against Denver ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore (2007) - Earned accolades as one of the top mark-up defenders in the nation ... Named second-team America by the IWLCA and Inside Lacrosse ... Named third-team All-America by womenslacrosse.com ... Named to the All-ACC team ... One of 17 nominees for theq Tewaaraton Award at the close of the regular season ... Named first-team All-South Region by the IWLCA ... Named to the All-ACC Tournament team after she finished with six ground balls, one draw control and two caused turnovers in three games ... Usually marked top scorers on opposing teams, including Blair Weymouth of Virginia (held to zero goals, one assist in the regular season), Krista Pellizzi of Maryland (one goal, zero assists) and Kristen Kjellman of Northwestern (one goal, zero assists) ... Collected multiple ground balls in 10 games, including season highs of four against Maryland, Georgetown and Virginia (ACC Tournament) ... Scored a goal against Brown ... Tallied assists against Penn State, Virginia Tech (regular season) and Virginia (ACC Tournament) ... A leader of the Tar Heel defense that ranked third in the nation in goals allowed average with 7.2 per game.
Freshman (2006) - One of the top freshmen in the Atlantic Coast Conference ... Named a third-team All-America by the IWLCA ... Named second-team All-South Region by the IWLCA ... Was named UNC's co-MVP (with senior Stephanie Scurachio)and the team's Rookie of the Year ... Finished the season with 10 points on six goals and four assists ... Ranked second on the team with 21 caused turnovers ... Tied for third on the squad with 32 ground balls ... Had a season-high three points (two goals, one assist) in her first collegiate game vs. Temple ... Also scored two goals against Virginia Tech in the regular season and at Old Dominion ... Dished out two assists against Boston College ... Gathered a season-high four ground balls against both Duke and Maryland in the regular season ... Recorded four draw controls against Penn State ... Caused three turnovers in the win at Virginia.
High School - Played four years of lacrosse and soccer and was a varsity cheerleader for two years at Winters Mill High School in Westminster, Md. ... Named a first-team All-America on the lacrosse field by US Lacrosse ... A finalist for the high school Tewaaraton Award ... Named first-team all-county and the Carroll County Lacrosse Player of the Year (by the Baltimore Sun and the Carroll County Times) ... Named the Winters Mill HS female athlete of the year in 2004-05 ... Won the Army National Guard Patriot Award ... Also captained the lacrosse team for two years and earned all-county and all-conference honors ... Acaptain of the soccer squad for three seasons ... Named all-county and all-conference twice on the soccer field ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Student government vice president ... A battalion commander in the Junior ROTC.
Personal - Amber Nicole Falcone is the daughter of Dawn and Mark Falone ... Born on March 18, 1987, in Carroll County, Md. ... Majoring in communication studies.
Amber Falcone's Career Statistics
Year GP/GS Sh G A Pts GB CT DC 2006 19/15 18 6 4 10 32 21 11 2007 21/21 5 1 3 4 34 11 6 2008 20/20 4 1 2 3 35 19 14 Total 60/56 27 8 9 17 101 51 31
