It’s been a repeated saying for the past few years: North Carolina looks like a team that can make it to Championship Weekend, but then falls short. And it happened yet again on Sunday on the campus of the Naval Academy, as Maryland dominated North Carolina 14-7. Entering the day, North Carolina had one of the best offenses in the entire country, which included attackmen Jimmy Bitter and Joey Sankey….
The start of the NCAA Tournament has been absolutely spectacular with upsets, tight games and every position on the field scoring. This evening, UNC will meet Colgate on Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill at 5:15pm in the first round of the tournament. Carolina comes in as the third seed, highest since being seeded number one in 1993 and Colgate enters unseeded but has the Patriot League title under their belt….
One of the beauties of college lacrosse is that the top teams play each other… again… and again. No. 2 Syracuse is facing a ranked opponent for the fifth game in a row. SU won three of the first four—the only loss coming in double-overtime against Notre Dame. Meanwhile, No. 4 North Carolina is in the middle of a similar stretch that started with a loss against Maryland, but was…
The Duke-UNC rivalry is one of the best in all of sports. Mainly, the rivalry has been associated with the two basketball teams, but it has that same intensity on the lacrosse field. The evidence was with Sunday’s thrilling game at Fetzer Field in front of 5,711 fans. Duke scored six goals in the 2nd quarter to take a 7-5 lead at the half, a much better half than last…
The Battle for Tobacco Road ensues yet again for another year as the Duke Blue Devils take a short trip to Chapel Hill to take on the UNC Tar Heels in a big ACC matchup for both teams. Duke is coming off of an embarrassing 19-7 showing inside the Carrier Dome to the #1 Orange last week. Not a good way to open up your ACC schedule. Junior midfielder Myles…
This is the matchup we have been waiting for as the nations number one defense, Maryland, takes on the nations number one offense in North Carolina. Coach Tillman’s Terrapin defense is anchored by goalie Kyle Bernlohr, who leads the NCAA in save percentage with .708, and two time, consecutive B1G defender of the week, Casey Ikeda. Offensively, Maryland needs to stay hungry, attack the UNC goalies and get them on…
North Carolina looks to continue their undefeated start against Ivy League foe Harvard Tuesday night on Fetzer Field in a top 20 showdown. The Tar Heels (8-0) start a tough six game stretch towards the ACC Tournament in late April with the Crimson (4-2). UNC had a less than stellar week after dismantling Manhattan two weeks ago. Last Tuesday, they were down 6-2 at halftime to Bryant before scoring 8…
Fifteen different Tar Heel men’s lacrosse players scored Saturday as second-ranked UNC defeated Manhattan 26-6 at Navy Field on a sunny morning before 418 fans. Sophomore Luke Goldstock had career highs for goals in a game with five, assists in a game with four and points in a game with nine. His five goals were the most by a Tar Heel since Joey Sankey scored five against Johns Hopkins on…
Denver is atop of a momentum building start to the season. Currently, DU sits 3-0 after downing Air Force, Furman and Duke. They’ve proven that the travel to east coast elevations and early games does not phase them. UNC enters this match at 4-0, undefeated as well. They’ve stunned big programs already this season like Johns Hopkins and High Point. DENVER One of the driving forces behind the offensive surge…
On Saturday February 21 at 2pm the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays will be in North Carolina taking on the Tarheels. This will be the 44th meeting between these two teams. The jays have a slight advantage with a 24-19 record against the heels. With both teams having a very high powered offense this has the potential to be a scoring marathon. Both goalies and defenses will be tested early and often. Johns Hopkins is…