Men's Lacrosse North Carolina Combined Team Statistics All Games (As of Apr 07, 2021)
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MEN’S LACROSSE 2021 GAME NOTES » 1981, 1982, 1986, 1991, 2016 National Champs » 9-Time ACC Tournament Champs » 12-Time ACC Regular Season Champs SCHEDULE/RESULTS THE MATCHUP: April 10, 2021 • 2 PM VENUE 8-1 OVERALL, 1-1 ACC Dorrance Field, 6-0 HOME • 2-1 AWAY • 0-0 NEUTRAL North Carolina (8-1, 1-1 ACC) Chapel Hill, N.C. Head Coach: Joe Breschi (North Carolina, 1990) Record at North Carolina: 132-63 (13th season) ALL-TIME SERIES W #7 Denver UVa leads 51-28 Sunday, Feb. 7 Career Record: 224-126 (24th season) 24-13 Chapel Hill TV: ESPNU LAST MEETING UNC won 16-13 on March 11 W JACKSONVILLE in Charlottesville Saturday, Feb. 13 Virginia (8-2, 1-2 ACC) 18-7 Chapel Hill Head Coach: Lars Tiffany (Brown, 1990) TV COVERAGE TV: ACCN Record at Virginia: 49-20 (Fifth season) ESPNU Career Record: 161-89 (16th season) W #15 HIGH POINT • Anish Schroff, Matt Ward Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 2 PM 17-15 Chapel Hill TV: ACCN W At #16 Richmond OPENING FACE-OFF BY THE NUMBERS Sunday, Feb. 21 at 2 PM • The Tar Heels are highlighting their long-time 14-9 Richmond, Va. » Number of seasons Justin partnership with Ronald McDonald House of Chapel TV: ESPN+ Anderson has been selected Hill by wearing blue and white striped “bo-bo” socks as a Tar Heel team captain. W #15 HIGH POINT in Saturday’s game. The clown-like socks are meant Saturday, Feb. 27 at 1 PM He’s one of five team captains 27-12 to evoke Ronald McDonald. In addition to wearing the Chapel Hill, N.C. for 2021. TV: ACCNX socks, the team is asking fans attending Saturday’s 3 game to donate items from a RMH wish list. W MERCER • UNC is coming off its first loss of the season, 12-11 » Man-down goals by Chris Saturday, March 6 at 2 PM in overtime at Duke on April 1. Gray this season of a total of 16-8 Chapel Hill TV: ACCNX • UNC leads the nation in scoring (17.56 goals per five by Carolina. Opponents game) and ranks fifth in assists (9.78 apg). Senior have not scored a man-down W At Virginia Chris Gray is eighth in goals per game (3.56) and goal vs. UNC. Thursday, March 11 at 7 PM 3 16-13 Charlottesville, Va. 11th in assists per game (2.67) TV: ACCN • UNC comes into Saturday’s game 1-1 in ACC » Saves by freshman play. The last time Carolina won more than one AIR FORCE goalkeeper Collin Krieg in W Saturday, March 20 at noon conference game in a season was 2016, when the the 16-13 win at Virginia. The 15-5 Chapel Hill, Tar Heels went 3-1 in league play and went on to career-high total earned him TV: ACCNX claim the NCAA title. 20 ACC and National honors. L At Duke Thursday, April 1 at 7 PM 12-11 Durham, N.C. STARTERS LAST TIME OUT (Vs. Duke, April 1) OT TV: ACCN ATTACK VIRGINIA 4 Chris Gray Sr. 5-7/170 ACC leader in goals (3.6) and points (6.2) per game, 3rd in apg (2.7) Saturday, April 10 at 2 PM 8 Nicky Solomon Jr. 5-9/185 18 goals, 14 assists this season Chapel Hill TV: ESPNU 19 Brian Cameron Jr. 6-3/205 13 goals, 1 assist this season At Syracuse MIDFIELD Saturday, April 17 at 3 PM 3 William Perry Sr. 6-0/185 18 goals, 6 assists • Team-high four goals vs. Air Force Syracuse, N.Y. 21 Justin Anderson Sr. 6-1/195 14 goals, 6 assists • 3rd year as a team captain TV: ACCN 77 Tanner Cook Sr. 6-4/215 18 goals, 9 assists • 4 pts (2 goals, 2 assists) at Virginia NOTRE DAME Sunday, April 25 at 2 PM DEFENSE Chapel Hill 16 Sean Morris Sr. 6-1/190 Starter in all 9 games • 6 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers TV: ACCN 24 Will Bowen Jr. 6-3/220 23 GB, team-high 21 caused turnovers 28 Cam Macri Sr. 5-9/175 Made his first start of the season vs. Duke with 1 assist, 1 GB DUKE Sunday, May 2 at 4 PM GOALKEEPER Chapel Hill 39 Collin Krieg Fr. 5-11/180 8-1 as starting keeper • Career-best 20 saves at Virginia TV: ACCN FACE-OFF 7 Zac Tucci Jr. 6-1/195 80-133 FO • School-record 25 FO wins in final game of 2020 UNC Athletic Communications Men’s Lacrosse Contact: Dana Gelin [email protected], 919-455-8289 FOLLOW @UNCMensLacrosse #GoHeels #FamilyAcademicsLacrosse GAME 10 » vs VIRGINIA » APRIL 10, 2021 FAST FACTS Noting the Tar Heels • UNC has held its opponent scoreless in a quarter in back-to-back games (Q2 vs. Air Force, Q4 University Information vs. Duke). Location ..................................................Chapel Hill, N.C. • UNC has been outshot in both ACC games, 62-48 at Virginia and 51-46 at Duke for a total of Undergrad Enrollment ............................................19,117 113-94. The margin is closer for shots on goal, with UNC trailing 33-30 at UVa and leading 28-26 Chancellor ........................................ Kevin M. Guskiewicz at Duke to nearly break even over the two games, with opponents leading 59-58 in shots on goal. Nickname ........................................................... Tar Heels • Air Force (March 20th) was the Tar Heels’ sixth Southern Conference opponent of 2021 and the Mascot .................................................Rameses the Ram final non-conference opponent of the season. Colors .........................................Carolina Blue and White • Chris Gray’s six assists vs. Air Force marked the first time since 2013 a Tar Heel has had six or Conference ................................................. Atlantic Coast more assists in a game. Marcus Holman had six on two occasions in 2013. The last time a player Director of Athletics ............................Bubba Cunningham had more was in 1997 (Merrill Turnbull with 7). Sport Administrators ..............Clint Gwaltney, John Brunner • Chris Gray was announced on March 24 as one of 52 recipients of the ACC’s Weaver-James- Home Facility ..............................................Dorrance Field Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Awards for 2021. Gray, a management and society major, Capacity/Surface ............................................5,025/Grass was recently admitted to UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and will begin working toward his Secondary Facility .....................................Kenan Stadium MBA there next year. Capacity/Surface .......................... 50,500/Synthetic Grass • Eight Tar Heels were part of the Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America teams announced on Thursday. Gray, Tanner Cook and Will Bowen were named to the first team; Connor Maher and William Perry to the third team; and Justin Anderson, Collin Krieg and Matt Wright to the honorable Program History mention list. First season ...............................................................1949 All-time Record .................................................. 517-311-2 All-time ACC Record............................................... 82-106 The Rivalry NCAA Championships ......................................................5 Saturday’s game is the 80th meeting between North Carolina and Virginia since the Tar Heels NCAA Tournament Appearances ....................................32 became a varsity program in 1949. The Cavaliers lead the series 51-28. NCAA Tournament Record ...................................... 33-27 • UNC won the first meeting of the season, 16-13 in Charlottesville on March 1.1 ACC Tournament Championships .......................... 12-0-1 • Prior to that, Virginia had won three in a row. 1981, 1982, 1985^, 1988, 1989, 1990, • UNC’s last win over the Cavaliers in Chapel Hill came in the 2016 season. On April 10, 2016, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2013, 2017 at Kenan Stadium, the Tar Heels led 10-2 at halftime and went on to a 16-8 victory. ACC Regular Season Championships ............................8 North Carolina vs. Virginia under Breschi (Tied at 8-8, see full series on page 7) 1991, 1992, 1994*, 1996*, 2003^, 2010*, 2013^, 2016* *Co-Champions, ^Tri-Champs 2009 N L 10-11 2010 N L 5-7 Athletic Communications 2011 A L 10-11 Men’s Lacrosse Contact ..................................Dana Gelin 2012 H L 10-15 E-Mail ......................................................dgelin@unc.edu 2012 A W 11-9 Cell Phone ................................................(919) 455-8289 2013 A W 10-7 Mailing Address ..........................................P.O. Box 2126 ........................................................Chapel Hill, NC 27515 2013 H W 16-13 Website ........................................................GoHeels.com 2014 H W 11-10 Twitter/Instagram/Facebook ...............@UNCMensLacrosse 2014 N L 11-13 2015 A W 10-6 2016 H W 16-8 2017 A W 15-12 2018 H L 12-15 2019 A L 10-11 2019 H L 13-14 2021 A W 16-13 Last Time Out for UNC April 1: Duke 12, UNC 11, OT DURHAM, N.C. – In a battle of unbeaten teams on Thursday night, North Carolina fell for the first time this season, 12-11 to top-ranked Duke in a men’s lacrosse overtime thriller. The second- ranked Tar Heels are now 8-1 overall and 1-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference play while the Blue Devils improved to 10-0 (2-0 ACC). UNC in the Polls “It was a great lacrosse game by both teams – it’s a shame somebody has to lose,” UNC coach Week USILA USL IL Media Joe Breschi said. “We put ourselves in a position to win the game and I thought we fought really, Preseason #4 #6 #4 really hard. I’m tremendously proud of the effort and the energy that we brought to the table. We 2/7 #2 -- -- did so many little things really well to give ourselves a chance.” 2/15 #2 #6 #2 The Tar Heels got two goals each from Chris Gray, Nicky Solomon, Justin Anderson and Tanner 2/22 #1 #4 #3 Cook and single scores from Zac Tucci, Jacob Kelly and Matt Wright.