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Contact: Dave Lohse • P: 919-641-4128 • [email protected] • www.GoHeels.com 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA fourth quarter of a game and come back to win 2019 GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS SEASON REVIEW in the 27-game history of the series which dates 2019 RECORD: (8-7, ACC 1-3) back to 1981. Thursday’s win was the ninth for Date Opponent Game Time (ET)/Score H/A 2/2 at Mercer W 20-7 Neutral TAR HEELS FALL TO CAVALIERS IN SEA- the Tar Heels in the series compared to 18 wins 2/9 FURMAN W 14-10 Home SON FINALE: Pushed to the brink of elimina- over Syracuse. 2/16 HARVARD W 16-11 Home tion, No. 1 seed Virginia rallied from a pair of Syracuse broke a 7-7 deadlock on Jacob But- 2/23 JOHNS HOPKINS L 10-11 Home second-half, four-goal deficits and defeated termore’s third goal of the game with 11:43 to 3/2 DENVER L 10-12 Home fifth-seed North Carolina, 14-13, in the first play in the fourth quarter. Bradley Voigt followed 3/8 MARIST W 17-5 Home semifinal of the 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference with his fourth goal of the game at the 8:31 mark 3/12 BUCKNELL W 12-7 Home 3/17 Cleveland State W 15-9 Neutral (Baltimore) Championship game Saturday afternoon April to make it 9-7 in favor of Syracuse and when 3/23 at Maryland L 9-16 Away 27 in Chapel Hill. Brendan Curry tallied a man-up goal with 6:12 to 3/30 Duke W 10-8 Home Down by scores of 10-6 and 12-8, Virginia play in the final period the Orange had a three- 4/6 at Virginia L 10-11 Away (12-3) scored six of the last seven goals, includ- goal lead and had all the momentum on its side. 4/13 SYRACUSE L 9-12 Home ing the game winner by attackman Ian Laviano After a media timeout, Syracuse had three 4/20 at Notre Dame L 10-12 Away with 1:30 remaining on an assist from Cade possessions but Michael Nathan, Brian Cam- ACC Championship (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Saustad. Carolina (8-7) had two chances to eron and Nicky Solomon forced turnovers to 4/25 North Carolina vs. Syraucse W 11-10 4/27 UNC vs. Virginia L 13-14 tie in the final 10 seconds, but both shots went keep the Tar Heels alive in the match. Solomon 2019 UNC Television Schedule wide. forced a turnover by Orange goalkeeper Drake 2/9 Furman ACC Network Extra Virginia opened the game with a 3-0 lead and Porter with 4:13 to play and Andy Matthews 2/16 Harvard ACC Network Extra was up 6-3 after one quarter. Carolina respond- seized the ground ball. Sixteen seconds later 2/23 Johns Hopkins ACC Network Extra ed with seven consecutive goals, holding the Matt Gavin drove around the crease from right 3/2 Denver ACC Network Extra Cavaliers scoreless for more than 26 minutes to left for an unassisted goal with 3:46 to play in 3/8 Marist ACC Network Extra to take a 10-6 lead. All-ACC attacker Michael the match. 3/12 Bucknell ACC Network Extra 3/23 Maryland ESPNU Kraus finally ended the drought with a scoring Carolina’s Zachary Tucci won the ensuing 3/30 Duke ESPNU strike at the 3:57 mark of the third quarter. face-off for Carolina and freshman attackman 4/6 Virginia ACC Network Extra Virginia’s Dox Aitken registered a pair of goals Brian Cameron scored off an assist from fresh- 4/13 Syracuse ACC Network Extra in the fourth quarter to establish a new school man attackman Nicky Solomon 39 seconds 4/20 Notre Dame ESPNU record for career points by a midfielder. later to cut the Tar Heel deficit to 10-9. Carolina 4/25 ACC First Round ACC Network Extra Laviano led the Cavaliers with a game-high then made it three goals in a span of just 45 4/27 ACC Semifinals ESPNU four goals and midfielder Ryan Conrad also seconds as Tucci won another face-off, claimed 5/4 ACC Championship ESPNU added a hat trick. UVA goalie Patrick Burkin- the ground ball on his own and sped down the Follow the Tar Heels: Live Stats: https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/ shaw entered the game after halftime and had middle of the field to score high and hard past statmonitr.php?gid=unc six saves to pick up the win. SU goalkeeper Drake Porter with 3:01 to play. Twitter: https://twitter.com/uncmenslacrosse Four Tar Heels scored two goals – Andy Mat- It was just the second goal of the season for Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncmenslacrosse thews, Alex Trippi, Justin Anderson and William Tucci. Instagram: https://instagram.com/uncmenslacrosse/ Perry. Goalie Caton Johnson made a game- Syracuse won the next face-off but Caton Media Guide: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ high 10 saves. Johnson made his 11th save of the game for unc.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/2/1/2019UNCMen sLaxMediaGuide.pdf the Tar Heels on a shot by David Lipka with TAR HEELS STAGE DRAMATIC RALLY 2:09 to play. After a successful clear, Gavin TO DOWN ORANGE IN ACC TOURNAMENT was again Johnny-on-the-spot for the Tar Heels game with four assists while David Lipka had SEMIFINAL: Trailing by three goals with less as he dodged toward the crease from the right two helpers for the Orange. than four minutes to play, the unranked Uni- side and scored a second unassisted goal in the versity of North Carolina men’s lacrosse team fourth quarter with 18 seconds left on the shot It was a very even game statistically as the staged a stunning late rally to defeat seventh- clock. Tar Heels outshot the Orange 38-32 and had a ranked Syracuse in the first round of the 2019 After Syracuse won the ensuing face-off 32-31 edge in ground balls. Drake Porter made Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Tour- both teams turned the ball over and the Orange 12 saves for Syracuse and Caton Johnson nament before 942 at UNC Lacrosse Stadium called a timeout with 26 seconds to play after had 11 saves for the Tar Heels. Syracuse had Thursday night, April 25. clearing the ball. Jamie Trimboli’s shot with 15 turnovers, five on failed clears, while UNC The victory kept UNC’s NCAA post-season eight seconds left went wide and the Tar Heel committed 16 turnovers and was 12 for 13 in the hopes alive as it improved to 8-6 on the season defense clamped down and did not allow an- clearing game. while Syracuse saw its four-game winning other shot by the Orange. UNC won 14 of 24 face-offs as Zachary Tucci streak come to an end. The Orange is now 9-4 Carolina had eight different goal scorers in was 10 of 19 at the X and Ryan O’Connell was on the campaign. the game with Brian Cameron, William Perry four of five. Attackman Andy Matthews led UNC UNC, seeded fifth in the tournament, will and Matt Gavin each scoring two goals. Nicky with five ground balls while O’Connell and Tucci play top-seeded Virginia Saturday at 2 p.m. Solomon, Justin Anderson, Tanner Cook, Zach- each had four ground balls for the Tar Heels. in the semifinals of the tournament followed ary Tucci and Jacob Kelly all scored single goals Syracuse defenseman Tyson Bomberry had by second-seeded Duke against third-seeded for UNC. Cook, Cameron, Timmy Kelly, Perry eight ground balls to lead all players in the game Notre Dame at 4:30 p.m. The two winners and Solomon had assists for UNC. in that category. Saturday play for the ACC championship on Bradley Voigt had four goals and an assist After Syracuse jumped on top 2-0, UNC Saturday, May 4 at the home site of the highest for Syracuse while Jacob Buttermore had three answered with back-to-back goals by William remaining seed. goals and an assist. Brendan Curry, Jamie Perry, the second on an EMO, to tie the score The late Tar Heel comeback marked the first Trimboli and Nate Solomon all scored for the at 2-2 with 6:17 left in the first period. Trimboli’s time UNC has ever trailed the Orange in the Orange. Stephen Rehfuss led all players in the unassisted goal put Syracuse up 3-2 at the end The UNC Lacrosse & Soccer Stadium - Opened March 2, 2019 - To Great Reviews of the period. Joe Breschi At A Glance All-Time • Full Name: Joseph Carl Goals by freshmen NCAA Tournament Breschi Nicky Solomon and Appearances (# • Birthdate: April 9, 1968 Brian Cameron gave in Baltimore, Md. Titles-through 2018) the Tar Heels their • Hometown: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins 47 (9) Md. first lead of the game Maryland 42 (3) • High School: Loyola- with 11:11 left in the Virginia 39 (6) Blakefield School half before a goal by Syracuse 38 (10) • College: Graduated from Voigt at 10:24 proved North Carolina 32 (5) the University of North to be the last goal Carolina in 1990 with a Cornell 28 (3) of the opening 30 Bachelor of Arts degree in Navy 27 communications minutes. Loyola 24 (1) • Family: Married to the Syracuse out- Notre Dame 24 former Julie Riccardelli of Roseland, N.J. Julie scored the Tar Heels Duke 23 (3) earned a B.A.