FOXBOROUGH, MASS. – Top-seed North Carolina women’s lacrosse will battle No. 3 Northwestern in the NCAA championship game on Sunday, May 25. First draw is set for noon at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
The Heels’ match-up with the Wildcats will air on ESPN with Jay Alter, Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Charlotte North and Dana Boyle on the call.
Game Info
Who: (1) Carolina vs. (3) Northwestern
Where: Foxborough, Mass. – Gillette Stadium
When: Sunday, May 25 – Noon
Links: ESPN | Live Stats | Tickets
Ten Things to Know
- North Carolina has gone 45-22 over its 25 NCAA Tournaments. UNC has won three National Championships (2013, ’16, ’22), played in the title game six times and reached the semifinals 14 times, which is tied for the third most all-time. The Tar Heels are the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the third time. They also entered the tourney as the top seed in 2021 and ’22.
- UNC has won eight ACC Tournament titles and 11 ACC regular-season championships, including eight outright.
- With a win, HC Jenny Levy would move into a tie for second in all-time DI wins with Princeton’s Chris Sailer at 433.
- UNC is the only undefeated team in the country after snapping Boston College’s 21-game winning streak earlier this season and Florida’s 17-game streak on Friday. The Tar Heels current 21-game winning streak is the longest in the nation, 10 games ahead of Northwestern’s 11-game streak. The 21-game streak is the third longest in program history and the 21 wins are the second most in a season for Carolina.
- Through 21 games, Carolina has outscored its opponents 372-143 (+229). The 372 goals are a single-season program record. Its 10.9 scoring margin per game ranks first nationally. UNC ranks first in both the ACC and NCAA in scoring offense at 17.7 goals per game.
- Carolina’s defense has held opponents to 6.8 goals per game, which ranks first in both the ACC and NCAA. The team has only allowed four double-digit scoring efforts all year. UNC has kept its opponent scoreless in 18 quarters across 21 games, including the final three quarters of the NCAA Semifinal versus Florida.
- Betty Nelson and Lexi Zenk have combined to give UNC a .509 save percentage, which ranks fourth in the country. Nelson’s 7.33 goals-against average ranks first nationally.
- The Humphrey sisters are the 12th and 13th Tewaaraton Award finalists in UNC history and Chloe is the first freshman to become a finalist for the women’s award. This is the third time UNC has had two finalists (2021: Moreno/Ortega | 2022: Ortega/Mastroianni).
- Chloe Humphrey has scored 86 goals (4th NCAA) this season, setting a new NCAA record for goals by a freshman. She set a career high with seven goals vs. Florida and set a new UNC single-season record for goals, passing Jamie Ortega, who had 82 in 2021. Humphrey has scored at least five goals nine times this season and has tallied hat tricks in 17-of-21 games.
- Ashley Humphrey has tallied 254 career assists between Stanford and UNC, setting a new NCAA record. Her 86 assists this season lead the country and set UNC’s single-season mark. Humphrey’s 117 points also set UNC’s single-season record and she’s currently third on UNC’s all-time assists list (124). Ashley’s 16 assists in three games of the NCAA Tournament are tied for the all-time record with Hannah Nielsen (NW, 4g, ’09) and Kenzie Kent (BC, 5g, ’17).
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