No. 3 Virginia Storms Past No. 10 North Carolina, 19-12

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – In moist and wet circumstances, No. 3 Virginia (8-2, 2-1 ACC) cruised to a 19-12 victory over No. 10 North Carolina (7-4, 1-2 ACC) at Dorrance Subject on Friday night (April 7).

The win marked Cavaliers’ fifth straight over the Tar Heels within the sequence and fifth consecutive at Dorrance Subject. Virginia’s 19 objectives are essentially the most by a UNC opponent this season. North Carolina entered Friday’s contest because the No. 3 scoring protection within the nation, holding opponents to a mean of 8.50 objectives per recreation.

Virginia additionally improved to 18-0 in video games following a loss (throughout the similar season). UVA has not suffered back-to-back losses since 2017, Lars Tiffany’s first yr as its head coach.

The Cavaliers dominated the bottom ball recreation, 42-28. For the eighth recreation this season, Petey LaSalla (2g, 17-33 FO, 9gb) completed above .500 on the faceoff X. Captain and short-stick defensive midfielder Grayson Sallade collected 4 floor balls and dished out one help.

Offensively, Payton Cormier scored a game-high 5 objectives on eight pictures and added two assists. Xander Dickson (3g, 1a), Thomas McConvey (2g, 2a), Peter Garno (2g) and Petey LaSalla (2g) additionally completed with a number of objectives for UVA.

Goalie Matthew Nunes (8-2) earned the win and made 12 saves, whereas permitting 11 objectives in 56:08 of motion. UNC’s Collin Krieg (7-4) made simply seven saves in his fourth lack of the yr.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Regardless of three referred to as penalties within the opening interval, the Cavaliers leaped out to a 6-1 lead after the primary quarter-hour of motion. Virginia dominated the bottom ball recreation within the first interval, gathering 13 of the 17 whole balls on the bottom. After the Tar Heels kicked off the scoring on a man-up aim, Virginia fired off six straight objectives in lower than 6:00 of play. After Dickson struck first for UVA, Cormier scored three consecutive objectives to offer the Cavaliers a 4-1 lead by the sport’s first media timeout. Evan Zinn and Garno capped the UVA scoring run. Garno’s aim within the first marked his third straight recreation with a rating.

North Carolina scored three of the primary 5 objectives to begin the second earlier than UVA closed out the half with 4 straight objectives. The Cavaliers’ run embody Cole Kastner’s third profession aim on an open web from beneath UVA’s personal restraining line amid the Tar Heels’ 10-man trip. Cormier tallied his fifth aim of the sport on a UVA man-up likelihood with 46 seconds left within the half to conclude the first-half scoring for either side.

Popping out of the intermission, UVA ripped off three consecutive objectives, stretching its scoring run to seven straight objectives. In his first profession begin, attackman Truitt Sunderland tallied his fifth aim of the season on an help from Dickson two minutes in. After Cormier discovered McConvey for Virginia’s sixteenth aim, the Tar Heels closed out interval No. 3 by scoring 4 of the final 5 objectives as UVA comfortably held a 17-8 lead by the tip of the third.

UVA obtained objectives from Griffin Schutz and Dickson within the fourth because the Cavaliers began to combine in a few of their reserves towards the again half of the interval. Dickson’s aim within the fourth quarter marked UVA’s second extra-man rating of the sport and his seventh hat trick of the season. After the Tar Heels trailed by as many as 10 objectives [19-9] in interval No. 4, they scored three straight to shut out the sport.

FROM THE LOCKER ROOM

Lars Tiffany on tonight’s floor ball play…

“It was an important evening for Virginia Lacrosse. What actually typified it was the way in which we performed the bottom balls. We have been chopping. We have been operating by floor balls, highlighted by Grayson Sallade’s floor ball early within the recreation. We have been going to slip, dive, struggle – no matter we may. We’ve an important historical past of being tenacious off the bottom and we actually demonstrated that at the moment to offer us these additional alternatives.”

WITH THE WIN…

• Virginia improved to 58-32 within the all-time sequence in opposition to the Tar Heels, which started in 1938, and has now gained eight of the final 9 conferences within the sequence, together with the final 5.
• UVA’s 58 wins within the sequence are essentially the most over a single opponent in program historical past.
• The Cavaliers additionally tallied their fifth consecutive win at Dorrance Subject, a streak that started in 2018.
• Virginia improved to 18-0 in video games following a loss (throughout the similar season). UVA has not suffered back-to-back losses since 2017, Lars Tiffany’s first yr as Virginia head coach.
• The Cavaliers gained their fourth recreation of the season away from Klöckner Stadium, together with their third true street recreation.
• Lars Tiffany tallied his 75^th win as Virginia head coach. Tiffany is now 75-28 at UVA.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• With two objectives and two assists, Thomas McConvey prolonged his level streak to 62 video games. Having registered at the very least one level in all 62 profession video games, McConvey’s streak is the longest amongst all energetic Division-I gamers. For his profession, McConvey has amassed 147 objectives and 62 assists.
• With 5 objectives and two assists, Payton Cormier prolonged his level streak to 37 video games. Throughout his streak, Cormier has registered 115 objectives and 24 assists.
• With 141 profession objectives in 48 video games, Cormier moved to No. 4 on UVA’s all-time objectives listing. Cormier entered Friday’s recreation tied for eighth.
• After being held scoreless in UVA’s final six video games, Petey LaSalla completed with two objectives. UVA is now 23-3 all-time when LaSalla registers at the very least one aim, together with 4-0, in 2023.
• Virginia posted a 7-0 run within the span of 9:29 between the second and third durations.
• Attackman Connor Shellenberger missed the primary recreation of his profession, as a consequence of a lower-extremity harm. Previous to Friday’s contest, Shellenberger had competed within the Cavaliers’ final 43 video games, together with 41 begins.
• Freshman Truitt Sunderland made his first profession begin at assault. Sunderland is the one freshman to begin in a recreation for the Cavaliers to this point this season.
• Midfielder Peter Garno made his first begin of the season, the ninth of his profession.

UP NEXT
The Cavaliers return to the Outdated North State to tackle Duke (10-1, 3-0 ACC) on Saturday (April 15). Opening faceoff from Koskinen Subject is ready for midday on ACC Community.