Unbeaten UNC wins NCAA women’s lacrosse title

BALTIMORE — Sam Geiersbach scored 3 times — together with the go-ahead purpose with about 5 minutes to play — and North Carolina defeated defending-champion Boston School 12-11 Sunday to win the NCAA girls’s lacrosse title.

The highest-ranked Tar Heels completed the season 22-0, setting a college document for wins and turning into the primary undefeated nationwide champion since 2017 (Maryland).

Charlotte North, the NCAA’s all-time targets chief, led Boston School (19-4) with 4 targets and Cassidy Weeks scored three.

Weeks and Jenn Medjid every scored earlier than North added back-to-back targets to shut the second quarter and open the third and provides the Eagles an 8-7 lead. Jamie Ortega and Nicole Humphrey scored 61 seconds aside to present North Carolina a 10-9 lead early within the fourth earlier than Belle Smith’s purpose with 9:50 to play tied the rating at 10-all.

Geiersbach put the Tar Heels in entrance for good on a purpose with 5:26 left, and Scottie Rose Growney scored to make it 12-10 with 2:23 to play.

North Carolina, which has gained 49 of final 50 video games and 57 of its final 59, improved to 16-0 this season vs. ranked groups, together with 9-0 vs. top-10 opponents and 5-0 vs. top-five foes.