After the Terrapins tied the score at 3-3 with 12:24 left in the second quarter, the Tarheels held Maryland to just one goal in the final 27:01, advancing to their second consecutive national championship game.
Tewaaraton Award Favorites Chloe Humphrey He led Carolina with five goals and one assist. addison patillo Scored 5 times, Kate Levy There were three goals.
The second-seeded Tar Heels advanced to Sunday’s NCAA finals seeking their fifth national championship. Carolina will make its seventh appearance in the NCAA Championship Game, playing either top-seeded Northwestern or fourth-seeded Johns Hopkins University at noon Sunday on ESPNU.
Carolina (19-1) won 10 straight games, ended the Terrapins’ winning streak at six, and finished the UM season at 18-4.
Humphrey has scored 37 hat tricks in 42 games and has scored five or more points in 23 games, while Patillo has scored five consecutive hat tricks, the 16th time in his career and the eighth time he has scored four or more points.
UNC had 37 shots and 27 on goal, while the Terps only had 23 and 12, respectively.
how did it happen
1st quarter
• Maryland took a 1-0 lead on Kristen Shanahan’s free-position goal just 1:46 into the game.
• Humphrey scored back-to-back goals within 30 seconds to give the Tar Heels a 2-1 lead. The second-year student’s try from a free position hit the pipe on the right side of the goal and bounced into the back of the net, tying the score at 1-1. After an ensuing draw control followed by a Terp turnover, Humphrey scored again.
• Humphrey completed his hat trick just 90 seconds after receiving a pass from her in the first quarter. caroline godin Then, with a nifty off-ball motion, he outran the Maryland defense and scored from the left side.
• Shanahan took advantage of a Carolina penalty and scored with 1:39 left in the first, making the score 3-2 Tarheels.
2nd quarter
• Lauren Lapointe scored an unassisted goal at 12:24 of the second quarter, dodging in front of the goal from the right side to tie the score at 3-3.
• Godin scored from the 8-meter line for a 4-3 Tar Heels lead, starting a 4-0 Carolina run that ended a scoreless 15:01.
• Kate Levy They scored back-to-back goals in just over two minutes to regain momentum for Carolina. Her 27th goal of the year came with UNC holding the women’s advantage, making the score 5-3 with 7:17 left before halftime. She had another conversation two minutes later in her free position, making it 6-3 with 5:11 left in the first half.
• Humphrey’s fourth goal was another 8-meter try with 2:33 left to give the Tar Heels a 7-3 lead. addison patillo He dodged and scored with 1:06 left, making it 5-0 and giving UNC an 8-3 lead.
• LaPointe scored his second goal of the game off a loose ball in front of the Carolina cage, stopping the bleeding for the Terrapins and making the score 8-4 after a Tar Heel replay challenge failed. The goal ended a scoreless game for UM that lasted 12 minutes, 11 seconds, making the score 8-4 UNC at the end of the game.
• Carolina’s shot advantage was 20-11 at the half, but Maryland forced UNC into seven turnovers to one miscue.
3rd quarter
• addison patillo The second goal of the game came less than two minutes into the second half, but Cori Edmondson’s response just 40 seconds later kept Maryland within four points of the 9-5 Tarheels.
• Pattillo completed his hat trick with a goal from free position at 6:33 to give UNC a 10-5 lead, and Maryland went on a 6-2 run after going tied at 3-all early in the second quarter.
• Humphrey’s five points of the day made it 11-5 with 5:48 left in the third set. Patillo scored another goal 90 seconds later off a pass from Godine, making it 12-5. Just two minutes later, Levy scored his third goal of the game, giving UNC a 13-5 lead.
4th quarter
• New students Reese King He scored on an assist from Humphrey 1:47 into the second half, making it 14-5 for Carolina.
• Patillo’s free position conversion gave him his fifth goal of the game, making it 15-5 with 8:05 left. King scored again with less than two minutes remaining, making the lead 11 goals.
• The Wildcats scored a late goal to bring the final margin to 16-6.
Tar Heel Trivia
• UNC is 7-8 in its 15th NCAA semifinal appearance. The team’s 15 semifinal appearances are the third-highest total in NCAA history.
• Carolina is 49-22 overall in NCAA Tournament play, including 11-11 on neutral sites.
• Former Atlantic Coast Conference rivals UNC and Maryland will meet for the first time since 2020 and in the NCAA Tournament since the Tar Heels won 13-7 in the 2016 NCAA finals in Philadelphia.
to the next
• UNC will face either Northwestern or Johns Hopkins in the NCAA finals, which will be broadcast on ESPNU at noon Sunday.
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