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Tar Heels Open NCAA Play At Virginia
 
Carolina will visit the fourth-seeded Cavaliers on Sunday at 1 p.m.

May 8, 2008

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CHAPEL HILL - The unseeded University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team will play fourth-seeded Virginia in the NCAA Tournament first round on Sunday May 11 at 1 p.m. at Klockner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. The winner of the contest will advance to the quarterfinal round to face the winner of the game between Towson and fifth-seeded Syracuse.

On Sunday, the Tar Heels will hope to avenge their 16-5 loss at Virginia earlier this season on March 16. That day in Charlottesville, Blair Weymouth had four goals and three assists to lead the Cavaliers to the victory.

"We're very excited about being part of the 16-team NCAA Tournament for 2008," head coach Jenny Levy says. "It's a really competitive tournament, probably the most parity in the tournament that I've ever seen. I think all the games could go either way.

"We're excited about playing Virginia. They're a familiar foe, obviously, and they've had a great season up to this point. We're just looking forward to going back up to Charlottesville and being part of the NCAA Tournament. We're going to take it one game at a time."

The Tar Heels, ranked No. 11 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) and No. 12 by Inside Lacrosse, will be facing UVa, which is ranked No. 3 in both polls. Carolina has posted a 12-6 record thus far this season and went 2-3 in ACC regular-season competition. Virginia is 14-3 overall, 4-1 in conference play.

Carolina reached the semifinals of the ACC Tournament two weeks ago in Charlottesville. The Tar Heels have reached the quarterfinals of each of the last three NCAA Tournaments and made Final Four appearances in 1997, 1998 and 2002.

Tickets for the game cost $5 for youth under 18, seniors 60 and over and students from both schools with valid ID. General admission is $7 and reserved seats under cover with stadium chairs are $9. Parking is $5.

CAROLINA'S NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

  • Carolina is 8-9 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the Final Four in 1997, 1998 and 2002. The Tar Heels have reached the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals in each of the last three seasons.
  • Carolina is seeking its fourth NCAA Final Four berth. The Tar Heels reached the national semifinals in 1997, 1998 and 2002.
  • The Tar Heels are 2-5 on the road in NCAA competition, winning in 1997 at Virginia in the quarterfinals and 2005 at Penn State in the opening round. Carolina is 6-1 at home in NCAA Tournament games, losing only in 2000 to Loyola.
  • The 2008 team is the 10th squad head coach Jenny Levy has led to the NCAA Tournament, joining the 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007 teams.
  • A season ago, the Tar Heels were the No. 6 seed and split a pair of NCAA Tournament games. Carolina beat Richmond in the first round in Chapel Hill and lost to Virginia on the road in the quarterfinals.

    THE SERIES VS. VIRGINIA

  • Virginia leads the all-time series with Carolina, 11-9, including Cavalier victories in each of the last three meetings in the rivalry. UVa beat UNC twice in postseason play last year, winning 12-6 in the ACC Tournament championship game in Chapel Hill, 14-8 in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals in Charlottesville and 16-5 on March 16, 2008, in Charlottesville.
  • Carolina is 2-1 against Virginia in NCAA Tournament play with overtime wins in Charlottesville in the 1997 quarterfinals and in Chapel Hill in the 2002 quarterfinals. In 2007, UVa beat UNC in Charlottesville in the NCAA quarterfinals.
  • The Tar Heels are 4-7 all-time in Charlottesville. The wins came in the 1998, 2000 and 2006 regular seasons and the 1997 NCAA Tournament quarterfinal. The losses came in the 1997, 2002, 2004 and 2008 regular seasons, in the 1997 and 1998 ACC Tournaments and in the 2007 NCAA quarterfinals.
     

     

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