Lax Heels are 3-0 and looking good

UNC vs Lehigh

One of the greatest thing of lacrosse is the constant movement of the play and the way scoring can be so quick and furious that if you blink you might lose it. Well, yesterday, that is exactly what happened when fourth ranked North Carolina destroyed Lehigh by the final score of 17 to 5 at Fetzer Field. What I find sad in some ways is that reading the recap of the game on Tar Heel Blue is that just 752 people were on hand to witness the UNC win. The good news is that with the win the Tar Heels are now 3 and 0 on the season and seem to have found its offensive power after only scoring 5 goals in the previous game. In all Carolina have racked up 33 goals in three games while allowing 14 (over a 2 to 1 ratio). This game was pretty much over from the get go as the Heels got to quick goals and never really looked back.

Make no mistake, this was a total mismatch, as the Heels outshot their opponents by a final of 45 to 17, with Lehigh only having five shots in the first half of the game. Ground balls were won by the Heels 48 to 29, while the face-offs were the only thing that were close, with UNC getting 14 and Lehigh 12. Turnovers was 28 to 19 for Lehigh, showing once again how lopsided this game had to have been. In all there were nine Tar Heels scoring (Jimmy Dunster 3; Gavin Petracca 3; Billy Bitter 2; Thomas Wood 2; Sean DeLaney 2; Tyler Morton 2; Marcus Holman 1; Chris Layne 1; Chris Hunt 1) and five having assists (Billy Bitter 4; Thomas Wood 3; Cryder DiPietro 2; Jimmy Dunster 1; Sean Jackson 1). Which to me means just one thing, this team is going to win with a team effort, making it harder on all opponents who to mark as many of the Carolina players can score.

Junior attackman Billy Bitter did have the most points, six, in this game, and you have to believe when this season is all over he is going to be talked about as the go to guy player for the 2010 season. Without a doubt Bitter and the rest of the team will have a much tougher match up when Carolina heads to Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. to take on the Navy Midshipmen this Thursday, with the game beginning at 7:00 p.m. EST.

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