UNC defeats Darmouth 15-6

UNC vs Darmouth (TarHeelBlue.com)

The Men’s Lacrosse squad is still undefeated, even better news is that they are winning by playing well on both sides of the ball. And that is exactly what happened in this game as well, as third ranked North Carolina (8-0) took on Darmouth (2-2) at Fetzer Field and beat them by the final of 15 to 6 in front of a crowd that number 1,123. From what I read on the official web site of North Carolina, TarHeelBlue.com, the Heels are doing it on offense, scoring in double figures in 15th of the last 16 games, and on defense, holding their opponent to seven goals or less in seven of their last eight games. This last game was so lopsided that head coach Joe Breschi was able to play his entire roster.

While there is no denying that the final score showed how one sided this game was the first 15 minutes of the game weren’t as easy as some might think, with North Carolina and Darmouth ending the period tied at one a piece. In the second one things, but not so changed quickly as UNC shut out their opponent ending the half on a 5-0 run, but didn’t go to goal until almost 5 minutes had passed in the quarter. The third quarter was again pretty lopsided with the Carolina outscoring Darmouth 6 to 2, while the last period was again even, with both teams scoring 3 goals in it. In all ten Tar Heels scored in this one, with senior middi Sean DeLaney (3), senior attackman Gavin Petracca (3) and sophomore midfielder Jimmy Dunster (2) having multiple goals. Out of the 15 goals scored UNC had 12 assists, with DeLaney, senior middi Cryder DiPietro and Dunster all having two, plus another six players having one a piece.

UNC almost doubled the shots that Darmouth had, 43 to 22, while the saves were 12 to 8 for Carolina. The Heels were also in control of the ground balls (35 to 21) were a lot less sloppier with the ball as Darmouth had 23 turnovers to their 13. The face offs were also won by the home squad 16 to 9, while Darmouth went 1 for 5 in the extra man situation and UNC went 1 for 1. What is all even more impressive about these stats is that the last 15 minutes UNC played their second goalkeeper, meaning that these numbers could have been even more lopsided in their favor.

Carolina will now take on an ACC opponent in Maryland on Saturday, March 27 at Fetzer Field. Game time is 2 p.m. EST and the contest will be televised live nationally by ESPNU.

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