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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA MEN’S LACROSSE GAME NOTES

Game 8: North Carolina Tar Heels (4-3 overall, Ranked #17 USILA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Poll, Ranked #17 Cascade/Maverik Media Poll) vs. Richmond Spiders (6-1 overall, Ranked #18 USILA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Poll, Ranked #18 Cascade/Maverik Media Poll)

Saturday, March 19, 2016

7:00 p.m. EDT

Fetzer Field

Chapel Hill, N.C.

KEY LINKS FOR SATURDAY’S GAME

Live Stats: GoHeels.com

Television Information: ESPN3 Live; Kyle Straub, Play by Play

Webcast Information: WatchESPN

Purchase Tickets To UNC-Richmond Game: GoHeels.com Ticket Center



TAR HEELS BACK AT FETZER TO MEET RICHMOND: The University of North Carolina men’s lacrosse team, under the direction of eighth-year head coach Joe Breschi, returns to action this Saturday when its plays the Richmond Spiders at 7 p.m. EDT. The match will be played at historic Fetzer Field on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Tar Heels come into the game with a 4-3 record after concluding a two-game road trip with an 18-2 win at Manhattan last Monday in Riverdale, N.Y. The Tar Heels are ranked 17th this week in both the USILA coaches poll and the Cascade/Maverik media poll.

The Spiders come to Chapel Hill on a three-game winning streak and are 6-1 on the season with wins over VMI, Duke and Jacksonville in their last three games. Richmond is ranked 18th this week in the Cascade/Maverik media poll and 19th in the USILA coaches poll.

Saturday’s game will televised nationally live on ESPN3. Kyle Straub will be the play-by-play announcer for ESPN3.

A live stats link will be available on GoHeels, the official website of UNC Athletics.

 

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Spiders Head To Chapel Hill For Top-20 Showdown With UNC

Spiders Head To Chapel Hill For Top-20 Showdown With UNC on ESPN3
Courtesy: Richmond Athletics
Release: 03/18/2016



CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For the second time in 12 days, the University of Richmond men’s lacrosse team will take on a national power on the road in front of a national viewing audience.

This time, the Spiders find themselves with the highest ranking in school history at #18 when they travel to Chapel Hill to take on the 17th-ranked Tar Heels of UNC.

Saturday evening’s showdown will be the eighth game against a nationally-ranked opponent in program history, the first win came earlier this month when Richmond went into Durham and toppled the then seventh-ranked Blue Devils, 12-10.

Game time on ESPN3 is set for 7 p.m.

Off and Running

After toppling Duke and Jacksonville, the Spiders extended their program-best start to 6-1.

The hot start shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise as Richmond closed last spring winning seven of its past nine.

In the past 20 games, the Spiders are 15-5.

Weaving A Tangled Web

If the old adage “defense wins championships” holds true, Richmond is in great shape as the Spiders entered the top-20 showdown with the nation’s fifth-best scoring defense, allowing just 7.14 goals per game.

Senior Tom Monzo and juniors Brendan Hynes and Ryan Dennis have combined for 31 caused turnvoers, while junior Benny Pugh ranks sixth in the country with a 7.08 GAA and ranks tops in the SoCon with a .562 save percentage.

Among the Elite

Junior attacker Mitch Goldberg found himself in exclusive company this week, becoming the first player in program history to earn a spot on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, which honors the top male and female college lacrosse players in the country.

This season, Goldberg leads Richmond in points (22) goals (17) and is second in assists (5). He has scored a point in 29 of his past 30 games entering the showdown with the Tar Heels.

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