Goals by Shane Simpson, Michael Tagliaferri and Timmy Kelly put Carolina up 5-3 with five minutes left before halftime. The Tar Heels outshot the Golden Eagles 9-5 in the second quarter and outscored Marquette 4-2 in the period to take a 6-5 lead into the locker room. UNC outshot Marquette 9-6 in the first quarter and had an 8-6 edge in ground balls. But a turnover in the final minute of the quarter led to a Marquette goal by Kyran Clarke that put Marquette up 3-2 at the end of the period. The teams traded goals in the first quarter with Michael Tagliaferri and Steve Pontrello matching goals by the Golden Eagles. Cole Blazer finished with 10 saves for Marquette while Brian Balkam had eight saves for the Tar Heels. Stephen Kelly won 12 of 21 face-offs for UNC and led Carolina with four ground balls. UNC finished with a 37-26 edge in shots while also leading in ground balls 27-20. Blaine Fleming had a pair of first half goals for the Golden Eagles. The Golden Eagles were led by three goals from Tanner Thomson while Ryan McNamara had two goals and an assist. Marquette, the Big East Conference Tournament champion, ended its season at 11-5. Brian Cannon, Shane Simpson and Timmy Kelly each had single goals for the Tar Heels. Tagliaferri and Pontrello each added assists to their goal totals and Patrick Kelly had two helpers to lead the Heels. Michael Tagliaferri led the Tar Heels with three goals while Steve Pontrello and Chris Cloutier each had two scores. But the Tar Heels held on to improve to 9-6 and they will now face either Notre Dame or Air Force in the NCAA quarterfinals on May 22 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. – North Carolina won a back-and-forth battle in the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament first round, beating sixth-seeded and host Maquette 10-9 at Valley Fields before a sold out crowd of 2,053.Ĭarolina built its biggest lead of the game at three goals early in the fourth quarter before the Golden Eagles scored twice to cut the lead to 10-9 with a minute to play.
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