No. 16 Men's Lacrosse Visits Syracuse For ACC Opener

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16-ranked North Carolina men's lacrosse opens up Atlantic Coast Conference action this Saturday, traveling to No. 18 Syracuse (3-1) for a 3 PM showdown.Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 25 - 3 PMLocation: JMA Wireless Dome - Syracuse, N.Y.Watch: A CC Network • The Tar Heels fell to No. 10 Ohio State on Sunday, 8-5.• Five different Tar Heels found the back of the net, withbeing the lone multi-point showing (1 G, 1 A).finished 10-17 at the faceoff X, his third-straight contest winning the faceoff battle this year.• Goalkeepermade 13 saves in the effort, his eighth-straight 10+ save game.• The Orange enter Saturday at 3-1 on the year, with wins over Vermont (7-5), Albany (20-7) and Holy Cross (15-6). Last time out, Syracuse fell to the defending national champions Maryland (15-12).• The No. 1 recruit of the 2022 class Joey Spallina leads Syracuse offensively, with 15 points (12 G, 3 A) on the year.• Transfers Johnny Richiusa (Canisius) and Will Mark (LIU) lead the Orange at the faceoff X and at goalkeeper.• Saturday's game between UNC and Syracuse will be just the fourth all-time ACC conference game in the month of February, with Syracuse being involved in all of them.• For UNC, Saturday will be the earliest the Tar Heels have played a league game, the previous coming on March 1, 2014 against Notre Dame.• Attackmanhas made a huge imprint thus far, in his first three games as a Tar Heel.• The Bryant transfer leads the Heels offensively with 10 points (6 G, 4 A), including a six point outburst in the season opening win against Mercer (4 G, 2 A).• Fellow transfer(Mercer), joins McGovern as the lone Tar Heels to find the back of the net in the first three games.• Goldsmith ranks second on UNC with seven points (4 G, 3 A) to begin the year.has been arguably one of the best goalkeepers in the country to begin 2023.• Krieg ranks in the top-5 in goals-against average (5th - 6.55) and save percentage (5th - .673), anchoring a defense that ranks third nationally and first in the ACC in scoring defense (6.00 goals/game).• Against Ohio State on Sunday, Krieg stopped 13 shots, his eighth-straight 10+ save performance, the 24th occasion in his collegiate career.
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