No. 9 Clemson Falls to No. 2 North Carolina, 18-5

CLEMSON, S.C. – The No. 9/9 Clemson Tigers (6-3, 2-2 ACC) fell to the No. 2/2 North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday afternoon, 18-5, at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, N.C.  

 KEY PERFORMANCES 

• Lexi Edmonds: three goals, three points, four shots on goal 
• Katie Castiello: two assists, two points  
• Summer Agostino: three ground balls, two caused turnovers 
• Jasmine Stanton: two shots on goal, two ground balls, two caused turnovers 

 NOTABLES 

• Kayla MacLeod, Edmonds, and Natalie Shurtleff all netted goals for the Tigers. Edmonds’ hat trick is her third of her Clemson career. 
• Castiello recorded two assists on the day, bringing her to a season total of 16 points. 
• Defensively, the Tigers tallied nine caused turnovers in comparison to the Tar Heels’ six with Paris Masaracchia, Agostino and Stanton each causing a pair. 

 HOW IT HAPPENED 

• After a scoreless first quarter for the Tigers, MacLeod netted Clemson’s first goal of the day, her 24th of the season, 1-6. 
• Late in the second quarter, Edmonds added her first of the game off of a pass from Castiello, 2-8. 
• Edmonds, a woman-up, scored her second of the day and 20th of the season. 
• Edmonds found the back of the net late in the third quarter with an assist from Shurtleff to achieve hat trick for the day. 
• Shurtleff capitalized off a pass from Castiello and scored her 18th goal of the season. A
• Tar Heel goal in the final minutes of the game led the final score to be 18-5 for UNC. 

UP NEXT  

The Clemson Tigers will next face the Florida Gators (5-2, 0-0 Big 12) on Thursday, March 20 at the Clemson Lacrosse Complex at 12 p.m.