2021 NCAA Tournament Bracket
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Boston College, North Carolina and Syracuse will compete in the semifinals of the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship on Friday at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland. The top-seeded Tar Heels (20-0) will face No. 4 Boston College (16-3) at noon, followed by No. 3 Syracuse (16-3) taking on No. 2 Northwestern (15-0) at approximately 2 p.m. Both games will be televised by ESPNU.
The championship game will be played on Sunday at noon on ESPNU.
The ACC has three teams competing in the NCAA's Championship Weekend for the fifth time in league history (1998, 2011, 2014, 2015) and has had at least one team in the national semifinals in 31 straight tournaments and 35 times overall. The ACC also is already guaranteed to have at least one team in the national title game for the 11th time in the last 12 tournaments.
2021 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship
Friday, May 28 - Semifinals (Towson, Md.)
#1 North Carolina vs. #4 Boston College | Noon | ESPNU
#2 Northwestern vs. #3 Syracuse | 2 p.m. | ESPNU
Sunday, May 30 - Championship (Towson, Md.)
Semifinal Winners | Noon | ESPNU
All times Eastern
Noting ACC Women's Lacrosse
• The ACC owns 15 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse titles. North Carolina was the last ACC team to win the NCAA Championship in 2016.
• The ACC had five teams among the eight quarterfinalists. That is the second-most for any conference in tournament history (ACC had six in 2014). No other conference had more than one quarterfinalist this year.
• Six ACC teams earned berths in the 2020 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship, including national seeds North Carolina (1), Syracuse (3), Boston College (4), Notre Dame (5) and Duke (7). Virginia also received an at-large bid.
• North Carolina won its fifth straight ACC Championship following wins over Louisville, Notre Dame and Syracuse. The title was the sixth overall for the Tar Heels.
• All eight ACC teams are ranked in the latest IWLCA poll, most of any league. UNC leads the IWLCA poll at No. 1 and is followed by Syracuse (3), Boston College (4), Notre Dame (5), Duke (7), Virginia (11), Louisville (18) and Virginia Tech (24).
• UNC leads the nation in wins with 20 and joins Northwestern as the lone remaining unbeaten teams (among teams that have played more than one game).
• Three of the five Tewaaraton finalists hail from the ACC: UNC's Taylor Moreno, Boston College's Charlotte North and UNC's Jamie Ortega.
• The ACC led all conferences with 11 of the 25 nominees for the 2021 Tewaaraton Award, including at least one from six of the eight ACC programs. UNC topped all schools nationally with four players on the list.
• In Inside Lacrosse's All-America honors, ACC players took eight of the 13 First-Team spots. In all, 29 ACC players earned All-America status - most of any league.
• ACC teams have three of the nation's top scoring offenses: BC (3rd, 17.1 gpg), UNC (11th, 15.9) and Syracuse (14th, 15.1) as well as two of the best defenses: UNC (1st, 6.4 gpg) and Syracuse (12th, 9.6).
• The ACC also has four of the nation's top 10 point scorers this year: UNC's Jamie Ortega (3rd, 107) and Katie Hoeg (4th, 105), BC's Charlotte North (4th, 105) and Syracuse's Meaghan Tyrrell (6th, 102).
• UNC senior Katie Hoeg owns an ACC-record 232 career assists, including 70 this season (first nationally in 2021). She is fourth in the ACC history and second among active Division I players in career points (366). She can move into third in the ACC annals with seven more points.
• UNC senior Jamie Ortega boasts 343 points (fifth in ACC history). She has scored 264 career goals, which is third in ACC history and second among active NCAA players. Ortega can move into second in ACC history with three more goals.
• BC senior Charlotte North owns 258 career goals, which is fourth most nationally among active players and tied for fourth in ACC history.
• North (94) and Ortega (81) rank first and third, respectively, in the nation in goals this season. North is six goals shy of the NCAA record for goals in a season and already owns 23 goals in this tournament, setting a tournament record.
• ACC teams dominated in non-conference action during the regular season, going 35-3 and more than doubling up their opponents on the scoreboard, 598-251.