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Four Tar Heels Earn IWLCA All-America Honors

CHAPEL HILL – Four University of North Carolina women's lacrosse players earned spots on the 2019 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-America teams, the IWLCA announced on Wednesday afternoon.

Sophomores Jamie Ortega, an attacker, and Emma Trenchard, a defender who won Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors, made the first team. Junior attacker Katie Hoeg earned second-team honors, and sophomore goalie Taylor Moreno grabbed third-team accolades.

Ortega, Trenchard and Moreno previously earned First-Team All-ACC honors, while Hoeg was on the second team.

Ortega won the ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors this season while also tallying a school-record 112 points, becoming the first Tar Heel to reach the 100-point plateau.