CHAPEL HILL—University of North Carolina women's lacrosse seniors Taylor Moreno and Jamie Ortega are among the five finalists for the 2021 Tewaaraton Award, the Tewaaraton Foundation announced on Friday. The award is presented annually to the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States.
This is the first time the Tar Heels have had two Tewaaraton finalists in the same season.
Moreno and Ortega are the eighth and ninth Tewaaraton finalists in Carolina women's lacrosse history, joining Christine McPike (2002), Amber Falcone (2009), Jen Russell (2010), Becky Lynch (2012), Kara Cannizzaro (2013) and Marie McCool (2017, 2018).