Tar Heels Aim For Another Deep Run In 2020

Eight months removed from a heartbreaking 15-14 double-overtime loss to Boston College in the NCAA semifinals, North Carolina women's lacrosse coach Jenny Levy says the defeat still stings.

But after an offseason spent using that loss as motivation, the Tar Heels will take another step toward putting it behind them Saturday, when they open the 2020 season against James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va.

Ranked No. 2 in the IWLCA preseason poll, UNC returns eight starters and 24 letterwinners from last season. Among them are senior Katie Hoeg, redshirt junior Taylor Moreno, junior Jamie Ortega and junior Emma Trenchard, who are all preseason first-team All-America selections by Inside Lacrosse and…