What more can the UNC women’s lacrosse program do to assert its dominance?
The Tar Heels–fresh off an NCAA Championship win over Maryland–have won two of the last four national titles, while appearing in three finals over that stretch.
Now their head coach, Jenny Levy, can say she coached 12 of the 105 players–11.4 percent of them to be exact–selected to try out for the U.S. Women’s National Team.
Carly Reed (Class of 2017) was the lone UNC attacker to make the cut–coming off a season where she scored 29 goals and dished out eight assists.
Goalie Caylee Waters (’17)–the 2016 Division I Co-Goalie of the Year along with teammate Megan Ward–was also the only Tar Heel at her position to be chosen.
The midfielders selected include: Maggie Bill (’18), Kara Cannizzaro (’13), Ela Hazar (’18), Marie McCool (’18) and Laura Zimmerman (’12).
Five Tar Heel defenders will also get the chance to make their mark, a list consisting of: Maggie Auslander (’17), Kristen Carr (’10), Jen Russell (’10), Sloane Serpe (’14) and Courtney Waite (’15).
Each of the current and former UNC standouts will participate in tryouts from Aug 5-7 at the national team training center at U.S. Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, MD.
Just 36 of the 105 women will earn an opportunity to train with Team USA in its build-up for the 2017 World Cup in Guildford, England.
That group will then be cut in half to just 18 players who will make the final roster for the event.
The U.S. will be going for its third straight world title, and eighth overall.
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