Two high-profile Carolina teams came into Sunday with hardware on the line: the women’s lacrosse program was aiming to complete an undefeated season and win its third national championship, while the baseball team faced NC State with the ACC title on the line.
Big afternoon for #UNC sports:
12 pm – UNC vs. Boston College for the Womenās Lacrosse National Championship in Baltimore | ESPN
12 pm – UNC vs. NC State for the ACC Baseball Tournament Championship in Charlotte | ESPN2
Two screens.
— Ross Martin (@RossMartin_IC) May 29, 2022
#UNC fans are going to have to do dual screens todayā¦
Womenās lacrosse š„ National title game vs BC at noon on ESPN
Baseball ā¾ļø ACC title vs State at noon on ESPN2— Gregory Hall (@gregoryhall_) May 29, 2022
Ah yes, it's another one of those casual, classic "Carolina is playing in two championship games at pretty much the exact same time" kind of days
— Adam Jordan (@adamjjordan) May 29, 2022
The women’s lacrosse team’s game went final first, after a back-and-forth affair with last year’s defending champion, Boston College. Carolina gutted out a 12-11 win, avenging a Final Four defeat from a year ago.
Congratulations to @UNC womenās lacrosse team for winning the NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 22 & 0 . #GoHeels
— James Worthy (@JamesWorthy42) May 30, 2022
What a championship weekend for womenās lacrosse.
All three games decided by 1 goal.
An all-time comeback
The best player of all-time put on a show
And an undefeated champion
— Bryan Ives (@awaytoworthy) May 29, 2022
North Carolina womenās lacrosse wins the 34th NCAA championship by a Tar Heels womenās program. Only Stanford and UCLA have more.
In fact, no other ACC program has that many menās or womenās NCAA titles combined.
— Bryan Ives (@awaytoworthy) May 29, 2022
YOUR NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
UNC Women's Lacrosse wins its third national title – 2013, 2016 and today
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Congrats @uncwlax!!!
— UNC Humor (@UNC_Humor) May 29, 2022
The UNC womenās lacrosse team has won the 2022 National Championship!!!!
— Keeping It Heel (@KeepingItHeel) May 29, 2022
Make that Undefeated Natty Champs šš¤š
We are a Womenās lacrosse school
— Lymarie Jackson (@lymariepj) May 29, 2022
Tar Heels win LAX National ā¦@uncwlaxā© GDTBATH!! pic.twitter.com/VN1Er2H5nw
— Kevin Guskiewicz (@KevinGuskiewicz) May 29, 2022
With the @uncwlax NCAA title today, every four-year @UNC student who started school since 1977 has been on campus for at least one @goheels national title.
Those original students are now 63 years old.#universityofnationalchampion#gdtbath
— Adam Lucas (@jadamlucas) May 29, 2022
not many understand what that celebration when the clock hits 0:00 feels like ā THESE GIRLS DESERVE IT!!! what a season & what a game šššš GO HEELS https://t.co/vw8ya4HMZ7
— Erin Matson (@erinmatsonn) May 29, 2022
Yes!!! National Champs!!! Congrats @uncwlax!!!
— Jones Angell (@JonesAngell) May 29, 2022
The women’s lacrosse game’s final moments played out as the Diamond Heels began play in Charlotte for the ACC title. It was a stressful time to be a Carolina fan.
UNC fan problems: youāre only somewhat pleased when your team is beating a huge rival 9-1 in the ACC championship cause youāre nervous about the Tar Heels being tied in the national championship game in another game being played simultaneously
— Sean (@SeanPetrizzi) May 29, 2022
My computer screen right now. pic.twitter.com/XA3jFw8fzv
— David Poole (@D_Poole03) May 29, 2022
Once the focus was fully on baseball, Carolina pulled away from the Wolfpack within two innings, putting up six runs in the second to blow the game open early. Two home runs from Vance Honeycutt gave him five RBI on the day.
Vance Honeycutt is the best freshman in college baseball
— Tar Heel Sports (@Tarheel_Sports_) May 29, 2022
VANCE HONEYCUTT. 2 BOMBS. 2 INNINGS.
Tar Heels are a force. pic.twitter.com/XmaA5VnpzR
— 11Point7: The College Baseball Podcast š (@11point7) May 29, 2022
Vance Honeycutt pic.twitter.com/36lNwjfwec
— ā”ļø (@Prime_VC) May 29, 2022
Vance Honeycutt is the first 20-20 player in Carolina history.#FreakinAwesome x #GoHeels pic.twitter.com/oucOsOaIts
— Carolina Baseball (@DiamondHeels) May 29, 2022
UNC would not relinquish its 9-1 lead, winning 9-5 and clinching the program’s eighth ACC Tournament title. The win capped off a breathless Sunday to be a Tar Heel fan.
FINAL: #UNC 9, NC State 5
The Tar Heels are your 2022 ACC Tournament Champions pic.twitter.com/6MLAHl5pIi
— Gregory Hall (@gregoryhall_) May 29, 2022
Most schools could only dream about winning a conference and national championship in the same weekend across different sports. For Carolina, itās business as usual. š pic.twitter.com/ROAyz1nOfp
— Taylor Vippolis (@tvippolis) May 30, 2022
UNC. CHAMPIONSHIPS.
— Joshua Trent Brown (@TrentBWrites) May 29, 2022
On a triumphant Sunday for Carolina athletics, the @DiamondHeels are ACC champs, making it the 267th all-time ACC title for @GoHeels.
NC State and Duke combined have 261.#GDTBATH (again)
— Adam Lucas (@jadamlucas) May 29, 2022
Sunday in North Carolina athletics:@uncwlax won the 47th NCAA team title in school history, 16 more than any other school in the ACC.@DiamondHeels won the 288th ACC team title in school history, 140 more than any other school in the ACC.
— Bryan Ives (@awaytoworthy) May 29, 2022
GDTBATH š š @uncwlax ā @DiamondHeels pic.twitter.com/emQ2CxAGT9
— ACC Network (@accnetwork) May 29, 2022
Just another day in Chapel Hill.
Featured image via UNC Women’s Lacrosse on Twitter
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