The No. 3 Tar Heels finally scored on the No. 4 Terps almost 22 minutes into the ACC Tournament first round meeting between the two teams, but only after the Terps notched the first three goals of the game.
Midfielder Jimmy Dunster put the Tar Heels on the board with 8:16 remaining in the second quarter to make the score 3-1. Up to that point, the Terps had contained the Tar Heels, controlling their home turf at Byrd Stadium.
Though the defense had never faced North Carolina’s star attackman, Billy Bitter, before — he was injured when the two teams met four weeks ago — they have controlled the Tewaaraton Trophy nominee so far. And Terp defenders have done well on the offensive end as well; long pole Brian Farrell scored the team’s third goal of the game on a breakway about two minutes before Dunster’s goal to put the Tar Heels on the board.
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Kate Yanchulis is the Terrapin men’s lacrosse team beat writer for The Diamondback. She can be reached at kyanchulisdbk@gmail.com.