Tar Heels Carry Team USA To Gold At World Games

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of North Carolina ladies’s lacrosse program had a significant presence at The World Games in Chengdu, China final weekend, headlined by 4 Tar Heels profitable gold with Team USA. Chloe Humphrey, Ally Mastroianni, Marie McCool and Taylor Moreno represented Carolina for the Red, White and Blue, whereas Brooklyn Walker-Welch was a important think about Canada reaching the ultimate.

McCool had an excellent match and was named MVP after main Team USA in objectives (20) and factors (32). She and Walker-Welch had been named to the six-woman All-World Team as effectively. Walker-Welch led a stingy Canadian protection that solely allowed 35 objectives over 5 matches.

Humphrey made her first look with the USA Sixes crew and completed off a powerful summer season that noticed her win a number of Player of the Year awards, gold with the USA area lacrosse crew on the PanAm Games, and now gold with the sixes. She tallied 13 objectives and eight assists for 21 factors at The World Games.

Moreno shined in purpose, caring for the second half of video games for Team USA. During the match, she made 29 saves and notched a 54.7 save proportion. Mastroianni contributed seven objectives and 7 assists regardless of battling a nagging harm.

This was Team USA’s second gold medal at The World Games, however its first within the sixes self-discipline.

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