The No.10 North Carolina men’s lacrosse team (1-0, 0-0) scored 14 goals in the first half in its 19-6 domination of Colgate (0-1, 0-0) to open the 2020 season in Chapel Hill on Saturday.
What happened?
UNC got on the board quickly after junior Chris Gray scored the team’s first goal just under three minutes into the game. The Boston University transfer quickly followed that up with another score less than a minute later to go up 2-0.
Goals by Gray (4), senior Justin Anderson (2) and sophomore Brian Cameron (1) put North Carolina's lead at seven by the end of the first quarter.
Anderson opened the second quarter by scoring his third goal of the game, becoming the second Tar Heel to earn a hat trick that afternoon.
Cameron made the score 9-0 before the Red Raiders ended UNC's chances of a shutout, however, North Carolina responded with two straight goals from senior William Perry.
UNC's advantage became 13 going into halftime after first-year Lance Tillman and senior Tanner Cook put their names in the scoring column by combining for three goals.
After scoring the first goal of the second half, Perry became the third Tar Heel of the afternoon to net a hat trick. Colgate got its second score of the game off of a rebound, cutting the lead to 16-2 midway through the third quarter.
Sophomore Nicky Solomon became North Carolina’s fourth hat trick of the day, scoring two consecutive goals, adding on to an already impressive lead.