UNC Women’s Lacrosse 2025-2026

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If we score prior to the end of the power play, it will be hard to win the ensuing draw control, do you hold for a late in possession shot This possession after woman downs ends?
 

Chris13x

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Feels like they're making it up as they go and arbitrarily applied.

I remember I used to watch women's lax and was amazed that you couldn't defend the attacker at all without being called for a foul.

Now it seems they allow attackers to get mauled without a call. Then other times it's a whistle...or a penalty. I have no clue. And these goal overturns? Very shady.
I am not a rules expert, and this is the first game I’ve watched all year, but on the second one that was overturned it seemed like Northwestern kid initiated the contact
 

KrazyLegs

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The first one I get the rule kind of, but the ball was in the back of the net for a while before her foot maybe touched the crease line.
The ol' eagle eye reffing strategy. Looking for any opportunity to call something against one team.

I remember it well during the 2016 title game where UNC got called for 8 consecutive fouls while Nova assaulted us.
 

TPheel23

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The first one I get the rule kind of, but the ball was in the back of the net for a while before her foot maybe touched the crease line.
I don’t know what either player was supposed to do on the overturned goals. Even if it’s the rules, they might need to be revisited lol.

the first one was brutal because UNC had all the momentum and went up 3

the second one is insane because you go from a good goal to a man down for 2 minutes???
 

KrazyLegs

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I don’t know what either player was supposed to do on the overturned goals. Even if it’s the rules, they might need to be revisited lol.

the first one was brutal because UNC had all the momentum and went up 3

the second one is insane because you go from a good goal to a man down for 2 minutes???
In every other sport, there has to be clear evidence to overturn. Is that not the case in women's lax?
 
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Wait, what happened now? I stopped watching.
Taylor takes an ill-advised shot late in game instead of holding, she clearly violates the goal circle on the shot, no ref call, no ref review, and UNC cannot call a review with no tO’s left.

we would have had the ball with 2.5 min left down 2 goals. Not ideal, but possible.
 

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The refs should be ashamed, they won’t be, but they should. This kills me wanting to watch this sport- my daughter plays- and I would never believe the offficiating would be this bush league. And the announcers totally ignoring it
The announcers acknowledged it every time, but then moved on. That is their job.
 
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Scrap the MvM, get better goal tending, come back next year and kick everybody‘a butt. And over the summer burn the NCAA over this officiating.
Why we throwing the MVM under the bus? UNC had one of the best defenses in the country.

I think we will become harder to play over time as MVM becomes more rare and opponents do not practice it enough.

it also helps us in recruiting elite defenders.
 

Chesapeakeheel

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Feel horrible for the girls. Hate blaming the refs but what are those overturned goals?

The peak of the sport coming down to stuff like that is just wild
The goals taken off, the contact in the attack right after the woman down ended, the foot in the circle on their goal and then the goalie out of the crease leveling our player… all terrible.
 

Chesapeakeheel

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The refs should be ashamed, they won’t be, but they should. This kills me wanting to watch this sport- my daughter plays- and I would never believe the offficiating would be this bush league. And the announcers totally ignoring it
Agree with limit comment on the foot in the circle but the two hits we took on last two offensive possessions… nothing.
 

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Frankly, this loss and field hockey championship game hurt me more than men bball or basketball disappointments last year. I have found non revenue sports so refreshing and escape from bat guano crazy world of mens’a revenue sports with mercenary culture , obscene money, etc (ie -“I gambled on games but it was addiction so I deserve a 7th year” 😆. )