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Teams - Brown and North Carolina
Brown University: 2009 Record: 12-4 In 2009, the Brown Bears made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1997, falling in overtime to Johns Hopkins in an exciting first round game televised on ESPN. The 2009 team posted a 12-4 record, just one win short of the school record, and was ranked as high as eighth nationally during the season. Under the leadership of Head Coach Lars Tiffany, Brown has posted 23 wins over the last two years, including an Ivy League title in 2008. The Bears were a NCAA Final Four team in 1994, and last appeared in the NCAA Championship in 1997, falling to Duke 11-6 in a game played at Army. In addition to back-to-back honors for Tiffany as New England Coach of the year, senior goalie Jordan Burke was named USILA Goalie of the Year. Burke is the first goalie in Ivy League history to be named Ivy League Player of the Year in consecutive seasons, and was also honored as New England Player of the Year in both 2008 and 2009. In addition, Burke, junior attackman Thomas Muldoon, senior midfielder Brady Williams, junior long stick midfielder Jake Hardy, and sophomore defenseman Peter Fallon, were named first team All-New England. Burke was also named first team USILA All American, and both Muldoon and Fallon received honorable mention. Burke and Williams were also selected to play in the 68th annual North/South All-Star Game this summer. Read more about Brown Lacrosse.
University of North Carolina 2009 Record: 12-6 In 2009, the sixth ranked Tar Heels notched impressive victories against Navy, Hopkins, Ohio State, and Maryland, before falling to Duke in both the ACC Championship and the NCAA quarterfinal, after having beaten UMBC in the first round of play. The Tar Heels have won four NCAA championships - 1981, 1982, 1986, 1991 - and finished as the NCAA runner up in 1993. North Carolina had five players named to the 2009 USILA All-America team, including sophomore attackman Billy Bitter, named Carolina's first first-team All-America selection since 2005. Midfielder Ben Hunt was a second-team selection, while midfielder Sean Delaney and defenseman Ryan Flanagan earned third-team mention. Senior midfielder Shane Walterhoefer was an honorable mention selection. Bitter had a remarkable 2009 season, scoring eight goals in the UMBC game on only nine shots, missing only on his final attempt of the game when his shot into an empty net was deflected by a defenseman. He also had an assist in the game to give him a career high nine points in a game. He fell only one goal short of the record of nine goals in an NCAA Tournament game that has been accomplished twice. He is just the third Tar Heel to ever score eight goals in a single game. Read more about UNC Lacrosse.
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