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Duke solidified its postseason hopes with a 14-13 win over Notre Dame in the ACC quarterfinals on Wednesday night, and led rival North Carolina 7-6 at the half in Saturday’s semifinal, but the Tar Heels took care of business in the second half, beating the Blue Devils 16-11.

North Carolina will play at unbeaten and No. 1 ranked Boston College in Sunday’s championship game at 1 p.m.

Olivia Jenner, who had six goals in Duke’s quarterfinal win, scored three goals in the first 10+ minutes to stake the Blue Devils to a 4-2 lead and Abby Landry’s goal with 3:20 left in the first half gave the Blue Devils their 7-6 halftime advantage.

After UNC’s Kara Klages tied the game to open the second half, Duke took its final lead of the game on Catherine Cordrey’s goal with 27:02 left in the half.

North Carolina then scored four straight goals over a span of more than 10 minutes to take the lead.

Duke’s Katie Cronin scored a man-up goal with 13:08 left to get Duke back within 11-9, but UNC then went on a three-goal run to put the game away.

Olivia Ferrucci, a former U.S. U19 player (2015) that missed half of her freshman season in 2016 and all of 2017 with an injury, had a huge game for the Tar Heels. Ferrucci had a career-high six points (3g, 3a) for UNC, registering five of her points in the second half to fuel the Tar Heels victory.

Klages and Jamie Ortega each had four goals for the Tar Heels (14-3) and goalie Elise Hennesey came off the bench late in the first half and made nine saves while allowing just four goals to earn the victory.

Jenner led Duke (10-8) with four goals and also had 12 draw controls to help the Blue Devils to a 20-9 advantage in the circle. Cronin added a hat trick.

MAAC Tournament

• Samantha Mehalick scored 11 goals, including a free position goal with just 11 seconds to play give No. 5 seed Marist a 15-14 victory over Manhattan in the first round of the MAAC women’s tournament. Marist will play at No. 1 seed Fairfield in the MAAC semifinals on Thursday.

• Sophomore Kerry Gerety had eight points (6g, 2a) as Siena beat Canisius 16-12 to advance to the MAAC semifinals. Siena, which has tied the school record with 11 wins, will play Monmouth in the semifinals on Thursday.

Notable

• Erica Evans had a season-high seven points (6g, 1a) as No. 2 Maryland downed Johns Hopkins 19-12 to win its fifth straight Big Ten regular season championship. Maryland is a perfect 28-0 in its five seasons of Big Ten play.

* No. 10 Princeton beat Cornell 18-15 to capture a share of its sixth straight Ivy League regular season championship. Princeton and Dartmouth both finished 6-1 in the league, but Princeton will be the No. 1 seed for next weekend’s tournament at Columbia based on its head-to-head win over the Big Green. Tess D’Orsi, Elizabeth George and Kyla Sears each scored four goals for Princeton.

• No. 12 Dartmouth earned its share of the Ivy League championship with a 23-9 victory over Yale. Dartmouth senior Kellen D’Alleva had two goals and four assists to set the school’s single-season assist record with 41. Kierra Sweeney and Michelle Yu each had five goals for the Big Green.

• Lindsey Ronbeck scored a school-record nine goals as No. 16 Florida blew out Cincinnati 25-6 to clinch the American Athletic Conference regular season title. Ronbeck now has 76 goals for the Gators who will head to Cincinnati for the AAC tournament as the No. 1 seed. Florida will play Vanderbilt in the opening round.

• Maryn Lowell made 15 saves as Temple beat Vanderbilt 15-6 to earn the No. 3 seed in the American Athletic Conference. The Owls will play host Cincinnati on Thursday.

• Alyssa Parrella became Hofstra’s all-time leading goal scorer as the Pride beat Drexel 19-11. Parrella had four goals to give her 186 for her career, breaking the mark of 183 set by Kathleen Mikowski (2000-03). Freshman Erin Demek had a season-high seven goals in the win.

• Sophia Triandafils scored four goals as Penn State downed Rutgers 18-7 to clinch the fourth and final spot in the Big Ten women’s lacrosse tournament. The Nittany Lions will play No. 1 seed Maryland on Friday at Johns Hopkins.

• Gabby Rosenzweig had two goals and five assists to lead No. 14 Penn past Harvard 17-9. Penn finished third in the Ivy and will meet Dartmouth in the semifinal round.

• Detroit Mercy, Furman and Mercer all picked up wins to end the season as tri-champions of the Southern Conference at 4-1. Furman will host next weekend’s conference tournament, but Mercer earned the No. 1 seed and will meet Central Michigan in the semifinals. Detroit Mercy and Furman will play in the other semifinal.

• Marquette beat Georgetown for the first time in school history, posting a 14-12 victory over the Hoyas. Grace Gabriel scored five goals to help the Golden Eagles earn the No. 2 seed for next weekend’s Big East tournament. Marquette will be the host for the event and will play Georgetown in the semifinals on Thursday.

Nike/US Lacrosse Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 2 Maryland 19, No. 20 Johns Hopkins 12
No. 3 North Carolina 16, Duke 11
No. 10 Princeton 18, Cornell 15
No. 12 Dartmouth 23, Yale 9
No. 14 Penn 17, Harvard 9
No. 16 Florida 25, Cincinnati 6

Other Scores

Albany 14, UMBC 6
Brown 13, Columbia 8
Connecticut 17, East Carolina 7
Detroit Mercy 10, Central Michigan 9
Furman 18, Wofford 5
Hofstra 19, Drexel 11
Marist 15, Manhattan 14
Marquette 14, Georgetown 12
Mercer 23, Delaware State 2
Old Dominion 18, Butler 6
Penn State 18, Rutgers 7
Siena 16, Canisius 12
Temple 11, Vanderbilt 6
Towson 17, Delaware 14
UMass-Lowell 19, Hartford 5
Vermont 23, Binghamton 3