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UNC Tar Heels: Keeping It Heel’s 2016 UNC Sportsmen of the Year Awards

By Horran Cameron

Apr 4, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Brice Johnson (11) walks to the court before the game against the Villanova Wildcats in the championship game of the 2016 NCAA Men
Apr 4, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Brice Johnson (11) walks to the court before the game against the Villanova Wildcats in the championship game of the 2016 NCAA Men /
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NCAA Lacrosse: Women
NCAA Lacrosse: Women /

UNC Sports Team Of The Year – Men’s & Women’s Lacrosse Teams

Honorable Mentions: Men’s Basketball

Both Tar Heels lacrosse teams were 2016 champions. In the lacrosse world, UNC stood for “University of National Champions” in 2016.

The UNC women’s lacrosse team won their second national championship in the past four years. The women’s lacrosse team defeated the Maryland Terrapins 13-7. Their first championship came in 2013. The Lady Tar Heels lost the national title game in 2015. In three of the last four seasons, UNC’s women’s lacrosse team was in the Final Four. View highlights from the UNC women’s LAX title game here.

UNC’s men’s lacrosse won their first national championship since 1991. 2016 marked their fifth title (1981, 1982, 1986, 1991, 2016). The unseeded UNC men’s lacrosse team defeated the top-ranked Maryland Terrapins 14-13 in overtime.  View highlights from the UNC men’s LAX championship here.

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