Tar Heels place seven on All-ACC WLAX Team

Duke Blue Devils/UNC Tar Heels
Duke Blue Devils/UNC Tar Heels
Peter Koutroumpis, Triangle Sports Network

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Regular-season champion North Carolina led all schools with seven selections to the 2015 All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Women’s Lacrosse Team as announced on Wednesday.

North Carolina senior Courtney Waite and sophomore Caylee Waters were selected to the first team in a vote of the league’s eight head coaches.

Five Tar Heels were voted to the second team and included seniors Margaret Corzel and Caileigh Sindall, junior Sammy Jo Tracy and sophomores Maggie Bill and Molly Hendrick.

Duke had five overall selections, including one first-team selection in senior Kerrin Maurer.

Blue Devils seniors Kelsey Duryea, Katie Trees and Taylor Trimble, along with junior Claire Scarrone were named to the second team.

Maurer and Trimble became three-time honorees, while Duryea and Waters became repeat All-ACC selections.

The 2015 ACC Women’s Lacrosse Championship gets underway on Thursday at Virginia’s Klockner Stadium, with all eight teams in quarterfinal action beginning at 11 a.m.

Thursday’s winners will meet in the semifinals on Friday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and the ACC Championship title game is set for Sunday, April 26 at 1 p.m.

2015 All-ACC Women’s Lacrosse Team

First Team

A – Covie Stanwick, Sr., Boston College

A – Kerrin Maurer, Sr., Duke

A – Kayla Treanor, Jr., Syracuse

A – Casey Bocklet, Sr., Virginia

A – Megan Will, Sr., Virginia Tech

M – Sarah Mannelly, Jr., Boston College

M – Mikaela Rix, Sr., M, Boston College

M – Kay Morissette, Jr., Louisville

M – Halle Majorana, Jr., Syracuse

D – Courtney Waite, Sr., North Carolina

D – Barbara Sullivan, Sr., Notre Dame

D – Morgan Stephens, Sr., Virginia

G – Caylee Waters, So., North Carolina

Second Team

A – Sammy Jo Tracy, Jr. , North Carolina

A – Molly Hendrick, So.,  North Carolina

A – Cortney Fortunato, So.,  Notre Dame

A – Kailah Kempney, Sr., Syracuse

A – Courtney Swan, Sr., Virginia

M – Caroline Margolis, Jr., Boston College

M – Katie Trees, Sr., Duke

M – Taylor Trimble, Sr., Duke

M – Maggie Bill, So., North Carolina

D – Margaret Corzel, Sr., North Carolina

D – Caileigh Sindall, Sr., North Carolina

D – Claire Scarrone, Jr., Duke

G – Kelsey Duryea, Sr., Duke