BLACKSBURG, VA.—Aly Messinger scored in sudden victory overtime to lift top-seeded North Carolina to a 15-14 win over second-seeded Syracuse on Sunday in a wild Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game at Lane Stadium. Messinger took an assist from Kelly Devlin and ended a contest that saw the Tar Heels fight back from a 13-11 deficit in the final 4:11 of regulation and overcome playing two men down to start overtime.
The ACC championship is the second in UNC history, joining the 2002 title won in Durham, N.C. UNC, ranked third in the national polls, has won 13 games in a row and improved to 16-2 this season.