North Carolina had eight days off since winning its sixth straight ACC women's lacrosse championship. The top-seeded Tar Heels showed no signs of rust, however, defeating Virginia 24-2 in the second round of the NCAA tournament Sunday in Chapel Hill.

The win extends several winning streaks for UNC (19-0). Among them, the Tar Heels have now won 19 straight NCAA tournament second-round games, 32 straight at home overall, 12 straight against Virginia and 19 straight in 2022.

Fifteen Tar Heels tallied at least one point and 14 scored goals. Caitlyn Wurzburger led all scorers with seven points on one goal and six assists, while Tewaaraton Award finalist Jamie Ortega tallied a game-high four goals and two assists. Scottie Rose Growney, Tewaaraton Award finalist Ally Mastroianni and Andie Aldave netted hat tricks.

Mackenzie Hoeg registered Virginia’s only two goals, as the Cavaliers finished the 2022 season with a 10-10 mark. Their inclusion in the NCAA tournament field was made possible by a win over Syracuse in the ACC tournament — one of the marquee wins of the season for any team.

UNC scored the first 13 goals of the game. Eight Tar Heels netted a goal during the run, including hat tricks from Ortega and Aldave. Wurzburger quarterbacked the offense, dishing all six of her assists and scoring once in that stretch.

Virginia’s first goal came when Hoeg, sister of UNC’s all-time assist leader Katie Hoeg, scored with three minutes left in the second quarter. Hoeg struck again from the 8-meter in the final minute of the first half to make it 13-2, but that’s as close as UVA would get. UNC blanked the Cavs in the second half while pouring in 11 more goals.

UNC will play No. 4 Stony Brook, the tournament’s eighth seed, on Thursday in Chapel Hill. The Seawolves beat No. 12 Rutgers 11-7 on Sunday.

The Tar Heels and Stony Brook also met in last year’s quarterfinals. Stony Brook led by two with under 10 minutes left in the game, but UNC scored the final five goals to come away with the victory.

A win would put the Tar Heels in the final four for the third year in a row and fourth time in five seasons. Then, they’d look to break a streak they don’t like: three straight losses in the NCAA semifinals.