The top-ranked University of North Carolina men’s lacrosse team ran off the first eight goals of the game, in a span of just 10:28, and cruised to a 17-6 win over UMBC in its season opener Saturday afternoon at Cardinal Gibbons High School Stadium. In their first game since they beat Maryland in overtime to win the national championship last May, the Tar Heels first had to overcome a severe water shortage in Chapel Hill, leading to the game being moved to Raleigh, and then outscore a determined UMBC team playing its first game under new head coach Ryan Moran. UNC had a balanced scoring sheet throughout the day with 10 Tar Heels tallying goals and five recording assists. Freshman Justin Anderson, who came to Carolina this season after serving a two-year Mormon Church mission coming out of high school, made his long-awaited Tar Heel debut a memorable one as he scored three goals and added an assist. His fellow first midfield unit line mate Timmy Kelly scored a career high three goals, all in the first quarter. Luke Goldstock had two goals and two assists and Chris Cloutier had two goals and an assist while freshman Matt Gavin had a pair of goals in the fourth quarter. Senior midfielder Luke Walsh had a goal and an assist for the Heels, who played UMBC for the first time since March 2011. Sophomore Andy Matthews made his first career start and had a pair of assists. Stephen Kelly, Brian Cannon, Peyton Klawinski and William Perry all had single goals for the Heels. Max Maxwell led the Retrievers offensively with three goals and an assist while Ryan Frawley, Austin Mitchell and Ben Revak each scored once and Jack Andrews had two assists. The game was originally scheduled to be played at UNC’s Fetzer Field on Saturday afternoon but a water shortage crisis in Orange County, N.C., led the university to be closed at 1 p.m. Friday. On short notice, Cardinal Gibbons High School was able to host the Tar Heel women’s and men’s lacrosse games in Raleigh, and the Tar Heels put on a nice show for the crowd of 725 fans that turned out. Senior Stephen Kelly set the tone for the Tar Heels as he won the opening face-off and tallied 15 seconds into the game, giving UNC a lead it would never relinquish. Stephen’s first cousin, Timmy Kelly, scored an unassisted goal 46 seconds later and the Tar Heels were off to a great start. In a span of just 4:54 later in the quarter, UNC would go on a 6-0 run, to increase its lead to 8-0 with 4:32 left in the opening period. Brian Cannon made it 3-0 at 9:26 of the quarter. Cannon’s goal was followed by a Chris Cloutier goal off an assist by Andy Matthews at 8:16. Anderson, Timmy Kelly (from Anderson), Goldstock (from Cloutier) and Cloutier followed with four more quick goals and the Tar Heels were up 8-0 barely 10 minutes into the game. UMBC’s Austin Mitchell scored the Retrievers’ first goal of the season at 2:50 before the Tar Heels scored the last four goals of the first half to take a 12-1 lead into intermission. Peyton Klawinski and Timmy Kelly scored late in the first quarter before freshmen William Perry and Justin Anderson notched goals in the second quarter. The two teams each scored five goals in the second half with UMBC holding a 3-2 advantage in the third quarter and UNC a 3-2 edge in the fourth. Ruston Souder played the entire way in goal for the Retrievers, making 11 saves and allowing 17 goals. UNC split time amongst three goalkeepers. Brian Balkam played the first half for Carolina while freshman Jack Pezzulla made four saves in 25:11 of the second half and Alex Bassil played the last 4:49 for the Tar Heels. UNC outshot the Retrievers 41-24 in the game and had a 19-8 edge in face-offs and a 37-27 advantage in the ground ball war. Senior Stephen Kelly won 11 of 16 face-offs on the day and had a game-high nine ground balls. Sophomore Charles Kelly went seven for 10 in the face-off circle and had four ground balls. Billy O’Hara had a team-high seven ground balls for the Retrievers. Carolina will travel to Greenville, S.C., next Saturday to play the Furman Paladins at 12 noon. It will be a match-up of UNC coaching alums as Richie Meade, ’76, of the Paladins, goes up against the Tar Heels’ Joe Breschi, ’90.