SANTA ANA, CALIF. - Led by five goals by midfielder Joe LoCascio, the fifth-ranked Maryland Terrapins built a 7-2 lead and held off a late rally to defeat second-ranked North Carolina 10-8 in mens lacrosse action Saturday night in the 2015 Pacific Coast Lacrosse Shootout at Santa Ana Stadium before a crowd of 6,785 fans. The Terps have won five games in a row and improved to 6-1 with the victory. The Tar Heels fell to 9-1 on the campaign heading into next Sundays ACC opener against two-time defending NCAA champion Duke at Fetzer Field (1 p.m.). The win by the Terps broke a five-game losing streak to the Tar Heels in regular-season action with Marylands last win coming in 2009 in College Park, Md. LoCascio led the Terps offense with five goals while Colin Heacock had three goals and Henry West had a goal and three assists. Both Jimmy Bitter and Joey Sankey had a goal and four assists for the Tar Heels. Chad Tutton, Luke Goldstock and Tate Jozokos had two goals each for Coach Joe Breschis team. Maryland led in virtually every statistical category. The Terps outshot the Tar Heels 42-31, led in the ground ball battle 38-29 and had a 15-7 edge at the face-off circle. In the goal, both UNCs Kieran Burke and Marylands Kyle Bernlohr made 11 saves. Both teams were 2 for 3 in man-up situations. Carolina committed 10 turnovers while the Terps had 14 miscues. The game was tied 2-2 at the end of the first quarter before the Terps went on a 5-0 scoring spree to lead 7-2 with 3:55 left in the third quarter. LoCascio scored four of the Terps first seven goals with his fourth goal, off an assist by Henry West, putting Maryland up 7-2 with a little less than four minutes left in the third quarter. Carolina rallied by scoring four of the next four goals with Jimmy Bitter, Joey Sankey, Tate Jozokos and Luke Goldstock all tallying in a span of a little over nine minutes to pull Carolina within 8-6 with 6:16 to play in the game. When Bitter scored with 44 seconds left in the third quarter it broke a scoreless streak of 33:25 in the game for Carolina. The Terps held UNC without a goal from 4:09 of the first period to the 44-second mark of the third quarter. After the Tar Heels cut their deficit to two goals, LoCascio scored his fifth goal of the game 1:03 later and then Heacock tallied his sixth goal of the season and third of the game with 1:48 to play to extend the Terps lead to 10-6. Goals by Goldstock at 1:30 and Tutton at 47 seconds, both assisted by Bitter, pulled UNC within 10-8 but the clock ran out on the Tar Heels. Jimmy Bitters goal with 44 seconds left in the third quarter marked the 51st successive game in which the senior attackman has registered a point. That is a new school record. Dennis Goldstein (1989-91) and Ryan Wade (1991-94) both had recorded points in 50 successive games to share the previous school record. Joey Sankeys assist on the opening goal of the game extended his consecutive game streak with at least one point to 46 games in a row. NEXT UP: The Tar Heels will play host to two-time defending NCAA champion Duke next Sunday at 1 p.m. at Fetzer Field. The game will be nationally televised on ESPNU. Carolina will be seeking its first regular season win over the Blue Devils since 2010 and its first regular season win against Duke in Chapel Hill since 2003. GAME NOTES Jimmy Bitters 51-game point streak is the second longest active streak in NCAA Division I while Joey Sankeys 46-game point streak is the third longest. Joey Sankey now has 201 career points, trailing only Marcus Holman (213) and Bruce Ledwith (204) in that category. Jimmy Bitter now has 182 career points, which ranks seventh in UNC history. Joey Sankey had four assists in the game, giving him 93 for his career, the third most in UNC history behind Bruce Ledwith (119) and Michael Burnett (106).