Fifth-ranked North Carolina went on a 9-3 run in the second half and handed sixth-ranked Virginia its first loss of the season, 13-9, on Saturday afternoon at Klockner Stadium. With the win, Carolina improved to 4-2 overall this season and began 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference play with a victory. Virginia fell to 5-1, 1-1. The Tar Heels have won 14 of the last 15 meetings against Virginia and improved to 25-13 all-time against the Cavaliers. Marie McCool led UNC with three goals, six draw controls, five ground balls and two caused turnovers. Katie Hoeg had two goals and two assists and Maggie Bill had two goals and one assist. Ela Hazar added two goals, Kara Klages had a goal and an assist and Scottie Rose Growney, Charlotte Sofield and Marisa DiVietro all scored single goals. Sammy Mueller led Virginia with three goals and Kasey Behr scored twice. Redshirt freshman Taylor Moreno made her first career start in goal for Carolina and made a career-high 17 saves in going the distance in the cage. Virginia led, 6-4, at halftime behind three first-half goals by Mueller. The Cavaliers out-shot the Tar Heels, 22-14, in the first 30 minutes but Moreno made 10 first-half saves in goal for UNC. Carolina rallied with a 3-1 run to tie the score at 7-7 with 19:06 left in the game. Hoeg scored the first UNC two goals of the half, sandwiched around a goal by Virginia's Behr. Bill scored at the 19:06 mark to tie the score and force a Cavalier timeout. Just over a minute later, the Tar Heels took the lead at 8-7 when Hazar took a pass from Hoeg and scored with 17:51 to go. Two minutes later, DiVietro scord on a free position shot to make it a 5-1 run to start the half. After another Behr goal, Carolina scored four more in a row, including two by McCool, to take a 13-8 lead. The Tar Heels will return to action on Tuesday afternoon at Elon before visiting Northwestern and Boston College on the next two weekends.