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77 - Taylor Moreno
TAYLOR MORENO
POSITION: Goalkeeper HOMETOWN: Huntington, N.Y. COLLEGE: North Carolina HEIGHT: 5-7 taylormoreno14
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Morgan’s Message
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Season: Claimed 2022 Athletes Unlimited championship after tallying 1,798 leaderboard points … member of inaugural All-Defensive Team … led league with 698 stat points while ranking second with 165 MVP points … also finished season tied for seventh place with 935 win points … set AU Lacrosse single-season record with 132 saves in 12 games, including a pair of 14-save efforts … tallied 10 or more saves in 10of-12 outings, including league-record eight consecutive games from July 23-Aug. 7 … posted three consecutive games with 200 or more leaderboard points from July 23-28, including season-high 241 points against Team Waters in Week One finale … one of 15 players selected in Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse College Draft.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member of training team for 2022 Team USA World Championship squad … alternate for 2022 Team USA World Championship squad.
AT NORTH CAROLINA
Six-year letter winner for the Tar Heels who appeared in school-record 87 games from 2017-22 … also holds school career goalkeeper record with 76 starts … North Carolina’s all-time leader with 667 saves, a mark that also ranks second in Atlantic Coast Conference history … also owns school career marks with 4,967 minutes played and 70 goalkeeper wins … led Tar Heels to six straight ACC Tournament titles and 2022 NCAA Championship … three-time First-Team All-ACC selection (2019, 2021, 2022) … led ACC with .493 save percentage and 8.56 goals against average in 2022 … posted seven games with 10 or more saves as a graduate student, including season-high 16 saves against Notre Dame on Apr. 2, 2022 … honored as 2021 IWLCA National Goalkeeper of the Year after finishing second in the nation with 6.65 goals against average and .549 save percentage … also named 2021 ACC Defender of the Year in addition to earning First-Team All-America status from the IWLCA, Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse Magazine … one of five Tewaaraton Award finalists in 2021, joining teammate Jamie Ortega … started all seven games during COVID-shortened 2020 campaign, finishing with an 8.03 goals against average and .478 save percentage … ranked eighth in the nation as a sophomore with 8.91 goals against average … also finished fourth in the country with .532 save percentage, earning Second-Team All-America distinction from Inside Lacrosse … also secured Third-Team All-America notice from the IWLCA … redshirted 2017 season with an injury.
PERSONAL
Majored in communication studies at North Carolina … finishing requirements for her Master’s degree in educational innovation, technology and entrepreneurship this summer … has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do … first female in Huntington High School history to play on varsity football team.
MORENO’S TROPHY CASE
MORENO’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
SAVES SEASON GP GS MP GA GAA Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT TOTAL SAVE % LPTS
2022 12 12 472 103 8.73 35 31 33 32 1 132 0.562 1,798
