The Duke and North Carolina women have faced each other 110 times, including 16 games on a neutral court, but they’ve never played in the NCAA Tournament — until Friday.

Second-seeded Duke defeated No. 3 North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 on Friday in the teams’ first NCAA postseason meeting. The Blue Devils will play again Sunday.

3 North Carolina, 47-38, on Friday in the Sweet 16, a rubber match against its rival after the teams split their regular-season ACC ... but Duke and UNC had never met in the NCAA Tournament.

No. 1 ranked UNC women’s lacrosse (15-0, 9-0 ACC) defeated No. 10 Duke (12-3, 6-4 ACC), 18-5, Thursday night at Koskinen ...

UNC center Maria Gakdeng injured her right ... Okananwa, the MVP of the ACC Tournament, paced Duke with 12 points and 12 rebounds off the bench. It was her third double-double of the season.

When the NCAA Tournament bracket ... wasn’t surprised to see Duke on the same side of the bracket as North Carolina. The Tar Heels’ head coach said the ACC’s strength lends itself to teams ...

Syracuse enters the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament as the No. 6 seed. Here's SU’s path to its second straight ACC title ...

Rivals Duke and North Carolina are set to play in the Sweet 16 in the women's NCAA Tournament ... UNC beat Duke 53-46 in overtime. The teams have split the last six meetings. In a lift for Duke ...

She wasn't available in the second meeting with Duke due to a right knee injury, and she missed the following Virginia match for the same reason, which UNC also coincidentally lost. Since her return ...