Kacey White set an NCAA Division I WomenÆs Tournament record with five assists in North CarolinaÆs 6-0 win over Pepperdine.
White's five assists broke the record that had been held by four Tar Heel players
For the second straight game, North CarolinaÆs Lindsay Tarpley had a hat trick, giving her 16 career goals in the NCAA Tournament, one more than Mia HammÆs previous UNC record. Tarpley had one assist, extending her own NCAA career record for assists in tournament games to 18. She trails only Christine Sinclair of Portland in goals and points in NCAA games. Sinclair has 23 goals and six assists and 52 points in NCAA matches.
Tiffany Weimer tied a Penn State record for points in a game with 10 in the Nittany LionsÆ 4-1 victory over Texas A&M. Her hat trick, the fourth of her career, gives her 31 goals for the season and 90 in her career.
Freshman Kerri Hanks scored two goals and senior Katie Thorlakson had three assists in Notre DameÆs 5-2 win over Yale to give them 71 and 70 points, respectively, for the season. The only other set of teammates to score 70 or more points in a season is SMUÆs Danielle Garrett (83 points) and Courtney Linex (77) in 1995.
Kara Lang, the Canadian national team star, scored two goals in UCLAÆs 4-0 win over Marquette, She has six goals in three tournament games after scoring only nine goals in the regular season.
Two other freshman strikers had big games. Jess Rostedt scored her team-high 12th goal of the season to help Virginia beat Cal State Fullerton, 2-1. Megan Rapinoe also has 12 goals after scoring twice in Portland's 4-0 win over Arizona.