North Carolina scored seven goals in the second half to break a 4-4 halftime score and upset Virginia 11-9 in the semi-finals of the ACC lacrosse championship.

Freshman Joey Sankey’s two goals and three assists, along with Junior Marcus Holman’s three goals and one assist led the Tar Heels. The Tar Heels took control in the fourth quarter and held on for their first victory over the Cavaliers since 2004.

The victory sets up a championship matchup between rivals UNC and Duke Sunday at 3 p.m. at Klockner Stadium in Charlottesville.

Carolina, which last won the ACC Tournament championship in 1996, last played in the ACC Tournament final in 2009 when it lost to Duke 15-13 in Chapel Hill.

The Tar Heels have now won six of their past seven games and improved to 10-4 on the season while Virginia fell to 10-3 with the loss despite a seven-point effort by senior attackman Steele Stanwick who had seven points in a game for the third time in the last four outings for the defending NCAA champion Wahoos.

Jack McBride had two second-half goals for the Tar Heels, including the game-winning goal with 6:33 to play in the game. That was the 100th career goal for McBride, a graduate student, who played his undergrad career at Princeton.

Ryan Creighton had a goal and an assist for the Heels while Jimmy Bitter, Chad Tutton and Nicky Galasso each scored once. Pat Foster and Thomas Wood added assists for Carolina.