How 3 sisters reunited and led UNC to Lacrosse National Championship (exclusively)

It was a winding road, but three sisters from Connecticut are NCAA Lacrosse master – and they did it together!

Nicole, Ashley and Chloe Humphrey led the University of North Carolina to an undefeated season and won the national title on May 25. Now they tell people in an exclusive interview that they could not have done it without each other.

“There is always a silver feed for everything, and that I think our story is really good for young players and just undergo adversities, it’s like there is always something better that comes out of all these obstacles,” Nicole tells People.

The oldest of the three, Nicole originally started her four years undergrad for UNC before transferring to the University of South California where she hoped to play her last year of eligibility.

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But an injury to her side – and brought her back a year later to UNC where she joined her younger sisters.

Between Sister Ashley, 22, began her Lacrosse career at Stanford before transferring to UNC last season.

“I definitely wanted to do something different,” Ashley tells People. “I think I really wanted to drive myself academically and see how far it could get me. I got involved when I was a beginner in high school, so I was still really young and I visited, I loved Palo Alto, I loved Stanford. I am so grateful for my time there.”

But the attacker was drawn to UNC, where she was reunited with Nicole – and then came little Sis Chloe, 20, on stage.

The best recruitment in the 2023 class, Chloe had a New Year’s year for the record books, one season after redshiking its first year after a stress reaction foot injury.

The circular road to their reunion on the Lacrosse field in Chapel Hill caused the sisters to remind their childhood in Darien, Conn., Where they first strived for greatness – followed in the footsteps of the mother who played Lacrosse at Dartmouth College.

And memories from playing inside the house – To their parents’ complaints – is part of their own personal highlights.

“We had glass doors in the living room,” Nicole recalls. “Yes, there are some broken lamps, many holes in the wall of the garage.”

When they collectively refined their skills, the trio could not help but stand out thanks to their athletic family. Dad John was a Hall of Fame Basketball player at Middlebury College and their grandfather, John Otis, played baseball at Dartmouth and prepared by Detroit Tigers.

Now, with Nicole and Ashley’s eligibility, they say they look forward to seeing Chloe continuing to dominate the sport.

“I’m sorry we only got one year together,” says Chloe. “But I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

Chloe adds, “To be able to share the season with them was nothing I could ever imagine. I mean, how everything worked, it just showed me, in our family, everything happens for a reason. There is silver feed in everything, and it has been such a honor to play with them. Being able to inhibit the national championship to both of them.” “