On Monday afternoon inside Orange High gymnasium, Orange men’s lacrosse long-stick midfielder C.T. Lopeman officially signed with Union College of Kentucky. 2018 has been a year of adversity for Lopeman. In January, he tore his ACL while wrestling for the Panthers against Northwood in Pittsboro. After a hard summer of training and rehabilitation, Lopeman was cleared by doctors last month. Lopeman is headed to a program that is trying to find its way in the lacrosse world. Union is a NAIA school that will field its second lacrosse team this spring. After missing last lacrosse season for Orange, Lopeman is set to take the field this spring for head coach Chandler Zirkle, who Lopeman plays for on the Carolina Hilltoppers travel league team.