When it comes to consistent success in collegiate sports, there’s few teams better than the UNC field hockey squad.
The Tar Heels (16-3, 5-1) have 10 NCAA Championships, which is most all-time and one spot ahead of Old Dominion. They’ve won four out of the past five national titles, including last year, when they won all 21 games.
Carolina’s ( head coach is Erin Matson, who at 23 years old in her first season as head coach, is the youngest coach in ALL of Division-I sports. Matson is the ACC’s all-time leader in goals (137) and points (337) – a transition to coaching was natural for her.
Matson and the 2023 UNC fockey squad aren’t done yet. They play ACC rival UVA (14-6, 3-3) on Friday at 12 p.m. ET – this time in the NCAA Tourney Final Four – with home-field advantage almost sure to come at Karen Shelton Stadium.
Carolina downed 9-seed Harvard pretty comfortably on Friday, Nov. 10, defeating the Crimson by a 4-2 mark. UVA did the same on Friday, blanking 4-seed Maryland by a 4-0 score.
The Tar Heels and Cavaliers split their two matchups this season – a 3-2, regular-season Cavs win in Charlottesville on Friday, Oct. 20, then a 3-2 Heels victory in the ACC Tourney Semifinals – also in Charlottesville.
The stakes are a little higher this time, with the winner playing in Chapel Hill on Sunday for the National Championship, at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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