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Contact: Dave Lohse • 919-641-4128 • [email protected] • www.GoHeels.com • @ncwomenssoccer 2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS (21-4-2, ACC 10-0-0) Upcoming Games goal. Date Opponent Game Time (ET)/Score Date: Thursday, August 22, 2019 Game Notes: 8/9 at NC State (Exhibition) W 3-2 Tournament: Carolina Nike Classic • Sunday’s match 8/12 at Duke (Exhibition) Cancelled Matchups: Duke vs. La Salle; North Carolina marked the final game 8/16 ILLINOIS (ACCNE) W 3-1 vs. Indiana Time: 4 p.m. EDT (Duke vs. La Salle) & 6:30 for 10 Tar Heel seniors, 8/19 OHIO STATE (ACCNE) W 2-0 including starters 8/22 TEXAS (ACCNE) T 1-1 (2OT) p.m. EDT (UNC vs. Indiana) Alex Kimball, Dorian 8/26 UCF (ACCNE) W 1-0 Rankings: Rankings for the four teams will be announced in the week priot to the start of the Duke Nike Classic (Durham, N.C.) Bailey, Julia Ashley and regular season Samantha Leshnak. UNC returns 20 letter 8/30 vs. Providence (ACCNE) W 1-0 Date: Sunday, August 25, 2019 9/2 vs. Marquette (ACCNE) W 4-0 Tournament: Carolina Nike Classic winners in 2019 and will add an 11-member 9/7 at Santa Clara L 0-1 Matchups: North Florida vs. La Salle; North recruiting class that will be announced at a later 9/9 at Stanford (Pac 12 Network) L 1-2 (OT) Carolina vs. Duke date. 9/14 at Florida State (ACCNE) W 1-0 Time: 12 p.m. EDT (North Carolina vs. La • Dorian Bailey, Julia Ashley and sophomore 9/20 PITTSBURGH @ Salle) & 6:00 p.m. EDT (UNC vs. Duke) defender Emily Fox were named to the All- WakeMed Soccer Park (ACCNE) W 3-0 Rankings: Rankings for the four teams will be 9/23 at Clemson (ACCNE) W 1-0 announced in the week priot to the start of the Tournament Team at the College Cup. 9/29 LOUISVILLE (ACCNE) W 5-1 regular season • The loss was only the 14th in NCAA 10/4 at Notre Dame (ACCNE) W 2-1 Site: The new Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium at Tournament history for the Tar Heels who are 10/7 at Syracuse (ACCNE) W 7-1 the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, now 131-14-4 in the event. The Tar Heels are 10/13 at Virginia Tech (ACCNE) W 2-0 N.C. now 21-4 in NCAA Tournament championship Telecasts: ACC Network Extra 10/18 BOSTON COLLEGE at Cary, N.C. games. The other losses were to George (ACCNE) W 1-0 Things Fans & Media Need To Know Mason in 1985, Florida in 1998 and Santa Clara 10/21 MIAMI at Cary, N.C. (ACCNE) W 2-0 About UNC Women’s Soccer 10/25 WAKE FOREST at Cary, N.C. Live Stats in 2001. (ACCNE) W 1-0 Link: You can find links to live stats on the • UNC is now 7-1 all-time in NCAA College ACC Women’s Soccer Championship GoHeels.com schedule page for every game Cup games played at Sahlen’s Stadium at 10/28 Virginia Tech in ACC Quarterfinals in 2019. GoHeels.com uses Stat Broadcast as its online live stats tool for its home games. WakeMed Soccer park. (ACCNE) W 2-0 Webcast, TV & Radio Links • The game marked the 12th successive game 11/2 Clemson in ACC Semifinals at Cary, N.C. Link: Links for all games to be televised or UNC has played in Cary. The Tar Heels will (TV ACCNE) W 1-0 webcast this year on various platforms can be move into their spectacular new UNC Soccer & 11/4 Florida State in ACC Final at Cary, N.C. found on the schedule page on GoHeels.com. Lacrosse Stadium next August. (TV ESPNU) L 2-3 UNC Women’s Soccer Media Tools NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship Website • Anson Dorrance will begin the 2019 11/10 Howard NCAA First Round at Cary, N.C. http://goheels.com/ campaign with an all-time women’s soccer (ACC Network Extra) W 4-0 Twitter coaching record of 847-74-40. The 2018 11/16 Kansas NCAA 2nd Round at Cary, N.C. @uncwomenssoccer (Athletic season marked his 40th as head coach. (ACC Network Extra) W 4-1 Communications Account) • UNC senior defender Julia Ashley finished 11/18 Virginia TechNCAA Third Round at Cary, Instagram the season as UNC’s leading scorer with 22 N.C. (ACC Network Extra) W 3-0 @uncwomensoccer 11/24 UCLA NCAA Quarterfinals at Cary, N.C. UNC Digital Media Guide points. She is the first defender in history to (ACC Neywork Extra) T 2-2 (2OT) (4-2 PK) A full color digital media guide can be found lead the Tar Heels in scoring. 11/30 Georgetown in NCAA Semifinals at Cary, on GoHeels.com. Check the link in the • UNC’s 21 wins were the most since Carolina N.C.(ESPNU) W 1-0 in 2OT Women’s Soccer Links sidebar on the main finished 23-3-1 in 2009. 12/2 Florida State in NCAA Final at Cary, N.C. women’s soccer page. The media guide will go live on August 21, 2019. • In 961 games in its history, the Tar Heels (ESPNU) L 0-1 have been shut out just 55 times. shot covered as she went to her right to smother TAR HEELS ADVANCE TO 2018 NCAA it. But the deflection sent the ball into the right CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH OVERTIME TAR HEELS BATTLE TO FINISH BUT FALL side instead and that ended up being the only WIN AGAINST GEORGETOWN: It took 108 IN 2018 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: The goal of the game. minutes but senior defender Julia Ashley scored University of North Carolina’s quest for a 23rd Both teams took eight shots in the game with off an assist by freshman forward Rachael national collegiate title in women’s soccer fell FSU outshooting UNC 6-2 in the first half and Dorwart in double overtime to lift third-ranked just short as the Tar Heels fell to fifth-ranked the Tar Heels outshooting the Seminoles 6-2 in North Carolina past second-ranked Georgetown Florida State 1-0 in the national championship the second half. UNC finished with five corner 1-0 in the first NCAA College Cup semifinal game on Sunday, December 2, 2018. Before kicks while the Seminoles had one corner kick. match Friday night, November 30 before 10,439 a crowd of 12,512 fans at Sahlen’s Stadium at Samantha Leshnak made two saves for fans at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer WakeMed Soccer Park, the third-ranked Tar Carolina and Caroline Jeffers had two saves for Park. Heels saw their season end with a record of the Seminoles. UNC’s shots on goal came 56 North Carolina handed the Hoyas their first 21-4-2 while Florida State won its second NCAA seconds into the game by Alex Kimball and at loss of the season as the Tar Heels advance championship and finished 20-4-3. the 71:59 mark by Madison Schultz. Perhaps to the NCAA championship game where it will The only goal of the game came at the 59:53 Carolina’s best chance to score came at 35:50 play fifth-ranked Florida State Sunday at 1 p.m. as Dallas Dorosy scored her seventh goal of when a header by Rachael Dorwart off a Lotte at Sahlen’s Stadium. The Seminoles defeated the season assisted by Deyna Castellanos. Wubben-Moy corner kick went just wide of the top-ranked Stanford, the defending national Castellanos served a ball from the right side left post. champion, 2-0, in Friday’s second semifinal that Dorosy slid onto with her shot deflecting After Dorosy’s goal, UNC did not allow another game. off UNC defender Lotte Wubben-Moy and shot in the game but the Florida State defense The Tar Heel goal came on a counterattack sneaking inside the right post. UNC goalkeeper buckled down, allowing UNC only four shots after UNC defender Emily Fox chased Samantha Leshnak appeared to have Dorosy’s over the final 30:07 and not conceding a tying Rachael Dorwart at 42:58. UNC in the National Polls in 2018 The game changed remarkably after Date USC SA TDS intermission. In the second half, UNC outshot Preseason 6 4 3 the Hoyas 8-4 while having a 7-0 edge in corner August 20 4 4 3 kick chances. In the first overtime, Carolina August 27 3 6 3 outshot Georgetown 3-0 while taking the only September 4 2 5 2 corner kick. And in the second overtime, the September 11 6 8 9 Tar Heels outshot the Hoyas 5-0 and had both September 18 5 7 8 corner kicks. September 25 3 4 5 Head Coach Anson Dorrance The Tar Heels pressed repeatedly in the October 2 3 4 2 (40th year in 2018, 847-74-40 Overall, 22 second half with Schechtman making her third October 9 3 3 2 National Championships) Head Coach save of the game against Dorian Bailey in the October 16 3 3 2 Anson Dorrance finished his 40th season 48th minute. In the 73rd minute, Fox had an October 23 3 3 2 as the Tar Heels’ head mentor in 2018. His opening from the 18-yard line but sent her October 30 3 3 2 teams have an all-time record of 847-74-40 shot high. The game then took a momentum November 5 3 3 6 (.902).