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FIELD HOCKEY 2020-21 GAME NOTES >> 8 NCAA Championships >> 23 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships THE MATCHUP April 23 at 1 p.m. • Chapel Hill, N.C. • Karen Shelton Stadium • ACC Network North Carolina (15-1) Wake Forest (6-10) Head Coach: Karen Shelton (West Chester, 1979) Head Coach: Jennifer Averill (Northwestern, 1987) Record at North Carolina: 707-165-9 (40th season) vs. Record at Wake Forest: 389-207-3 (29th season) Career Record: Same Career Record: 409-239-6 (31st season) FALL 2020 RESULTS SPRING 2021 RESULTS QUICK HITS Fall: 10-1 overall, 4-1 ACC, 8-0 home, 2-1 Away Spring: 5-0 overall, 5-0 ACC, 2-0 home, 3-0 Away • The ACC announced its 2020-21 awards on Thursday, with Erin Matson named ACC At Wake Forest (Non-conf.) W Louisville Offensive Player of the Year for the third year W Sunday, Sept. 20 Friday, March 5 2-0 ACCNX 3-1 TV: ACCNX TV: in a row and Karen Shelton named ACC Coach Winston-Salem, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. of the Year for the 11th time. Matson and senior Eva Smolenaars were named to the All-ACC At Louisville L At Wake Forest first team, and senior Amanda Hendry and junior Friday, Oct. 2 W Saturday, March 13 3-1 TV: ACC Network Meredith Sholder were named to the second TV: ACCNX Louisville, Ky. 2-0 Winston-Salem, N.C. team. • Matson is the reigning ACC Offensive Player of the Week after earning the honor for the sixth At Duke Duke W Sunday, Oct. 4 W Friday, April 2 time this season. Her second honor in a row gave 4-0 TV: ACC Network 4-3 TV: ACCNX the Tar Heels back-to-back-to-back offensive Durham, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. 2OT honorees, as senior Bryn Boylan was the Co- Player of the Week in the previous week. • UNC closed the fall by winning the 23rd ACC W Virginia W Virginia Sunday, Oct. 11 Friday, April 9, 4 PM Championship in program history, the team’s TV: ACC Network 3-2 TV: ACCNX 5-1 fourth in a row. Chapel Hill, N.C. OT Charlottesville, Va. • Shelton now has 707 career victories and is the winningest coach in college field hockey history. Virginia (Non-Conference) W Syracuse • Nine different Tar Heel players have scored W Monday, Oct. 12 Sunday, April 18, 1 PM 2-1 TV: RSN 4-3 TV: ACCNX at least one goal this season, with Erin Matson Chapel Hill, N.C. OT Syracuse, N.Y. accounting for 24 of the team’s 53 and 11 of 15 this spring. She scored all four of UNC’s goals in the first two spring games, both 2-0 wins, and W Syracuse ACC Automatic Qualifier Friday, Oct. 16 UNC vs. Wake Forest all three in a 3-2 OT win at Virginia. 1-0 TV: ACC Network Friday, April 23, 1 PM • After ending the regular season with back-to- Chapel Hill, N.C. TV: ACC Network Chapel Hill, N.C. back road games, UNC is set to host throughout the postseason, with the ACC Automatic Duke (Non-Conference) Qualifier on April 23 then NCAA Tournament W Sunday, Oct. 18 The Tar Heels were set to host Boston College 5-4 TV: ACC Network on March 19 but that game was postponed due to play at Karen Shelton Stadium the following two Chapel Hill, N.C. Covid protocols within the BC program and was not OT weekends. rescheduled. • UNC is coming off three OT games in a row for the first time since the 1993 NCAA Tournament. Wake Forest That year, the Tar Heels won the first two before W Friday, Oct. 30 @ 4:30 PM falling in strokes in the national championship 5-0 TV: ACC Network BY THE NUMBERS Chapel Hill, N.C. game. This time around, Carolina has won all » Points Erin Matson needs three, one at home and two on the road. Boston College to reach 200 for her career. W (ACC Quarterfinals) She’d be the eight player in STATS LEADERS 4-0 Thursday, Nov. 5 @ 4:30 PM TV: ACC Network ACC history and the second Goals: Erin Matson 24, Paityn Wirth 6, Eva Chapel Hill, N.C. 4 Tar Heel to reach that mark. Smolenaars 5, Hannah Griggs 4, Cassie Sumfest 4, Bryn Boylan 4 Syracuse »Years for Karen Shelton at Assists: Matson 8, Madison Orobono 7, Romea W (ACC Semifinals) Riccardo 7, Paityn Wirth 6 4-3 Friday, Nov. 6 @ 4 PM the Tar Heel helm. She is now TV: ACC Network the winningest coach in NCAA Points: Matson 56, Wirth 18, Orobono 11, OT Chapel Hill, N.C. field hockey history with 707 Smolenaars 11, Griggs 11 40 career victories. Louisville W (ACC Championship) UNC Athletic Communications Nov. 8, Noon » Number of consecutive wins 4-2 TV: ACC Network Field Hockey Contact: Dana Gelin Chapel Hill, N.C. for UNC before a loss on Oct. [email protected], 919-455-8289 2 at Louisville. The streak set ACC and school records for @UNCFieldHockey 47 consecutive victories. #GoHeels ACC AUTOMATIC QUALIFIER » vs WAKE FOREST » APRIL 23, 2021 Fast Facts Noting the Tar Heels University of North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Demon Deacons Location ...........................................................................Chapel Hill, N.C. UNC and Wake Forest are facing off for the fourth time in the extended 20-21 Chartered........................................................................................... 1789 season, the second time this spring and the 83rd time in school history. Undergraduate Enrollment ........................................................... 19,117 • UNC leads the series 57-21-4 and Chancellor ..................................................................... Kevin Guskiewicz Last 10 meetings Director of Athletics ................................................. Bubba Cunningham has won the last eight meetings. 3/13/21: UNC 2, WFU 0 (A) Faculty Athletic Representative ........................................ Lissa Broome • Wake’s last victory in the series came Senior Woman Administrator .................................... Marielle vanGelder on Sept. 8, 2017, 3-1 in Winston-Salem. 10/30/20: UNC 5, WFU 0 (H) Affiliation ..........................................................................NCAA Division I • The teams’ most recent meeting was 9/20/20: UNC 2, WFU 1 (A) Conference ...................................................... Atlantic Coast Conference on March 13, in the second game of the 10/18/19: UNC 3, WFU 1 (A) Nickname....................................................................................Tar Heels spring season. UNC traveled to Wake 11/16/18: UNC 4, WFU 1 School colors .......................................................Carolina blue and white (N–NCAA semis, Louisville, Ky.) Athletic department phone ..............................................(919) 962-6000 Forest and won 2-0, with Erin Matson 11/4/18: UNC 7, WFU 2 Athletic department website.............................................. GoHeels.com scoring both goals. • The teams last met in Chapel Hill on (H–ACC Championship game) Oct. 30, 2020, with UNC winning 5-0. 10/6/18: UNC 5, WFU 1 (H) Carolina Field Hockey • Wake Forest’s last win in Chapel Hill 11/2/17: UNC 3, WFU 2 Head Coach .....................................Karen Shelton (40th season at UNC) was on Sept. 30, 2006, when the Demon (N–ACC Quarterfinals, Louisville, Ky.) Career Record ...........................................................................707-165-9 9/8/17: WFU 3, UNC 1 (A) Record at UNC .................................................................................Same Deacons came out on top 4-3 in an 9/10/16: UNC 4, WFU 1 (H) Associate Head Coach ..................... Grant Fulton (16th season at UNC) overtime battle at UNC’s former home, Assistant Coach ...........................Robbert Schenk (2nd season at UNC) Francis E. Henry Stadium. Wake great Performance Analyst..................................................................Chris Fry Michelle Kasold, who is from Chapel Team Captains ........................................... Courtnie Williamson (captain) Hill, scored the gamewinner in the 83rd minute. UNC alum Jackie Briggs, now ....................................................................Amanda Hendry (vice captain) ...........................................................................Erin Matson (vice captain) an assistant at Wake Forest, was a freshman on that Tar Heel team but did not appear in the game. Program History Tar Heel Trends National Championships ....................................................................... 8 • UNC has been outshot and outcornered in each of its last two games: Syracuse 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019 led 14-7 in shots and 7-3 in corners; Virginia led 16-14 in shots and 7-3 in corners ACC Tournament Championships ...................................................... 23 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, • In their last home game, the Tar Heels held a significant statistical edge, even 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 though the scoring was close (UNC beat Duke 4-3 in OT on a penalty stroke). In that game, the Tar Heels outshot the visitors 32-13 (including 7-0 in the second Team Information overtime period) and led 14-7 in penalty corners. 2020 record .......................................15-1 (4-1 ACC fall, 5-0 ACC spring) • The Tar Heels scored on two of three penalty corner opportunities at Syracuse 2020 ACC Tournament .............................................................Champion for their best percentage of the season. (Beat Boston College 4-0 in quarterfinals; Beat Syracuse 4-3 OT in semifinals; Beat Louisville 4-2 in championship) Matson Nearing 200 Points Letterwinners returning/lost ............................................................. 15/9 Junior Erin Matson needs four points to become the eighth player in ACC Starters returning/lost ......................................................................... 6/5