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2019 UNC Field Hockey Schedule Heels Beat No Setting the Scene The UNC field hockey team will play Sunday for the eighth championship in program history, taking on No. 9 Princeton (16-4) at Kentner Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., at 1 p.m. The Tar Heels are the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament for the second year in a row and are playing for their second consecutive title. Carolina finished 23-0 last season and is currently 22-0, for a 45-game winning streak that’s the longest ever by an Atlantic Coast Conference field hockey team. Playing in their 11th final four in a row and 24th in school history, the Tar 2019 UNC Field Hockey Schedule Heels beat No. 7 Boston College 6-3 Friday to reach the title game for the Date Opponent Site Time 19th time in school history. ACC-Big Ten Challenge This is the second meeting of the season for UNC and Princeton. The Tar Aug. 30 At Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 4-2 Heels scored three times in the final 5:01 to beat the Tigers 4-3 in Chapel Hill Sept. 1 Iowa Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 2-1 on Sept. 6. It’s the third time UNC and Princeton have met for an NCAA Championship. ACC-Ivy League Challenge Carolina won in the title game in 2006 and the Tigers won in 2012. Sept. 6 Princeton Chapel Hill W, 4-3 Sept. 8 Penn Chapel Hill W, 6-0 Fast Facts on UNC Sept. 15 William & Mary Chapel Hill W, 8-0 2019 record: 22-0 (6-0 ACC) Sept. 20 Louisville * Chapel Hill W, 4-1 NFHCA poll ranking: 1st (Final) Sept. 22 At Appalachian St. Boone, N.C. W, 4-1 Head Coach: Karen Shelton (39th season at UNC) Sept. 27 At Virginia * Charlottesville, Va. W, 5-0 Record at UNC and overall: 692-164-9 Sept. 29 At James Madison Harrisonburg, Va. W, 9-0 Staff: Grant Fulton, Associate Head Coach; Robbert Schenk, Assistant Oct. 4 Duke * Chapel Hill W, 2-0 Coach; Jackie Briggs, Volunteer Assistant Coach Oct. 12 At Syracuse * Syracuse, N.Y. W, 3-1 Team Captains: Seniors Marissa Creatore and Yentl Leemans ACC Titles: 22 (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, Oct. 13 At Albany Albany, N.Y. W, 4-1 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, Oct. 18 At Wake Forest * Winston-Salem, N.C. W, 3-1 2019) Oct. 20 Liberty Chapel Hill W, 3-2 NCAA Titles: Seven (1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018) Oct. 25 Boston College * Chapel Hill W, 3-2 Conference: Atlantic Coast Oct. 27 Old Dominion Chapel Hill W, 1-0 Home Stadium: Karen Shelton Stadium (Cap. 1,000) Nov. 3 Saint Joseph’s Chapel Hill W, 3-2 2OT Quick Hits 2019 ACC Tournament (hosted by Boston College) • UNC is appearing in its 19th championship game. The Tar Heels have won Nov. 8 Louisville Newton, Mass. W, 3-1 seven titles, most recently in 2018, and finished as runner-up on 11 occasions. Nov. 10 Boston College Newton, Mass. W, 3-1 • The Tar Heels had a season-high seven assists on Friday against BC, with all six goals assisted. Three players – Megan DuVernois, Feline Guenther and 2019 NCAA Division I Championship Catherine Hayden – had two each. (Hayden had one all year prior to Friday.) Nov. 15 Stanford Chapel Hill W, 4-0 • UNC seven assists set a record for the most ever by one team in an NCAA Nov. 17 Iowa Chapel Hill W, 2-1 semifinal game. Nov. 22 Boston College Winston-Salem, N.C. W, 6-3 • UNC’s total of seven NCAA titles ranks third all-time behind nine by ODU Nov. 24 Princeton Winston-Salem, N.C. 1 p.m. (all under Beth Anders) and eight by Maryland (all under Missy Meharg). Karen Shelton has been the head coach for all of UNC’s titles and also ranks * – Atlantic Coast Conference games third among coaches in championships won. • UNC has won two of its NCAA titles at Kentner Stadium, in 1995 and 2009. Wake also hosted in 2004 (the Demon Deacons won on their home field, UNC fell in the 2nd round that year) and 2006 (Maryland won, UNC lost in the first round). UNC Athletic Communications • UNC beat host Boston College 3-1 on Nov. 10 to claim the Tar Heels’ third Field Hockey Contact: Dana Gelin consecutive ACC title, fourth in five years and 22nd in program history. [email protected] • 919-455-8289 • Senior Marissa Creatore was named ACC Tournament MVP after scoring two goals in the championship game. She was joined on the All-Tournament team by senior Yentl Leemans, sophomore Erin Matson and freshman Madison Orobono. 2019 Penn Monto/NFCHA Poll • Erin Matson’s current season total of 77 points (31 goals, 15 assists) ranks second Nov. 12 – Final on UNC’s all-time single season list. With 31 goals, she’s tied for second on Carolina’s First-place votes in parentheses single-season list in that category as well. 1. North Carolina (36) • UNC has scored on its first penalty corner in five of its past six games (vs. Saint 2. UConn Joseph’s, BC in the ACC Championship, Stanford in the NCAA first round, Iowa in 3. Maryland the NCAA second round, BC on Friday). 4. Virginia 5. Louisville • For the second year in a row, Tar Heels swept the ACC’s player of the year honors, 6. Iowa with Leemans named Defensive Player of the Year and Matson named Offensive 7. Boston College Player of the Year. It marked the fourth year in a row a UNC player has won the 8. Duke defensive honor and the second year in a row Matson has won the offensive award. 9. Princeton • UNC has eight seniors on the roster: Marissa Creatore, Megan DuVernois, Feline 10. Delaware Guenther, Alex Halpin, Catherine Hayden, Yentl Leemans, Ellen Payne and Ali 11. Michigan Rushton. All were in the starting lineup for Senior Day (vs. Saint Joseph’s), although 11. Northwestern Rushton, who is rehabbing an ACL tear, played for only a minute before subbing out. 13. Syracuse 14. Saint Joseph’s Seniors accounted for all of the team’s goals and assists in the 3-2 win, with Guenther 15. Stanford scoring her first two goals of the fall, including the gamewinner in double OT. 16. Harvard • With the win over Boston College on Oct. 25, the Tar Heels completed back-to- 17. Old Dominion back undefeated ACC seasons for the first time since the league expanded to seven 18. Rutgers teams in 2013. 19. Liberty • Both of UNC’s primary goalkeepers, junior Amanda Hendry and senior Alex 20. Monmouth Halpin, earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors this fall. Hendry is the 21. Wake Forest regular starter and has won the honor twice, and Halpin earned it on Oct. 29 after 22. Penn State 23. American starting in Hendry’s place for the BC and ODU games. 24. Ohio State • Sophomore Erin Matson was named national and ACC offensive player of the 25. Fairfield week in back-to-back weeks to open the season. She’s the first player ever to win both ACC and national honors in consecutive weeks. She also won both honors in the first * UNC’s regular-season opponents are in bold week of October. She has won the ACC honor five times this fall and has won the national honor three times. 2019 Honors and Awards • The 2019 season was UNC’s second in Karen Shelton Stadium. The stadium was dedicated on Oct. 6, 2018 and is the first Carolina athletic playing facility to be named NCAA Elite 90 Award in honor of a woman. Through two seasons of playing there, the Tar Heels are 23-0 Abby Pitcairn at home. ACC Offensive Player of the Year Team Statistical Leaders Erin Matson Goals: Erin Matson 31, Marissa Creatore 15, Catherine Hayden 13, Megan ACC Defensive Player of the Year DuVernois 6, Riley Fulmer 6 Yentl Leemans Assists: Matson 15, Yentl Leemans 14, Creatore 6, Abby Pitcairn 5 Points: Matson 77, Creatore 36, Hayden 29, Leemans 24 All-ACC First team: Yentl Leemans, Erin Matson Second team: Marissa Creatore, Catherine Hayden, UNC in the NCAA Tournament Amanda Hendry • UNC is making a record 36th appearance in the NCAA Tournament field. • Sunday’s championship is UNC’s 98th game in NCAA Tournament play, also a ACC Tournament MVP: Marissa Creatore record. • UNC is the top seed in the field for the second year in a row. All-ACC Tournament: Marissa Creatore, Yentl Leemans, • The Tar Heels have 69 NCAA Tournament wins, more than any other school. Erin Matson, Madison Orobono Maryland is second with 64 (including the Terrapins’ first-round win this year) and Old Dominion is third with 50. Preseason All-ACC Yentl Leemans, Erin Matson • North Carolina is 69-28 all-time in NCAA Tournament play. • This year’s UNC team is the 12th squad to enter the NCAA Tournament field NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week without a loss or a tie. Seven of the previous 11 (including three Carolina teams: 1995, Erin Matson, Sept. 4 2007 and 2018) went on to win national championships. Erin Matson, Sept. 11 • UNC hosted NCAA Tournament first and second-round games for the 21st time in Erin Matson, Oct. 2 program history. The Tar Heels are now 30-2 all-time in NCAA Tournament games played in Chapel Hill. ACC Offensive Player of the Week • UNC is now 19-5 all-time in semifinals games.
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