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Contact: Dave Lohse • P: 919-962-7257 • C: 919-641-4128 • [email protected] • www.GoHeels.com 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS (16-2-2, ACC 8-0-2) This Week’s Tar Heel The Tar Heels were No. 2 Date Opponent Game Time (ET)/Score Women’s Soccer Game in the final regular season Aug. 18 vs. Duke (ACC Network Extra) W 2-1 (OT) Date: Friday, November 17, 2017 RPI while Colorado was at Cary N.C. Matchup: Colorado (12-5-4, Pac 12 43rd in the final NCAA RPI. Aug. 25 at UCF (UCFKnightsTV.com) L 1-2 (2OT) Conference 5-4-1) vs. North Carolina (16-2-2, Aug. 27 at South Florida (Facebook Live) W 4-2 ACC 8-0-2) ADMISSION AND Duke Nike Classic (Durham, N.C.) Event: 2017 NCAA Tournament Second PARKING: Tickets for Sept. 1 vs. Auburn (ACC Network Extra) W 5-0 Round Friday’s game are $10 for Sept. 3 vs. UNCW (ACC Network Extra) W 2-0 Time: 5 p.m. EST adults, $5 for children and Sept. 7 at Penn State (Big 10 Network) L 0-1 Rankings: North Carolina is currently ranked $5 senior citizens. Group Sept. 17 at Florida State (ACC Network Extra) second by the United Soccer Coaches, tickets are also available W 1-0 second by Soccer America, second by Top and the first 300 UNC Sept. 21 Clemson (ACC Network Extra, WCHL) Drawer Soccer and is second in the NCAA students will be admitted RPI. Colorado is No. 43 in the NCAA RPI. at Cary, N.C. W 1-0 free of charge by showing Site: WakeMed Soccer Park (Koka Booth Sept. 24 at Virginia (ESPNU, WCHL) W 2-1 their UNC One Cards Sept. 30 vs. Syracuse (ACC Network Extra) Stadium), Cary, N.C. atthe gate. All tickets are at Cary, N.C. W 7-0 Telecast: The game will be webcast currently on sale at the Oct. 5 at Miami (ACC Network Extra) W 3-0 nationally on ACC Network Extra with live Oct. 8 at Wake Forest streaming on WatchESPN and the ESPN app. Ticket Center on GoHeels. (ACC Network Extra, WCHL) W 2-0 Brian Waer is the play by play announcer for com. Tickets will also be Oct. 14 at Boston College W 4-1 Friday’s game. on sale on Friday at the Oct. 19 at Virginia Tech (ACC Network Extra) Ticket Prices: $10-Adult; $5-Child/Senior WakeMed Soccer Park W 4-0 Citizen; Group Tickets, TBA. The first 300 gates. Gates open for Oct. 22 vs. Louisville (ACC Network Extra, students to enter the gates will be admitted the doubleheader at 1:30 WCHL) at Cary, N.C. T 0-0 (2OT) free of charge. Tickets Friday are good for p.m. Tickets are good for Oct. 26 vs. Notre Dame (ACC Network Extra, admission to both games. Tickets can be admission to both games on Friday. WCHL) at Cary, N.C. T 1-1 (2 OT) purchased in advance at GoHeels.com Ticket Parking is free at WakeMed Soccer Park and is ACC Women’s Soccer Championship Center and can also be purchased at gate on available on a first come, first serve basis. Oct. 29 Florida State (ACC Network Extra) Friday Gates open at 1:30 p.m. ACC Quarterfinal (Cary, N.C.) W 2-1 Things Fans & Media Need To Know MEDIA COVERAGE FRIDAY: Friday’s game Nov. 3 NC State (Regional Sports Network) About UNC Women’s Soccer between North Carolina and Colorado will be ACC Semifinals (Charleston, S.C.) W 1-0 Live Stats webcast nationally on ACC Network Extra with You can find links to live stats on Nov. 5 ACC Final (ESPNU) Link: live streaming on WatchESPN and the ESPN GoHeels.com schedule page for every game at Charleston, S.C. W 1-0 app. Brian Waer is the play by play announcer for NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship in 2017. GoHeels.com uses Stat Broadcast as Friday’s match. Live stats will also be available on Nov. 11 NCAA 1st Round vs. High Point W 3-0 its online live stats tool for its home games. GoHeels.com. (at Cary, N.C.) (ACC Network Extra) Webcast & Radio Links Nov. 17 NCAA 2nd Round vs.Colorado 5 p.m. Link: Links for all games to be televised or (at Cary, N.C.) (ACC Network Extra) webcast this year on various platforms can UNC ALL-TIME IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT: ALL ROUNDS BELOW ARE TBA be found on the schedule page on GoHeels. North Carolina is in the NCAA Tournament for the Nov. 19 NCAA 3rd Round 1 p.m. com. All links for WCHL Radio (97.9 FM, 36th straight year. The Tar Heels are the only team (at Cary, N.C.) (ACC Network Extra) Chapelboro.com) can also be found on in the country to have earned an NCAA Tournament Nov. 25 NCAA Quarterfinals 3:30 p.m. GoHeels.com. Games to be televised and in each of the 36 years years the NCAA has (at Cary, N.C.) (ACC Network Extra) broadcast going forward will be displayed on sponsored a championship in women’s soccer. Dec. 1 NCAA Semifinals 5 or 7:30 p.m. schedule page on GoHeels.com. North Carolina is 126-12-3 all-time in NCAA (at Orlando, Fla,) (ESPNU) UNC Women’s Soccer Social Media Tournament games in its 36 appearances in the Dec. 3 NCAA Championship 1 p.m. Tools championship. In the previous 35 years, UNC (at Orlando, Fla.) (ESPNU) Website has won 21 NCAA championships, lost in the http://goheels.com/ championship game three times and lost in the Twitter semifinals three times. TAR HEELS SET TO MEET COLORADO IN @ncwomenssoccer (Athletic Communications) UNC has lost outright just 12 times in NCAA NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND : The @uncwomenssoccer (UNC Women’s Soccer) University of North Carolina women’s soccer team Instagram Tournament games, including once in the will play the University of Colorado Buffaloes @uncwomensoccer quarterfinals, four times in the third round and once Friday in the second round of the 2017 NCAA UNC Digital Media Guide in the second round. Twice, UNC failed to advance Championship. The game starts at 5 p.m. and will A full color digital media guide can be found on penalty kicks - against Florida State in the 2005 be played at WakeMed Soccer Park’s Koka Booth on GoHeels.com. Check the link in the quarterfinals and against UCF in the 2011 third Stadium. Women’s Soccer Links sidebar on the main round. The Tar Heels are hosting a pair of NCAA women’s soccer page. The media guide went A year ago, UNC was a No. 2 seed and advanced Tournament second round games on Friday in live on August 28, 2017. to the NCAA College Cup for the first time since Cary. Princeton and NC State play at 2:30 p.m. 2012. The Tar Heels defeated Liberty 3-0 in the first in a rematch of a regular season game won by the Field in 2014. round last year, downed Kansas 2-0 in the second Tigers 2-0 in Raleigh. Princeton advanced to the UNC comes into the match with a record of 16-2-2 round, defeated Clemson 1-0 in the third round, second round with a 4-0 win over Monmouth while overall, including a 12-0-2 record over the past 14 whitewashed South Carolina 1-0 in the quarterfinals NC State beat Arkansas 4-1, North Carolina beat games it has played. The Tar Heels finished the and lost to West Virginia 1-0 in the NCAA semifinals High Point 3-0 and Colorado defeated Denver 2-1 in regular season with an 8-0-2 mark in the ACC. The NCAA first round games. Buffaloes are 12-5-4 overall and they went 5-4-1 in TAR HEELS OPEN NCAA PLAY PITCHING The Tar Heels and the Buffaloes are meeting in Pac 12 Conference regular season matches. CLEAN SHEET AGAINST PANTHERS: The the NCAA Tournament second round for the second North Carolina is currently ranked second by Top second-ranked University of North Carolina time in four years. UNC defeated Colorado 1-0 in Drawer Soccer, second by United Soccer Coaches women’s soccer team got goals from two midfielders overtime in an NCAA second round game at Fetzer and second by Soccer America. and a defender and outshot High Point 23-0 to win Friday will meet Sunday, November 19 at WakeMed UNC in the National Polls in 2017 Soccer Park at 1 p.m. in the NCAA Tournament Date USC SA TDS third round. Preseason 6 10 9 Carolina struck early for Saturday’s game-winning August 21 4 9 8 goal. Megan Buckingham chased down a Tar Heel August 28 9 12 13 corner kick that had been cleared out of danger September 3 6 10 12 initially by the High Point defense. Buckingham sent a perfect pass from the left side to Abby September 10 10 12 10 Elinsky just outside the top of the box. Elinsky September 17 8 9 5 crushed an 18-yard strike into the upper right 90 of September 24 5 4 5 Head Coach Anson Dorrance the frame to put the Tar Heels ahead 1-0 at 5:33 of October 2 5 3 5 (39th year, 825-69-38 Overall, 22 National the match. October 9 5 3 5 Championships) Carolina doubled its lead in the 39th minute of October 16 5 3 5 Head Coach Anson Dorrance is now in his the match.