FIELD HOCKEY 2020-21 GAME NOTES >> 8 NCAA Championships >> 23 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships THE MATCHUP NCAA Semifinals: May 7 at 1 p.m. • Chapel Hill, N.C. • Karen Shelton Stadium • ESPN3 North Carolina (17-1) Iowa (12-5) Head Coach: Karen Shelton (West Chester, 1979) Head Coach: Lisa Cellucci Record at North Carolina: 709-165-9 (40th season) Record at Iowa: 82-52 (seventh season) Career Record: Same vs. Career Record: Same FALL 2020 RESULTS SPRING 2021 RESULTS QUICK HITS Fall: 10-1 overall, 4-1 ACC, 8-0 home, 2-1 Away Spring: 7-0 overall, 5-0 ACC, 4-0 home, 3-0 Away • UNC played four overtime games in a row before winning 2-0 in the NCAA quarterfinals At Wake Forest (Non-conf.) W Louisville W Sunday, Sept. 20 Friday, March 5 round on May 2. It was the Tar Heels’ first win in 3-1 TV: ACCNX 2-0 TV: ACCNX regulation at home since March 5. Winston-Salem, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. • When the ACC announced its 2020-21 awards in April, Erin Matson was named the ACC At Louisville L At Wake Forest Offensive Player of the Year for the third year Friday, Oct. 2 W Saturday, March 13 3-1 TV: ACC Network in a row and Karen Shelton was named ACC TV: ACCNX Louisville, Ky. 2-0 Winston-Salem, N.C. Coach of the Year for the 11th time. Matson and senior Eva Smolenaars were named to the All-ACC first team, and senior Amanda Hendry At Duke Duke W Sunday, Oct. 4 W Friday, April 2 and junior Meredith Sholder were named to the 4-0 TV: ACC Network 4-3 TV: ACCNX second team. Durham, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. 2OT • UNC closed the fall by winning the 23rd ACC Championship in program history and the team’s fourth in a row. W Virginia W Virginia Sunday, Oct. 11 Friday, April 9, 4 PM • UNC hosted NCAA Tournament first and TV: ACC Network 3-2 TV: ACCNX 5-1 second round play for the 22nd time in program Chapel Hill, N.C. OT Charlottesville, Va. history. The Tar Heels are now 31-2 at home first and second-round play and 33-2 overall, Virginia (Non-Conference) W Syracuse including the NCAA semifinal and final in 1987. W Monday, Oct. 12 Sunday, April 18, 1 PM 2-1 TV: RSN 4-3 TV: ACCNX • Coach Karen Shelton now has 709 career Chapel Hill, N.C. OT Syracuse, N.Y. victories and is the winningest coach in college field hockey history. ACC Automatic Qualifier • Friday’s game is UNC’s 100th in NCAA Syracuse W UNC vs. Wake Forest W Friday, Oct. 16 Tournament play, more than any other program. Friday, April 23, 1 PM 1-0 TV: ACC Network 3-2 TV: ACC Network Chapel Hill, N.C. 2OT Chapel Hill, N.C. STATS LEADERS Goals: Erin Matson 26, Cassie Sumfest 6, Paityn Wirth 6, Eva Smolenaars 5, Bryn Boylan 5 Duke (Non-Conference) W NCAA Quarterfinals Round W Sunday, Oct. 18 Stanford Assists: Matson 8, Wirth 8, Romea Riccardo 8, 5-4 TV: ACC Network 2-0 Sunday, May 2, 1 PM Chapel Hill, N.C. TV: GoHeels.com Madison Orobono 8 OT Chapel Hill, N.C. Points: Matson 60, Wirth 20, Sumfest 14, Orobono 12, Smolenaars 11, Griggs 11 Wake Forest NCAA Semifinals W Friday, Oct. 30 @ 4:30 PM Friday, May 7, 1 PM 5-0 TV: ACC Network TV: ESPN3 Chapel Hill, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. BY THE NUMBERS » Players in ACC history with Boston College W (ACC Quarterfinals) The Tar Heels were set to host Boston College 200 career points. UNC junior 4-0 Thursday, Nov. 5 @ 4:30 PM on March 19 but that game was postponed due to Erin Matson became the TV: ACC Network Chapel Hill, N.C. Covid protocols within the BC program and was not eighth in Sunday’s game vs. rescheduled. 8 Stanford. Syracuse W (ACC Semifinals) »Years in a row that UNC has 4-3 Friday, Nov. 6 @ 4 PM TV: ACC Network reached the field hockey final OT Chapel Hill, N.C. UNC Athletic Communications four. The Tar Heels have made Field Hockey Contact: Dana Gelin the semifinals round 25 times [email protected], 919-455-8289 Louisville 12 in program history. W (ACC Championship) Nov. 8, Noon 4-2 TV: ACC Network @UNCFieldHockey Chapel Hill, N.C. #GoHeels »Years for Karen Shelton at the Tar Heel helm. She is now the winningest coach in NCAA field hockey history with 709 40 career victories. NCAA TOURNAMENT VS. IOWA » MAY 7, 2021 Fast Facts Noting the Tar Heels University of North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Hawkeyes Location ...........................................................................Chapel Hill, N.C. • UNC leads the series with the North Carolina vs. Iowa: Chartered........................................................................................... 1789 Hawkeyes 30-3. UNC leads the series 30-3 Undergraduate Enrollment ........................................................... 19,117 Date Result Site Chancellor ..................................................................... Kevin Guskiewicz • The teams traditionally meet each 9/22/84 UNC 2-1 Philadelphia Director of Athletics ................................................. Bubba Cunningham year in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, 9/19/86 UNC 4-1 Chapel Hill Faculty Athletic Representative ........................................ Lissa Broome with Iowa almost always the second 9/26/87 UNC 5-0 Norfolk, Va. Senior Woman Administrator .................................... Marielle vanGelder game of the season for Carolina. 9/22/88 UNC 2-0 Chapel Hill Affiliation ..........................................................................NCAA Division I 11/18/89 UNC 1-0* Springfield, Mass. Conference ...................................................... Atlantic Coast Conference That event didn’t take place in 9/23/90 UNC 2-1 Norfolk, Va. Nickname....................................................................................Tar Heels 2020-21 as the teams played only 9/12/92 Iowa 4-1 Philadelphia School colors .......................................................Carolina blue and white conference opponents. 11/19/94 UNC 4-1* Brookline, Mass. Athletic department phone ..............................................(919) 962-6000 • The teams last met in the 2019 9/9/95 UNC 4-3 Philadelphia Athletic department website.............................................. GoHeels.com NCAA Tournament in Chapel Hill, 9/13/97 UNC 2-0 Philadelphia 9/7/98 UNC 2-1 St. Louis, Mo. when UNC won 2-1 in a second- 11/14/99 Iowa 2-0* Iowa City, Iowa Carolina Field Hockey round game. Iowa scored first and 9/9/00 UNC 5-0 Philadelphia Head Coach .....................................Karen Shelton (40th season at UNC) gave up just two shots to the Tar 9/1/02 UNC 2-1 OT Chapel Hill Career Record ...........................................................................709-165-9 9/1/03 UNC 3-1 Ann Arbor, Mich. Record at UNC .................................................................................Same Heels, but UNC managed to score Associate Head Coach ..................... Grant Fulton (16th season at UNC) on both. The first Tar Heel goal was 8/29/04 UNC 5-0 Ann Arbor, Mich. 9/4/04 UNC 1-0 Philadelphia Assistant Coach ...........................Robbert Schenk (2nd season at UNC) by Erin Matson in the 25th minute Performance Analyst..................................................................Chris Fry 8/28/05 UNC 5-0 Iowa City, Iowa Team Captains ........................................... Courtnie Williamson (captain) and the second was by Feline 8/27/06 UNC 2-1 Chapel Hill ....................................................................Amanda Hendry (vice captain) Guenther in the 46th. 8/26/07 UNC 5-2 Ann Arbor, Mich. ...........................................................................Erin Matson (vice captain) • The past two regular-season 8/31/08 Iowa 3-2 Winston-Salem, N.C. games have also been exciting 2-1 8/30/09 UNC 5-0 Iowa City, Iowa 8/29/10 UNC 3-0 Chapel Hill finishes: Program History 8/28/11 UNC 2-0 Ann Arbor, Mich. National Championships ....................................................................... 8 2018: UNC won 2-1 in overtime 8/26/12 UNC 5-0 Winston-Salem, N.C. 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019 on Aug. 26, in the opening weekend 9/8/13 UNC 3-1 Iowa City, Iowa ACC Tournament Championships ...................................................... 23 of play at Karen Shelton Stadium. In 8/31/14 UNC 4-1 Chapel Hill 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 8/30/15 UNC 2-1 Ann Arbor, Mich. 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 that win, the Tar Heels pulled keeper 8/28/16 UNC 4-1 Winston-Salem, N.C. Amanda Hendry and capitalized on 8/27/17 UNC 3-1 Iowa City, Iowa Team Information the advantage to score the tying 8/26/18 UNC 2-1 OT Chapel Hill 2020 record .......................................17-1 (4-1 ACC fall, 5-0 ACC spring) goal. The gamewinner was a penalty 9/1/19 UNC 2-1 Ann Arbor, Mich. 2020 ACC Tournament .............................................................Champion stroke from Ashley Hoffman 8:27 11/17/19 UNC 2-1* Chapel Hill (Beat Boston College 4-0 in quarterfinals; Beat Syracuse 4-3 OT in into overtime play. semifinals; Beat Louisville 4-2 in championship) * – NCAA Tournament play 2019: On Sept. 1 in Ann Arbor, Mich., Iowa scored in the 39th Athletic Communications minute to take a 1-0 lead. After pulling Hendry around the 10-minute mark, the Field hockey contact ................................................Dana Gelin Tar Heels scored on a penalty corner in 56th minute. Hendry reentered and UNC Email address ...................................................dgelin@unc.edu eventually scored on a penalty corner in the 58th minute for the win. Cell phone .......................................................... (919) 455-8289 • The teams are meeting for the fourth time in NCAA play. UNC leads that Mailing address .............P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 series 3-1 with Iowa’s win coming in 1999 in Iowa City. The 2019 matchup is the only other time the teams have met in tournament play in Chapel Hill. NCAA Tournament Notables • The Tar Heels are making a record 37th appearance in the NCAA Tournament field.