Contact: Dave Lohse • P: 919-962-7257 • C: 919-641-4128 • [email protected] • www.GoHeels.com 2015 SCHEDULE & RESULTS (15-4-1, ACC 7-3-0) This Week’s Tar Heel the NCAA Tournament Date Opponent Game Time (ET)/Score Women’s Soccer Game against an extremely Carolina Nike Classic (Chapel Hill, N.C.) North Carolina vs. Texas A&M talented Texas A&M Aug. 21 Weber State (GoHeelsTV) W 3-0 NCAA Tournament Second Round Aug. 23 Fresno State (GoHeelsTV, WCHL) W 7-0 team in the NCAA Date: Friday, November 20, 2015, 3:30 p.m. Aug. 28 at Texas (Longhorn Network) W 2-0 Tournament second Aug. 30 vs. UTSA (@Austin, Texas) (LN) W 5-0 Records & Rankings: North Carolina is 15-4-1 Duke Nike Classic (Durham, N.C.) overall and ranked 8th by the NSCAA, 5th by round Friday at 3:30 Sept. 4 vs. #25 California (ESPN3) T 1-1 (2OT) Soccer America and 7th by Top Drawer Soccer. p.m. at Historic Riggs Sept. 6 vs. #15 USC (ESPN3, WCHL) W 2-1 Texas A&M is 16-6-1 overall and ranked 21st by Field in Clemson, S.C. Sept. 11 at Nebraska W 3-0 the NSCAA and 18th by Top Drawer Soccer. Sept. 13 UCLA (GoHeelsTV, WCHL) W 3-1 UNC defeated Liberty Sept. 19 at #9 Virginia Tech W 2-1 Site: Historic Riggs Field, Clemson, S.C. Sept. 24 Syracuse (ESPN3) W 3-1 Live Stats: GoHeels.com, NCAA.com in the NCAA first round Sept. 27 at Wake Forest (WCHL) W 1-0 Ole Miss and Clemson play in the second 3-0 while the Aggies Oct. 2 Boston College (GoHeelsTV) W 2-0 round at 7 p.m. Friday at Historic Riggs Field. advanced after a 2-1 Oct. 8 at Louisville L 1-2 (OT) The winners of the UNC vs. Texas A&M and the Oct. 11 at #2 Florida State (RSN/ESPN3) L 0-1 win over Washington. Oct. 16 #28 Duke (GoHeelsTV, WCHL) L 0-1 Clemson vs. Ole Miss games will meet Sunday Oct. 22 #15 Notre Dame (ESPN3, WCHL) W 2-1 at 1 p.m. in the NCAA Third Round at Historic The Tar Heels are Oct. 25 #6 Clemson (GoHeelsTV, WCHL) W 1-0 Riggs Field in Clemson, S.C. 15-4-1 this season, Oct. 31 at Miami (ESPN3) W 2-0 Things Fans & Media Need To Know including a 7-3 ACC ACC Women’s Soccer Championship (Cary, N.C.) About UNC Women’s Soccer mark. Texas A&M, Nov. 6 #4 Florida State (Semifinal) (ESPN3) Purchasing NCAA Tournament Tickets: Tickets L 1-2 which advanced to NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship Live Stats Nov. 13 Liberty (First Round) ESPN3 6:30 p.m. Link: You can find links to live stats on GoHeels. last year’s NCAA Nov. 20 #21 Texas A&M (Second Round) 3:30 p.m. com schedule page for every game in 2015. Tournament semifinals, at Clemson, S.C. UNC Women’s Soccer Social Media Tools Nov. 22 Third Round (Campus Sites) TBA Website is 16-6-1 overall and Nov. 27/28/29 Quarterfinals (Campus Sites) TBA http://goheels.com/ was 6-4-1 in the Southeastern Conference Dec. 4 Semifinals (Cary, N.C.) TBA Dec. 6 Championship (Cary, N.C.) TBA Twitter regular season. The Aggies played well Head Coach Anson Dorrance (37th year, @ncwomenssoccer (Athletic Communications) in the SEC Tournament, advancing to the @uncwomenssoccer (UNC Women’s Soccer) tournament final before losing to No. 2 NCAA 792-62-32 Overall, 22 National Instagram Championships) @uncwomensoccer seed Florida 2-1 in the championship game. Head Coach Anson Dorrance is now in his UNC Media Guide 37th season as the Tar Heels’ head mentor. Link on GoHeels.com Women’s Soccer Page Carolina His teams have an all-time record of 792-62- BATTLING THE INJURY BUG: Buy Tickets To Home Games has already lost several key players for 32 (.913). Under Anson Dorrance, UNC has GoHeels.com Ticket Center won 22 national championships, including 21 the season to ACL injuries. Four starting NCAA crowns and one AIAW title, 21 regular- midfielders went down to ACL tears in the season ACC titles and 20 ACC Tournament TAR HEELS HEAD TO CLEMSON FOR span of five weeks - freshman Dorian Bailey championships. During his tenure, Dorrance’s NCAA SECOND ROUND MATCHUP versus Louisville, junior Darcy McFarlane teams are 186-24-7 in ACC regular-season VERSUS TEXAS A&M: The University of games, 59-5-4 in ACC Tournament matches versus Florida State and juniors Joanna and 121-10-3 in NCAA Tournament games. North Carolina women’s soccer team will be Boyles and Cameron Castleberry in practice UNC is 339-26-11 in home games in its history in Clemson, S.C. this weekend to meet 2014 two days after the ACC Tournament finals and 453-36-21 in games played on the road NCAA semifinalist Texas A&M in the second versus Florida State. and at neu- round of the NCAA Championship. Three other starters did not play versus tral sites. The Tar Heels, #8 in the NSCAA poll, and Liberty - forward Summer Green, midfielder Under Texas A&M, #21 in the NSCAA poll, will face Dorrance, Abby Elinsky and defender Maya Worth. UNC has off at 3:30 p.m. Friday. The second round They are listed as day-to-day with the hope won 91.3 game between regional host Clemson and that they can play versus Texas A&M. The percent of Ole Miss will follow at 7 p.m. Tar Heel bench stepped up big time against its games UNC heads into the match with a record of Liberty in the NCAA first round as Anson overall, 87.3 15-4-1 while the Aggies, finalists in this year’s Dorrance was still able to go 19 players team percent Southeastern Conference Tournament, are of its ACC regular-season games, 91.0 percent of its 16-6-1 overall. ANSON DORRANCE WINNING ACC Tournament games, 91.4 percent of its The winners of the two second round PERCENTAGES AT NORTH CAROLINA NCAA Tournament games, 91.6 percent of its games Friday at Historic Riggs Field will met OVERALL: 91.3 home games and 91.0 percent of its road and on Sunday in the NCAA Tournament third ACC REGULAR SEASON: 87.3 ACC TOURNAMENT: 91.0 neutral site games. In the program’s 37-year round at 1 p.m. history, totaling 885 games, Carolina has shut NCAA TOURNAMENT: 91.4 In 2015, North Carolina’s women’s soccer out opponents 555 times and has been held HOME: 91.6 scoreless in just 45 games. UNC has shutout team has earned an NCAA Tournament ROAD & NEUTRAL: 91.0 62.6% of its opponents all time. berth for the 34th successive season and for Follow the Tar Heels Online at the second time in three years will meet the www.GoHeels.com - Aggies. The two teams played in the NCAA The official web site of UNC Athletics. third round in 2013 with Carolina winning 2-0 at Fetzer Field. THE MATCHUP: Injury plagued North Carolina will look to defend its No. 3 seed in Series Information in the win over the Flames. UNC in the National Polls in 2015 North Carolina vs. Texas A&M Date NSCAA SA TDS HERO Preseason 7 7 5 4 (UNC leads 14-2) SEEKING A FASTER START: One of the August 24 5 5 4 4 Year ...... Site ...Result ............... Score keys to Friday’s match may be Carolina’s August 31 4 3 4 3 1994........ N ............ W ............... 4-0 ability to generate some first half offense. September 7 4 3 4 1 1996........ N ............ W ............... 3-0 UNC has scored 20 first half goals this September 14 3 2 3 1 1997........ N ............ W ............... 2-1 September 21 2 2 2 1 season but only once in the last seven September 28 1 1 1 2 2000.........A ............ W ............... 4-1 games. Carolina has been shut out in the 2002........ N ............ W ............... 4-1 October 5 1 1 1 T2 first half of six of its last seven games with October 12 7 5 7 5 2002........ H ............ W ............... 3-0# the only first half goal in that span coming in October 19 9 9 16 7 2003........ N ....W (OT) ............... 1-0 the third minute of UNC’s 2-0 win at Miami on October 26 8 5 8 6 2006.........A ... L (2OT) ............... 0-1 November 2 8 5 7 7 2006........ H ............ W ............... 3-2# Halloween night. November 9 8 5 7 10 2007........ H ............ W ............... 2-1 Prior to that, Carolina’s last first half goal November 16 8 5 7 10 2008.........A ............ W ............... 3-2 came against Louisville on October 8. The NSCAA=National Soccer Coaches Association of Tar Heels have executed must better in the America; SA=Soccer America; TDS=Top Drawer 2008........ H ..W (2OT) ............... 2-1# Soccer; HERO=Hero Sports 2009........ H ............ W ............... 2-0 second half recently with eight second half 2010.........A ............ W ............... 3-0 goals in its last five matches. 2011 ........ N ..... L (OT) ............... 3-4 tournament played. 2013........ H ............ W ............... 2-0# FIRST ROUND WIN OVER LIBERTY: The Tar Heels are a No. 3 seed in this Last Meeting (November 24, 2013) North Carolina advanced to the NCAA year’s tournament, the third time they have CHAPEL HILL - Summer Green scored Tournament second round with a 3-0 victory had a No.