FIELD HOCKEY 2020-21 GAME NOTES >> 8 NCAA Championships >> 23 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships 2020 RESULTS THE MATCHUP Fall: 10-1 overall, 4-1 ACC, 8-0 home, 2-1 Away North Carolina (11-1) VENUE Head Coach: Karen Shelton (West Chester, 1979) Kentner Stadium At Wake Forest (Non-conf.) Record at North Carolina: 703-165-9 (40th season) W Sunday, Sept. 20 Career Record: Same 3-1 TV: ACCNX LAST MEETING Winston-Salem, N.C. UNC won 5-0 in Chapel Hill on Oct. 30, 2021 L At Louisville Wake Forest (4-8) GAME COVERAGE Friday, Oct. 2 Head Coach: Jennifer Averill (Northwestern, 1987) 3-1 ACC Network TV: ACCNX TV: Record at Wake: 387-204-3 Louisville, Ky. • Evan Lepler, Kelsey Gill Career Record: 407-236-6 At Duke W Sunday, Oct. 4 4-0 TV: ACC Network Durham, N.C. QUICK HITS TAR HEELS WHEN ... • UNC closed the fall by winning the 23rd ACC Home ...........................................................9-0 Championship in program history, the fourth in Away ............................................................2-1 W Virginia a row. Sunday, Oct. 11 At neutral sites .............................................0-0 5-1 TV: ACC Network • Coach Karen Shelton now has 703 career Chapel Hill, N.C. victories and is the winningest coach in college ACC games .................................................4-1 field hockey history. Overtime games ..........................................2-0 • Nine different Tar Heel players have scored at W Virginia (Non-Conference) Monday, Oct. 12 least one goal, with Erin Matson accounting for When scoring first ........................................9-0 2-1 TV: RSN Chapel Hill, N.C. 15 of the team’s 40. When opponent scores first .........................2-1 • UNC has been out-shot only four times all season, including its last three games in a When leading at halftime .............................8-0 W Syracuse row: the final two games of the fall – the ACC Friday, Oct. 16 When trailing at halftime ..............................1-1 1-0 TV: ACC Network semifinals OT win over Syracuse (17-16) and the When tied at halftime ...................................2-0 Chapel Hill, N.C. championship game vs. Louisville (16-10) – and the spring-opening win over the Cardinals (16- When scoring in 1st five minutes .................5-0 Duke (Non-Conference) 14). W Sunday, Oct. 18 • With two goals against Louisville on March 5-4 TV: ACC Network Chapel Hill, N.C. 5, Erin Matson moved into a tie for fourth on When outshooting opponent........................8-0 OT UNC’s career goals list with a current total of When outshot ..............................................3-1 66. With 41 career assists, she’s one away from When shots are tied.....................................0-0 At Boston College moving into a tie for seventh on that list. Sunday, Oct. 25 @ 1 PM TV: RSN • Senior goalkeeper Amanda Hendry is the When drawing more corners .......................7-0 Newton, Mass. reigning ACC and National Player of the Week When opponent has more corners ..............3-1 PPD after an eight-save performances in last Friday’s When corners are tied .................................1-0 Wake Forest shutout win over Louisville. W Friday, Oct. 30 @ 4:30 PM UNC scores on first corner opportunity .......3-0 5-0 TV: ACC Network Chapel Hill, N.C. STATS LEADERS Goals: Erin Matson 15, Eva Smolenaars 5, Paityn Wirth 5 Boston College W (ACC Quarterfinals) Assists: Matson 7, Abby Pitcairn 5, Madison 4-0 Thursday, Nov. 5 @ 4:30 PM Orobono 5, Romea Riccardo 4 TV: ACC Network BY THE NUMBERS Chapel Hill, N.C. Points: Matson 37, Wirth 11, Smolenaars 10 » NCAA Championships UNC Syracuse has won at Kentner Stadium, W (ACC Semifinals) 2021 Spring Schedule with the most recent title 4-3 Friday, Nov. 6 @ 4 PM TV: ACC Network Date Opponent Time coming in 2019. OT Chapel Hill, N.C. 3 3/5 Louisville W, 2-0 Louisville »Years for Karen Shelton at W (ACC Championship) 3/13 At Wake Forest Noon Nov. 8, Noon the Tar Heel helm. She is now 4-2 TV: ACC Network Chapel Hill, N.C. 3/19 Boston College 2 PM the winningest coach in NCAA field hockey history with 703 4/2 Duke 2 PM 40 career victories. UNC Athletic Communications 4/9 At Virginia 2 PM Field Hockey Contact: Dana Gelin » Number of consecutive wins [email protected], 919-455-8289 4/18 At Syracuse 1 PM for UNC before a loss on Oct. 2 at Louisville. The streak set @UNCFieldHockey 4/23 ACC AQ 1 PM ACC and school records for #GoHeels 47 consecutive victories. SPRING GAME 2 » vs WAKE FOREST » MARCH 13 Fast Facts Noting the Tar Heels University of North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Demon Deacons Location ...........................................................................Chapel Hill, N.C. • UNC leads the series with Wake Forest 56-21-4. The Tar Heels have won Chartered........................................................................................... 1789 the last seven meetings, with Wake’s last victory in the series coming on Sept. 8, Undergraduate Enrollment ........................................................... 19,117 2017, 3-1 in Winston-Salem. Chancellor ..................................................................... Kevin Guskiewicz Director of Athletics ................................................. Bubba Cunningham • The teams last met on Oct. 30, 2020, in Chapel Hill, with UNC winning 5-0. Faculty Athletic Representative ........................................ Lissa Broome • Carolina won 3-1 in the last game played in Winston-Salem, on Sept. 20, Senior Woman Administrator .................................... Marielle vanGelder 2020. It was the season opener for both teams and did not count in the conference Affiliation ..........................................................................NCAA Division I standings. Conference ...................................................... Atlantic Coast Conference • Tar Heel scorers in that game were Cassie Sumfest, Erin Matson and Nickname....................................................................................Tar Heels Meredith Sholder. For Sumfest and Sholder, it was a triumphant return after School colors .......................................................Carolina blue and white Athletic department phone ..............................................(919) 962-6000 watching the entire 2019 season (including the national championship win on Athletic department website.............................................. GoHeels.com that same Kentner Stadium turf) from the sidelines while rehabbing injuries. • Following that game, Sholder was honored as ACC and National Offensive Player of the Week and senior Bryn Boylan took ACC and National Defensive Carolina Field Hockey honors. Head Coach .....................................Karen Shelton (40th season at UNC) • UNC won the 2019 NCAA title at Kentner Stadium, beating Princeton 6-1 in Career Record ...........................................................................703-165-9 Record at UNC .................................................................................Same the championship game. It was the Tar Heels’ third title in Winston-Salem, with Associate Head Coach ..................... Grant Fulton (16th season at UNC) the previous ones coming in 1995 and 2009. Assistant Coach ...........................Robbert Schenk (2nd season at UNC) Performance Analyst..................................................................Chris Fry ACC, National Honors for Hendry Team Captains ........................................... Courtnie Williamson (captain) Senior goalkeeper Amanda Hendry was this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference ....................................................................Amanda Hendry (vice captain) ...........................................................................Erin Matson (vice captain) and National Defensive Player of the Week. A senior from Wilton, Conn., Hendry made eight saves as UNC shut out Louisville Friday 2-0 in the spring opener. The honor is the third of 2020-21 for Hendry, who also earned All-ACC Program History Tournament honors in the fall. The shutout was the fifth of the season for the Tar National Championships ....................................................................... 8 Heels, with Hendry earning the win in each one. 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019 Hendry leads the ACC in goals against average (1.175) and saves percentage ACC Tournament Championships ...................................................... 23 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, (.808). 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Back on the field Team Information This fall marked the return of two Tar Heels who missed the entirety of the 2020 record .......................................................................11-1 (4-1 ACC) 2019 season. Cassie Sumfest and Meredith Sholder, both with previous starting 2020 ACC Tournament .............................................................Champion experience, are back on the turf as redshirt juniors and they returned with a bang, (Beat Boston College 4-0 in quarterfinals; Beat Syracuse 4-3 OT in each scoring in UNC’s 3-1 win over the host Demon Deacons. semifinals; Beat Louisville 4-2 in championship) Sumfest, a defender/midfielder, suffered a torn ACL in the spring of 2019 and Letterwinners returning/lost ............................................................. 15/9 was sidelined for the year. During her first two years, she started 42 of 44 games Starters returning/lost ........................................................................