FIELD HOCKEY 2020-21 GAME NOTES >> 8 NCAA Championships >> 23 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships THE MATCHUP 2020 NCAA Championship: May 9 at 7 p.m. • Chapel Hill, N.C. • Karen Shelton Stadium • ESPNU North Carolina (18-1) Michigan (15-2) Head Coach: Karen Shelton (West Chester, 1979) Head Coach: Marcia Pankratz Record at North Carolina: 710-165-9 (40th season) Record at Michigan: 317-136 (21st 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: 8-0 overall, 5-0 ACC, 5-0 home, 3-0 away • UNC is playing Sunday for the ninth NCAA title in program history. That would be equal to At Wake Forest (Non-conf.) W Louisville W Sunday, Sept. 20 Friday, March 5 the most by any program – Old Dominion has 3-1 TV: ACCNX 2-0 TV: ACCNX also won nine, with the most recent coming in Winston-Salem, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. 2000, when ODU beat UNC in the title game. North Carolina and Maryland are currently tied At Louisville L At Wake Forest for second with eight each. Friday, Oct. 2 W Saturday, March 13 3-1 TV: ACC Network • The Tar Heels are the two-time defending TV: ACCNX Louisville, Ky. 2-0 Winston-Salem, N.C. champion. A win on Sunday would give them the second three-peat in school history. UNC won the 1995, 1996 and 1997 titles. At Duke Duke W Sunday, Oct. 4 W Friday, April 2 • They’ll play Sunday in the final game of the 4-0 TV: ACC Network 4-3 TV: ACCNX 2020-21 season, but UNC and Michigan are Durham, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. 2OT much more accustomed to meeting in season openers. They traditionally face off in the ACC- Big Ten Challenge as the first game of every W Virginia W Virginia Sunday, Oct. 11 Friday, April 9, 4 PM season. TV: ACC Network 3-2 TV: ACCNX 5-1 • UNC scored on 18.8 percent of its penalty Chapel Hill, N.C. OT Charlottesville, Va. corners in the fall, but is converting on 26.2 percent (11 of 42) this spring. The Tar Heels Virginia (Non-Conference) W Syracuse have scored on three of nine corners in the two W Monday, Oct. 12 Sunday, April 18, 1 PM 2-1 TV: RSN 4-3 TV: ACCNX NCAA games so far. Chapel Hill, N.C. OT Syracuse, N.Y. • The last UNC team to win an NCAA title on campus was the Tar Heel women’s soccer team ACC Automatic Qualifier in 1993. Mia Hamm was the tournament’s Most Syracuse W Wake Forest W Friday, Oct. 16 Outstanding Player that year. Friday, April 23, 1 PM 1-0 TV: ACC Network 3-2 TV: ACC Network Chapel Hill, N.C. 2OT Chapel Hill, N.C. TAR HEEL STATS LEADERS Goals: Erin Matson 27, 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: Wirth 9, Romea Riccardo 9, Madison 5-4 TV: ACC Network 2-0 Sunday, May 2, 1 PM Chapel Hill, N.C. TV: GoHeels.com Orobono 8, Matson 8, OT Chapel Hill, N.C. Points: Matson 62, Wirth 21, Sumfest 14, Orobono 12, Smolenaars 11, Griggs 11 Wake Forest NCAA Semifinals W Friday, Oct. 30 @ 4:30 PM W Iowa 5-0 TV: ACC Network 3-0 Friday, May 7, 1 PM Chapel Hill, N.C. TV: ESPN3 Chapel Hill, N.C. BY THE NUMBERS » Players in ACC history with Boston College W (ACC Quarterfinals) NCAA Championship 200 career points. UNC junior 4-0 Thursday, Nov. 5 @ 4:30 PM Michigan Erin Matson became the TV: ACC Network Sunday, May 9, 7 PM Chapel Hill, N.C. TV: ESPNU eighth in Sunday’s game vs. Chapel Hill, N.C. 8 Stanford. Syracuse W (ACC Semifinals) The Tar Heels were set to host Boston College »Appearances by UNC in the 4-3 Friday, Nov. 6 @ 4 PM TV: ACC Network on March 19 but that game was postponed due to NCAA title game, including OT Chapel Hill, N.C. Covid protocols within the BC program and was not this year. UNC is 8-11 in its rescheduled. 19 previous championship Louisville 20 games. W (ACC Championship) Nov. 8, Noon 4-2 TV: ACC Network UNC Athletic Communications »Years for Karen Shelton at Chapel Hill, N.C. Field Hockey Contact: Dana Gelin the Tar Heel helm. She is the [email protected], 919-455-8289 winningest coach in NCAA field hockey history with 710 @UNCFieldHockey #GoHeels 40 career victories. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP VS. MICHIGAN » MAY 9, 2021 Fast Facts Noting the Tar Heels University of North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Wolverines Location ...........................................................................Chapel Hill, N.C. • UNC leads the series with the North Carolina vs. Michigan: Chartered........................................................................................... 1789 Wolverines 24-5. UNC leads the series 24-5 Undergraduate Enrollment ........................................................... 19,117 Date Result Site ..................................................................... Kevin Guskiewicz • The teams traditionally meet Chancellor 9/6/97 UNC, 6-3 Ann Arbor, Mich. Director of Athletics ................................................. Bubba Cunningham each year in the ACC-Big Ten 8/28/99 UNC, 4-1 Chapel Hill Faculty Athletic Representative ........................................ Lissa Broome Challenge, with Michigan almost 9/3/00 UNC, 2-0 St. Louis, Mo. Senior Woman Administrator .................................... Marielle vanGelder always Carolina’s season opener. Affiliation ..........................................................................NCAA Division I 10/13/00 UNC, 4-0 Chapel Hill Conference ...................................................... Atlantic Coast Conference That event didn’t take place in 9/8/01 UNC, 2-1 Philadelphia Nickname....................................................................................Tar Heels 2020-21 as both teams played only 11/10/01 UM, 5-2 * Ann Arbor, Mich. School colors .......................................................Carolina blue and white conference opponents. 8/31/02 UM, 2-0 Chapel Hill Athletic department phone ..............................................(919) 962-6000 • Michigan was UNC’s first 8/31/03 UNC, 4-0 Ann Arbor Athletic department website.............................................. GoHeels.com opponent at Karen Shelton Stadium. 11/15/03 UM, 2-1 * East Lansing, Mich. On Aug. 25, 2018, the teams faced 8/28/04 UNC, 3-2 Ann Arbor Carolina Field Hockey off in Game 1 of that year’s ACC- 8/27/05 UNC, 2-0 Iowa City, Iowa Head Coach .....................................Karen Shelton (40th season at UNC) 8/26/06 UNC, 3-1 Chapel Hill ...........................................................................710-165-9 Big Ten Challenge to open the Tar Career Record 8/25/07 UNC, 3-1 Ann Arbor Record at UNC .................................................................................Same Heels’ new facility. UNC won that 8/30/08 UNC, 6-0 Winston-Salem, N.C. Associate Head Coach ..................... Grant Fulton (16th season at UNC) game 5-1. Assistant Coach ...........................Robbert Schenk (2nd season at UNC) • Carolina and Michigan last met 8/29/09 UNC, 2-1 Iowa City, Iowa Performance Analyst..................................................................Chris Fry 8/28/10 UNC, 3-0 Chapel Hill in the 2019 season opener in Ann Team Captains ........................................... Courtnie Williamson (captain) 8/27/11 UNC, 5-0 Ann Arbor ....................................................................Amanda Hendry (vice captain) Arbor, Mich., as part of the ACC- 10/23/11 UNC, 4-3 2OT Chapel Hill ...........................................................................Erin Matson (vice captain) Big Ten Challenge. Michigan led 11/13/11 UNC, 5-1 * Chapel Hill 1-0 early, but Erin Matson scored 8/25/12 UNC, 5-1 Winston-Salem, N.C. Program History a hat trick and Marissa Creatore 9/7/13 UNC, 7-2 Iowa City, Iowa National Championships ....................................................................... 8 added one more to power the Tar 8/30/14 UNC, 5-1 Chapel Hill 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019 Heels to a 4-2 win. 8/29/15 UNC, 2-1 Ann Arbor, Mich. ACC Tournament Championships ...................................................... 23 11/15/15 UNC, 1-0 * Chapel Hill 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, • The teams are meeting for the 8/27/16 UM, 1-0 Winston-Salem, N.C. 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 sixth time in NCAA play. They met in a first-round game in Ann Arbor 8/26/17 UM, 3-2 Iowa City, Iowa in 2001, with Michigan winning 8/25/18 UNC, 5-1 Chapel Hill Team Information 11/11/18 UNC, 5-2 * Chapel HIll 2020 record .......................................18-1 (4-1 ACC fall, 5-0 ACC spring) 5-2 en route to its first NCAA 8/13/19 UNC, 4-2 Ann Arbor 2020 ACC Tournament .............................................................Champion Championship. Michigan also won (Beat Boston College 4-0 in quarterfinals; Beat Syracuse 4-3 OT in * – NCAA Tournament play semifinals; Beat Louisville 4-2 in championship) in 2003 in a first-round game at Michigan State. UNC has won the other three matchups, all played in Athletic Communications Chapel Hill. Most recently the teams met in a second-round game in 2018, with Field hockey contact ................................................Dana Gelin Carolina winning 5-2. Email address ...................................................dgelin@unc.edu Cell phone .......................................................... (919) 455-8289 NCAA Tournament Notables Mailing address .............P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 • The Tar Heels are making a record 37th appearance in the NCAA Tournament field. • Sunday’s championship game is UNC’s 101st game in NCAA Tournament play, also a record. • The Tar Heels have 72 NCAA Tournament wins, more than any other school. Maryland is second with 64 and Old Dominion is third with 50, with neither in the field this year. • North Carolina is 72-28 all-time in NCAA Tournament play. • UNC is the top seed in the field for the third year in a row. • UNC hosted NCAA Tournament first and second-round games for the 22nd time in program history.