Setting the Scene Following back-to-back overtime road wins last weekend, UNC returns to 2017 UNC Field Hockey Schedule Durham to host Old Dominion on Sunday, Oct. 1. The Tar Heels and Monarchs Date Opponent Site Time/Result continue their long-time rivalry with a 1 p.m. non-conference game. The fifth-ranked Tar Heels head into the weekend 9-2 overall while unranked ACC-Big Ten Challenge ODU is 4-6. Aug. 26 Vs. Michigan Iowa City, Iowa L, 3-2 Aug. 27 At Iowa Iowa City, Iowa W, 3-0 Fast Facts on UNC 2017 record: 9-2 overall (2-1 ACC) Sept. 1 At Princeton Princeton, N.J. W, 2-0 Final 2016 record: 20-6 (3-3 ACC), ACC runner-up, NCAA runner-up Sept. 3 At Penn Philadelphia, Pa. W, 3-1 NFHCA poll ranking: 5th (Sept. 26 poll) Sept. 8 At Wake Forest * Winston-Salem, N.C. L, 3-1 Head Coach: Karen Shelton (37th season at UNC) Sept. 10 At App. St. Boone, N.C. W, 6-1 Record at UNC and overall: 637-161-9 Staff: Grant Fulton, Associate Head Coach; Mark Atherton, Assistant Sept. 16 Boston College * Durham, N.C. W, 2-1 OT Coach; Kate Kinnear, Volunteer Assistant Coach Sept. 17 James Madison Durham, N.C. W, 3-0 Team Co-captains: Gab Major, Ashley Hoffman Sept. 19 Davidson Durham, N.C. W, 10-0 ACC Titles: 19 (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015) Sept. 23 At Syracuse * Syracuse, N.Y. W, 3-2 OT NCAA Titles: Six (1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009) Sept. 24 At Albany Albany, N.Y. W, 2-1 OT Conference: Atlantic Coast Oct. 1 Old Dominion Durham, N.C. 1 p.m. Home Stadium: Competing in 2017 at Duke’s Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium (Address: 20 Brodie Gym Dr., Durham, NC 27708) while an on- Oct. 6 At Virginia * Charlottesville, Va. 5 p.m. campus stadium is under construction Oct. 14 Louisville * Durham, N.C. 1 p.m. Oct. 15 At VCU Richmond, Va. 1 p.m. The Road Ahead Oct. 20 Duke * Durham, N.C. 6 p.m. Oct. 6: At No. 3 Virginia, 5 p.m. (Alumni Turf, Charlottesville, Va.) Oct. 29 At Liberty Lynchburg, Va. 1 p.m. Oct. 14: No. 12 Louisville, 1 p.m. * – Atlantic Coast Conference games (Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium, Durham, N.C.) All home games at Duke’s Williams Field at Jack Katz Sta- dium in Durham, N.C. Following the Tar Heels Live stats: GoHeels.com Live video: ACC Network Extra, available through the WatchESPN app or 2017 ACC Championship the link on GoHeels.com Nov. 2 Quarterfinals Louisville, Ky. TBA Twitter: @UNCFieldHockey Nov. 3 Semifinals Louisville, Ky. TBA Nov. 5 Championship Louisville, Ky. TBA Quick Hits • The Tar Heels’ 37 goals this season have come from 13 different players. 2017 NCAA Division I Championship In the top five scorers are a senior, a juniors, a sophomore and a freshman. Nov. 11 First Round Campus sites TBA • In 11 games this season, UNC has faced eight ranked teams. Nov. 12 Second Round Campus sites TBA • The Tar Heels are 3-0 in overtime games this fall, with all three coming Nov. 17 Semifinals Louisville, Ky. TBA over the past five outings. Nov. 19 Championship Louisville, Ky. TBA • Amanda Hendry, a redshirt freshman goalkeeper, is the reigning Co-ACC Defensive Player of the Week. The Tar Heels have had back-to-back honorees, with junior defender Ashley Hoffman winning on Sept. 19. • This is ODU’s second trip to Williams Field in a week. The Monarchs played at Duke on Sept. 24, falling 3-0 to the Blue Devils. • Last Sunday’s game against Albany is the first that UNC has won this UNC Athletic Communications Field Hockey Contact: Dana Gelin season after allowing the opponent to score first. The Great Danes scored in [email protected] • 919-455-8289 the 64th minute before UNC tied it in the 65th. • The game at Syracuse on Sept. 23 is the only time this season that UNC has been out-shot or out-cornered. (Against the Orange, the Tar Heels trailed in both categories.) • Carolina is No. 5 in this week’s NFHCA national coaches’ poll, up from No. 7 the past two weeks. The Tar Heels were No. 1 in the preseason poll and then No. 4 in the first ranking 2017 Penn Monto/NFCHA Poll of the season. Sept. 26 • UNC will play all six of its home games this fall in Durham, N.C., at Duke’s Williams First-place votes in parentheses Stadium at Jack Katz Field. The Tar Heels’ new on-campus stadium is under construction and is slated to be ready for the 2018 season. 1. Connecticut (44) 2. Duke UNC’s Statistical Leaders 3. Virginia (1) (Through 11 games) 4. Penn State Goals: Ashley Hoffman 7, Gab Major 5, Catherine Hayden 5, Meredith Sholder 4, Marissa 5. UNC (1) Creatore 3, Eva van’t Hoog 3, Malin Evert Assists: Major 9, van’t Hoog 7, Hoffman 4 6. Michigan Points: Major 19, Hoffman 18, van’t Hoog 13, Hayden 12 7. Syracuse 8. Delaware Scouting the opposition 9. Boston College • Old Dominion, Oct. 1: The Monarchs are 4-6 on the year following a 3-1 loss at Liberty 10. Northwestern on Friday. Sophomore Erin Huffman leads the team in scoring with seven goal and a team- 11. Stanford best 15 points. Sophomore Alexa Ostoich has scored five goals, and senior Danielle Grega has 4. Three players are tied with three assists each. 12. Louisville Last meeting: Aside from a preseason scrimmage game, the Tar Heels and Monarchs last 13. Wake Forest faced off on Oct. 29, 2016, in Norfolk, Va. After a scoreless first half, UNC got second-half 14. Harvard goals from Marissa Creatore and Lauren Moyer (then a senior and now a member of the 15. Maryland U.S. National Team) to win 2-0. Seven current Tar Heels – Eef Andriessen, Ashley Hoffman, Malin Evert, Morgan Goetz, Eva van’t Hoog, Gab Major and Alex Halpin – started in that 16. Princeton game. 17. James Madison 18. Albany Last time out: UNC 2, Albany 1, OT T19. Rutgers Sept. 24, 2017 T19. William & Mary ALBANY, N.Y. – Junior Malin Evert scored just 56 seconds into overtime to earn the No. 7 21. Saint Joseph’s North Carolina field hockey team a 2-1 win over host Albany and give the Tar Heels overtime 22. Boston University road wins on back-to-back days. UNC, which improved to 9-2 overall with the victory, beat No. 6 Syracuse 3-2 on Saturday afternoon before busing to Albany Saturday night. The win over 23. Pacific the 20th-ranked Great Danes was Carolina’s third in overtime in the past five games, all over an 24. Iowa eight-day span. 25. American “I’m so proud of our team – what a gutsy performance under challenging conditions,” UNC coach Karen Shelton said. “They worked so hard today after a really big win yesterday and then travel last night. Weekends like this are going to make us a better team.” 2017 Honors and Awards Playing at Alumni Turf on an afternoon when temperatures soared to the high 80s, the Tar Heel gamewinner came after junior Ashley Hoffman intercepted an Albany ball and then carried it into Preseason All-ACC the circle for a shot. Great Danes keeper Melissa Nealon saved Hoffman’s shot, but Evert gained Ashley Hoffman, Eva van’t Hoog control of the rebound and put it in from the left side for the win. The goal was Evert’s third of the fall. ACC Defensive Player of the Week “The ball bounced our way in overtime,” Shelton said. “Credit to Albany for a great game today. (Sept. 19) They’re a well-coached team and they outplayed us in the first half. I think our depth was a factor Ashley Hoffman in the second half. We’re happy to escape with the win.” (Sept. 26) The game was scoreless for most of the afternoon. Albany finally managed a goal in the 64th minute, by Katie MacCallum and assisted by Dana Bozek, the younger sister of former Tar Heel Amanda Hendry standout Emma Bozek. UNC immediately called a timeout and pulled goalkeeper Amanda Hendry in favor of an extra field player. That gamble paid off quickly, as the Tar Heels drew a corner less than two minutes later and scored on it. After inserting the ball, senior Gab Major positioned herself at the left side of the cage to deflect Ashley Hoffman’s shot past Nealon and tie the game for Carolina with just over five minutes to play. UNC finished with 17 shots, 11 of them in the second half. No. 7 UNC 2, No. 20 Albany 1, OT Scoring: UA – Katie MacCallum (Dana Bozek), 63:08; UNC – Gab Major (Ashley Hoffman), 64:46; UNC – Malin Evert, 70:56 Shots: UNC 17 (4/11/2), UA 12 (7/5/0) Penalty corners: UNC 8 (2/6/0), UA 8 (7/1/0) Goalkeeper saves: UNC 1 (Amanda Hendry, 69:16. 1 goal allowed, I save; Team, 1:40); UA 9 (Melissa Nealon, 70:56, 2 goals allowed, 9 saves) Records: UNC 9-2, Albany 4-4 UNC starters: Amanda Hendry, Eef Andriessen, Cassie Sumfest, Ashley Hoffman, Feline Guenther, Malin Evert, Morgan Goetz, Eva Smolenaars, Eva van’t Hoog, Gab Major, Marissa Creatore UNC subs: Meredith Sholder, Bryn Boylan, Catherine Hayden, Kathryn Holland, Courtnie Williamson, Megan DuVernois Tar Heels Earn Defensive Honors Two UNC players have earned Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player Noting Coach Shelton of the Week recognition this fall: Heading into her 37th season as coach • Sept.