SOCCER 2021 WOMEN’SOCCER MATCH NOTES » 22 National Championships » 22 ACC Tournament Championships 2020-21 SCHEDULE THE MATCHUP Date Opponent Result No. 2 North Carolina (12-1-0, 8-0-0) 9/17 Wake Forest W, 4-1 Ranking: 2 (United Soccer Coaches) 9/20 Virginia Tech W, 1-0 Head Coach: Anson Dorrance (UNC, ‘74) 9/27 at Duke W, 2-0 Career Record: 883-77-41 (42nd Season) 10/1 Clemson W, 2-0 Record at North Carolina: 883-77-41 (42nd Season) 10/8 Virginia Canceled 10/15 at Syracuse W, 2-0 10/18 at Boston College W, 3-1 Tennessee (8-5-1, 4-3-1) Ranking: N/A 10/23 Duke W, 1-0 Head Coach: Brian Pensky 10/29 at Louisville W, 3-1 Record at Tennessee: 98-54-25 (9th Season) 11/1 Notre Dame W, 2-0 Career Record: 165-107-45 (16th Season) ACC Tournament 11/10 vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech W, 1-0 QUICK KICKS TAR HEEL RUNDOWN 11/13 vs. No. 3 Virginia W, 2-0 • North Carolina enters Saturday after 11/15 vs. No. 1 Florida State L, 3-2 Home 5-0-0 a dominant 5-0 win at Delaware to Away 5-0-0 Spring Season open UNC’s spring slate. Neutral 2-1-0 3/6 at NC Courage* L, 2-1 vs. United Soccer Ranked Foes 5-1-0 3/13 at Tennessee Postponed • Talia Dellaperuta recorded her vs. Unranked Opponents 2-0-0 3/20 at Delaware W, 5-0 first-career brace against Delaware vs. ACC Teams 8-0-0 3/27 at Tennessee 6:30 p.m. last Saturday. She was the first UNC vs. Non-Conference Teams 3-0-0 4/1 at Villanova 1 p.m. player to have a pair of goals in the When Scoring First 12-0-0 4/6 Columbus State* 7 p.m. same game since Rachel Jones on When Opponent Scores First 0-1-0 4/17 South Carolina 1 p.m. Sept. 17, 2020 against Wake Forest. When Neither Team Scores 0-0-0 *Exhibition When leading at halftime 10-0-0 • North Carolina had three players When trailing at halftime 0-1-0 NOT VERY OFTEN drafted in the 2021 NWSL draft. When tied at halftime 2-0-0 Racing Louisville selected Emily Fox When outshooting opponent 11-0-0 • Carolina has played 846 games with the first overall pick and Taylor When outshot by opponent 0-1-0 since the start of the 1986 season, Otto with the 11th selection, while Sky Taking the same number of shots 1-0-0 losing by more than one goal just five Blue FC drafted Brianna Pinto third When taking more corner kicks 11-1-0 times. That streak traces back to the overall. When allowing more corner kicks 1-0-0 opening game of the 1986 season Taking the same # of corner kicks 0-0-0 against George Mason, a 3-3 tie. • Fox and Otto will journey to the pro- Tied Games 0-0-0 fessional ranks while Brianna Pinto will In overtime 0-0-0 • After losing to George Mason 2-0 in compete for the Tar Heels this spring. One-goal games 3-1-0 the 1985 NCAA Tournament champi- Two-goal games 7-0-0 Three-goal games 1-0-0 onship game, the Tar Heels went 25 • Carolina’s roster is without Izzy Four-goal games 0-0-0 years without losing a game by more Brown, who transfered to Minnesota. Five-plus goal games 1-0-0 than one goal before that streak The Tar Heels added Ruby Grant, Mei- ended in 2010. Weekend (Saturday or Sunday) 6-1-0 lin Gregg, and Anna Priborkina to the Weekday 6-0-0 roster for the spring. • Since 1986, UNC has only lost five games by more than one goal. Two • UNC’s schedule features four con- of those four losses have come tests this spring in addition to two BY THE NUMBERS against Virginia. The Tar Heels fell exhibitions against NC Courage and to Notre Dame 4-1 on November 20, Columbus State. » North Carolina checks 2010, lost to Virginia 2-0 on October in at No. 2 in the United 20, 2013, was upended by Virginia • UNC dominated the match against Soccer Coaches poll. 2-0 on November 7, 2014, lost to USC Delaware and ended with a 30-3 shot 3-0 on September 11, 2016 and fell to 2 advantage, which included 20 on goal. Arkansas 2-0 on September 15, 2019. It was the first time that the Tar Heels recorded 30 shots since October 21, » Claudia Dickey ranks CAN’T MAKE THIS UP 2018 against Miami when UNC second in the country and registered 36. first in the ACC with nine • North Carolina would have to lose 9 clean sheets. its next 805 games in a row for head • Alexis Strickland scored a goal coach Anson Dorrance to have a .500 versus Delaware in her 2020-21 debut. coaching winning percentage in his career at the helm of the Tar Heels. » After leading 1-0 at AGAINST TENNESSEE halftime against Delaware, • UNC enters Saturday with an all-time UNC netted four second- record of 883-77-41. Dorrance has 4 half goals for the 5-0 coached the Tar Heels in all 1,001 of • UNC leads the series 10-1-1. result. their games all-time. 2020-21 ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown / Previous School 0 Claudia Dickey GK 5-10 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. / Charlotte Latin School BY CLASS 1 Sam Meza F/MF 5-4 Fr. Balch Spring, Texas / Texas Tech Online K-12 2 Abby Allen D 5-9 Fr. Austin, Texas / Lake Travis Freshmen 3 Ruby Grant MF 5-6 Fr. Herts, England / Arsenal 9 4 Paige Tolentino D/MF 5-5 Fr. Pinehurst, N.C. / Pinecrest 5 Mary Elliott McCabe D/MF 5-5 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. / Charlotte Latin School 7 Julia Dorsey D 5-7 So. Baltimore, Md. / McDonogh 11 Sophomores 8 Brianna Pinto MF 5-5 Jr. Durham, N.C. / Charles E. Jordan 9 Rachael Dorwart F 5-9 Jr. Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Cumberland Valley 10 Rachel Jones F 5-2 Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Collins Hill 6 Juniors 12 Alexis Strickland F 5-4 So. Raleigh, N.C. / Millbrook 13 Isabel Cox F 5-10 So. Greensboro, N.C. / Grimsley 14 Kai Hayes MF 5-4 Fr. Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. / Ponte Vedra Seniors 15 Avery Patterson MF/F 5-6 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla. / Bolles 6 16 Aleigh Gambone F 5-3 So. Clifton, Va. / Centreville 17 Marz Josephson GK 5-7 So. Apex, N.C. / Apex Friendship 18 Natalie Chandler MF 5-7 Sr. Hillsborough, N.C./ Orange BY HOMETOWN 20 Libby Moore MF 5-3 So. Wilmington, N.C. / Cape Fear Academy 21 Miah Araba MF 5-3 Sr. Chapel Hill, N.C. / Carrboro 22 Tori Hansen D 5-10 So. Raleigh, N.C. / Wakefield 17 North Carolina 24 Talia Dellaperuta F/MF/D 5-5 Fr. Cumming, Ga. / West Forsyth 25 Maycee Bell D 5-11 So. Wichita, Kan. / Insight School of Kansas 26 Hallie Klanke F 5-5 So. Lee’s Summit, Mo. / Lee’s Summit West 2 Texas 28 Maggie Pierce MF 5-4 So. Cary, N.C. / Crossroads Flex 29 Meilin Gregg MF 5-6 Fr. Charlottesville, Va. / Albemarle 30 Brooke Bingham D 5-9 Sr. Laurel Springs, N.C. / New River Academy Virginia 32 Madi Pry MF 5-8 Fr. Pinehurst, N.C. / Pinecrest 2 71 Mollie Baker F 5-7 Fr. Gilbert, Ariz. / Williams Field 81 Anna Priborkina F 5-7 Fr. Manalapan, N.J. / Freehold Township 99 Laura Sparling MF 5-5 Sr. Chapel Hill, N.C. / Carrboro 2 Florida Head Coach: Anson Dorrance (UNC ‘74 / 42nd Season) Georgia Associate Head Coach: Damon Nahas (N.C. State ‘96 / 5th Season) 2 Assistant Coach: Chris Ducar (Missouri ‘90 / 25th Season) Assistant Coach: Heather O’Reilly (UNC ‘07 / 2nd Season) Arizona Director of Women’s Soccer Operations: Tom Sander 1 Assistant Director of Women’s Soccer Game Operations: Corey Emerick Women’s Soccer Marketing & Social Media Coordinator: Brittani Bartok Athletic Trainers: Brandi Schwane, Rebecca Barta, Juliana Romero, Cara Benson, Kayla 1 Kansas McReynolds Team Physician: Tom Brickner Team Orthopedic Surgeon: Alex Creighton 1 Maryland Academic Advisor: Emily Adney Women’s Soccer Primary Administrator: Larry Gallo Women’s Soccer Secondary Administrator: Korie Sawyer Rich 1 Missouri Strength & Conditioning Coach: Greg Gatz Nutritionist: Rachel Manor 1 Pennsylvania Pronunciation Guide Players Name Pronunciation England Miah Araba MEE-uh UH-rob-UH 1 Talia Dellaperuta TAL-e-uh Della-per-ew-ta Aleigh Gambone AL-ee (not A-Lee) Meilin Gregg May-Lin Hallie Klanke HAL-lee KLANK-ee Sam Meza MEZ-uh Brianna Pinto BREE-ann-uh Anna Priborkina Pre-bor-KEN-a TAR HEEL MEDIA Staff Name Pronunciation Aury St. Germain Anson Dorrance DOOR-unce Assistant Director of Communications Chris Ducar DUE-car Email | [email protected] Damon Nahas NAY-hoss Cell Phone | 919-537-2543 2 @UNCWomensSoccer « 2020 Carolina Women’s Soccer GENERAL HISTORY DOWN, NOT OUT 2020 HONOR ROLL First Year 1979 Carolina Facing Two Goal or More Deficits in Preseason All-ACC First Team All-Time Record 883-77-41 (.906) its History (just 27 times in 990 games) Maycee Bell All-Time NCAA Appearances 38 Emily Fox (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985,1986,1987,1988, Date Opponent Largest Deficits Final Brianna Pinto 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,1993,1994,1995,1996, 11/3/79 McLean 3-7 L 3-7 11/4/79 McLean 0-4 L 0-4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Week 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 10/24/80 Virginia Select 0-4 L 0-4 10/25/80 Virginia Select 1-4 L 1-4 Rachel Jones (Sept.