Still, UNC seems to have a response for every hit that its roster has taken this season. With junior Abby Allen and redshirt first-year Emerson Elgin filling in the hole at center back, the Tar Heels still managed to secure its tenth clean sheet of the season in the 1-0 victory on senior night.
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Senior defender Tori Hansen was able to score off a penalty kick in the 48th minute, officially swinging the momentum of the game in favor of the Tar Heels.
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Fresh off a four-goal performance against Pittsburgh on Thursday, UNC's offensive persistence carried forward into its Sunday afternoon match against North Carolina State. After a first touch, junior midfielder Avery Patterson delivered a bottom-corner strike to give North Carolina a 2-0 lead early in the second half. That scoreline held until the end of the game, ultimately becoming the final score of the Tar Heels' 400th home victory in program history.
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The No. 5 North Carolina women’s soccer team (11-3, 4-2 ACC) secured the program's 400th home win with a 2-0 victory over N.C. State (7-5-3, 2-4 ACC) at Dorrance Field on Sunday.
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“That’s attacking with variety,” head coach Anson Dorrance said. “We don’t want to have a predictable attack because then a team can basically sort out how to defend, so the variety in which we scored tonight I think is fantastic for us."
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Although UNC took an early lead, the team’s dominance in the matchup wasn’t truly evident until towards the end of the first half. With four shots in the span of a minute and a third unanswered goal, it was clear that North Carolina was the commanding team.
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While the Tar Heels have never lost to the Panthers, this year's matchup may be more challenging than usual, as Pittsburgh boasts an 11-1 record and Carolina struggles to regroup from defensive losses.
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UNC has given up the lead in a game just 18 times in the program's 44 year history, but three of those instances have come this year. Just like in losses to UCLA and Virginia, the team failed to stop the second half counter attacks and struggled to restart its offense in the final 30 minutes.
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Unlike the 3-2 loss to Virginia, the UNC defense continued to be sturdy through 90 minutes to secure the clean sheet against Boston College. Dorrance emptied his bench as the game wore on, playing all 27 players available to him on Sunday.
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Junior Avery Patterson lead the team in attempts with four shots and scored the goal that sealed the UNC win.
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The No. 3 North Carolina women’s soccer team (8-2, 1-1 ACC) picked up its first conference victory of the season with a 1-0 win at Syracuse (7-3, 0-2 ACC) on Thursday night.
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With the tie, the Tar Heels see their second straight contest end in a draw. Likewise, North Carolina has failed to win four of its last five matches — with its lone victory coming against East Tennessee State.
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While head coach Anson Dorrance's squad is known for wearing its opponents down, it was the Tar Heels who looked tired by the end of Saturday's contest.
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Tonight’s defeat is UNC’s second of the season. With the first conference matchup of the season under their belt, the Tar Heels will look to regroup and establish themselves as the dominant ACC force they are expected to be.
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On Saturday evening, the North Carolina women’s soccer team will look to open its conference slate with a win against No. 5 Virginia at Dorrance Field.
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Sam Meza’s game-changing talents — namely on the defensive end — are why Dorrance gave her the nickname ‘Mighty Mouse,” as Meza’s abilities mirror that of the classic cartoon’s catch phrase, “Here I come to save the day.”
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After defeating Duke in a hard-fought win Thursday night, the Tar Heels looked to have tired legs to start Sunday’s contest. UNC’s visible fatigue eventually spelled trouble, as the Knights scored the first goal of the contest midway through the first half.
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Last season, UNC lost its first ever game at Dorrance Field to Duke. According to senior defender Tori Hansen, the painful memories of the Blue Devils storming their home turf stuck on the Tar Heels’ mind coming into Thursday night. “Most of this team remembers that feeling, and I think that was such a fire under us for this game,” Hansen said. “We were like, ‘We’re going to do this exact same thing to them here at their field.'"
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The Tar Heels’ game-winning goal came in the 35th minute when senior forward Emily Moxley delivered a pass to the far right side of the goalkeeper box and connected with Hansen for a header.
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For the midfielder and former UNC standout, playing in the Champions League was one item she still needed to check off of her bucket list. So, the Tar Heels' volunteer assistant coach dropped everything to pursue this chance.
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