In one of the few matches where the North Carolina women's soccer team was down at the half, it was the voice of confidence from junior defender Lotte Wubben-Moy that kept Maycee Bell collected, enough to score the game-winning goal against Southern California in the NCAA Quarterfinals
The UNC men's basketball team was in the middle of Roy Williams' worst season at the helm, T.J. Yates was starting a tradition of solid UNC quarterbacks that Mitchell Trubisky and Sam Howell would continue and Anson Dorrance was leading the women's soccer team to a second consecutive NCAA title ten years ago.
Through the first three rounds of the 2019 NCAA tournament, the North Carolina women's soccer team outscored its opponents 10-0, with a 4-0 win over Michigan that will send them to the quarterfinals.
“As tournament time is kicking in, we’re getting less and less chances, so it’s just about being clinical,” Alessia Russo said. “Luckily, with the assists we’ve been getting from all of the girls in the past few games, they’ve just been coming nicely. It’s just a simple finish.”
On Friday, the North Carolina women's soccer team will take on Colorado in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Before that, though, check out what the Tar Heels might face against their Pac-12 opponent.
In UNC's Saturday win over Belmont, Emily Fox shined with her first career goal in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Anson Dorrance is confident that her soccer success is just beginning.
The North Carolina team defeated Belmont, 5-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels tied a NCAA Tournament record with 44 shots in a game, last reached by Oklahoma State on 2011.
Take a look at what the North Carolina women's soccer team is facing heading into the NCAA Tournament.
Alessia Russo came up big once again for the North Carolina women's soccer team, scoring the game-winning goal in double overtime of the ACC Championship Game against Virginia.
Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly are among the legends of the North Carolina women's soccer program to have not started in their first scrimmages as first-years at UNC. However, head coach Anson Dorrance started Maycee Bell from the beginning, recognizing how far ahead of her peers the young star was.
Six members of the North Carolina women’s soccer team were awarded All-ACC honors after the conclusion of the team's regular season. Head coach Anson Dorrance and first-year defender Maycee Bell headlined yet another year in which Tar Heels took home hardware at the conference level.
After being sidelined with a broken leg right before the 2018 ACC Tournament, junior forward Alessia Russo scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime period of the 2019 ACC Championship to help the UNC women's soccer team defeat No. 1 UVA, 2-1.
Alessia Russo didn't get to be here last year. This year, the junior striker for the North Carolina women's soccer team made one thing clear after she scored the game-winning goal in a 3-0 victory over N.C. State in the ACC Championship Semifinals Friday night.
The North Carolina women's soccer team defeated N.C. State in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament behind two goals by Alessia Russo and one from Rachel Jones.
Junior Lotte Wubben-Moy had never scored a goal in live play heading into the UNC women's soccer team's ACC Tournament quarterfinal matchup with Notre Dame on Sunday. That changed when the defender rocketed a shot past the Fighting Irish's keeper in the 52nd minute to advance the team into a victory over Notre Dame.
Junior defender Lotte Wubben-Moy had the first multi-goal game of her career as the No. 1-seeded North Carolina women’s soccer team beat No. 8 Notre Dame, 3-0, in a Sunday night ACC quarterfinal.
The North Carolina women's soccer team defeated Miami, 3-2, on its last regular season game of 2019. The Tar Heels went undefeated in the ACC Conference for the third year in a row.
From 2003-2006, Heather O'Reilly was a superstar for North Carolina women's soccer. Her career didn't slow down after graduating, becoming one of the greatest players in U.S. women's soccer history and winning three Olympic gold medals. Since August, O'Reilly has been volunteering as an assistant coach for UNC women's soccer. She joins head coach Anson Dorrance's staff with a Hall of Fame resume and the boundless energy she displayed throughout her career.
UNC senior Zoe Redei's career with the North Carolina women's soccer team has been revived in the 2019 season, culminating with a game-winning goal on Senior Day.
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