The North Carolina women's soccer team (15-4-1, 8-2 ACC) fell to Florida State (13-2-3, 8-2 ACC), 2-1, in the ACC Women's Soccer Championship final on Sunday afternoon.
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Red cards issued to both teams set in motion a slow, grueling 110 minutes of scoreless soccer, which was ultimately decided after senior right back Emily Moxley sent the ball past Duke goalkeeper Ruthie Jones in the eighth round of a penalty kick shootout.
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After 110 scoreless minutes, the North Carolina women's soccer team advanced to the ACC Championship final by defeating Duke 7-6 in penalty kicks.
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This team enters the postseason with momentum, finishing the regular season as the top seed in the ACC and winning six straight matches. In the upcoming tournament, the Tar Heels will face some of best teams in the conference with the hopes of entering the NCAA Tournament in top form.
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With this win, the Tar Heels earned at least a share of the ACC regular season championship, the team’s 25th all time. The North Carolina team will also receive a first-round bye in the ACC Tournament that starts on Sunday.
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The final game of the regular season is a favorable matchup for the No. 2 Tar Heels, as the Cardinals 6-7-2 record pales in comparison to the latter’s 14-3 showing. UNC has also outscored Louisville 42-13 on the season.
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UNC controlled the game from the jump, but the team had lost several games this season after holding a halftime lead. Patterson's goal in the 54th minute effectively put the game away for the Tar Heels.
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In a battle for first place in the ACC, the No. 2 North Carolina women’s soccer team picked up a 2-1 road win against No. 4 Florida State on Thursday night in Tallahassee.
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The reigning national champion Seminoles currently sit one game ahead of UNC in the ACC standings with a 6-1 conference record. The Tar Heels will play in arguably their most consequential match of the season when they hit the road to play No. 4 Florida State on Thursday night. Despite being tested with several season-ending injuries, UNC’s back line has remained solid throughout ACC play. If the Tar Heels can pull off a win, the team will be in a solid position to clinch its fourth regular season conference title in five seasons.
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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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