With a head-turning performance in front of an electric home crowd, it seems that UNC's players have bought into their potential for success this year, while also addressing a topic bigger than sports.
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In its season opener, the No. 10 North Carolina women’s soccer team pulled away in the second half to defeat No. 11 Tennessee, 3-0.
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The 2021 season was an aberration for a program accustomed to being viewed as one of the nation’s best. After a year of dubious firsts – dropping the opening game of the NCAA Tournament against South Carolina and missing the ACC Tournament entirely – the hunger to get back on top has resonated with the No. 10 Tar Heels throughout the grueling offseason.
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Earlier this week, head coach Anson Dorrance claimed that the North Carolina women’s soccer team this year was the deepest he had ever coached. UNC’s 2-0 win over No. 3 BYU proved Dorrance right — as it was the Tar Heels’ ability to maintain fresh legs that helped North Carolina prevail to its second exhibition victory this week.
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North Carolina women's soccer found its groove in its exhibition game on Saturday against BYU thanks to Tori DellaPeruta’s goal in the 13th minute. Avery Patterson’s strike off a second-half corner kick secured a 2-0 win and UNC's second exhibition victory of the week.
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First-year forward Tori Dellaperuta sent home her debut goal with just 16 seconds left in the first half of the game. With her sister away in the United States' 2022 FIFA U20 Women's World Cup, Dellaperuta said she played this game for her.
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No. 10 North Carolina starts off the season in dominant fashion by beating VCU 5-0 at Dorrance Field on Sunday.
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Former UNC women's soccer star Crystal Dunn, who played soccer for the Tar Heels from 2010-2013, is one of the most high-profile athletes to come out of Chapel Hill within the past decade. With her 2021 CONCACAF Women’s Player of the Year accreditation after her past season with the Portland Thorns, and a 2019 World Cup win with the US Women’s National Team, Dunn’s success at the professional level parallels her time at UNC.
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Jeni Shannon, the director of the Carolina Athletics Mental Health and Performance Psychology Program, is one of three full-time providers at UNC pioneering the athletic department’s approach to sports psychology. Shannon, alongside Dr. Brendan Carr and Dr. Bradley Hack, work directly with a number of athletic teams at UNC through sessions, outreach, and programming.
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South Carolina women's soccer's 1-0 victory over UNC in the 2021 NCAA Tournament gave North Carolina head coach Anson Dorrance his first-ever loss in the tournament's opening round. Instead of dwelling on his now imperfect first-round record, Dorrance is looking to the future.
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Here's a look at three UNC fall sports that deserve your close attention this upcoming season — football, women's soccer and field hockey.
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Former UNC women's soccer goalkeeper Claudia Dickey made the jump from collegiate to professional play when she was selected by the OL Reign as the 20th pick in December's National Women's Soccer League Draft. The shift has come with challenges for Dickey as she navigates playing away from her home state with a new team across the country.
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“So many people in the community have been really supportive,” Kristin Britton, Kaleigh's mother, said. “We have really been so fortunate to be on the receiving end of so much outreach and support and love.”
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In addition to proving they are one of the best teams in the country, the Tar Heels will also be playing for something much bigger — honoring former coach Lars Van Dam, who died in late 2019.
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In yet another down season for the Tar Heels, only one question remained: which "Carolina" would prevail?
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The teams seemed to be evenly matched throughout the entire game, logging in a similar amount of shots on goal, saves and fouls. However, it was Gamecock forward Luciana Zullo’s late goal that sealed the game.
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For the first time in program history, the UNC women's soccer team will not compete in the ACC playoffs. UNC ended the season with an 11-2-3 record overall and a 4-2-3 conference record.
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Since winning the first NCAA women's soccer national title in 1982, UNC head coach Anson Dorrance has come a long way, earning his 900th win with the program on Oct. 24. Here are some of Dorrance’s biggest victories that helped get him to the career milestone.
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Fresh off of a home win against Notre Dame, the No. 7 North Carolina women's soccer team (12-2-3, 5-2-3 ACC) traveled to Coral Gables, where it defeated the Miami Hurricanes (4-12, 1-9 ACC), 4-0. Despite the win, the Tar Heels finished seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team lost the sixth-place tie breaker, preventing it from reaching the ACC Championships for the first time in program history.
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With its ACC championship hopes on the line, the North Carolina women’s soccer team (11-2-3, 4-2-3 ACC) escaped another late deficit to defeat Notre Dame (12-4-1, 6-3-0 ACC), 2-1, in overtime.
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