Women’s Soccer Takes On BYU In NCAA Quarterfinals

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The third-seeded North Carolina women's soccer team is set to take on top-seeded Brigham Young in the quarterfinals of the 2023 NCAA Tournament on Friday, Nov. 24, with a spot in the College Cup on the line.

Kickoff is slated for 8 p.m. ET (6 p.m. MT) at South Field in Provo, Utah. The match will air on ESPN+ with Jarom Jordan and Carla Swensen-Haslam on call.

Match Info
Who: (3) North Carolina at (1) BYU
What: NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals (Elite Eight)
Where: Provo, Utah – South Field
When: Friday, Nov. 24 – 8 p.m. ET (6 p.m. MT)
Links: Live Stream | Live Stats

NCAA Tournament Tidbits

North Carolina has an all-time record of 147-17-5 in the NCAA Tournament.
The Tar Heels are 30-1-2 in the NCAA Elite Eight, out-scoring its quarterfinal opponents 110-24 all-time.
UNC extends its streak as the only team to appear in all 42 NCAA Tournaments.
Carolina has won 21 of 41 NCAA titles (plus the 1981 AIAW title for 22 national championships).
The Tar Heels have appeared in 31 College Cups, including four of the last five.
Carolina has advanced to the national title game 27 times (including three of the last five) and has finished as the runner-up six times overall.
UNC has been the No. 3 seed twice before, winning the first-ever NCAA women's soccer title in 1982 and advancing to the second round in 2015.
Three current Tar Heels – Maycee Bell, Isabel Cox and Julia Dorsey – have been part of three College Cup teams and two runner-up finishes.

Ten Things to Know

This will be the third meeting in program history between UNC and BYU, with Carolina leading the series at 2-0. Both matches were in the NCAA Tournament.
The Tar Heels knocked off the Cougars, 3-2, in the third round last year in Chapel Hill. Talia Dellaperuta (1g) and Maddie Dahlien (2g) both scored while Avery Patterson dished out three assists.
The last time Carolina was in Provo, Utah, was for the 2012 Elite Eight. Crystal Dunn, who was named National Player of the Year that season, netted the game-winner in double overtime. UNC went on to win the national title.
BYU came to Chapel Hill for an exhibition in August 2022 during preseason. UNC won, 2-0, behind goals from Tori Dellaperuta and Patterson.
Ally Sentnor currently has six points (2g, 2a) in the NCAA Tournament so far. She has 16 career tournament points (7g, 2a) and is on a six game streak of recording at least one point.
Carolina's defense has held 20 of its 22 opponents to 10 shots or less, 10 of those to five or fewer and three to only one this year.
So far in the NCAA Tournament, UNC's opponents have only taken a combined 20 shots, and only a combined three shots on goal.
Carolina's back line prevented both sixth-seeded Alabama and second-seeded Texas Tech from taking a shot on goal the entire match in its last two NCAA games. UNC also has six games where its opponent has been kept shotless during a half.
Cox has played in 109 matches, the most among all active DI players. She now owns the UNC program record for career appearances and is tied for fourth all-time in DI history.
Carolina is one of just three schools (joining Clemson and Stanford) that has both teams in the men's Sweet 16 and women's Elite 8 rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

The winner of Friday's Elite Eight match will advance to the College Cup in Cary, North Carolina, for a semifinal game on Friday, Dec. 1, against the winner of No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 5 Nebraska.

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Players Mentioned

Maycee Bell

Isabel Cox

Maddie Dahlien

Talia Dellaperuta

Tori Dellaperuta

Julia Dorsey

Avery Patterson

Ally Sentnor

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