Women’s Soccer Welcomes Arizona For Sunday Matinee

Sunday, August 25

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Noon ET

North Carolina

Arizona

Tickets

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University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer v Georgia
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Seeking its fourth straight win to begin the year at 4-0, the fifth-ranked North Carolina women's soccer team returns to Dorrance Field for a Sunday matinee showdown with Arizona beginning at noon ET.

The match will be televised nationally on ACC Network with Glenn Davis and Kacey White on call. A former standout for the Tar Heels, White helped UNC win the 2003 NCAA title and was a three-time All-American.

Tickets are available for purchase here.

Match Info
Who: (5) Carolina vs. Arizona
What: T-shirt giveaway (first 500 fans)
Where: Chapel Hill, N.C. – Dorrance Field
When: Sunday, Aug. 25 – Noon ET
Links: Live Stream | Live Stats

Following the retirement of Anson Dorrance – the Tar Heels' first and only women's soccer head coach to date – on Aug. 11, associate head coach Damon Nahas will serve as interim head coach while UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham conducts a national search.

Nahas is in his ninth complete season at UNC this year. Dorrance has high praise for him, saying that "Damon Nahas is the best coach I've ever seen. I think he's the best soccer coach in the country, and I include myself in that circle."

Ten Things To Know:

This will be the first-ever meeting between North Carolina and Arizona in program history.
The Tar Heels have one player, junior Kate Faasse, who hails from Arizona. She's from Phoenix, about an hour and 45 minutes northeast of Tucson.
UA's head coach, Becca Moros, played at rival Duke. The last time she was in Chapel Hill was as a player in 2005 where she scored twice – including the game-winner in the 88th minute – against UNC for a 2-1 Duke win. That was the second of only four Duke wins over Carolina in the all-time series.
Carolina has had first career braces in back-to-back contests: Faasse scored in the 88th and 90th minutes at Colorado, and Olivia Thomas netted goals in the 61st and 64th minute against No. 16 Georgia.
Eight different players have recorded at least one point. Faasse (three goals) and Thomas (two goals, two assists) top the roster with six each.
UNC's freshman class has already made a big impact. At least four rookies have earned at least one start. Bella Gaetino has two goals and Linda Ullmark has two assists. Trinity Armstrong and Ullmark lead all freshmen with 216 minutes.
The Tar Heels' defense has held opponents to an average of seven shots per game and only 3.33 shots on goal per game.
UNC checked in at No. 5 in this week's United Soccer Coaches poll. The team has been ranked for 514 consecutive weeks.
Junior forward Maddie Dahlien was named to the U.S. U-20 National Team which will compete in the 2024 FIFA U-20 World Cup from Aug. 31-Sept. 22 in Colombia. She left for national team duty on Aug. 20 after playing in the first two games of the season.
Two former standouts in Crystal Dunn and Emily Fox won gold with Team USA in Paris. It was the USWNT's fifth Olympic gold; at least two Tar Heels have been on all five of those rosters.

Sunday is the second of a seven-game stretch played in the state of North Carolina for the Tar Heels, six which are at Dorrance Field. Single game tickets are available for purchase here. The marketing and promotion schedule can be found here.

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