Women’s Soccer Hits The Road For Showdown At Pitt

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Looking to start the Atlantic Coast Conference slate off at 2-0, the eighth-ranked North Carolina women's soccer team travels to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to take on Pitt this Thursday night for a showdown between two teams that made it to the Elite Eight last year.

Played at Ambrose Urbanic Field, the game will air on ACCNX with Jason Earle and Rachel Kriger on call.

Match Info
Who: (8) Carolina at Pitt
Where: Pittsburgh, Pa. – Ambrose Urbanic Field
When: Thursday, Sept. 19 – 7 p.m. ET
Links: Live Stats | Live Stream

The Tar Heels will arrive in Pittsburgh with an 8-1 record while the Panthers boast a 7-1-1 mark. Both teams are 1-0 in ACC play. North Carolina checked in at No. 4 in the first RPI of the season, with Pitt slotted at No. 9.

Ten Things to Know

This will be the ninth meeting between North Carolina and Pitt. UNC leads the all-time series at 7-1, including 4-0 on the road.
The Tar Heels have out-scored the Panthers 18-4 all-time, which includes an 8-1 margin for matches played in Pittsburgh.
UNC has held all opponents to five shots on goal or fewer (2.6 per game), and all opponents to 11 shots or fewer (6.0 per game).
Highlighted by five shutouts, the Tar Heels have only allowed seven goals this season, and just one in the last six games.
Junior Kate Faasse leads the team with 13 points behind six goals and one assist. She has scored in back-to-back games, and in three of the last five matches.
Dating back to Oct. 7, 2023, while at Brown, goalkeeper Clare Gagne has played every minute of the last 16 games. That's an active streak of 1,460 minutes.
Carolina was picked to finish fourth in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll with 187 points. Pitt was chosen eighth with 168 points.
The Tar Heels are ranked No. 8 in this week's United Soccer Coaches poll, up from No. 10 last week. The program has been ranked for 518 consecutive weeks.
Junior forward Maddie Dahlien is currently competing with the U.S. U20 National Team at the 2024 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. She has scored twice so far in the tournament along with an assist, and now has six international goals in 13 caps.
Homecoming surprise: On Sept. 17, Aven Alvarez's father, Daniel, surprised her before practice after returning home from being stationed overseas with the U.S. Army for six months.

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 is serving as interim head coach while UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham conducts a national search.

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Players Mentioned

Aven Alvarez

Maddie Dahlien

Kate Faasse

Clare Gagne