Field Hockey Announces 2025 Schedule

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina field hockey has released its schedule for the upcoming 2025 season, including at least seven home games for the eight-time defending ACC champions.

The Tar Heels have 17 matchups on their regular season slate before the ACC Championship kicks off the postseason on November 4 in Louisville, Ky. This year's NCAA Tournament will once again take place close to home, with the championship round set to be played in Durham, N.C.

The season starts in the Midwest with the ACC-Big Ten Challenge in Iowa City. Game one will be against last year's NCAA Championship hosts Michigan on Friday, August 29 before a showdown with the home team Iowa on Aug. 31. Carolina has opened its season against the Wolverines and Hawkeyes every year since 2002 with only two exceptions, tallying a combined 35-7 record.

Another yearly staple follows the trip to Iowa as the Heels trek up to the northeast for the ACC-Ivy League Conference Crossover, where they will face Penn (Sept. 5) and Princeton (Sept. 7) in Princeton, N.J. It will be the ninth time in the last 10 years UNC has faced the Quakers and the Tigers on the second weekend. The Tar Heels have won 16 straight combined against the two.

Carolina field hockey's home opener comes under the bright lights of Karen Shelton Stadium on Friday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. against App State. Three more home games against Liberty (Sept. 14), Cal (Sept. 19) and Stanford (Sept. 21) follow.

The 27-time ACC Tournament champs begin their eight-game conference slate with the California kids. Four away games include trips to Wake Forest (Sept. 26), Boston College (Sept. 28), Virginia (Oct. 10), and Syracuse (Oct. 17). A pair of matchups at KSS against Louisville (Oct. 12) and rivals Duke on Halloween night wrap up ACC play.

Also included in the heart of the schedule are away games at Old Dominion (Oct. 5) and Cornell (Oct. 19) and a home match against Richmond (Oct. 24).

This year's ACC Tournament will be hosted by Louisville from Nov. 4-7. First and second round games for the NCAA tournament will follow the weekend after on Nov. 14 and 16 with the final four and national championship games set for Nov. 21 and 23.

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