No. 5 UNC Hosts Old Dominion Sunday

Sunday, October 1

Durham, N.C.

1:00 PM

North Carolina

Old Dominion

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

September 30, 2017 | Field Hockey

Game Notes (.pdf)

By: UNC Athletic Communications

Following back-to-back overtime road wins last weekend, UNC returns to Durham to host Old Dominion on Sunday, Oct. 1, at Duke's Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium. The Tar Heels and Monarchs continue their long-time rivalry with a 1 p.m. non-conference game.
The fifth-ranked Tar Heels head into the weekend 9-2 overall while unranked ODU is 4-6.
There is no charge for admission. For directions, click here.

Fast Facts on UNC
2017 record: 9-2 overall (2-1 ACC)
Final 2016 record: 20-6 (3-3 ACC), ACC runner-up, NCAA runner-up
NFHCA poll ranking: 5th (Sept. 26 poll)
Head Coach: Karen Shelton (37th season at UNC)
Record at UNC and overall: 637-161-9
Staff: Grant Fulton, Associate Head Coach; Mark Atherton, Assistant Coach; Kate Kinnear, Volunteer Assistant Coach
Team Co-captains: Gab Major, Ashley Hoffman
ACC Titles: 19 (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015)
NCAA Titles: Six (1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009)
Conference: Atlantic Coast
Home Stadium: Competing in 2017 at Duke's Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium (Address: 20 Brodie Gym Dr., Durham, NC 27708) while an on-campus stadium is under construction

The Road Ahead
Oct. 6: At No. 3 Virginia, 5 p.m.
(Alumni Turf, Charlottesville, Va.)
Oct. 14: No. 12 Louisville, 1 p.m.
(Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium, Durham, N.C.)

Following the Tar Heels
Live stats: GoHeels.com
Live video: ACC Network Extra, available through the WatchESPN app or the link on GoHeels.com
Twitter: @UNCFieldHockey

Quick Hits
• The Tar Heels' 37 goals this season have come from 13 different players. In the top five scorers are a senior, a juniors, a sophomore and a freshman.
• In 11 games this season, UNC has faced eight ranked teams.
• The Tar Heels are 3-0 in overtime games this fall, with all three coming over the past five outings.
• Amanda Hendry, a redshirt freshman goalkeeper, is the reigning Co-ACC Defensive Player of the Week. The Tar Heels have had back-to-back honorees, with junior defender Ashley Hoffman winning on Sept. 19.
• This is ODU's second trip to Williams Field in a week. The Monarchs played at Duke on Sept. 24, falling 3-0 to the Blue Devils.
• Last Sunday's game against Albany is the first that UNC has won this season after allowing the opponent to score first. The Great Danes scored in the 64th minute before UNC tied it in the 65th.
• The game at Syracuse on Sept. 23 is the only time this season that UNC has been out-shot or out-cornered. (Against the Orange, the Tar Heels trailed in both categories.)
• Carolina is No. 5 in this week's NFHCA national coaches' poll, up from No. 7 the past two weeks. The Tar Heels were No. 1 in the preseason poll and then No. 4 in the first ranking of the season.
• UNC will play all six of its home games this fall in Durham, N.C., at Duke's Williams Stadium at Jack Katz Field. The Tar Heels' new on-campus stadium is under construction and is slated to be ready for the 2018 season.

UNC's Statistical Leaders
(Through 11 games)
Goals: Ashley Hoffman 7, Gab Major 5, Catherine Hayden 5, Meredith Sholder 4, Marissa Creatore 3, Eva van't Hoog 3, Malin Evert
Assists: Major 9, van't Hoog 7, Hoffman 4
Points: Major 19, Hoffman 18, van't Hoog 13, Hayden 12

Scouting the opposition
• Old Dominion, Oct. 1: The Monarchs are 4-6 on the year following a 3-1 loss at Liberty on Friday. Sophomore Erin Huffman leads the team in scoring with seven goal and a team-best 15 points. Sophomore Alexa Ostoich has scored five goals, and senior Danielle Grega has 4. Three players are tied with three assists each.
Last meeting: Aside from a preseason scrimmage game, the Tar Heels and Monarchs last faced off on Oct. 29, 2016, in Norfolk, Va. After a scoreless first half, UNC got second-half goals from Marissa Creatore and Lauren Moyer (then a senior and now a member of the U.S. National Team) to win 2-0. Seven current Tar Heels – Eef Andriessen, Ashley Hoffman, Malin Evert, Morgan Goetz, Eva van't Hoog, Gab Major and Alex Halpin – started in that game.