University of North Carolina Athletics
Friday, October 13
Louisville, Ky.
7:30:00 PM
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No. 4 North Carolina faces its second-straight top-5 opponent on Friday night at No. 5 Louisville with kick off scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Carolina continues to lead the ACC's Coastal Division with 12 points, while the Cardinals have an identical 4-1 league record to sit second in the Atlantic, three points behind Wake Forest (5-0).
BROADCAST
The match will be carried live on ACC Network Extra beginning at 7:30 p.m. ACC Network Extra is streamed live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.
SERIES WITH LOUISVILLE
Carolina and Louisville are tied 2-2 in the all-time head-to-head series. Friday marks the first game played in Louisville after the last three contests were held in Chapel Hill. The first came in a 2010 NCAA College Cup semifinal in Santa Barbara, California.
LAST TIME OUT
Second ranked Wake Forest slipped past No. 4 North Carolina, 2-1, in a heavyweight battle last Friday night in Cary, North Carolina. Cam Lindley scored the equalizer in the 47th minute for the Tar Heels, but the ACC's top scorer, Jon Bakero, struck in the 66th minute for the game winner.
NATIONAL SCORING LEADERS
• North Carolina ranks second nationally in goals (37) and a scoring average of 2.8 goals per game.Â
• The Tar Heels also rank third in assists (31).
• Cam Lindley and Zach Wright's eight assists are the fourth most in Division I men's soccer.
#UNCXI NEWS & NOTES
• Carolina and Louisville are 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the RPI this week.
• UNC is 2nd nationally with 37 goals (2.85 per game), while Louisville has allowed an ACC-low eight goals in 2017.
• Carolina has allowed only three goals in the last five matches, after surrendering eight in the first eight matches of the season.Â
• Rookie keeper Alec Smir is 8-1 this season and ranks fourth in the ACC with a 0.85 GAA.
• Carolina's nine-game winning streak matched the second longest stretch in program history.
• Alan Winn is 3rd in the ACC in goals (8) and total points per game (1.7).Â
• Winn was named Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week on Tuesday, Sept. 26. He earned the same award from College Soccer News the week prior.
• Lindley, 3rd in the ACC with 20 points, has scored in each of the last three matches. He had three goals and an assist last week.
• Carlos Somoano owns the best winning percentage (.766) among active Division I men's soccer coaches.
• Carolina was the preseason pick to win the 2017 ACC Championship. The Tar Heels have won the Coastal Division each of the last two seasons.
NEXT UP
UNC returns to the pitch to face No. 18 Old Dominion in the final non-conference game of the regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 17 in Cary, North Carolina at 7 p.m.
Carolina continues to lead the ACC's Coastal Division with 12 points, while the Cardinals have an identical 4-1 league record to sit second in the Atlantic, three points behind Wake Forest (5-0).
BROADCAST
The match will be carried live on ACC Network Extra beginning at 7:30 p.m. ACC Network Extra is streamed live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.
SERIES WITH LOUISVILLE
Carolina and Louisville are tied 2-2 in the all-time head-to-head series. Friday marks the first game played in Louisville after the last three contests were held in Chapel Hill. The first came in a 2010 NCAA College Cup semifinal in Santa Barbara, California.
LAST TIME OUT
Second ranked Wake Forest slipped past No. 4 North Carolina, 2-1, in a heavyweight battle last Friday night in Cary, North Carolina. Cam Lindley scored the equalizer in the 47th minute for the Tar Heels, but the ACC's top scorer, Jon Bakero, struck in the 66th minute for the game winner.
NATIONAL SCORING LEADERS
• North Carolina ranks second nationally in goals (37) and a scoring average of 2.8 goals per game.Â
• The Tar Heels also rank third in assists (31).
• Cam Lindley and Zach Wright's eight assists are the fourth most in Division I men's soccer.
#UNCXI NEWS & NOTES
• Carolina and Louisville are 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the RPI this week.
• UNC is 2nd nationally with 37 goals (2.85 per game), while Louisville has allowed an ACC-low eight goals in 2017.
• Carolina has allowed only three goals in the last five matches, after surrendering eight in the first eight matches of the season.Â
• Rookie keeper Alec Smir is 8-1 this season and ranks fourth in the ACC with a 0.85 GAA.
• Carolina's nine-game winning streak matched the second longest stretch in program history.
• Alan Winn is 3rd in the ACC in goals (8) and total points per game (1.7).Â
• Winn was named Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week on Tuesday, Sept. 26. He earned the same award from College Soccer News the week prior.
• Lindley, 3rd in the ACC with 20 points, has scored in each of the last three matches. He had three goals and an assist last week.
• Carlos Somoano owns the best winning percentage (.766) among active Division I men's soccer coaches.
• Carolina was the preseason pick to win the 2017 ACC Championship. The Tar Heels have won the Coastal Division each of the last two seasons.
NEXT UP
UNC returns to the pitch to face No. 18 Old Dominion in the final non-conference game of the regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 17 in Cary, North Carolina at 7 p.m.
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