UNC Visits Hokies For Rare Sunday Afternoon Tilt

Sunday, October 22

Blacksburg, Va.

2:30 PM

North Carolina

Virginia Tech

October 21, 2017 | Men's Soccer

Watch on ACC Network Extra Live Stats

By: Mark Kimmel

No. 4 North Carolina plays its final road game of the regular season on a rare Sunday afternoon ACC match with Virginia Tech at 2:30 p.m.

Carolina continues to lead the ACC's Coastal Division with 13 points on six games, while Virginia picked up a 2-1 win over Pitt in double overtime to move into second place with 12 points. Notre Dame has 11 points and Duke has 10 with Virginia, Notre Dame and Duke all having played seven league matches.

BROADCAST
The match will be carried live on ACC Network Extra beginning at 2:30 p.m. ACC Network Extra is streamed live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

SERIES WITH VIRGINIA TECH
Carolina holds a 15-3-1 edge over Virginia Tech, and a 9-3-1 mark since the Hokies joined the ACC in 2004.

LAST TIME OUT
Carolina and Louisville finished in a scoreless double-overtime draw last Friday in Louisville, Kentucky.

#UNCXI NEWS & NOTES
• Carolina is No. 1 in the RPI this week.
• UNC is 2nd nationally with 39 goals (2.6 per game), while Virginia Tech has scored an ACC-low 18 goals in 2017.
• Carolina has allowed only three goals in the last six matches, after surrendering 11 in the first nine matches of the season.
• Rookie keeper Alec Smir is 9-1-1 this season and ranks third in the ACC with a 0.75 GAA.
• Carolina's nine-game winning streak from 9/4-10/3 matched the second longest stretch in program history.
• Alan Winn is 6th in the ACC in goals (8), but 2nd in goals per game (0.7).
• 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.
• Cam Lindley's nine assists is the most for a Tar Heel player since Enzo Martinez had 11 in 2011.
• Lindley is 2nd in the ACC in assists, while Zach Wright is 3rd with eight assists.
• Lindley, 5th in the ACC with 20 points, has a point in four of the last five matches.
• Carolina is 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 nationally-ranked Notre Dame in the final game of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 27 in Cary, North Carolina at 7 p.m. The Tar Heels will honor their seniors before the game.