Tar Heels To Face UNCW in Second Round of NCAA Championship

Chapel Hill, N.C. – The North Carolina Tar Heels will take on UNCW in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. ET at WakeMed Soccer Park. UNCW defeated Presbyterian 1-0 in OT in the first round of the tournament on Thursday.

History with UNCW
The Tar Heels are 10-4-2 all-time against UNCW and 3-2 since Carlos Somoano took over in 2009. The two teams met earlier this year when the Seahawks handed the Tar Heels its first defeat of the season, 1-0, in Wilmington.

Ticket Prices
Tickets are available for purchase at GoHeels.com, and are $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. The first 300 UNC students with valid a UNC One Card will receive free entry to the game. Gates will open at 6 p.m. ET.

Broadcast
The match will be carried live on ACC Network Extra beginning at 7 p.m. ACC Network Extra is streamed live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

Tar Heel News & Notes

North Carolina is the third overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. This is the seventh time in the last nine years Carolina has been a top-16 national seed.
Carolina has won the ACC Coastal Division each of the last three seasons.
UNC is 37-19-8 all-time n NCAA Tournament play
The Tar Heels will be making its 17th appearance in the last 18 seasons in the NCAA Tournament.
UNC has won at least one game in the NCAA Tournament in eight consecutive seasons
Since 2011, UNC has the most NCAA Tournament win nationally (13) as well as most ACC wins (31).
Carlos Somoano owns the top winning percentage (.763) among active Division I men's soccer coaches.
This season the Tar Heels are a perfect 12-0 when scoring first, and 24-1 over the past two seasons.
UNC has not lost a game in the past two seasons (22-0) when scoring two or more goals.
Tar Heels have not lost its first game of the NCAA Tournament since 2006
The Tar Heels have advanced past the second round of the NCAA Tournament every year since 2013
UNC is tied for 2nd nationally with 47 goals and 3rd with an average of 2.6 goals per game.
Cam Lindley was named ACC Midfielder of the Year
Cam Lindley and Alan Winn were selected to the All-ACC First Team. Zach Wright was named to the Second Team. Alex Comisa and Mauricio Pineda were named Third Team. John Nelson earned All-Freshman Team honors
Carolina tied Virginia and Wake Forest with most players selected to All-ACC Teams with
UNC has 14 different goal scorers in 2017, the most since the 2001 NCAA title team had 14.
Senior Zach Wright has delivered nine assists this season, increasing his career total to 26. That figure ranks sixth most among active players in NCAA Division I men's soccer.

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Players Mentioned

Cam Lindley

Mauricio Pineda

Alan Winn

Zach Wright