Tar Heels, Blue Devils Battle Saturday At Bryan Park

Saturday, September 16

Browns Summitt, N.C. (Macpherson Stadium at Bryan Park)

7:00:00 PM

North Carolina

Duke

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

September 15, 2017 | Men's Soccer

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By: Mark Kimmel

No. 8 North Carolina faces 23rd-ranked Duke on Saturday at Macpherson Stadium at the Bryan Park Soccer Complex in Browns Summit, N.C. The Tar Heels have won their last three games and are off to a 5-1 record this season, while Duke is unbeaten at 4-0-1.

ADMISSION/PARKING
• Admission: $7 for adults and $5 for children.
• FREE admission for UNC students with a One Card
• Gates open at 6 p.m.
• Parking is FREE

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.

SERIES WITH DUKE
Carolina and Duke will face off for the 89th time in a series that dates back to 1947. The Tar Heels have won by a 2-1 score each of the last two seasons. Head coach Carlos Somoano owns a 3-1-2 mark against the Blue Devils since taking control of the program back in 2011.

LAST TIME OUT
Alan Winn scored twice and Giovanni Montesdeoca scored his first collegiate goal to lead No. 8 North Carolina to a 3-2 victory over William & Mary on Wednesday night from WakeMed Soccer Park. North Carolina won its third game in a row, improving to 5-1 on the season, while the Tribe fall to an even 2-2-2.

SHARING THE SCORING LOAD
UNC has 10 different goal scorers already in 2017. Pieters tops the club with four goals, followed by Alan Winn having scored three times in the last three games. In 2016, the Tar Heels also featured 10 players that scored at least one goal along the way to reaching the College Cup.

#UNCXI NEWS & NOTES
• The last 19 games between UNC and Duke have been a draw or decided by a single goal.
• Carolina ranks 4th nationally in scoring with 2.8 goals per game, scoring 17 goals in 6 games.
• Alan Winn has scored three goals and has seven assists in three games this season.
• Cam Lindley has five assists this season, bringing his career total to 12 helpers in only 27 career matches with the Tar Heels.
• 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.
• Senior Zach Wright has delivered three assists this season, increasing his career total to 20. That figure ranks sixth most among active players in NCAA Division I men's soccer.
• Cam Lindley is included on the preseason watch list for the MAC Hermann Trophy, the most prestigious award in college soccer.
• UNC has won the national title in 2001 and 2011, appeared in seven College Cups - including four straight from 2008-11 - and made 11 trips to the NCAA Quarterfinals.

NEXT UP
UNC hosts George Washington on Tuesday at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary at 7 p.m. The Tar Heels will then visit Virgina next Friday in Charlottesville, Va., at 7 p.m. The game will be televised on the Regional Sports Network.