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No. 2 Women's Soccer Travels to Tennessee Saturday
March 26, 2021 | Women's Soccer
The Rundown
Opponent: at Tennessee (8-5-1)
Dates: March 27, 2021
Site: Knoxville, Tenn. (Regal Soccer Stadium)
Time: 6:30 p.m.
TV: SECN+ (Click Here)
Live Stats: Click Here
Game Notes: Click Here
Series History
• UNC leads the series 10-1-1.
Top Storylines
• North Carolina enters Saturday after a dominant 5-0 win at Delaware to open UNC's spring slate.
• Talia Dellaperuta recorded her first-career brace against Delaware last Saturday. She was the first UNC player to have a pair of goals in the same game since Rachel Jones on Sept. 17, 2020 against Wake Forest.
• North Carolina had three players drafted in the 2021 NWSL draft.
Racing Louisville selected Emily Fox with the first overall pick and Taylor Otto with the 11th selection, while Sky Blue FC drafted Brianna Pinto third overall.
• Fox and Otto will journey to the professional ranks while Brianna Pinto will compete for the Tar Heels this spring.
• Carolina's roster is without Izzy Brown, who transfered to Minnesota. The Tar Heels added Ruby Grant, Meilin Gregg, and Anna Priborkina to the roster for the spring.
• UNC's schedule features four contests this spring in addition to two exhibitions against NC Courage and Columbus State.
• UNC dominated the match against Delaware and ended with a 30-3 shot advantage, which included 20 on goal. It was the first time that the Tar Heels recorded 30 shots since October 21, 2018 against Miami when UNC registered 36.
• Alexis Strickland scored a goal versus Delaware in her 2020-21 debut.
• North Carolina would have to lose its next 806 games in a row for head coach Anson Dorrance to have a .500 coaching winning percentage in his career at the helm of the Tar Heels.
• UNC enters Saturday with an all-time record of 883-77-41.
• North Carolina began wearing monitors on its shoes at the beginning of 2019 and use them during practice and games.
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