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Tar Heels Continue Road Swing at Villanova Thursday
March 31, 2021 | Women's Soccer
The Rundown
Opponent:Â Villanova (2-8-2)
Dates:Â April 1, 2021
Site:Â Villanova, Pa.
Time:Â 1 p.m.
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Series History
• UNC leads the series 4-0-0. The last time the programs met was in 2016, which resulted in a 2-0 win for UNC.
Top Storylines
• North Carolina enters Saturday with a 12-0 goal differential in its first two regular-season contests of the spring after beating Delaware 5-0 and Tennessee 7-0.
• The Tar Heels seven goals were the most since scoring seven at Syracuse in a 7-1 win on October 7, 2018.
• Since 2010, UNC has accounted for six hat tricks (Grant vs. Tennessee on March 27, 2021, Pinto vs. Tennessee on March 27, 2021, Joanna Boyles vs. Syracuse on Sept. 30, 2017, Otto at USF on Aug, 27, 2018, Crystal Dunn vs. Miami on Sept. 22, 2013, and Courtney Jones vs. Duke on Oct. 28, 2010).
• The Tar Heels scored three goals in the last five minutes of the contest with Pinto ('85, '90) and Grant ('87) each adding insurance late against Tennessee.Â
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• North Carolina's defense was impressive throughout the match and limited the Vols to just one shot on goal. In total, Tennessee fired nine shots.
• Pinto was awarded the ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors after her performance.Â
• Talia Dellaperuta recorded her first-career brace against Delaware.Â
• 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 transferred 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 807 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 884-77-41.
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