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Women's Soccer Returns Home Against Northwestern, Stanford
September 1, 2021 | Women's Soccer
The Rundown
Opponent: Northwestern (1-2-0) / No. 10 Stanford (3-0-0)
Dates: Sept. 2, 5
Site:Â Chapel Hill, N.C.
Time:Â 7 p.m. / 1 p.m.
TV: Click Here (Thursday) / Click Here (Sunday)
Live Stats:Â Click Here
Tickets:Â Click Here
Game Notes: North Carolina | Northwestern | Stanford
Series History
• The Tar Heels and Northwestern will face off for the first time in history on Thursday night.
• The Tar Heels hold a 9-3-3 all time series lead against Stanford. Although Carolina holds the series lead, Stanford has won the last three meetings (2014, 2018, 2019)
Top Storylines• The Tar Heels return home after sweeping its first road tests of the season, at Illinois (5-1) and at Ohio State (2-0)
• For the first time this season, the Tar Heels were outshot against Ohio State. The Buckeyes recorded 18 compared to UNC's 13.
• After turning in a career-high nine saves against Ohio State on Sunday, Claudia Dickey was named the ACC's Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday.
• Sam Meza's overtime goal against Arkansas propelled UNC to its second-ranked win of the season. It was her first of the season and third of her career.
• Emily Murphy scored the Tar Heels' first goal of the season in her first appearance in Carolina Blue.
• Isabel Cox earned her way on the scoresheet in the 75th minute after she finessed the keeper and finished it from point-blank range.
• The Tar Heels have the most daunting home schedule in the country in 2021. UNC plays host to No. 1 Florida State, No. 4 Virginia, No. 6 Duke, No. 7 Clemson, No. 13 Arkansas, No. 19 Washington, and No. 24 Stanford.
• North Carolina welcomes 14 new faces to the women's soccer roster. Thirteen freshmen will be featured and one transfer from UNCW, Emily Moxley.
• Meilin Gregg, Ruby Grant, and Anna Priborkina each joined the Tar Heels for the spring season. Ruby Grant's showing at Tennessee on March 27 highlighted the impact the freshman had on last year's squad. She scored a hat trick against the Volunteers - just the sixth hat trick for the Tar Heels since 2010.
• Ally Sentnor, the 2019 Sports Illustrated Sports Kid of the Year, journeys to Chapel Hill from Hanson, Mass. and looks to make an impact on this year's team.Â
• North Carolina welcomes two student-athletes from Europe in 2021 - Emily Murphy (Windsor, England) and Annika Huhta (Helsinki, Finland).
• Active in her community, freshman Emerson Elgin worked with Buddy Baseball, where she served as a "buddy" for mentally and physically handicapped children for the past six summers. She helped these children participate in weekly baseball games, so they were able to play sports.
• UNC does not have a fifth-year senior on this year's squad.
