University of North Carolina Athletics
Sunday, September 4
Chapel Hill
12 p.m.
North Carolina
vs
UCLA
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
No. 1 Women's Soccer Hosts No. 3 UCLA At Dorrance Field
September 3, 2022 | Women's Soccer
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The No. 1 North Carolina women's soccer team will host No. 3 UCLA at Dorrance Field on Sunday at 12 noon.
The Bruins are the third ranked opponent the Tar Heels will face this season with three more top 10 teams looming on their schedule. UCLA is coming off a 2-1 victory over No. 2 Duke in Durham on Thursday, while UNC is coming off a 3-1 win at Missouri.
Carolina opened the season with a 3-0 win over No. 11 Tennessee after defeating No. 3 BYU, 2-0, in a preseason exhibition game.
The Tar Heels are 3-0 since ascending to the No. 1 ranking with wins over Texas, Baylor, and Missouri, outscoring the trio 11-1.
UNC leads the all-time series against UCLA, 11-1-2, and is unbeaten in its last four matches against the Bruins.
The last meeting in the series came in 2018 with the Tar Heels knocking the Bruins out of the NCAA Tournament on penalty kicks in the quarterfinal round in Chapel Hill.
BLM Celebration | The Tar Heels will be wearing BLM t-shirts during pregame warmups, while several campus organizations (Black Student Movement, UNC NAACP Campus Y – Civic Engagement, BIPOC+ - Student-Athlete Collective, Black Graduate & Professional Organization) will have information tables set up underneath the scoreboard.
No. 1 UNC vs. No. 3 UCLA | Carolina and UCLA also squared off as the No. 1 vs. No. 3 ranked teams in 2013 with the Tar Heels shutting out the Bruins in Durham, 1-0. Crystal Dunn scored the game-winning goal in the 79th minute.
Patterson On A Scoring Streak | Junior Avery Patterson has scored a goal in each of the last three games and has scored five goals total this season, equaling her 2021 total. Patterson's five goals this season are fifth-most nationally and second-most in the ACC.
Goals, Goals, Goals | UNC has scored a goal in eight of 10 halves played this season. Its season-high for goals in half is three, three times (1st vs Baylor, 2nd vs Baylor, 1st at Missouri). The Tar Heels rank third in the ACC and 12th nationally with 16 goals scored this season.
Splitting Time In Goal | Redshirt freshman Emmie Allen and senior Marz Josephson split time in goal during the first five games with Allen starting the first half of both games and Josephson the second half. Allen has 11 saves on the year, while Josephson has 10.
The Bruins are the third ranked opponent the Tar Heels will face this season with three more top 10 teams looming on their schedule. UCLA is coming off a 2-1 victory over No. 2 Duke in Durham on Thursday, while UNC is coming off a 3-1 win at Missouri.
Carolina opened the season with a 3-0 win over No. 11 Tennessee after defeating No. 3 BYU, 2-0, in a preseason exhibition game.
The Tar Heels are 3-0 since ascending to the No. 1 ranking with wins over Texas, Baylor, and Missouri, outscoring the trio 11-1.
UNC leads the all-time series against UCLA, 11-1-2, and is unbeaten in its last four matches against the Bruins.
The last meeting in the series came in 2018 with the Tar Heels knocking the Bruins out of the NCAA Tournament on penalty kicks in the quarterfinal round in Chapel Hill.
BLM Celebration | The Tar Heels will be wearing BLM t-shirts during pregame warmups, while several campus organizations (Black Student Movement, UNC NAACP Campus Y – Civic Engagement, BIPOC+ - Student-Athlete Collective, Black Graduate & Professional Organization) will have information tables set up underneath the scoreboard.
No. 1 UNC vs. No. 3 UCLA | Carolina and UCLA also squared off as the No. 1 vs. No. 3 ranked teams in 2013 with the Tar Heels shutting out the Bruins in Durham, 1-0. Crystal Dunn scored the game-winning goal in the 79th minute.
Patterson On A Scoring Streak | Junior Avery Patterson has scored a goal in each of the last three games and has scored five goals total this season, equaling her 2021 total. Patterson's five goals this season are fifth-most nationally and second-most in the ACC.
Goals, Goals, Goals | UNC has scored a goal in eight of 10 halves played this season. Its season-high for goals in half is three, three times (1st vs Baylor, 2nd vs Baylor, 1st at Missouri). The Tar Heels rank third in the ACC and 12th nationally with 16 goals scored this season.
Splitting Time In Goal | Redshirt freshman Emmie Allen and senior Marz Josephson split time in goal during the first five games with Allen starting the first half of both games and Josephson the second half. Allen has 11 saves on the year, while Josephson has 10.
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