Women’s Soccer Hosts Pitt In ACC Tournament First Round

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Postseason is officially here for the third-ranked North Carolina women's soccer team, which earned the fourth seed in the 2023 Ally Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Soccer Tournament. The Tar Heels will host No. 20 Pitt, the tournament's fifth seed, in the first round on Sunday, Oct. 29, in Chapel Hill.

Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET at Dorrance Field and tickets are available for purchase here. The game will air on ACC Network with Jenn Hildreth and Lori Lindsey on call.

Match Info
Who: No. 3 North Carolina (fourth seed) vs. No. 20 Pitt (fifth seed)
What: ACC Tournament first round
Where: Chapel Hill, N.C. – Dorrance Field
When: Sunday, Oct. 29 – 8 p.m. ET
Links: Live Stream | Live Stats

ACC Tournament Tidbits

Seeking its 23rd ACC title, North Carolina has won 22 of the league's 35 tournament championships.
UNC has an all-time record of 71-8-6 in the ACC Tournament, including 23-2 in the ACC Quarterfinals.
Carolina has played in the championship match in each of its last six tournament appearances, and 28 times overall.
UNC has won six ('03, '05, '06, '08, '09, '19) of the 16 ACC Tournaments held in Cary, N.C.
The Tar Heels last won the ACC Tournament in 2019. Current players Maycee Bell, Isabel Cox and Julia Dorsey were all on that championship team.
Carolina has been the No. 4 seed twice before – 2012 and 2016 – and is 2-1-1 as the fourth seed.

Ten Things to Know

North Carolina checked in at No. 3 in the recent United Soccer Coaches poll for the third week in a row and has been in the top four all season.
The Tar Heels, which were ranked No. 3 in the NCAA Committee's Top 16, was also slotted at No. 4 in this week's NCAA RPI.
As of Oct. 28, Carolina is one of just five teams in Division I without a loss this season.
Cox has made 105 career appearances, the most among all active DI players. She's currently tied for seventh all-time in NCAA DI history and is two games shy of matching the UNC program record.
Four Tar Heels were listed in TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100 Player List: Bell (#5), Ally Sentnor (#25), Meza (#28) and Avery Patterson (#40).
Four Tar Heels were named to TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100 list: Savy King (#2), Evelyn Shores (#31), Olivia Thomas (#50) and Melina Rebimbas (#55).
Carolina's defense has held 17 of its 18 opponents to 10 shots or less, nine of those to five or fewer and three to only one.
With a record of 10-0-8, UNC finished the regular season without a loss for the first time since 2004.
This will be the seventh meeting between Carolina and Pitt in program history, and the first during postseason. UNC leads the all-time series at 7-0.
UNC and Pitt last faced each other on Oct. 6, 2022, in Chapel Hill. Meza, Talia Dellaperuta and Maddie Dahlien recorded goals for a 4-0 Tar Heel victory.

The winner of Sunday's match will advance to the ACC Semifinals to take on top-seed Florida State on Thursday, Nov. 2, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. The official bracket can be found here.

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Players Mentioned

Maycee Bell

Isabel Cox

Maddie Dahlien

Talia Dellaperuta

Julia Dorsey

Savy King

Avery Patterson

Melina Rebimbas

Ally Sentnor

Evelyn Shores

Olivia Thomas