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No. 3 Women’s Soccer Set For Sunday Showdown With No. 24 USC
August 26, 2023 | Women's Soccer
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Continuing its five-game home stretch, the third-ranked University of North Carolina women's soccer team welcomes No. 24 USC to Dorrance Field on Sunday, Aug. 27, for a 1 p.m. ET kickoff. The game will broadcast on ACCNX with Daron Vaught and Kyle Straub on call.
Tickets are available for purchase here. Following the match, there will be a team poster signing session with the Tar Heels.
Match Info
Who: (3) North Carolina vs. (24) USC
What: Healthcare Appreciation Day, post-game poster signing
Where: Chapel Hill, N.C. – Dorrance Field
When: Sunday, Aug. 27 – 1 p.m. ET
Links: Live Stream | Live Stats
Ten Things to Know
Tickets are available for purchase here. Following the match, there will be a team poster signing session with the Tar Heels.
Match Info
Who: (3) North Carolina vs. (24) USC
What: Healthcare Appreciation Day, post-game poster signing
Where: Chapel Hill, N.C. – Dorrance Field
When: Sunday, Aug. 27 – 1 p.m. ET
Links: Live Stream | Live Stats
Ten Things to Know
- North Carolina enters the contest with a 1-0-2 record, while Southern Cal boasts a 2-0 mark on the young season.
- This will be the sixth meeting between UNC and USC in program history, and first non-neutral site match played in Chapel Hill.
- The Tar Heels lead the all-time series at 4-1, having outscored the Trojans 12-6.
- Sunday will be the first meeting since Nov. 29, 2019, in the NCAA Quarterfinals, when UNC posted a 3-2 win over USC.
- In that 2019 NCAA Quarterfinal contest, then-freshman Maycee Bell netted the game-winner in the 69th minute to send Carolina to the College Cup.
- Defender Savy King was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 22, becoming the first true UNC freshman to earn a league weekly honor since 2019.
- The Tar Heels have held all three of their 2023 opponents to under five shots: No. 10 Penn State (5), Cal (2) and Wisconsin (1).
- Dating back to 2018, North Carolina remains undefeated in the month of August.
- Sam Meza is one of 56 players in Division I named to the prestigious MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.
- UNC is coming off a 0-0 tie with Wisconsin on Thursday, its second scoreless draw of the year. It was also the seventh scoreless draw at home in program history.
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