North Carolina, Minnesota Face Off In NCAA Third Round

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Vying for a trip to the quarterfinals, No. 2 seed North Carolina must first get past No. 6 seed Minnesota in the third round of the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament which will take place on Sunday, Nov. 24, at Dorrance Field.

Kickoff will be at 5 p.m. ET and the match will air on ESPN+ with Brian Waer and former UNC standout Brianna Pinto on call. Tickets are available for purchase here.

Match Info
Who: (2) Carolina vs. (6) Minnesota
What: NCAA Tournament Third Round
Where: Chapel Hill, N.C. – Dorrance Field
When: Sunday, Nov. 24 – 5 p.m. ET
Links: Live Stats | Live Stream

The Tar Heels enter the contest with an 18-5 (7-3 ACC) record. The team advanced to the Round of 16 following its 1-0 win over Santa Clara in the second round thanks to Clare Gagne's key penalty kick save and Tessa Dellarose's late game-winning goal.

The Golden Gophers boast a 14-4-3 (6-3-2 Big Ten) mark on the year. They earned the opportunity to play on Sunday after knocking off third-seeded South Carolina, 2-1, in the second round on Friday.

UNC checked in at No. 8 in the final regular season United Soccer Coaches poll while UMN received votes.

NCAA Tournament Tidbits

North Carolina extended its streak as the only team to appear in all 43 NCAA Tournaments.
The Tar Heels have an all-time record of 149-18-5 (.881) in the NCAA Tournament.
Carolina has won 21 of 42 NCAA titles, plus the 1981 AIAW title for 22 national championships.
Carolina has appeared in 31 College Cups, including four of the last six. No other team has been in more than 14.
UNC has advanced to the national title game 27 times, including three of the last six, and has finished as the national runner-up on six occasions.
The Tar Heels have been a No. 2 seed 12 times before, winning five NCAA crowns as a second seed, including its last title in 2012.
The Tar Heels are 17-5-2 all-time in the NCAA Third Round.
Carolina has out-scored its opponent 59-21 all-time in the NCAA Third Round. Eleven of UNC's third round matches have been shutouts.
Seven current players in Maddie Dahlien, Tessa Dellarose, Makenna Dominguez, Emerson Elgin, Kate Faasse, Asha Means and Bella Sember were on the 2022 NCAA runner-up team.

Ten Things to Know

The Tar Heels are one NCAA Tournament win away from 150 in program history. No other school has more than 83.
This will be just the second meeting in program history between North Carolina and Minnesota, and first in the NCAA Tournament.
The last meeting between the two teams was a 2-0 UNC win on Oct. 25, 1996, at a neutral site in Madison, Wisconsin. UNC went on to win the national championship that year.
The Tar Heels have two players from the state of Minnesota: junior forward Maddie Dahlien and Gagne, a graduate goalkeeper.
Gagne and Dellarose were the heroes of UNC's second round game vs. Santa Clara. Gagne had a clutch penalty kick save in the 34th minute before Dellarose netted the game-winner with 22 seconds left on the clock.
Kate Faasse leads the ACC and is tied for second in the nation with 18 goals. Her six game-winning goals also lead the conference.
A junior, Faasse already has five braces on the year. Only three Tar Heels have had 3+ braces in a single season in the last decade: Faasse (5, 2024), Alessia Russo (5, 2019) and Bridgette Andrzejewski (4, 2016).
The Tar Heels have 13 shutouts on the year and have kept their opponents to 7.7 shots per game and 3.8 shots on goal per game.
UNC had eight goals vs. USC Upstate in the NCAA First Round on Nov. 15. It matched its largest first-round NCAA Tournament victory in program history (another 8-0 win vs. High Point in 2003). It was also the most goals scored this season.
Six Tar Heels combined for seven All-ACC postseason honors: Armstrong and Faasse on the First Team; Dahlien and Dellarose on the Third Team; and Armstrong, Bella Gaetino and Ullmark on the All-Freshman Team.

The winner of Sunday's match will advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals on Friday, Nov. 29, held at campus sites. More information about the 2024 NCAA Tournament can be found here.

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Players Mentioned

Maddie Dahlien

Tessa Dellarose

Makenna Dominguez

Emerson Elgin

Kate Faasse

Bella Gaetino

Clare Gagne

Asha Means

Bella Sember

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