Women’s Soccer Meets Duke In ACC Tournament Semifinals

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The eighth-ranked North Carolina women's soccer team will face a familiar foe in the semifinals of the 2024 Ally Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, as it rematches with No. 1 Duke on Thursday, Nov. 7, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary with a trip to the championship match on the line.

The fourth-seeded Tar Heels and Blue Devils, the tournament's top seed, will kick off at 8 p.m. ET. The match will air on ACC Network with Marion Crowder, Lori Lindsey and Alex Perlman on call.

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Match Info
Who: (8) Carolina vs. (1) Duke
What: ACC Tournament semifinals
Where: Cary, N.C. – WakeMed Soccer Park
When: Thursday, Nov. 7 – 8 p.m. ET
Links: Live Stats | Live Stream
Info: Championship Central

Seeking its 23rd ACC title in program history, Carolina owns 22 of the league's 36 championships and has appeared in the championship game 28 times. Its last championship crown came in 2019.

The Tar Heels have a 72-9-6 all-time record in the ACC Tournament, including 28-4-1 in the semifinals. Carolina is also 26-5-3 all-time for ACC Tournament games played in Cary.

Ten Things To Know

This will be the 55th meeting between North Carolina and Duke. UNC leads the all-time series at 43-6-5, including 9-0-1 at a neutral site.
Thursday will be the third meeting between UNC and Duke this year. The Blue Devils beat the Tar Heels, 1-0, on Sept. 5 in Durham before posting a 3-2 win on Oct. 31 in Chapel Hill.
Carolina and Duke have met each other three times in a single season twice before, in 1992 and 1994. The Tar Heels won both the ACC and NCAA title those years.
The Tar Heels are 12-0-1 all-time against Duke in the ACC Tournament, including 6-0-1 in the semifinals.
The last time the two foes met in the ACC Tournament was in the 2022 semifinals. After a 0-0 tie at the end of regulation, UNC advanced after a 7-6 penalty kick decision.
Kate Faasse recorded her third brace against the Hokies in the ACC first round. Only two other Tar Heels have had 3+ braces in a single season in the last decade: Alessia Russo (5, 2019) and Bridgette Andrzejewski (4, 2016).
The last time UNC beat a No. 1-ranked team was on Nov. 10, 2019, in a 2-1 double overtime win over Virginia to win the 2019 ACC Tournament.
UNC's Trinity Armstrong and Duke's Mary Long, both freshmen, earned bronze with the U.S. at the FIFA U17 World Cup in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. It was Team USA's best finish since the inaugural event in 2008.
Duke assistant coach Carla Overbeck was a three-time All-America selection for UNC from 1986-89, leading the Tar Heels to four unbeaten national title seasons. She was also a four-time NCAA All-Tournament and two-time All-ACC pick.
Carolina is one win away from 950 in program history. The team reached its 250th ACC regular season victory on Oct. 10.

The Tar Heels advanced to the semifinals following their 2-0 win over fifth-seed Virginia Tech on Sunday night in Chapel Hill. Carolina enters Thursday's contest with a 15-4 (7-3 ACC) record.

The Blue Devils earned a first-round bye after earning the No. 1 seed and winning the regular season title. Duke will arrive in Cary boasting a 14-1-1 (9-0-1 ACC) mark on the year.

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