Women’s Soccer Begins ACC Play At Home Against Wake Forest

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Entering league play with a 7-1 record, the 10th-ranked North Carolina women's soccer team welcomes Wake Forest to Dorrance Field on Thursday night for the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference opener. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. ET.

The match will air on ACCNX with Matt Krause on call. Tickets are available for purchase here.

Match Info
Who: (10) Carolina vs. (RV) Wake Forest
What: Carolina Fever, sunglasses giveaway, thunder stick giveaway
Where: Chapel Hill, N.C. – Dorrance Field
When: Thursday, Sept. 12 – 7 p.m. ET
Links: Live Stream | Live Stats

Following the retirement of Anson Dorrance – the Tar Heels' first and only women's soccer head coach to date – on Aug. 11, associate head coach Damon Nahas will serve as interim head coach while UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham conducts a national search.

Ten Things to Know

UNC is 31-6 all-time in ACC openers and is 11-4 when starting conference play at home.
This will be the 40th meeting between North Carolina and Wake Forest.
The Tar Heels are 21-1-1 all-time against the Demon Deacons at home.
UNC has out-scored WFU 119-15 all-time, including 21-4 in the last 10 games, and has 28 shutouts in 39 contests.
Carolina was picked to finish fourth in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll with 187 points. Wake Forest was chosen ninth with 160 points.
Dating back to Oct. 7, 2023, while at Brown, goalkeeper Clare Gagne has played every minute of the last 15 games. That's an active streak of 1,370 minutes.
UNC has held all opponents to five shots on goal or fewer (2.6 per game), and all opponents to 11 shots or fewer (5.6 per game).
Junior Kate Faasse leads the team with 11 points behind five goals and one assist.
The Tar Heels are ranked No. 2 in this week's United Soccer Coaches poll. The program has been ranked for 517 consecutive weeks.
Junior forward Maddie Dahlien is currently competing with the U.S. U20 National Team at the 2024 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. She has scored twice so far in the tournament, now with six international goals in 11 caps.

The Tar Heels enter Thursday's conference with a 7-1 record. The Demon Deacons will arrive in Chapel Hill boasting a 5-1-1 mark. Both teams are 4-1 in their last five games.

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Players Mentioned

Maddie Dahlien

Kate Faasse

Clare Gagne

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