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Bruder, Pottebaum Earn ACC Honors
September 3, 2024 | Field Hockey
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Charly Bruder and Grace Pottebaum, a pair of North Carolina Tar Heels, have opened the season with ACC honors, the conference announced Tuesday. Bruder, a sophomore forward from Malvern, Pa., has been named the ACC Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week, and Pottebaum, a redshirt sophomore back from St. Albans, Mo., has been named ACC Defensive Player of the Week.
Bruder scored in both wins for the Tar Heels (2-0) last weekend, netting the game-winner against No. 12 Michigan in Friday's season opener. She also opened the scoring against No. 6 Iowa to help push the second-ranked Tar Heels to a 2-0 weekend with two ranked wins. Against the Wolverines, Bruder landed four of her five shots on goal and finished the weekend with a team-leading two goals, four points and six shots on goal.
Pottebaum helped anchor the Tar Heels' defensive unit throughout the weekend, allowing just two goals to a pair of ranked opponents. In Sunday's neutral site win, North Carolina allowed the sixth-ranked Hawkeyes to take just four shots. Defensively, North Carolina is allowing just one goal per game on eight shots per game.
UNC returns to action this weekend in Louisville, Ky., taking on Penn and Princeton in the ACC/Ivy League Conference Crossover.
ACC Offensive Player of the Week
Sept. 3 – Charly Bruder, North Carolina
ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Sept. 3 – Grace Pottebaum, North Carolina
Let's hear it for Charly and Grace! 👏👏
🔗: https://t.co/rxy0PoXmnx pic.twitter.com/IBUgqeuzB8— UNC Field Hockey (@UNCFieldHockey) September 3, 2024
Bruder scored in both wins for the Tar Heels (2-0) last weekend, netting the game-winner against No. 12 Michigan in Friday's season opener. She also opened the scoring against No. 6 Iowa to help push the second-ranked Tar Heels to a 2-0 weekend with two ranked wins. Against the Wolverines, Bruder landed four of her five shots on goal and finished the weekend with a team-leading two goals, four points and six shots on goal.
Pottebaum helped anchor the Tar Heels' defensive unit throughout the weekend, allowing just two goals to a pair of ranked opponents. In Sunday's neutral site win, North Carolina allowed the sixth-ranked Hawkeyes to take just four shots. Defensively, North Carolina is allowing just one goal per game on eight shots per game.
UNC returns to action this weekend in Louisville, Ky., taking on Penn and Princeton in the ACC/Ivy League Conference Crossover.
ACC Offensive Player of the Week
Sept. 3 – Charly Bruder, North Carolina
ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Sept. 3 – Grace Pottebaum, North Carolina
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