For the 11th time in UNC program history and the second year in a row, the Tar Heels are NCAA field hockey national champions. In UNC’s first season under 23-year-old head coach Erin Matson, Ryleigh Heck buried a stroke on the sixth round of a shootout to propel UNC to a 3–2 win after tying Northwestern 1–1 through 80 minutes and two overtimes. (Tar Heel Tribune)
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UNC Field Hockey Faces Northwestern For National Title Sunday
North Carolina plays for its fifth NCAA Field Hockey Championship in the past six years and the 11th in program history Sunday on its home.