STORRS, Conn. – The North Carolina field hockey team is playing for another crown.
The top-ranked Tar Heels beat No. Penn State 3-0 Friday afternoon as senior Erin Matson scored twice and assisted on a third goal by Paityn Wirth to extend UNC's season one more game. Carolina is now 20-0 and will take on either Northwestern or Maryland Sunday afternoon for the 2022 title.
On a sunny but cold afternoon at UConn's Sherman Family Sports Complex, the game was scoreless through the first 21 minutes of play until Ciana Riccardo sent a ball straight down the middle and into the circle to Matson, who one-touched it past the PSU keeper for what would prove to be the gamewinner.