CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – After a day of watching the action, North Carolina opens Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Tournament play Friday, taking on Virginia in a semifinal game at noon. As the top seed in the field, the Tar Heels (17-0) got a bye into the semifinals and were idle Thursday while the league's other six teams played on the Karen Shelton Stadium turf.
Virginia, the No. 5 seed, beat fourth-seeded Boston College 1-0 in the tournament's opening game Thursday to set up the meeting with UNC. Duke beat Syracuse to advance, and Wake Forest beat Louisville, so the Blue Devils and Demon Deacons will face off at 2:30 p.