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UNC Field Hockey: Erin Matson earns weekly ACC honors

UNC field hockey standout Erin Matson has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

Erin Matson, senior forward for the North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey team, has been named the ACC’s Offensive Player of the Week. It’s the second time this season that Matson has been recognized with the honor, and follows an outstanding weekend performance in which she recorded three goals and two assists in helping the Tar Heels beat a pair of top 15 opponents.

In the Tar Heels’ ACC opener against No. 5 Boston College on Friday, Matson scored a goal at the 37:35 mark, extending the North Carolina lead to 5-0.