The North Carolina Tar Heels women’s soccer team has secured the top spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference Preseason Coaches poll.
Carolina earned the number one spot in the poll with 166 points and ten first-place votes. The reigning ACC champion, Florida State, claimed the second position in the poll with 146 points and two first-place votes. Virginia followed with 139 points, with Notre Dame and Duke rounding out the top five. Notably, both UVA and Duke each received a single first-place vote.
UNC has three players on the Preseason All-ACC team: defender Maycee Bell, midfielder Sam Meza and midfielder/forward Ally Sentnor.