Oct. 14, 2009
This Week's Tar Heel Women's Soccer Game
No. 2 North Carolina (11-1-1, ACC 4-1) vs. Virginia (6-4-3, ACC 1-3-1)
Saturday, October 17, 2009, 1 p.m.
Fetzer Field
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Live FREE Webcast on TarHeelBlue.com and Live Game Stats on CBSCollegeSports Gametracker
Looking Ahead To Virginia
After suffering its first loss in more than a year and its first ACC loss in more than two years against Vigrinia Tech on October 4, the North Carolina women's soccer team bounced back in a big way by blanking NC State 5-0 at Fetzer Field last Friday, UNC's second successive 5-0 triumph over the Wolfpack.
Next up for the Tar Heels is a game with Virginia on Saturday, October 17 at 1 p.m. at Fetzer Field. The contest will be webcast live on TarHeelBlue.com by UNC New Media and most importantly it will be webcast FREE of charge. Carolina is ranked No. 2 this week by the NSCAA coaches' poll and Soccer Times and No. 3 by Soccer America. The Tar Heels are 11-1-1 overall and 4-1 in the ACC. The Tar Heels are currently in a tie for first place in the ACC with Virginia Tech as both teams have 12 points in the standings. However, the Hokies hold the current tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament over the Tar Heels by virtue of their head-to-head win against Carolina. Virginia is 6-4-3 overall and 1-3-1 in the ACC.
Highlighting Head Coach Anson Dorrance
Head Coach Anson Dorrance is in his 31st season as the Tar Heel head coach. His teams have an all-time record of 684-34-22 (.939). Under Dorrance, UNC has won 19 NCAA Tournament championships, one AIAW Tournament championship, 19 ACC regular-season championships, 19 ACC Tournament championships and appeared in 27 NCAA Tournaments while advancing to 24 of the 27 NCAA College Cups. During his tenure, Dorrance's teams are 136-8-4 (.932) in ACC regular-season games, 54-0-3 (.974) in ACC Tournament matches and 100-7-1 (.931) in NCAA Tournament games. In 740 games, the Tar Heels have outscored their opponents 2,986 to 352, a margin of 2,634 goals.
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Scouting The Tar Heels
2009 Record: 11-1-1, ACC 4-1
Current Streak: Won One
Head Coach: Anson Dorrance
Record at UNC: 684-34-22 (31st year)
Career Record: 684-34-22 (31st year)
Chief Assistant Coach: Bill Palladino
Goalkeeper Coach & Recruiting Coordinator: Chris Ducar
Volunteer Assistant: Cindy Parlow
Undergraduate Assistant: Mandy Moraca
2009 Statistical Leaders
Goals: Jessica McDonald, 6
Assists: Courtney Jones, 5, Tobin Heath, 5, Brittani Bartok, 5
Points: Jessica McDonald, 14
GWG: Courtney Jones, 3
Saves: Ashlyn Harris, 19
2009 Individual Accolades
Soccer America Preseason All-Americas: Casey Nogueira, Sr., F; Tobin Heath, Sr., MF; Whitney Engen, Senior, Defender
M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List: Casey Nogueira, Sr., F; Tobin Heath, Sr., MF; Whitney Engen, Senior, Defender
Inn At St. Mary's Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team: Jessica McDonald, Jr., F (Offensive MVP); Whitney Engen, Sr., D (Defensive MVP); Alyssa Rich, Fr., F; Tobin Heath, Sr., MF; Casey Nogueira, Sr., F.
Duke Nike Classic All-Tournament Team: Jessica McDonald, Jr., F (Offensive MVP); Whitney Engen, Sr., D (Defensive MVP); Kristi Eveland, Sr., D; Rachel Givan, Jr., D; Ashlyn Harris, Sr., GK.
College Soccer 360 Primetime Performers Of The Week: Whitney Engen, Sr., D (Sept. 1); Alyssa Rich, Fr., F (Sept. 8); Tobin Heath, Sr., MF (Sept. 8); Nikki Washington, Sr., M (Sept. 15); Whitney Engen, Sr., D (Sept. 29); Maria Lubrano, So., MF (Sept. 29).
Top Drawer Soccer Team Of The Week: Tobin Heath, Sr., MF (Sept. 1); Kristi Eveland, Sr., D (Sept. 8); Whitney Engen, Sr., D (Sept. 8); Rachel Givan, Jr., D (Sept. 8); Whitney Engen, Sr., D (Sept. 22)
Soccer America Team Of The Week: Casey Nogueira, Sr., F (Aug. 25); Tobin Heath, Sr., MF (Sept. 1); Whitney Engen, Sr., D (Sept. 8).
Progress Energy UNC Performer Of The Week: Casey Nogueira, Sr., F (Aug. 25); Tobin Heath, Sr., MF (Sept. 1); Whitney Engen, Sr., D (Sept. 8); Alyssa Rich, Fr., F (Sept. 29).
ACC Player Of The Week: Casey Nogueira, Sr., F (Aug. 25).
Soccer America National Player Of The Week: Casey Nogueira, Sr., F (Aug. 25).
Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist: Kristi Eveland
Carolina's Potential Starters & Likely Top Reserves For The Game Against Virginia
(These projections are based solely on playing time earned to date during the 2009 season and are not meant to reflect the entire roster of 31 players. Depth chart only includes players who have played in five games so far).
Starting Strikers
54, Casey Nogueira, Sr. ; 47, Jessica McDonald, Jr.; 84, Courtney Jones, So.
Off The Bench Up Front
6, Brittani Bartok, So.; 00, Alyssa Rich, Fr.; 11, Merritt Mathias, So.; 37, Sterling Smith, Sr.; 89, Katie Klimczak, Jr.
Starting Midfielders
98, Tobin Heath, Sr.; 91, Maria Lubrano, So.; 4, Meghan Klingenberg, Jr.; 76, Ali Hawkins, Sr.
Off The Bench In the Midfield
30, Ranee Premji, Fr.; 22, Amber Brooks, Fr.; 12, Lucy Bronze, Fr.; 10, Erin Mikula, So.; 40, Emallie Pfankuch, So.
The Defensive Flat Back Three
9, Whitney Engen, Sr.; 32, Kristi Eveland, Sr.; 16, Rachel Givan, Jr.
In The Goal
18, Ashlyn Harris, Sr.
Chief Backup
21, Hannah Daly, Fr.
CAROLINA SOCCER NOTES THIS WEEK
In The National Statistics
•Senior midfielder Tobin Heath is tied for 26th nationally in assists per game at 0.50. Heath has five assists in 10 games this season.
•Senior goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris is fourth in the nation this week in goals against average at 0.29. Harris has played in 11 games, allowing only three goals in 918 minutes and 23 seconds.
•Senior goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris is tied for 25th in save percentage at .864. She has played in 11 games and made 19 saves while allowing only three goals in 918 minutes and 23 seconds. UNC goalkeepers have played 1196 minutes and 59 seconds overall.
•North Carolina is ked 12th in scoring offense in NCAA Division I statistics this week with an average of 2.69 goals per game. UNC has scored 35 goals in 13 games so far.
•The Tar Heels are currently ranked fourth in goals against average as a team at 0.376. UNC has allowed five goals in 1197 minutes so far this season in 13 games.
•Carolina is tied for seventh in shutout percentage amongst NCAA Division I teams. UNC has nine shutouts in 13 games for a percentage of .692.
•The Tar Heels are tied for fourth this week in winning percentage amongst NCAA Division I schools at .885 with a 11-1-1 record.
Series Notes
•Carolina and Virginia will be meeting for the 36th time in history this Friday. The series between the varsity teams begain in 1985. UNC became a varsity team in 1979 and played club teams from UVa six times between 1980 and 1985 before Virginia elevated that club program to varsity status in 1985.
•UNC leads the all-time series with the Cavaliers 33-0-2. In the last seven meetings, UNC is 5-0-2 against the Cavaliers. The teams have twice played tie games in ACC Tournament - in the 2004 ACC championship game and the 2007 ACC semifinals. Virginia has scored at least one goal against the Tar Heels in 11 of the past 13 meetings
•UNC won the first 28 games in the series from 1985-2004 before the Tar Heels and the Cavaliers played to a 1-1 tie in the 2004 ACC Tournament championship game.
•Four of the last seven meetings between the two teams have gone to overtime.
Player Notes
*Jessica McDonald leads the Tar Heels in goal scored this season with fsix. She has already exceeded her 2008 season total of five goals while playing in only 12 games this season. McDonald had the first multi-goal game of her career with two against Notre Dame on September 4.
•Sophomore Courtney Jones had three assists in UNC's season opener against UCLA on August 22. That was her career high for assists in a game. She had never had more than one in a game previously.
•Fellow sophomore forward Brittani Bartok had two assists in the match against the Bruins, equaling her career high set previously against Illinois on November 22, 2008.
•Freshman Amber Brooks recorded the first point of her career when she assisted on Katie Klimczak's goal in the 87th minute of UNC's win over UCLA on August 22.
•Junior forward Katie Klimczak scored the second goal of her career in UNC's season opener against UCLA on August 22. Ironically, she has scored both of her career goals in season openers. She also tallied against Charlotte on August 22, 2008, exactly one year before she scored the goal against UCLA.
•Sophomore Emmalie Pfankuch had the first multi-point game of her career in UNC's win over UCLA as she had both a goal and an assist in the win over the Bruins.
•Nikki Washington had a pair of assists in UNC's 4-0 win over UCF on August 28, matching her career high for assists in a game. She also had two assists against Charlotte on August 22, 2008.
•Tobin Heath's two-goal output against UCF on August 28 was her first multi-goal game since scoring three goals against Clemson on September 25, 2008.
•Freshman forward Alyssa Rich had the first point of her career with an assist in Carolina's win at Notre Dame September 4. Rich has gone on to score four goals since then, including game-winning tallies against Marquette on September 6 and against Duke in overtime on September 24.
•Ashlyn Harris' four saves against Notre Dame on September 4 were the most she has had in a game since she had six against Stanford on September 12, 2008.
•Sophomore midfielder Maria Lubrano scored the first goal of her career against Duke on September 24, giving the Tar Heels a 1-0 lead in the 84th minute. The Tar Heels went on to win in overtime 2-1.
*Whitney Engen's goal against Wake Forest on September 27 was her first since she scored against UNC Greensboro on November 18, 2007. That was in her second year as a starting forward for the Tar Heels. Engen has played center back as a junior and senior.
•Merritt Mathias' assist in UNC's win over Wake Forest September 27 was her first point since she scored a goal against Maryland on September 28, 2008.
•Erin Mikula's assist against Wake Forest September 27 was her first point in a game since she scored a goal against Clemson on October 5, 2007.
•Ashlyn Harris had five saves in UNC's 2-1 win at Boston College on October 1. That was only one save away from her career high in a game which was six against Stanford on September 12, 2008.
•Freshman Ranee Premji recorded four assists in UNC's win against NC State October 9. That is one assist shy of the NCAA record for assists in a game which was last set by fellow Tar Heel midfield standout Kacey White. White had five assists in a game against Pepperdine on November 19, 2005. Three other Tar Heels have had five assists in a game. They are Pam Kalinoski against UCF on October 20, 1991, April Heinrichs against Warren Wilson on October 29, 1983 and Emily Scruggs against the Duke Club Team on September 20, 1979.
General Notes
•North Carolina has clearly played one of the most difficult schedules in the nation so far this season. UNC is 11-1-1 in its first 13 games and eight of those games have come against teams ranked in the Top 17 of this week's NSCAA national coaches poll. The Tar Heels beat No. 3 UCLA 7-2, beat No. 6 Wake Forest 4-0, beat No. 7 Notre Dame 6-0, beat No. 8 Boston College 2-1, beat No. 12 UCF 4-0, beat No. 14 Texas A&M 2-0, lost to No. 16 Virginia Tech 1-0 and beat No. 17 LSU 1-0. Among ranked opponents still ahead for the Tar Heels are road games with No. 9 Florida State and No. 13 Maryland.
•UNC has not allowed a first-half goal in any of the first 13 games of the season. All five goals scored against UNC have come in the second half of play.
•Carolina's starting defense of senior goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris as well as senior defenders Whitney Engen and Kristi Eveland and junior defender Rachel Givan has keyed an incredible effort which has resulted in nine shutouts in the first 13 games of the season for the Tar Heels. Earlier in the season, the Tar Heels had a scoreless streak of nearly 750 minutes of action. UNC had not allowed a goal in 742 minutes and 15 seconds from the time UCLA's Sydney Leroux tallied against Carolina at the 86:39 mark of a 7-2 Tar Heel win on August 22, 2009. However, Duke's KayAnne Gummersall broke that scoreless streak when she scored against Carolina at the 88:54 mark of the match with the Blue Devils on September 24.
•Carolina's defensive unit headed up by Ashlyn Harris, Kristi Eveland, Whitney Engen and Rachel Givan has now allowed only seven goals over the last 2,150 minutes and 14 seconds of action dating back to last season's game against Florida State on October 30, 2008.
•Dating back to a 1-0 win over Miami on November 2, 2008 at Fetzer Field, UNC has now posted shutouts in 17 of its last 23 games. The only teams to score against the Tar Heels since then were Texas A&M (once in 2008 NCAA quarterfinals), Notre Dame (once in 2008 NCAA championship game), UCLA (twice on August 22), Duke (once on September 24), Boston College (once on October 1) and Virginia Tech (once on October 4).
•Carolina had a 35-match unbeaten streak broken when the Tar Heels fell to Virginia Tech 1-0 on October 4. UNC went 32-0-3 in a span starting with a 4-0 win over Kentucky on September 6, 2008 through a 2-1 win at Boston College on October 1, 2009.
•Carolina has gone 36-2-1 in ACC regular-season matches since a 2-1 loss to Duke at Fetzer Field on October 9, 2005.
•Carolina's senior class of Ashley Moore, Tobin Heath, Ashlyn Harris, Sterling Smith, Nikki Washington, Caroline Boneparth, Whitney Engen, Casey Nogueira and Kristi Eveland has the best overall record of any senior class in the country according to research done by College Soccer 360.com. UNC heads into Saturday's game against Virginia with both the most wins of any senior class (82) and the best winning percentage (.903). UNC is 82-7-4 over the last four years through games of October 10, 2009. Based on wins, it is followed in order by Notre Dame with 79, UCLA with 73, Portland with 67, Stanford with 64, Florida State with 63, Texas A&M with 61 and Navy with 60. In the ACC only UNC, Florida State and Wake Forest (52) have senior classes with 50 or more wins to their credit.
•UNC started the season 10-0-1 before losing to Virginia Tech. The last time UNC went undefeated through its first 11 games was 2005 when the Tar Heels won their first 13 in a row before losing at home to Duke.
•At 7-0-1, Carolina completed its non-conference regular-season schedule without a loss for the first time since 2005.
•UNC's win over Boston College 2-1 on October 1 came as the result of a pair of penalty kick goals after the Eagles committed handballs in the penalty area. The last time UNC has scored goals on two penalty kicks in the same game came October 16, 2005 when the Tar Heels beat Virginia Tech 3-1 in Blacksburg, Va.
•Carolina has scored in the opening minute of two matches this year. Tobin Heath scored 41 seconds into a 7-2 win over UCLA on August 22 and Courtney Jones scored 23 seconds into a 6-0 win over Notre Dame on September 4.
•Senior defender Kristi Eveland was tapped October 5 as one of 10 finalists for the 2009 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Carolina has had a finalist for the award in each of its first two years as Jessica Maxwell was so honored in 2007 and Yael Averbuch was so tapped in 2008. Eveland is the only ACC player to make the list of 10 finalists. Fans can vote for Eveland twice each day - once by text and once on the internet. Text W3 to 74567 or vote at www.seniorclassaward.com.
•The seven goals scored by the Tar Heels against the UCLA on August 22, 2009 were the most UNC has scored in a match since November 10, 2006 when the Tar Heels defeated UNC Asheville 7-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Fetzer Field. UNC improved to 8-0 against UCLA all-time. The seven goals were the most scored by the Tar Heels against the Bruins, exceeding the five they scored in a 5-2 win over UCLA on September 19, 2003 in the Duke adidas Classic in Durham, N.C. The five-goal margin of victory was also the biggest for UNC in the series, exceeding the four-goal cushion in a 4-0 win over the Bruins on October 1, 1999 in San Diego, Calif at the USD/Puma Classic.
•Carolina's six-goal scoring outburst in a 6-0 win at Notre Dame on September 4 marked the most goals UNC has scored against the Fighting Irish in the 17-game history of the series. UNC, which now leads the all-time series 11-4-2, scored five against the Fighting Irish in wins over Notre Dame on September 13, 1998 (5-1) and on November 20, 1994 (5-0). The six-goal margin of victory was also UNC's largest over Notre Dame, exceeding the five-goal separation in the aforementioned 1994 NCAA championship match.
•With the win over UCLA on August 22, UNC won its second straight season opener after having lost two in a row in 2006 and 2007. The Tar Heels are 27-3-1 all-time in season openers with losses in 1983 (road), 2006 (road) and 2007 (home) and a tie in 1985 (home).
•The seven goals scored by UNC against UCLA on August 22 were the most scored in a season opener by the Tar Heels since August 26, 2005 when UNC opened the season with a 7-1 win over Tennessee in Wichita, Kan. They were the most goals scored by the Tar Heels in a home opener since September 6, 2002 when the Tar Heels defeated Guilford 9-0.
•Carolina's five goals against NC State October 9 were the most scored by the Tar Heels against an ACC opponent since October 24, 2008 when the Tar Heels beat Virginia 5-1 in Charlottesville, Va. The five-goal separation against NC State was also UNC's largest in an ACC game since the five-goal margin against NC State on October 17, 2008.
•UNC heads into its match with Virginia match with a record of 684-34-22 overall, a winning percentage of .939.
•The Tar Heels have outscored their opponents 2,986 to 352 in 740 games since the origin of the program in 1979. That is a scoring margin of 2,634 goals.
•With 115 career points, Casey Nogueira is now 17th in Tar Heel history in career points. Laurie Schwoy (1996-2000) ranks 16th with 122 career points.
•Casey Nogueira has now scored 46 goals in her career. She is tied for 16th in career goals, with Carrie Serwetnyk (1984-87) who also had 46.
•UNC's average record per year in its first 30 years of soccer was 22.43 wins per year, 1.1 losses per year and 0.7 ties per year heading into the 2009 campaign.
•UNC is 5-1 in one-goal games in 2009 and 8-1-1 in shutout games in 2009.
•In this week's national polls, UNC is ranked No. 2 by the NSCAA and Soccer Times and No. 2 by Soccer Times.
•Carolina was the preseason pick to win the 2009 ACC regular-season championship, receiving all 11 first-place votes in the coaches' poll. The remainder of the preseason poll had Florida State at No. 2, Boston College at No. 3, Virginia at No. 4, Duke at No. 5, Wake Forest at No. 6, Virginia Tech at No. 7, Maryland at No. 8, Miami at No. 9, Clemson at No. 10 and NC State at No. 11.
•UNC has won 20 or more matches in a season in 19 of the past 20 seasons. In three of the six non-20 win seasons in Carolina history UNC still won the NCAA championship. Carolina won NCAA championships in 1982, 1983 and 1988 despite not winning 20 games in those seasons.
•Of the 31 players on the Tar Heel roster in 2009, nine are seniors. This group formed the core of a group which won a national championship in its freshman year in 2006 and then came back to win another national title in 2008.
•The Tar Heels returned players with starting experience at all 11 positions on the field in 2009. After the Tar Heels suffered a devastating blow when senior midfielder Nikki Washington tore her right ACL in Carolina's match against LSU on September 18, a spot has opened up in the midfield for a player who has not seen significant starting time prior to this year.
•Starters returning from 2008 on defense are Whitney Engen, Kristi Eveland and Rachel Givan. Ashlyn Harris, who alternated starts a year ago with Anna Rodenbough, returned as the full-time starter in the goal. Midfielders Ali Hawkins and Tobin Heath returned from 2008 but Yael Averbuch and Allie Long, both fulltime starters last year, did graduate off last year's squad, going on to play this past summer in WPS. This season, Nikki Washington and Meghan Klingenberg, both players with significant starting experience in their careers, replaced Averbuch and Long. The duo missed the last six games of the 2008 season while playing in the U20 World Cup in Chile on the winning American side. With Washington now out of the lineup, sophomore Maria Lubrano has stepped in to take that spot on the field. UNC's starting forward crew from 2008 of Casey Nogueira, Jessica McDonald and Courtney Jones also returned intact for the Tar Heels.
•Senior forward Casey Nogueira, senior midfielder Tobin Heath and senior defender Whitney Engen were named to the Watch List for the 2009 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy. Nogueira was one of three finalists for the award last year. Heath was a semifinalist for the award in 2008.
•UNC has had 10 selections for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first, second and third teams in the past four seasons. Those 10 selections came on a total of only 12 nominations for the Academic All-America teams by the UNC Athletic Communications Office during those four years as schools are limited to three nominees per year. Carolina also had seven women's soccer players named Academic All-Americas from 1983-2001, giving the program 17 selections since the Academic All-America program began in 1983.
•Following is a summary of those 10 selections in the past four seasons.
•2005 - Heather O'Reilly, second team; Lindsay Tarpley, third team.
•2006 - Heather O'Reilly, first team; Anna Rodenbough, second team; Yael Averbuch, third team.
•2007 - Yael Averbuch, second team; Anna Rodenbough, second team.
•2008 - Kristi Eveland, first team; Yael Averbuch, first team; Anna Rodenbough, second team.
•Casey Nogueira scored 25 goals in the 2008 season, eight more than she scored in her first two seasons combined as a Tar Heel. The 25 goals equaled the eighth most in a season in Carolina history. The last time a Tar Heel had as many as 25 goals in a season was 2000 when Meredith Florance scored 26.
•Carolina's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament ensured that it played in The Big Dance for the 27th successive year. Only North Carolina and Connecticut had made the NCAA Tournament field in each of the first 26 years of tournament play. However, the Huskies did not make the tournament field last season so Carolina now has the distinction of being the only team to make the NCAA field in all 27 years.
•UNC has an all-time record of 27-5-21 all-time in overtime games in its history. Carolina was 1-0-2 in overtime in 2008 and is 1-0-1 in 2009. UNC's last overtime loss came in the season opener at Texas A&M 1-0 in 1996.
•Nineteen current and former UNC players are members of different full and youth U.S. National Soccer Teams in 2009 as part of their player pools.
•Full National Team members include Lori Chalupny, `05, D; Kendall Fletcher, `05, D; Tobin Heath, `09, MF; Kristine Lilly, `92, MF; Heather O'Reilly, `06, MF; Lindsay Tarpley, `05, MF; Kacey White, `05, MF; Cat Whitehill, `03, D.
•U23 National Team members include Yael Averbuch, `08, MF; Whitney Engen, `09, MF; Meghan Klingenberg, `10, MF; Allie Long, `08, MF; Jessica McDonald, `10, F; Casey Nogueira, `09, F; Nikki Washington, `09, F.
•U20 National Team members include Brittani Bartok, `11, F; Amber Brooks, `12, D; Courtney Jones, `11, F; Alyssa Rich, `12, F; Rachel Wood, `12, MF.
•Carolina had 12 players compete in the WPS in its first year of existence in 2009. That was the most of any school in the country. Yael Averbuch, '08, Jenni Branam, '02, Heather O'Reilly, '06, and Kacey White, '05, all played for the WPS champion Sky Blue FC. Other Tar Heels in the WPS this past season were Lori Chalupny, '05, Kendall Fletcher, '05, Kristine Lilly, '92, Allie Long, '08, Keri Sanchez, '94, Lindsay Tarpley, '05, Maggie Tomecka, '03, and Cat Whitehill, '03.
•Carolina has won the outright championship of the first two tournaments it has played in this year and it shared the title in the third tournament in which it played. The Tar Heels won the title of the 2009 Carolina Nike Classic on August 28 and 30 with wins over UCF 4-0 and UNC Greensboro 1-0. Carolina finished 2-0 in the tournament while UCF and UNC Greensboro were both 1-1 and Duke 0-2. On September 4 and 6, Carolina claimed the championship of the Inn at St. Mary's Soccer Classic in Notre Dame, Ind. by beating Notre Dame 6-0 and Marquette 1-0. Carolina finished the tournament 2-0 while Notre Dame and Marquette were both 1-1 and Wisonsin-Milwaukee was 0-2. On September 16 and 18, Carolina played in the Duke Nike Classic, sharing the title with the host Blue Devils. Both teams went 1-0-1 in the tournament while LSU and Auburn were both 0-1-1. UNC beat LSU 1-0 and tied Auburn 0-0 in the Duke Nike Classic.
