Lady Tar Heels-Soccer

The top-ranked University of North Carolina women's soccer team will play at home for the first time in 26 days Friday night when the Tar Heels play host to the Clemson Tigers at 7 p.m. at Fetzer Field. The match will be the first of two this weekend as the Tar Heels will travel to College Park, Md., Sunday for a game against the Maryland Terrapins. Sunday's match will start at 2 p.m. at Ludwig Field.

North Carolina will carry a 17-1 all-time series advantage into its match Friday against Clemson. The game will be the first at home this year for Carolina against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent.

Coach Anson Dorrance's Tar Heel enter Friday's match with a record of 10-0 and 2-0 in the ACC. Carolina is a unanimous No. 1 this week as the NSCAA, Soccer America, Soccer Buzz and Soccer Times all have the Tar Heels in the top spot this week.

Clemson comes to Chapel Hill with a record of 5-3-2 overall and 0-1-1 in the ACC. The Tigers played two ACC home matches last weekend, tying Maryland 0-0 and losing to Boston College 2-1.

After meeting the Tigers on Friday, UNC will travel to Maryland on Saturday and then play the Terrapins on Sunday. UNC's all-time record against the Terps is 25-0-1 but both matches last year went to double overtime before Carolina was able to prevail.
The Terps have played one of the most difficult schedules in the nation with matches already against Connecticut, Notre Dame and Penn State. The Terps are 2-5-2 overall and 0-0-1 in the ACC after tying Clemson 0-0 in their conference opener last Friday. The Terps will be in action Friday night at home against another nationally-ranked team, Wake Forest.

Source-TarheelBlue