Despite an up-and-down season, UNC has qualified for the NCAA Field Hockey Tournament for the 24th consecutive year. The Tar Heels received the No. 8 overall seed in the tournament field as an at-large qualifier Sunday night. Carolina will face Miami-Ohio in the tournament’s first round Friday, Nov. 13.
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The Tar Heels were not automatic qualifiers for the tournament, as UNC failed to win the ACC Tournament for the first time since 2016. Still, Carolina’s 12-7 record was enough to earn it one of the NCAA Tournament’s 18 bids. UNC finished with a 6-2 record in ACC play and 7-1 record in true road environments, but was 0-2 on neutral fields.
The RedHawks, UNC’s opponent Friday, enter the NCAA Tournament with a 15-4 overall record and 8-1 mark in the Mid-America Conference. Miami defeated James Madison and top-seeded UMass in the conference tournament to take the title, winning championship game in sudden-death overtime.
UNC’s game against Miami will be hosted in Evanston, IL on the campus of No. 1 overall seed Northwestern. The Wildcats, who have won the last two national championships, will face the winner of a play-in game between Vermont and Saint Joseph’s. The second-round game in the Evanston pod will be played Sunday, Nov. 15. The team to advance out of the Evanston pod will then move on to the national semifinals in Louisville the following weekend.
Syracuse, which won the ACC Tournament in Chapel Hill this past week, and Duke are the only other ACC teams in the NCAA Tournament field. Both are unseeded. For a full look at the tournament bracket, click here.
Featured image via UNC Field Hockey on Twitter
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