UNC Field Hockey

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Field Hockey.

Chansky’s Notebook: Fledgling Champion

Erin Matson is the youngest head coach to win an NCAA championship in any sport, which has everything to do with this being her first season at the helm of UNC’s field hockey program. Who else would name a fledgling to such a hallowed position? The four-time All-American at UNC is 23, so it raises the question, Will she get a text from Michael Jordan? (Chapelboro.com)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Playing "Carolina Basketball"; Football falls; Field Hockey Natty!

UNC Basketball dominated on Friday and now carries that momentum into the Battle 4 Atlantis. It was a tough Saturday for UNC Football at Clemson. And UNC Field Hockey Coach Erin Matson went from winning her fourth national championship as a player last season to doing the same as a 23-year old head coach this year. (View Video)

Video: UNC Field Hockey Wins 11th National Championship - Highlights

Top-ranked North Carolina Field Hockey beat No. 2 Northwestern, 2-1, in a shootout on Sunday afternoon in a thrilling NCAA championship game at Karen Shelton Stadium. The Tar Heels won their fifth NCAA title in the past six years and the 11th in program history. Check out the highlights. (View Video)

National Champions! UNC Field Hockey wins 11th NCAA title and second straight in shootout thriller

For the 11th time in UNC program history and the second year in a row, the Tar Heels are NCAA field hockey national champions. In UNC’s first season under 23-year-old head coach Erin Matson, Ryleigh Heck buried a stroke on the sixth round of a shootout to propel UNC to a 3–2 win after tying Northwestern 1–1 through 80 minutes and two overtimes. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Field Hockey Faces Northwestern For National Title Sunday

North Carolina plays for its fifth NCAA Field Hockey Championship in the past six years and the 11th in program history Sunday on its home turf, hosting the second-ranked Northwestern Wildcats at Karen Shelton Stadium. Game time is 1:30 p.m. and will air on ESPNU. Last season, the Tar Heels beat the Wildcats 2-1 to claim the program's 10th title. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Field Hockey shuts out Virginia in Final Four, one win away from 11th NCAA title

In Erin Matson’s first season as the youngest Division I head coach in any sport, UNC Field Hockey is one win away from its 11th NCAA title and the Tar Heels’ second in a row. No. 1 Carolina advanced with a 2-0 victory over Virginia (Highlights) in the NCAA tournament semifinals at Karen Shelton Stadium after the teams split a pair of earlier meetings. (Tar Heel Tribune)

No. 1 UNC Set to Host Field Hockey Final Four

UNC Field Hockey plays its biggest game of the season on its home turf Friday, hosting No. 4 Virginia at noon in the first of two NCAA semifinal games at Karen Shelton Stadium. No. 2 Northwestern and No. 3 Duke meet in the 3:00 p.m. game, with the winners facing off Sunday for the national title. No. 1 UNC is the top seed in the NCAA Tournament. (GoHeels.com)

Erin Matson’s journey as UNC’s 23-year-old field hockey coach reaches brink of another NCAA title

Erin Matson crouched near midfield, intently watching UNC’s field hockey players run drills. A year ago at this time, Matson was among those players. Now she’s a first-time head coach, a 23-year-old taking over for the winningest coach in the sport’s history, and leading players who were previously teammates. Pressure? Yep. And she’s good with all of it. (Associated Press)

Video: Erin Matson, youngest D1 head coach, aims to bring Tar Heels to field hockey glory

Erin Matson is the youngest head coach in all of Division I sports at 23 years old. She joined UNC as a coach after leading its field hockey team to NCAA championship glory four times as a player. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda shares how she hopes to score a victory in her new role. (View Video)

Carolina Field Hockey Headed To Final Four After Victory Over Harvard

North Carolina earned another game on its home turf, beating Harvard 4-2 Sunday afternoon (Highlights) to book a spot in the NCAA field hockey semifinals, to be played at Carolina's Karen Shelton Stadium on Friday. The Tar Heels will make a record 27th appearance in the sport's final four and has won four of the past five NCAA championships. (GoHeels.com)

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