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'Be like Katie': Katie Dixon sets the standard as captain for UNC field hockey
Fifth-year midfielder Katie Dixon has served two years as captain of the North Carolina field hockey team, helped secure four national championships, and four ACC championships. Along the way, Dixon has been named to All-ACC Academic Team and received a Top Six for Service Award in 2022. Dixon's on-and-off field presence sets the standard. (
Daily Tar Heel)
Charly Bruder Earns ACC Field Hockey Offensive Player Of The Week Honors
North Carolina forward Charly Bruder has been named ACC Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week for games played September 30 to October 6. Bruder finished the Tar Heels' two-game trip to the West Coast with four goals and two assists, including a hat trick on Sunday, October 5, at No. 20 California. The honor is Bruder's second of the season. (
GoHeels.com)
Charly Bruder's Hat Trick Leads No. 1 UNC Field Hockey To 3-1 Win At No. 20 California
Charly Bruder scored a hat trick as the UNC field hockey team wrapped up its West Coast swing Sunday with a 3-1 win at California. No. 1 UNC improved to 8-0 on the season while the No. 20 Golden Bears fell to 6-3. Bruder scored one each in the second, third, and fourth quarters, with Ryleigh Heck assisting on the first two and Sanne Hak on the third. (
GoHeels.com)
UNC Field Hockey Shuts Out Stanford, 3-0, During California Road Trip
North Carolina extended its winning streak to seven and its run of shutouts to five with a 3-0 field hockey win at Stanford on Friday. The Tar Heels (7-0, 2-0 ACC) stay in the Bay Area to face No. 20 California Sunday in Berkeley. Katie Dixon scored the game-winner against the Cardinal, tapping in a pass from Charly Bruder midway through the first quarter. (
GoHeels.com)
UNC To Host Five NCAA Championships In 2026 & 2027
UNC will host the following championship in Chapel Hill: 2027 Division I Field Hockey Championship. The City of Cary, UNC, and the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance will host the following championships at Wake Med Soccer Park: 2026 Division I Women's and Men's Soccer Championships, 2027 Division I Women's and Men's Soccer Championships. (
GoHeels.com)
UNC Sweeps ACC Field Hockey Players of the Week Honors
North Carolina forward Ryleigh Heck has been named ACC Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week, while the Tar Heels’ goalkeeper, Abigail Taylor, has earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Heck totaled four goals and five assists in Carolina's 2-0 week. Heck helped the Tar Heels past No. 15 Syracuse on Friday with a goal and three assists. (
The ACC)
Unbeaten UNC Back at No. 1 in National Field Hockey Poll
Two-time reigning national champion North Carolina is back to its familiar spot atop the national field hockey rankings. Even though Northwestern is undefeated at 8-0, the 6-0 Tar Heels supplanted the Wildcats for the No. 1 spot in the NFHCA coaches poll. Northwestern got more first-place votes than UNC, 40-15. But UNC got more poll points, 1,058-1,051. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Chansky’s Notebook: Oh, What a Night!
I went to a soccer game and a volleyball match broke out. Friday was a pretty amazing happening on the UNC campus. It ended with a field hockey match,
Erin Matson’s second team and defending national champions beating Syracuse 5-0. Before that, I was headed for the men’s soccer game on Dorrance Field, where the No. 6 Tar Heels beat N.C. State. (
Chapelboro.com)
Ryleigh Heck Hat Trick Leads No. 2 UNC Field Hockey To 7-0 Win At No. 11 Liberty
The No. 2 UNC field hockey team scored four times in the second quarter to take a 4-0 lead into halftime and kept rolling for a 7-0 win at No. 11 Liberty on Sunday (
Highlights). Ryleigh Heck finished with a hat trick and two assists for an eight-point day. Charly Bruder scored twice, and the Tar Heels got goals from Sietske Brüning and Sanne Hak. (
GoHeels.com)
Video: Carolina Insider - Interview with Katie Dixon
Before the Tar Heels' home opener on Friday, North Carolina Field Hockey's fifth-year midfielder/back Katie Dixon joins
Jones Angell of the Tar Heel Sports Network and Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com in the Carolina Insider podcast studio to discuss the Tar Heels' season, her time in Chapel Hill, and much more.
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