UNC Field Hockey Playing For ACC Title Sunday From Unfamiliar Underdog Spot

Posted Nov 8, 2020
The North Carolina field hockey team will play its eighth-straight game at home Sunday but this one will look different: for the first time since moving into Karen Shelton Stadium at the start of the 2018 season, UNC will take the field there as the underdog. The second-seeded Tar Heels face top-seeded Louisville on Sunday at noon for the ACC championship. (GoHeels.com)

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