Lucas: A Women's Sports School

Posted Sep 8, 2021
Dean Smith once provided a quote that has come to define Tar Heel women's sports. "This is a women's soccer school. We're just trying to keep up with them." As the Tar Heels celebrate 50 years of women's sports at North Carolina, those words still resonate. At the time of Smith's quote, Anson Dorrance's program didn't need to be legitimized by anyone. (GoHeels.com)

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