Tori Dellaperuta juggles time between Italian national team and UNC women's soccer

Posted Oct 10, 2023
In UNC Women's Soccer's top-25 matches against Virginia and Florida State in September, Tori Dellaperuta didn't play. In fact, she wasn't even in the United States. Dellaperuta was competing for the U23 Italian national team in Italy and Sweden. Dellaperuta, who has dual Italian-American citizenship, has been competing for Italy since she was 17. (Daily Tar Heel)

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