Project 28: Field Hockey vs. VCU

Posted Oct 1, 2012
Our third installment of Project 28 takes you to a match between the second-ranked UNC field hockey team and visiting VCU. Head coach Karen Shelton is in her 32nd season at the helm of the Tar Heels. Since her arrival in 1981, the program has captured six NCAA championships and is perennially in the national title hunt. Three Tar Heel alumnae represented the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games. (Tar Heel Monthly)

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