UNC field hockey seniors hold NCAA title hopes

Posted Aug 19, 2015
After falling in the Final Four each of her first three years, senior forward Casey Di Nardo feels like she and the three other seniors on the North Carolina field hockey team have something to prove.“This year we’re all really fired up,” said Di Nardo following Saturday’s scrimmage against Liberty. “We really wanna win it.” And in order to secure the program its seventh national championship, the Tar Heels plan on using their experience to hurdle the Final Four stumbling block in 2015. (Daily Tar Heel)

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