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UNC women's soccer player Ally Sentnor's first CONCACAF

A perennial high-achiever, Ally Sentnor graduated a year early from high school in 2021 to attend North Carolina. She went into that 2021 fall college season feeling good about her game and full of high hopes for the future. Then, disaster struck. On Aug. 9, just 10 minutes into her first game with the Tar Heels – a preseason exhibition – she tore her ACL. (US Soccer)

Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Tisha Venturini put on youth clinic in Virginia

Olympic gold medalists Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, and Tisha Venturini spent last weekend at Spring Hill District Park teaching a camp for kids and teens. Friends since their days at UNC, Hamm, Lilly and Venturini partnered in 2010 to launch TeamFirst with the goal of developing young players in an environment that encourages discipline and teamwork. (FFXnow)

‘University Of National Champions’ Across 49 NCAA Team Titles, 13 Coaches, 8 Programs

At some point in the 1980s, the University of North Carolina started being described as the University of National Champions. Dean Smith led UNC to two NCAA men’s basketball titles. UNC Field Hockey has won 10. Anson Dorrance led UNC’s Women’s Soccer to 21 NCAA titles. Last week, UNC added Women's Tennis to its 49 NCAA team championships. (Chapelboro.com)

USWNT great Heather O'Reilly stays unretired with USL W League

Heather O’Reilly isn’t hanging up the soccer cleats just yet. The former U.S. women’s national team star is joining the North Carolina Courage’s USL W League team as a player for the summer. The 38-year-old has been working with the team as a player-coach in order to get in shape for her second straight appearance in Soccer Aid, an annual charity event. (Just Women's Sports)

University of National Champions by the numbers after Tar Heels’ women’s tennis title

With Coach Brian Kalbas’ North Carolina women’s tennis team winning the NCAA title Saturday, here is a look at the University of National Champions by the numbers. 49 NCAA team titles: Women’s soccer (21), field hockey (10), men’s basketball (6), men’s lacrosse (5), women’s lacrosse (3), men’s soccer (2), women’s basketball (1), and women’s tennis. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Men's Soccer Traveling To Czech Republic, Slovakia

The UNC men's soccer team embarked on an 11-day trip to Slovakia and the Czech Republic, on Thursday. The team will take part in three matches while overseas. The Tar Heels will take on Slovan Bratislava, a member of the Slovak Super Liga, on May 22. In the Czech Republic, the Tar Heels will face FC Slovacko on May 25 and Slovan Liberec on May 28. (GoHeels.com)

Mia Hamm-coached soccer team with 10 UNC alums to vie for $1 million at Cary 7-on-7 event

The UNC women’s soccer program has produced some of the best players in America, so why not form a team made mostly of former Tar Heel players? That will happen June 1-4 in Cary for a 32-team, seven-on-seven $1 million winner-take-all event called The Soccer Tournament. Mia Hamm and Carla Overbeck will coach the team called "U.S. Women." (Tar Heel Tribune)

Video: Anson Dorrance Interview Part II - Parents, Personal Narratives, and Truth

North Carolina legendary women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance joined Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina for more of their Next Level conversation to discuss the parent-child dynamic in modern sports, the process of turning personal narratives into truth, and his own legacy in sport. (View Video)

Four Tar Heels Named To USA U20 Women's Soccer CONCACAF Roster

UNC Women's Soccer rising sophomores Maddie Dahlien, Tessa Dellarose, Ally Sentnor, and incoming freshman Savannah King have been selected to the roster to represent the USA at the 2023 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship, May 24-June 3 in the Dominican Republic. Sentnor was part of the USA's 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup roster. (GoHeels.com)

15 UNC Teams Post Perfect Academic Progress Rates for 2021-22 Season

Tar Heel teams continued to excel in the classroom during the 2021-22 season, with more than a dozen programs posting perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. Those teams include women’s basketball, field hockey, men’s golf, and women’s soccer. Every UNC program recorded at least a 950 multi-year rate, which measures APR over four years. (Chapelboro.com)

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