North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey


The North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I field hockey.

History

Field hockey has been played at North Carolina since the 1940s, but only became a varsity sport in 1971 when the school was a charter member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. The team won several state AIAW championships and finished second twice in the AIAW Southern Region II tournament before joining the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the 1982 season. George W. Bush at the White House in 2008.

All-time record

Individual honors

s number seven and number thirteen have been retired. Lyness, Werley, and Laurel Hershey represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Stadium

North Carolina played at Francis E. Henry Stadium on campus from 1998-2018. The stadium was shared with the women's lacrosse team and seats over 1,000 fans. In August 2018,the Tar Heels' new stadium was finished. This complex includes a new playing surface and 900-seat stadium with fan amenities, press and scorers box, LED sport lighting and LED video scoreboard, and a team building with locker rooms, team room, sports medicine space, players' lounge, meeting space and coaches' offices. Their new stadium was named the Karen Shelton Stadium in honor of their head coach, Karen Shelton.

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