2022 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team

The 2022 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 46th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by 46th year head coach Anson Dorrance and played their home games at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

2022 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
ACC Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Tournament, Runner-Up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 2
Record	20–5–1 (8–2–0 ACC)
Head coach	Anson Dorrance (46th season)
Assistant coaches	Damon Nahas (7th season) Nathan Thackeray (1st season)
Home stadium	Dorrance Field
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			20	–	5	–	1		.788
No. 3 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			17	–	3	–	3		.804
No. 5 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			17	–	3	–	3		.804
No. 7 Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			16	–	4	–	3		.761
No. 6 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			15	–	5	–	3		.717
No. 12 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			14	–	5	–	3		.705
Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	3	–	3		.550			8	–	5	–	5		.583
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	5	–	1		.450			10	–	7	–	2		.579
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍^y	3	–	6	–	1		.350			9	–	7	–	3		.553
Louisville  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			6	–	8	–	2		.438
NC State  ‍‍‍^y	2	–	6	–	2		.300			7	–	7	–	6		.500
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			5	–	8	–	3		.406
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			8	–	7	–	3		.528
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			5	–	8	–	5		.417
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Source: The ACC As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll

The team finished the season 20–5–1 and 8–2–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they hosted rival Duke in the Semifinal after receiving a First Round bye and drew 0–0. The Tar Heels won the ensuing penalty shoot-out 7–6 to advance to the final where they lost to Florida State. They received an at-large bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament where they were the second seed in the Notre Dame Bracket. They defeated Old Dominion in the First Round, seven-seed Georgia in the Second Round, and six-seed BYU in the Round of 16. They then had to travel to Notre Dame to face one-seed Notre Dame. The Tar Heels advanced with a 2–0 win to the College Cup, where they would face Florida State again. The Tar Heels won the rematch of the ACC Tournament Final 3–2 and advanced to the national title game against UCLA. North Carolina lost a tight match 3–2, with UCLA scoring goals in the 80th and 89th minutes to force overtime and scoring the game winner in the 107th minute.

Previous season

Main article: 2021 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team

The Tar Heels finished the season 12–3–3, 5–2–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. Only six teams qualified for the ACC Tournament and the Tar Heels lost the tiebreaker to Wake Forest and did not qualify for the tournament. This was the first time in program history that North Carolina missed out on the ACC Tournament.^[1] They received an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament where they lost to South Carolina in the First Round. Their First Round exit was the earliest exit of any NCAA Tournament they had participated in.

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Claudia Dickey	0	GK	5'10"	Senior	Charlotte, North Carolina	Graduated; Drafted 20th overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft
Mary Elliot McCabe	5	MF/DF	5'5"	Senior	Charlotte, North Carolina	Graduated
Rachael Dorwart	9	FW/MF	5'9"	Senior	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Madi Pry	23	MF	5'8"	Sophomore	Pinehurst, North Carolina	N/A
Hallie Klanke	26	DF/FW	5'5"	Junior	Lee's Summit, Missouri	Transferred to Kansas
Meilin Gregg	29	MF	5'3"	Freshman	Charlottesville, Virginia	N/A
Annika Huhta	31	MF	5'4"	Freshman	Helsinki, Finland	Transferred to UCF
Mollie Baker	71	FW	5'7"	Sophomore	Gilbert, Arizona	Transferred to LSU
Carly Wetzel	82	MF	5'4"	Senior	Clarksville, Maryland	Graduated
Anna Priborkina	98	FW	5'7"	Freshman	Manalapan, New Jersey	N/A

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Sarah Bayer	82	FW	5'4"	Graduate Student	Merrick, New York	Loyola (MD)

Recruiting class

Source:^[2]

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Sydney Cheesman DF		Lafayette, Colorado	Colorado Rush	^[3]
Madeline Dahlien FW		Edina, Minnesota	Minnesota Thunder Academy	^[4]
Tori DellaPeruta FW		Cumming, Georgia	United Futbol Academy (GA)	^[5]
Tessa Dellarose FW		Grindstone, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	^[6]
Kate Faasse FW		Phoenix, Arizona	SC del Sol	^[7]
Madelyn Galbus FW		Wilmington, Delaware	Penn Fusion	^[8]
Kayleigh Herr DF		Cary, North Carolina	North Carolina Courage Academy	^[9]
Nona Reason GK		Noblesville, Indiana	Slammers FC HB Koge	^[10]
Maci Teater MF		Saint Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Scott Gallagher	^[11]

Squad

Roster

As of December 28, 2022^[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK   USA Nona Reason 1 FW   USA Sam Meza 2 DF   USA Abby Allen 3 MF   ENG Ruby Grant 4 DF   USA Paige Tolentino 5 FW   USA Maddie Dahlien 6 MF   USA Emerson Elgin 7 DF   USA Julia Dorsey 8 FW   USA Emily Moxley 9 FW   USA Tori Dellaperuta 10 MF   USA Rachel Jones 11 MF   USA Lauren Wrigley 12 DF   USA Sydney Cheesman 13 FW   USA Isabel Cox 14 MF   USA Kai Hayes 15 FW   USA Avery Patterson 16 FW   USA Aleigh Gambone 17 GK   USA Marz Josephson 18 MF   USA Bella Sember

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF   USA Emily Colton 20 MF   USA Libby Moore 21 FW   USA Ally Sentnor 22 DF   USA Tori Hansen 23 MF   USA Maci Teater 24 FW   USA Talia Dellaperuta 25 DF   USA Maycee Bell 26 FW   USA Kate Faasse 27 MF   USA Makenna Dominguez 28 MF   USA Maggie Pierce 30 DF   USA Kayleigh Herr 32 GK   USA Emmie Allen 33 MF   USA Riley Quinlan 34 DF   USA Tessa Dellarose 35 FW   ENG Emily Murphy 39 FW   USA Asha Means 82 FW   USA Sarah Bayer 98 FW   USA Madelyn Galbus

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Bubba Cunningham
Head coach	Anson Dorrance
Associate head coach	Damon Nahas
Assistant Coach	Nathan Thackeray
Assistant Coach	Heather O'Reilly
General Manager	Chris Ducar
Director of Operations	Tom Sander

Source:^[12]

Schedule

Source:^[13]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 7 11:00 a.m.	No. 10	VCU	W 5–0	–	Dorrance Field (559) Chapel Hill, NC
August 13 6:00 p.m.	No. 10	No. 3 BYU	W 2–0	–	Dorrance Field (1,530) Chapel Hill, NC
Non-conference Regular season
August 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	No. 11 Tennessee	W 3–0	1–0–0	Dorrance Field (4,028) Chapel Hill, NC
August 21 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	UNC Wilmington	W 2–0	2–0–0	Dorrance Field (1,836) Chapel Hill, NC
August 25 8:00 p.m., LHN	No. 1	at Texas	W 2–0	3–0–0	Myers Stadium (3,264) Austin, TX
August 28 1:00 p.m., LHN	No. 1	vs. Baylor	W 6–0	4–0–0	Myers Stadium (465) Austin, TX
September 1 1:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 1	at Missouri	W 3–1	5–0–0	Walton Soccer Stadium (300) Columbia, MO
September 4 12:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 1	No. 3 UCLA	L 1–2	5–1–0	Dorrance Field (3,404) Chapel Hill, NC
September 8 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	at No. 3 Duke Rivalry	W 3–0	6–1–0	Koskinen Stadium (3,527) Durham, NC
September 11 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	UCF	W 2–1	7–1–0	Dorrance Field (1,633) Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Regular Season
September 17 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	No. 7т Virginia	L 2–3	7–2–0 (0–1–0)	Dorrance Field (3,912) Chapel Hill, NC
September 22 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	at Syracuse	W 1–0	8–2–0 (1–1–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (143) Syracuse, NY
Spetmeber 25 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	Boston College	W 3–0	9–2–0 (2–1–0)	Dorrance Field (2,111) Chapel Hill, NC
October 1 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	at Virginia Tech	L 1–2	9–3–0 (2–2–0)	Thompson Field (284) Blacksburg, VA
October 6 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 5	No. 13 Pittsburgh	W 4–0	10–3–0 (3–2–0)	Dorrance Field (2,602) Chapel Hill, NC
October 9 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 5	NC State Rivalry	W 2–0	11–3–0 (4–2–0)	Dorrance Field (3,683) Chapel Hill, NC
October 14 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2т	Wake Forest	W 1–0	12–3–0 (5–2–0)	Dorrance Field (3,263) Chapel Hill, NC
October 20 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	at No. 4 Florida State	W 2–1	13–3–0 (6–2–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (2,169) Tallahassee, FL
October 23 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	at Miami (FL)	W 4–0	14–3–0 (7–2–0)	Cobb Stadium (414) Coral Gables, FL
October 27 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	at Louisville	W 2–0	15–3–0 (8–2–0)	Lynn Stadium (450) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 3 5:30 p.m., ACCN	(1) No. 2	vs. (5) No. 8 Duke Semifinal, Rivalry	T 0–0 (7–6 PKs)	15–3–1	Sahlen's Stadium (2,686) Cary, NC
November 6 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	(1) No. 2	vs. (2) No. 5 Florida State Final	L 1–2	15–4–1	Sahlen's Stadium (3,879) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 12 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 2	Old Dominion First Round	W 5–0	16–4–1	Dorrance Field (1,531) Chapel Hill, NC
November 17 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 2	(7) Georgia Second Round	W 3–1	17–4–1	Dorrance Field (1,152) Chapel Hill, NC
November 19 11:30 a.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 2	(6) No. 15 BYU Round of 16	W 3–2	18–4–1	Dorrance Field (1,605) Chapel Hill, NC
November 26 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 2	(1) No. 4 Notre Dame Quarterfinal	W 2–0	19–4–1	Alumni Stadium (1,828) Notre Dame, IN
December 2 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2) No. 2	(1) No. 5 Florida State Semifinal	W 3–2	20–4–1	Sahlen's Stadium (10,000) Cary, NC
December 5 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2) No. 2	(1) No. 1 UCLA Final	L 2–3 ^2OT	20–5–1	Sahlen's Stadium (9,531) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Maycee Bell	Pre-Season All-ACC Team	August 11	^[14]
Sam Meza
Maycee Bell	Pre-Season Hermann Trophy Watchlist	August 18	^[15]
Tori Hansen	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	August 23	^[16]
Sam Meza		September 13	^[17]
Tori Hansen		October 18	^[18]
Ally Sentnor	ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week	October 25	^[19]
Sam Meza	All ACC-First Team	November 2	^[20]
Ally Sentor
Tori Hansen
Avery Patterson	All ACC-Second Team
Tesa Dellarose	All ACC-Third Team
Maddie Dahlien	ACC All-Freshman Team
Tesa Dellarose
Emily Moxley	All-ACC Tournament team	November 6	^[21]
Avery Patterson
Tori Hansen

Rankings

See also: 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer^[22]	10	1 (8)	1 (8)	2	2	3	3	5	2т	2	2	2	Not released				2
TopDrawer Soccer^[23]	8	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	2

2023 NWSL Draft

Main article: 2023 NWSL Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Tori Hansen	Orlando Pride	3	25	DF

Source:^[24]

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