The North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...

 in the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

 of NCAA Division I field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

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Home venues

North Carolina have played at Francis E. Henry Stadium

Henry Stadium

Francis E. Henry Stadium is a multi-use stadium primarily used for field hockey located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on the campus of the University of North Carolina....

 on campus since 1998. The stadium is shared with the women's lacrosse

Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...

 team and seats over 1,000 fans.

Individual honors

	Name	Year(s)
Honda Award	Rachel Dawson Rachel Dawson Rachel Dawson is a field hockey midfielder / back from the United States, who earned her first senior career cap vs Australia on June 5, 2005. Dawson was named to the U.S. field hockey team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.Dawson grew up in Berlin, New Jersey, and attended Eastern High School, where...	2007
	Leslie Lyness Leslie Lyness Leslie Lyness is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her first selection came in 1990.-References:*...	1989
	Cindy Werley Cindy Werley Cindy Werley is a former Olympic field hockey forward from the United States, who made her international debut for the Women's National Team in 1994...	1996, 1997
All-America Selection	Peggy Anthon	1990
	Kate Barber Kate Barber Kate Barber is a field hockey forward and midfield player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1998 by scoring two goals in a 3-3 draw with New Zealand...	1995, 1996, 1997
	Lori Bruney	1986, 1987
	Cinda Carpenter	1993
	Jennifer Clark	1990, 1991
	Amy Cox	1992
	Rachel Dawson	2004, 2007
	Joy Driscoll	1995
	Maryellen Falcone	1986, 1987
	Jesse Gey	2007
	Barbara Hansen	1994
	Laurel Hershey	1990
	Louise Hines	1984, 1985
	Judith Jonckheer	1985
	Kelsey Keeran	2003, 2004
	Carrie Lingo	2001
	Leslie Lyness	1988, 1989
	Kristen McCann	2000
	Nancy Pelligreen	1998
	Mary Sentementes	1983, 1984
	Kathy Staley	1989
	Peggy Storrar	1993
	Jana Toepel Jana Toepel Jana Toepel is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1999...	1998, 1999, 2000
	Amy Tran Amy Tran Amy Trần is a field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who made her national team debut against Mexico at the Pan American Cup, where she shared the 5-0 shutout. Tran attended the University of North Carolina...	2000
	Katy Tran	2005
	Cindy Werley	1994, 1996, 1997
	Jana Withrow	1996, 1997
	Tracey Yurgin	1987
ACC Player(s) of the Year	Kate Barber	1995
	Amy Cox	1992
	Rachel Dawson	2004, 2007
	Barbara Hansen	1994
	Leslie Lyness	1989
	Kristen McCann	2000
	Cindy Werley	1996, 1997
National Coach of the Year	Karen Shelton Karen Shelton Karen Christina Shelton is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She also represented her country on the US Olympic team in 1980.-Highlights:* U.S...	1994, 1995, 1996, 2007
ACC Coach of the Year	Karen Shelton	1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2007

Jersey

Squad number

In team sports, the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, uniform number or simply a number is the number worn on a player's uniform, to identify and distinguish each player from others wearing the same or similar uniforms...

s number seven (for Leslie Lyness) and number thirteen (for Cindy Werley) have been retired. Lyness, Werley, and Laurel Hershey represented the United States

United States

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 at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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All-time record

Field hockey has been played at North Carolina since the 1940s, but only became a varsity sport in 1971 when the school were a charter member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)

Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women

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. 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 (NCAA)

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

for the 1982 season.

Year	Head Coach	Overall	ACC	ACC Tournament	NCAA Tournament
1971	Beth Ross	0–0	-	-	-
1972	Chip Johnson	0–0	-	-	-
1973	Ann Gregory	0–0	-	-	-
1974		0–0	-	-	-
1975		0–0	-	-	-
1976	Dolly Hunter	0–0	-	-	-
1977		0–0	-	-	-
1978		0–0	-	-	-
1979		0–0	-	-	-
1980		0–0	-	-	-
1981	Karen Shelton	0–0	-	-	-
1982		0–0	-	-	-
1983		0–0	0–0	Champions	First round
1984		0–0	0–0	Champions	First round
1985		0–0	0–0	Champions	Second round
1986		0–0	0–0	Champions	Semifinals
1987		0–0	0–0	Champions	Runner up
1988		0–0	0–0	Champions	Second round
1989		0–0	0–0	Champions	Champions
1990		0–0	0–0	Champions	Runner up
1991		0–0	0–0	Champions	Runner up
1992		0–0	0–0	Runner up	Semifinals
1993		0–0	0–0	Champions	Runner up
1994		0–0	0–0	Champions	Runner up
1995		0–0	0–0	Champions	Champions
1996		0–0	0–0	Champions	Champions
1997		0–0	0–0	Champions	Champions
1998		0–0	0–0	Semifinals	Second round
1999		0–0	0–0	Semifinals	Second round
2000		0–0	0–0	Runner up	Runner up
2001		0–0	0–0	Semifinals	First round
2002		0–0	0–0	Semifinals	-
2003		0–0	0–0	Semifinals	First round
2004		0–0	0–0	Champions	Second round
2005		0–0	0–0	Semifinals	First round
2006		0–0	0–0	Semifinals	First round
2007		24-0	5-0	Champions	Champions
2008		14-6	3-2	Semifinal	First round
2009		20-2		First round	Champions
2010		22-2		Runner up	Runner up