UNC men’s soccer continues unbeaten run, playing No. 10 Irish to draw

By R.L. Bynum

CHAPEL HILL — Nobody can beat North Carolina’s soccer teams, at least so far this season.

UNC’s men’s team continued its longest unbeaten run to start a season in eight years, playing No. 10 Notre Dame to a 1–1 draw Friday at Dorrance Field after the women’s team beat Virginia Tech to remain unbeaten.

Coach Carlos Somoano’s men’s team (2–0–3, 0–0–2 ACC) is off to its longest unbeaten streak to begin a year since the Tar Heels went 11–0–1 to start the 2015 season and finished 15–2–3.

Coming into the weekend, UNC was one of six schools with both soccer teams undefeated.

Fifth-year forward Martin Vician took a cross from Ahmad Al Quq and sent a shot past Notre Dame goalkeeper Bryan Dowd in the 34th minute to give UNC a 1–0 edge.

Daniel Russo tied it in the 84th minute for Notre Dame (4–0–2, 1–0–1 ACC).

Carolina fifth-year midfielder Quenzi Huerman had seven shots, three on goal, as the Tar Heels outshot the Irish 19–10.

Carolina leads the all-time series over Notre Dame 6–3–3, including 4–2–0 in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels won 1–0 in South Bend, Ind., last season.

UNC 1, No. 10 Notre Dame 1


DateMonth/dayTime/scoreOpponent
(current rank)
LocationTV/
record
August
24ThursdayT, 1-1Loyola MarylandHome0–0–1
September
1FridayW, 2-1East Tenn. St.Johnson City, Tenn.1–0–1
4MondayW, 4-1VCURichmond, Va.2–0–1
8FridayT, 1-1Virginia TechBlacksburg, Va.2–0–2,
0–0–1 ACC
15FridayT, 1–1No. 2 Notre DameHome2–0–3,
0–0–2 ACC
19TuesdayW, 3–0UNC WilmingtonHome3–0–3
24SundayW, 2–1No. 8 DukeHome4–0–3,
1–0–2 ACC
29FridayT, 0–0PittPittsburgh4–0–4,
1–0–3 ACC
October
3TuesdayW, 2–0ElonHome5–0–4
6FridayL, 1–0No. 22 SyracuseHome5–1–4,
1–1–3 ACC
10TuesdayW, 3–0Florida Gulf CoastHome6–1–4
14SaturdayL, 1–0No. 6 Wake ForestWinston-Salem6–2–4,
1–2–3 ACC
17TuesdayT, 0–0William & MaryHome6–2–5
22SundayW, 2–0LouisvilleHome7–2–5,
2–2–3 ACC
27FridayL, 0–1No. 9 VirginiaCharlottesville, Va.7–3–5,
2–3–3 ACC
NovemberACC tournament
1WednesdayW, 4–1First round:
Virginia Tech
Home8–3–5
5SundayW, 1–0Quarterfinal:
No. 6 Wake Forest
Winston-Salem9–3–5
8WednesdayW, 3–1Semifinal:
No. 22 Syracuse
Syracuse10–3–5
12SundayNoonChampionship:
No. 14 Clemson
CaryESPNU
NCAA tournament
16ThursdayTBAFirst roundCampus sitesTBA
19SundayTBASecond roundCampus sitesTBA
25–26Sat.-Sun.TBAThird roundCampus sitesTBA
December
1–2Fri.-Sat.TBAQuarterfinalsCampus sitesTBA
8FridayTBASemifinalsLouisvilleTBA
11MondayTBAChampionshipLouisvilleTBA

Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics Communications

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