By R.L. Bynum
Carolina’s national championship field hockey and women’s tennis teams will be at the White House on Monday as part of the College Athlete Day celebrations.
Dozens of NCAA championship teams across different sports and divisions are expected to be part of the celebration. You can watch a live stream of the 11:30 a.m. ceremony here.
The championship Tar Heels teams also plan to meet with North Carolina’s Congressional delegation.
Carolina’s field hockey team won the 2022 NCAA title with a 2–1 win over Northwestern on Nov. 20 in Storrs, Conn. It was the Tar Heels’ 10th championship and fourth in the past five years.
UNC, which finished the season 21–0, has won more titles than any other Division I field hockey program. After 42 years at the program’s helm, Karen Shelton retired as the sport’s all-time leader in career victories in December. Erin Matson, the 2022 National Player of the Year and Honda Award winner, became the program’s coach in January.
Carolina’s women’s tennis team won the 2023 NCAA title with a 4–1 win over N.C. State in Orlando, Fla., on May 20 for the program’s first NCAA title, finishing 35–1 in dual matches.
A week later, the Tar Heels added another trophy as Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig defeated teammates Reese Brantmeier and Elizabeth Scotty to win the NCAA doubles crown.
The tennis title marked the 49th total NCAA championship for the Tar Heels, the 36th by a UNC women’s team. The 2022–23 school year is the 12th time in school history that multiple UNC teams have won NCAA titles in the same academic year.
Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics Communications
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