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No. 3 Wake Forest at North Carolina

PreviewFri, Oct 23, 2026
Wake Forest logo#3Wake Forest
North Carolina logoNorth Carolina

Fri, Oct 23, 6:00 PM ET

Karen Shelton Stadium — Chapel Hill, NC

ACC conference game.

The matchup

Wake Forest logo#3Wake Forest

5-2 · ACC

▲ 1 since last week

Last 5

L 0-1W 5-1W 6-0W 7-0W 6-1
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3-4 · ACC

Last 5

L 1-2W 2-1L 4-5W 1-0W 7-0

By the numbers

Wake ForestNorth Carolina
5-2Record3-4
4.1
Goals / gm
2.6
1.0
Allowed / gm(low)
1.9
22.0
Shots / gm
15.7
60%
Shot acc.
51%
76%
Save %
73%

Season averages through 7 games each. Lower is better where marked (low). Penalty corners aren't published in our data source.

Common opponents

Wake Forest has the better result against 1 of their 2 common opponents.

Iowa(No. 5)

  • Wake ForestL3-4home
  • North CarolinaL2-3home

Michigan(No. 13)

  • Wake ForestW2-0home
  • North CarolinaL1-2home

Players to watch

Wake Forest logoWake Forest
GKRuby Butterfield

82.4% saves · 0.60 GA/gm

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GKMerritt Skubisz

76.2% saves · 1.67 GA/gm

Poll path

Wake Forest North Carolina
111Wake Forest — 2026-09-01: No. 7Wake Forest — 2026-09-08: No. 6Wake Forest — 2026-09-15: No. 4Wake Forest — 2026-09-22: No. 3North Carolina — 2026-09-01: No. 10North Carolina — 2026-09-08: No. 5North Carolina — 2026-09-15: No. 11

Lower is better — No. 1 sits at the top. Gaps mean the team was unranked that week.

From Wake Forest and North Carolina

Wake Forest field hockeyNorth Carolina field hockey