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No. 16 Syracuse at No. 7 North Carolina

PreviewWed, Nov 4, 2026

Wed, Nov 4, 1:00 PM ET

Karen Shelton Stadium — Chapel Hill, NC

Highest-ranked matchup of the weekend.

The matchup

10-6 · ACC

▼ 3 since last week

12-6 · ACC

▲ 3 since last week

By the numbers

SyracuseNorth Carolina
10-6Record12-6
2.7
Goals / gm
3.6
1.9
Allowed / gm(low)
1.2
11.3
Shots / gm
16.9
62%
Shot acc.
58%
72%
Save %
73%

Season averages through 16 games for Syracuse and 18 games for North Carolina. Lower is better where marked (low). Penalty corners aren't published in our data source.

Common opponents

North Carolina has the better result against 6 of their 7 common opponents.

Wake Forest(No. 6)

  • SyracuseL2-4at Wake Forest
  • North CarolinaL3-4home

Duke(No. 8)

  • SyracuseL0-2at Duke
  • North CarolinaW2-1at Duke

Virginia(No. 18)

  • SyracuseW3-0at Virginia
  • North CarolinaL1-2home

Boston College

  • SyracuseL1-3home
  • North CarolinaW4-0home

California

  • SyracuseW2-1home
  • North CarolinaW4-0at California

Louisville

  • SyracuseW4-3home
  • SyracuseW4-2home
  • North CarolinaW3-0at Louisville

Stanford

  • SyracuseW3-2home
  • North CarolinaW6-0home
  • North CarolinaW8-1at Stanford

Players to watch

Syracuse logoSyracuse

72.4% saves · 1.62 GA/gm

North Carolina logoNorth Carolina

71.9% saves · 1.38 GA/gm

Series history

Poll path

Syracuse North Carolina
116Syracuse — 2026-09-01: No. 12Syracuse — 2026-09-08: No. 15Syracuse — 2026-09-15: No. 12Syracuse — 2026-09-22: No. 11Syracuse — 2026-09-29: No. 9Syracuse — 2026-10-06: No. 11Syracuse — 2026-10-13: No. 13Syracuse — 2026-10-20: No. 14Syracuse — 2026-10-27: No. 13Syracuse — 2026-11-03: No. 16North Carolina — 2026-09-01: No. 10North Carolina — 2026-09-08: No. 5North Carolina — 2026-09-15: No. 11North Carolina — 2026-09-29: No. 12North Carolina — 2026-10-06: No. 9North Carolina — 2026-10-13: No. 10North Carolina — 2026-10-20: No. 9North Carolina — 2026-10-27: No. 10North Carolina — 2026-11-03: No. 7

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

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