No. 4 Pitt Drops First ACC Contest of Season at UNC

Friday, March 5

Chapel Hill, NC

7 PM

Pitt

8-2-0, 4-1-0

North Carolina

4-3-2, 4-1-2

Pittsburgh

North Carolina

No. 4 Pitt Drops First ACC Contest of Season at UNC

3/5/2021 10:10:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The No. 4 Pitt men's soccer team fell to North Carolina, 3-0, at Dorrance Field Friday evening.

NEWS & NOTES

The 3-0 defeat is the first scoreless loss for the Panthers since Nov. 24, 2019 against Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament Second Round.
Pitt suffered its first conference loss of the season. It entered tonight 4-0 in league play.

The Tar Heels (4-3-2, 4-1-2 ACC) scored their first goal in the 11^th minute, as Jonathan Jimenez went from left to right and scored from 10 yards out to put North Carolina up 1-0. The score remained the same at half. Pitt (8-2, 4-1 ACC) was held without a shot for the first time in a half all year.

Jimenez scored his second goal of the night in the 54^th minute from just outside the six yard box, making it 2-0. North Carolina converted its third goal (3-0) via penalty kick in the 67^th minute.

North Carolina led in shots, 8-3, and corner kicks 7-3. All three of Pitt's shots and corner kicks came in the second half.

The Panthers return home and host Boston College Saturday, March. 13. Kick-off begins at 7 p.m. with coverage on the ACCNX.