Jace Donawa and his No. 12 North Carolina men's soccer teammates advanced to the ACC Championship final with a 1-0 win over NC State. The Tar Heels extended their unbeaten run to 11, including eight victories. Carolina will play for the conference title for the second time in the last four years and the 10th time overall against No. 1 SMU on Sunday at 4 p.m. in Cary's First Horizon Stadium.
The game was largely a slugfest with NC State committing 21 fouls to Carolina's 15, and each team had six shots with two on target. It required a moment of brilliance, and Joschi Schelb provided it when Bertil Rygaard Hansen found him in the center of the box. Schelb juggled the ball, swiveled and looped a ball over the Wolfpack keeper in the 63rd minute to produce the game winner.
The goal was the 17th of the season for Schelb, which ranks second nationally and leads the country in goals from open play. He moved into sole possession of fourth on UNC's single-season list.
After the Heels went up, they were able to keep the Wolfpack at bay. They used a mixture of stiff defending, excellent goal keeping and an ability to hold on to the ball and play around the Wolfpack.
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