Special: Erin Matson's Tar Heels Chasing the Process

North Carolina’s 10-1 start is not surprising. Well, maybe it is for someone that seeks perfection and has accomplished such a feat with regularity. But opportunities for growth as a team and as a program occur daily, be it in practice or on the field during a draining double overtime loss to an ACC opponent. Erin Matson’s 2025 UNC Field Hockey team is deep, talented, balanced, and built for the long grind. With a rare opening in the season’s schedule, Matson sat down with Inside Carolina’s Tommy Ashley at The Purple Bowl ahead of Sunday’s matchup with ODU to talk year three, success, that Wake loss and her continued vision for a dominant program.

Show Rundown (time stamps are for YouTube version):
0:00 – Stream 
0:20 – Show starts
0:46 – Women’s Health Icon
3:10 – Growth in 2.5 years
6:00 – Impressing that everything matters
8:33 – Tough schedule early
10:33 – Roster of vets and youth
14:24 – Wake loss positives?
17:42 – Many players getting time
20:40 – New Director of Ops
23:40 – Fun one – Acceptable stats vs yours
25:26 – What’s the purpose 

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Inside Carolina produces an unprecedented lineup of regular programming dedicated to Tar Heel sports, available in both audio and video (live!) formats all within a single channel, featuring the top experts. Here’s the lineup, which is complemented by special roundtables, featured interviews, reaction episodes, and more throughout the year:

* The Day After (football) with Buck Sanders, Jason Staples, Tommy Ashley
* Schoett & Vipp (football) with Jeff Schoettmer and Taylor Vippolis
* The Game Plan (football) with Greg Barnes, Jason Staples, Tommy Ashley
* Noon Dish (football recruiting) with Don Callahan, Tommy Ashley
* Coast to Coast (basketball & recruiting) with Sherrell McMillan, Sean Moran, Joey Powell
* Shooting it Straight (basketball) with Justin Jackson & John Bauman
* Up in the Rafters (basketball) with Joel Berry & Taylor Vippolis
* The Postgame (basketball) with Dewey Burke, Tommy Ashley
* Next Level (all sports) with Greg Barnes, Tommy Ashley

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