Sept. 18, 2006

GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina's Kristi Eveland was tabbed Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Week after leading the Tar Heels to a pair of wins at the 2006 Duke adidas Classic in Durham, N.C., this past weekend.

Eveland was named the Defensive Most Valuable Player of the tournament as the Tar Heels posted shutouts in back-to-back games beating Marquette 2-0 and Florida 1-0 to improve to 8-1 on the season. The freshman from Southlake, Texas anchored a defensive effort which limited the competition to just four shots, two of which were on goal, over the weekend.

In Friday's contest against Marquette, North Carolina outshot the Golden Eagles 21-1 and followed that performance by outshooting the Gators 14-3 on Sunday. It was the fifth straight shutout registered by the Tar Heels and the seventh in nine games this year. Eveland has started all nine games for UNC this season, playing in 916 of the team's 920 total minutes.

Eveland and the Tar Heels will open conference play this Thursday, September 21, as North Carolina welcomes Florida State to Chapel Hill in a game shown live on the Fox Soccer Channel at 8:00 pm. The Tar Heels will wrap-up the weekend facing Miami at home on Sunday.