Nov. 23, 2007
ND-UNC Tale of the Tape in PDF Format 
Notre Dame and North Carolina are one day away from their matchup in the NCAA round-of-16. Take a look at several “Tale of the Tape” comparisons between the two most accomplished programs in Division I women’s soccer history:
(Note that full updated ND gamenotes will be posted later today … as a reminder, some updated ND notes and quotes were included with last Sunday’s ND-Illinois full game recap; other links are included below, relative to the ND-UNC preseason game earlier this season; finally, the options for following Saturday’s game also are reposted below).
• ND-UNC Tale of the Tape (see PDF link above)
• ND-Illinois postgame full recap (includes updated notes and quotes) –
http://und.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/111807aaa.html
• ND-UNC 2007 exhibition game recap and links to pregame notes and game program for that exhibition (includes postgame quotes)
http://und.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/081907aaa.html
http://und.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/081807aaa.html
http://und.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/081807aab.html
• ESPN.com postgame story from ND-UNC exhibition (filed by Graham Hays) –
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/columns/story?columnist=hays_graham&id=2984939
As a reminder, here are the options for following Saturday’s game:
College soccer fans wishing to follow Saturday’s NCAA round-of-16 game at North Carolina (noon eastern start) will have several options – including a bonus audio broadcast (from und.com’s Irish All-Access) that will be the only way to follow the play-by-play action live (other than GameTracker):
• Listen online to the free live audio broadcast, provided courtesy of und.com and Irish All-Access. Fans who have not already signed up for All-Access can do so via a quick signup process. The audio link – which can be used for initial signup purposes – is available in several locations on the und.com main page and the women’s soccer page (a direct link also will be added to this release on Friday).
• Livestats will be available courtesy of the NCAA and the host school North Carolina, via the following link (also linked directly on the und.com main page and women’s soccer page):
• Fans can sign up for free Irish Alert text messages (sent to cellphones or other mobile devices) – which will include text updates sent several times during Saturday’s game (at least at the end of each half, with possible additional texts for scoring updates). The quick signup can be made via links on und.com (see right sidebar on women’s soccer page, direct link is: Irish Alert text-message update signup. Fans may select the specific ND sports text updates that they would like to receive through the Irish Alert system (more than 400 currently are signed up to receive ND w-soccer text updates).
• The ND Sports Hotline will include a halftime update and a final recap of the game. The hotline number is (574) 631-3000, then choose option 4 and then option 2 for women’s soccer updates.
• A quick recap of the game – and later a full recap – will be posted on und.com. UNC will provide quotes from the postgame press conferences (see www.tarheelblue.com after the game for podcasts of those press conferences).