ACC Soccer

The ACC Women's Championship will be decided again in Cary, featuring defending NCAA champion North Carolina and five teams currently ranked among the nation's Top 10. The tournament opens at WakeMed Soccer Park with four quarterfinal games on Wednesday. North Carolina (14-3-1) is the No. 3 seed in the tournament and will play No. 6 seed Maryland (12-4-2) at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the first round. The semifinals are set for 5 & 7:30 p.m. Friday evening, Nov. 6, and the title game will be Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m.

Preps

NCHSAA Soccer: East Chapel Hill at Lumberton for the first round of the state playoffs, 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 5

Carolina

Women's Basketball vs. Francis Marion (exhibition) 7 p.m. Men's Tennis hosts ITA Individual Indoor, All Day.

Preps

Tennis: NCHSAA Dual Team playoffs, pairings TBD, 4 p.m. JV Football: Roxboro Person at East Chapel Hill, 6 p.m. Orange at CHHS. Cedar Ridge at Northwood.

NOVEMBER 6

Carolina

Swimming & Diving hosts Maryland, 3 p.m. Volleyball hosts Virginia, 5 p.m. Men's Soccer at Clemson, 7 p.m. Men's Basketball hosts Belmont Abbey (exhibition), 7:30 p.m. Women's Tennis hosts Kitty Harrison Invitational, All Day., at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Men's Tennis in ITA Individual Indoor (at New Haven, Conn.) All Day. Women's Soccer: ACC Tournament Semifinals, (at Cary's Wake Med Soccer Park) 5 & 7:30 p.m.

Preps

Field Hockey - State Tournament Semifinals, at Cary Academy: CHHS vs. West Forsyth at 1 p.m.; East Chapel Hill vs. Asheville, 3 p.m.

Football: (week 12 of the NCHSAA football season. games at 7:30 p.m. unless as noted.) Chapel Hill at Orange (senior night). Carrboro hosts Pasquotank County.Northwood at Cedar Ridge (senior night). East Chapel Hill at Roxboro Person, 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 7

Carolina

Football hosts Duke, 3 p.m. Men's Tennis in ITA Individual Indoor (at New Haven, Conn.) All Day. Women's Tennis hosts Kitty Harrison Invitational, named in honor of the former head coach of the Tar Heels, All Day, at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Crew at the first day of the Head of the Chattahoochee Meet (on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn.) All Day.

Preps

Cross-Country -- NCHSAA State Championship Meets, at Tanglewood Park, Clemmons: Boys 2A at 10:30 a.m. Girls 2A at 11:30 a.m. Boys 3A at 2 p.m. Boys 4A at 2:30 p.m. Girls 3A at 3 p.m. Girls 4A at 3:30. Admission $6 adults & $3 for children.

Field Hockey: N.C. State Championship Match, teams and times TBA. Volleyball: NCHSAA State Championships, teams and times TBA. Tennis: NCHSAA 4-A Dual team state championships, at Burlington Tennis Center, TBA.

NOVEMBER 8

Carolina

Volleyball hosts Virginia Tech, 1 p.m. Women's Soccer: ACC Tournament Championship, (at Cary's Wake Med Soccer Park) 2 p.m. Crew finishes up at the Head of the Chattahoochee Meet (on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn.) All Day. Men's Tennis in ITA Individual Indoor (at New Haven, Conn.) All Day. Women's Tennis hosts Kitty Harrison Invitational, All Day, at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Wrestling in Hokie Open (at Blacksburg, Va.) All Day.

NOVEMBER 9

Carolina

Men's Basketball: UNC's junior varsity hosts Methodist and 4 p.m., and the UNC varsity opens its regular season with a home game against Florida International, coached by Isaiah Thomas, in a matchup that FIU originally tried to discourage, 7 p.m.

Preps

Booster Clubs: ECH Wildcat Club meeting, at East Chapel Hill High School Media Center, 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 10

Carolina

Women's Basketball hosts Carson-Newman (exhibition), 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 11

Carolina

Men's Basketball: JV hosts Mount Olive, 6 p.m., and the Carolina Varsity hosts N.C. Central at 9 p.m.

NOVEMBER 12

Big 10-ACC Alumni Golf Challenge

The Governor Club's third annual match-play event, featuring alums of all the Big 10 and ACC schools, will be held Nov. 12 on the GCGC course, a Jack Nicklaus 27-hole beauty that winds through the wooded hills of North Chatham. Even non-golfers enjoy the spectacular view overlooking the Coastal Plain from Edwards Mountain.

NOVEMBER 13

Carolina

Women's Basketball hosts College of Charleston, 7 p.m. Volleyball at Maryland, 7 p.m. Women's Soccer: NCAA Tournament First Round (at campus sites, sub-regionals hosted by higher seeds) pairings TBD.

Preps

Football: NCHSAA Playoffs, 1st Round, pairings & sites TBA.

NOVEMBER 14

Carolina

Volleyball at Boston College, 7 p.m. Football hosts Miami, TBA. Cross Country in NCAA Regional Championships (at TBD) All Day.

NOVEMBER 15

Carolina

Wrestling hosts UNC Quad Meet: UNC vs. Gardner-Webb at 11 a.m., American University at 1 p.m. & Bucknell at 3 p.m. JV Men's Basketball hosts Davidson County Community College, 1 p.m. Men's Varsity Basketball hosts Valparaiso, 4 p.m. Women's Soccer: NCAA Tournament Second Round (at campus sites) pairings TBD.

Go Fish

Carrboro Recreation will host a free fishing clinic for kids 15 and under from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Anderson Park. Kids can bring their own pole or borrow one from the rec department.

NOVEMBER 17

Carolina

JV Men's Basketball: UNC hosts Greensboro Dudley High School's varsity, 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 18

Carolina

Women's Basketball hosts Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.

Preps

All Sports: East Chapel Hill High School fall sports banquet, ECHHS Cafe Commons, 6:30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 19

Carolina

Men's Basketball vs. Ohio State (at New York, N.Y.) 9:15 p.m. Swimming & Diving in Gamecock Invitational (at Columbia, S.C.) All Day.

NOVEMBER 20

Carolina

Volleyball at Wake Forest, 7 p.m. Men's Basketball vs. California or Syracuse (at New York, N.Y.) TBA. Women's Soccer: NCAA Tournament Third Round (at Campus Sites) TBA. Swimming & Diving in Gamecock Invitational (at Columbia, S.C.) All Day.

Preps

Football: NCHSAA Playoffs, 2nd Round, pairings & sites TBA.

NOVEMBER 21

Carolina

Volleyball at Duke, 7 p.m. Swimming & Diving in Gamecock Invitational (at Columbia, S.C.) All Day. Football at Boston College, kickoff TBA. Women's Soccer: NCAA Tournament Third Round (at campus sites) TBA.

Eve Carson 5K

The Eve Carson Memorial 5K road race is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, starting at 10 a.m. (registration opens at 8 a.m.) in front of South Building on UNC's campus. The event celebrates the leadership of former UNC Student Body President of Eve Carson, who was killed in 2008. For more, see information, visit www.educationforeve.com www.educationforeve.com.

NOVEMBER 22

Carolina

Women's Basketball at Nevada-Las Vegas, 5 p.m. Women's Soccer: NCAA Tournament Third Round continues (at campus sites) TBA.

NOVEMBER 23

Carolina

JV Men's Basketball hosts Hampden-Sydney, 4:30 p.m. Men's Varsity Basketball hosts Gardner-Webb, 7:30 p.m. Cross Country: NCAA National Championships (at TBD) All Day.

NOVEMBER 24

Carolina

JV Men's Basketball hosts Cape Fear Community College, 5 p.m.

NOVEMBER 26

The B2G2

The "Double B" Gallop and Gorge 8K road race, starting from the Fleet Feet Carrboro Store at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 26, marks the last of three events in the Cardinal Track Club's ( www.cardinaltrack.com) Tour de Carrboro.

Skipping Spectacular

The Bouncing Bulldogs host their 20th annual North Carolina Rope Skipping Workshop and International Jump Rope Spectacular at East Chapel Hill High School, starting with a workshop at 10 a.m., a fundraising dinner and then the skills showcase at 7 p.m. For more information, see www.bouncingbulldogs.org/

NOVEMBER 28

Carolina

Wrestling at Troy, N.Y., Quad Meet: vs. Lehigh 9:15 a.m., Binghamton 1:15 p.m., Columbia 3:15 p.m. Women's Soccer: NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals continue (at campus sites) TBA. Football at North Carolina State, kickoff TBA.

DECEMBER 12

Reindeer Run

The fall race season in Chapel Hill-Carrboro actually ends in Pittsboro with the fifth annual Active Chatham Reindeer Run 5K road race on Dec. 12. Awards to the top three men and women finishers, as well as three-deep in age groups. Visit www.chathamnc.org for more information.