Carolina

Women's Soccer at Maryland, 1 p.m. Men's Tennis in USC Fall Invitational (at Columbia, S.C.) All Day.

Raleigh Road Races

The City of Oaks Marathon and Rex Healthcare Half-marathon (see www.cityofoaksmarathon.com) are sched-uled to start simultaneously this morning at 7 a.m., beginning and ending at the N.C. State University Centennial Campus in southern Raleigh.

NOVEMBER 3

Carolina

Volleyball hosts North Carolina State, 7 p.m . Men's Soccer at Elon, 7 p.m.

Preps

Field Hockey: N.C. Eastern Regionals, pairings & times TBD. Tennis: NCHSAA Dual-Team playoffs, 4 p.m. - CHHS (14-5) at Cardinal Gibbons (22-4), Carrboro (11-7) at Northwood (13-5).

NOVEMBER 4

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. The semifinals are set for Friday evening, Nov. 6, and the title game will be Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 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)

Preps

Field Hockey: State Tournament Semifinals, TBA.

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 Hels, 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 Meet, at Tanglewood Park, Clemmons. 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, Chat-tanooga, 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 Inter-national, 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 North Carolina Central at 9 p.m.

NOVEMBER 12

Big Ten- 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. NOVEMBER 21

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 www.educationforeve.com.