Third-ranked North Carolina hosts top-ranked and defending NCAA champion Notre Dame in a women's soccer match at 7 p.m. Friday at Fetzer Field. It's one of the four matches slated for the 2011 Carolina Nike Classic, to be held Friday and Saturday at Fetzer.

The schedule of games is as follows:

Friday, August 26

5 p.m. -- Duke vs. Houston

7 p.m. - North Carolina vs. Notre Dame

Sunday, August 28

1 p.m. - Duke vs. Notre Dame

3 p.m. - North Carolina vs. Houston

North Carolina will be seeking only its second victory ever over the Fighting Irish at Fetzer Field. Although the Tar Heels are 12-5-2 all-time against the Fighting Irish UNC is only 1-4 in games played at Fetzer Field. The only win came in 1998 by a 5-1 score.

Tickets are now on sale at the Ticket Center at TarHeelBlue.com. Fans are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance to avoid potentially long lines Friday.

Longtime close friends Tommy Amaker and Mike Brey, who were cornerstones on Mike Krzyzewski’s early basketball staffs at Duke, are winning big these days.

CARY — Melissa Henderson had led Notre Dame in goals and assists this year, but when she failed to score, she did the next best thing.

Her assist and the ensuing goal provided all the points needed in Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Stanford in the NCAA Women’s College Cup championship at WakeMed Soccer Park Sunday.

CARY – Notre Dame players kept shooting and finally slipped one by Ohio State goalkeeper Katie Baumgardner. 

Irish midfielder Mandy Laddish booted a left-footed shot from 18-yards out in the 83rd minute to secure a 1-0 victory over the third-seeded Buckeyes in the semifinals of Friday's NCAA Women’s College Cup.

CHAPEL HILL — In a classic NCAA women’s soccer rivalry that North Carolina has mostly dominated, there was a familiarity to Notre Dame’s 4-1 victory in the third round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday.

While the Heels had prevailed in three of the previous four consecutive postseason meetings, the Irish did win a third round match at Fetzer Field in 2007.

Six teams in St. Pete, Russia at the edge of the sea in a fortress.

The docs leave first and they are on their way to Muscat, Oman. There, the teams will receive a time to climb up to a shelter, where they'll find the next clue.

Blonde doc reminds us that she's a diabetic but she's handling it well. You know, just so we'll admire her even more.

The brunette home shopping host acknowledges her inferiority to her blonde friend; she'll never be as fast as blondie, she says. Or as cute and perky, says her friend, silently.

Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins says his university is to blame for the death of a student who fell to his death while filming a football practice last week.

No ducking of responsibility, no carefully-worded obfuscations here. In an open letter, Jenkins writes that Notre Dame, and he, as its president, has a duty to care for its students. In this, Notre Dame failed, he writes.

He writes in part: "There is no greater sadness for a university community than the death of one of its students under any circumstances. Yet this loss is more devastating, for Declan died in a tragic accident while in our care. For that, I am profoundly sorry.

We are conducting an investigation and we must be careful not to pre-judge its results, but I will say this: Declan Sullivan was entrusted to our care, and we failed to keep him safe. We at Notre Dame — and ultimately I, as President — are responsible. Words cannot express our sorrow to the Sullivan family and to all involved."

Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old Notre Dame student, fell to his death last week while filming the football team's practice from a tower. There were high winds that day, and football coach Brian Kelly has come under scrutiny for holding practice outside under those conditions. The football program also has an indoor facility.

But Jenkins suggests that Kelly is in the clear.

"Coach Kelly was hired not only because of his football expertise, but because we believed his character and values accord with the highest standards of Notre Dame," Jenkins wrote in the same letter. "All we have seen since he came to Notre Dame, and everything we have learned in our investigation to date, have confirmed that belief. For those reasons I am confident that Coach Kelly has a bright future leading our football program."

Wake Forest has agreed to play home and away in football with Notre Dame, according to a Wake Forest news release.

Notre Dame will visit Wake Forest on Nov. 5, 2011. Wake Forest will travel to Notre Dame on Nov. 7, 2015.

The teams previously had agreed to a game at Notre Dame on Nov. 17, 2012. The new, two-game agreement is separate from that previous agreement.

“This is an excellent opportunity for our football program to compete against one of the most-storied football programs in the nation,” Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman said in a statement released by the school. “Notre Dame has long been recognized for its excellence both academically and athletically and we expect that our fans will thoroughly enjoy having the Fighting Irish come to BB&T Field.”

Despite reports that said Southeast Raleigh High LB Kendall Moore had cut his list to three schools, he said this morning that his finalist list is at six, including four ACC schools.

Moore, who plans to announce his choice a week from Saturday, said the remaining schools in contention are Duke, N.C. State, South Carolina, Florida State, Maryland and Notre Dame. He visited the Irish last weekend.

Despite reports that said Southeast Raleigh High LB Kendall Moore had cut his list to three schools, he said this morning that his finalist list is at six, including four ACC schools.

Moore, who plans to announce his choice a week from Saturday, said the remaining schools in contention are Duke, N.C. State, South Carolina, Florida State, Maryland and Notre Dame. He visited the Irish last weekend.