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- **Posted:** 2024-04-05T14:37:34.000+00:00
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Erin Matson, the head coach of the reigning national champion UNC field hockey team and a four-time national champion as a player, has been denied the opportunity to try out for the U.S. Olympic team at its trials in Charlotte on Monday.

Matson confirmed the news via a statement on social media Thursday night.

Previous reports from the Philadelphia Inquirer and the News & Observer indicated USA Field Hockey had deemed Matson ineligible to play and thus denied her a tryout. Her statement contradicts this.

Matson’s statement goes on to say USA Field Hockey expressed a desire to meet with her to discuss her “potential involvement” in the 2026 FIH (International Hockey Federation) World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, but not this summer’s upcoming Games in Paris. Matson declined the invitation, saying she “felt it unfair to take time and attention away from a group in Charlotte that would be training and focusing on 2024. There is plenty of time after the Paris Games to talk… and I look forward to having that discussion.”

Matson completed her playing career at UNC with a national championship in 2022. After longtime head coach Karen Shelton announced her retirement that winter, Matson was hired in her place. She completed her first season in charge with another national title in 2023. As a player, she won the Honda Sport Award three times (Shelton is the only other field hockey player to win the award three times) and was named ACC Offensive Player of the Year five times. The Tar Heels won five consecutive ACC championships – in addition to their four NCAA championships – during Matson’s playing career. In 2021, the ACC Network named Matson as one of the top 10 female athletes in the league’s history.

Matson has played for the U.S. National Team since she was 17 years old. She finished as the top scorer at the 2022 Pan American Cup in Chile and most recently represented Team USA at the Indoor Pan American Cup in Canada in March. Matson scored two goals in five games to help the American women win the competition.

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#usaolympics #uncfieldhockey #erinmatson

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