Duke will have the benefit of home-field advantage as it tries for its first ACC title since 2005.
The No. 2-seeded Blue Devils will face the winner of No. 3 seed Maryland and No. 6 seed Virginia Tech Saturday at 3 p.m at Koskinen Stadium.
The Terrapins are the three-time defending conference champions and have lost just one game since March 13. Duke won the only matchup between the two teams this season, a 10-9 victory in Durham. Duke is led by three All-ACC selections—Emma Hamm, Mollie Mackler and Kim Wenger.
Top-seeded North Carolina is undefeated in conference play this season and will face the winner of No. 4 seed Virginia and No. 5 seed Boston College in the second round.
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