for the first time on Aug. 29, but the Loughran family of Dublin has been cheering for Carolina for a long time. That’s because Sinéad Loughran ’13 played field hockey at Carolina for four years, including on NCAA championship runner-up squads in 2011 and 2012. Sinéad Loughran’s Carolina experienceSinéad Loughran was a standout athlete in field hockey and Gaelic football before coming to Carolina. While at Carolina, she had one more interesting experience: instructing a 12-year-old Erin Matson at a Carolina field hockey camp. Matson ’22 went on to become the most decorated player in program history and is now Carolina’s field hockey head coach.