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UNC Men’s Lacrosse Ranked No. 10 in Preseason Face-Off Yearbook Poll

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 14, 2017 | UNC Sports

Preseason polls for the men’s lacrosse season began rolling out on Thursday, with Face-Off Yearbook ranking UNC at No. 10 in its initial top 25. The Tar Heels are coming off an 8-8 season in which they won the ACC...

UNC Quarterback Logan Byrd Announces He Will Transfer

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 13, 2017 | UNC Sports

UNC redshirt freshman quarterback Logan Byrd announced Wednesday on Twitter that he intends to transfer. A 6-foot-3-inch native of Kathleen, Georgia, Byrd spent this past season as UNC’s fourth-string quarterback after...

Women’s Soccer: Two Tar Heels Named Freshman All-Americans

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 13, 2017 | Soccer, UNC Sports

Top Drawer Soccer released its annual women’s soccer freshman Best XI teams on Wednesday, with a pair of Tar Heels earning a spot on the rosters. Defender Taylor Otto–a native of nearby Apex–was named a First...

UNC Rises to No. 7 In AP Men’s Basketball Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 11, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Following a number of major upsets atop the men’s basketball rankings, UNC jumped four spots to No. 7 on Monday in newest edition of the Associated Press Top 25. The Tar Heels (9-1) defeated Western Carolina 104-61 last...

UNC Women’s Basketball Topples Furman, Extends Win Streak to Six Games

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 10, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Make it six wins in a row for the UNC women’s basketball team, which seems to have recovered quite nicely after suffering a pair of upset losses over its first four games. The Tar Heels defeated the Furman Paladins 84-56...

No. 2 Indiana Defeats UNC Men’s Soccer in College Cup Semifinals

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 9, 2017 | Soccer, UNC Sports

An incredible season for the No. 3 UNC men’s soccer team ended Friday night in Philadelphia with a thud, as the No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers held on for a close 1-0 victory in the semifinals of the NCAA College Cup. Andrew...

Men’s Soccer: Cam Lindley, Alan Winn Named All-Americans

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 8, 2017 | Soccer, UNC Sports

As the UNC men’s soccer team gets set to take on Indiana in the College Cup Semifinals on Friday, it was announced Thursday that sophomore midfielder Cam Lindley and senior forward Alan Winn were each named All-Americans...

With Seventh Woods Sidelined, Jalek Felton Starting to Turn Heads for UNC

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 6, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Wednesday night’s 104-61 victory for UNC over Western Carolina was a beatdown of epic proportions. That much was clear to anyone who saw the Tar Heels take off on a 33-3 run in the first half and drain 16 of their 22 attempts...

No. 11 Tar Heels Head Into Exam Break With 104-61 Dismantling of Western Carolina

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 6, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

The 11th-ranked UNC men’s basketball team put the early season grinder behind them on Wednesday night at the Dean Dome—completing a stretch of seven games in 14 days with a 104-61 win over the Western Carolina Catamounts. After...

Seventh Woods Out Indefinitely With Fractured Left Foot

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 6, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

UNC announced Wednesday evening that sophomore guard Seventh Woods is out indefinitely with a stress fracture in his left foot. Woods–who has also been battling plantar fasciitis in the same foot–has missed the Tar...

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