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UNC Women’s Basketball Defeats Bucknell

Posted by Staff | Nov 20, 2016 | UNC Sports

The University of North Carolina women’s basketball game improved to 3-0 on Sunday evening with a 65-50 win over Bucknell University in Carmichael Arena. The game featured three Tar Heels in double digits, as junior guard Jamie...

Rejuvenated UNC Football Team Demolishes The Citadel 41-7

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 19, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Having had over a week to process its disappointing loss at Duke last Thursday, the UNC football team found release valve for all of its anger on Saturday in the form of The Citadel. Although the Bulldogs arrived at Kenan...

No. 5 UNC Overcomes Slow Start, Tops Hawaii on the Road

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 19, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Early on during the UNC men’s basketball game against Hawaii, the No. 5 Tar Heels looked every bit like a team that had just flown all the way across the country. At halftime, UNC led the Rainbow Warriors by just eight...

Tar Heels Advance to NCAA Women’s Soccer Sweet 16 With Win Over Kansas

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 18, 2016 | UNC Sports

The UNC women’s soccer team kept its season alive on Friday night with a 2-0 win over Kansas in NCAA Tournament Second Round action at Fetzer Field. Seeking to end the longest national title drought in program...

UNC Field Hockey Defeats UCONN in OT Thriller, Moves on to NCAA Finals

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 18, 2016 | UNC Sports

Making their eighth straight appearance in the Field Hockey Final Four, No. 4 UNC showed it has much bigger goals on Friday than just sticking to the normal routine. Playing in Norfolk, Virginia, the Tar Heels received an...

UNC Football Left to Pick Up the Pieces After Upset Loss to Duke Last Week

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 17, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

A week removed from a 28-27 upset loss at Duke—a team that had been winless in the ACC–in a game it led by 14 points early on, the UNC football team has spent plenty of time trying to diagnose what went wrong as it...

Berry Continues to Star, as No. 5 UNC Throttles Long Beach State 93-67

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 16, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

As the No. 5 UNC men’s basketball team rolled to a 93-67 win over the Long Beach State 49ers at the Dean Dome on Tuesday, junior point guard Joel Berry proved yet again how he’ll be the straw that stirs the Tar Heels’ drink this...

Joel Berry and Justin Jackson Named to Wooden Award Preseason Top 50

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 15, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Entering the 2016-17 men’s college basketball season, Tar Heel fans knew that for UNC to be successful, it would need a big year from its stellar junior class consisting of point guard Joel Berry and wings Justin Jackson...

UNC Athletics Posts 82 Percent Graduation Success Rate

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 15, 2016 | UNC Sports

Data released by the NCAA on Tuesday covering the cohort of academic years 2006-2009 showed that UNC posted a Graduation Success Rate of 82 percent during that time. This measurement looks at student-athlete graduation rates by...

UNC Welcomes Four Signees As Part of 2017 Men’s Basketball Recruiting Class

Posted by Avery Trendel | Nov 15, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Late Monday night, it was officially announced that head coach Roy Williams will welcome four new members to the UNC men’s basketball team next season. Included in the group is: Jalek Felton, a 6-foot-4 guard from...

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