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UNC Field Hockey Named ACC Preseason Favorite

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 22, 2017 | UNC Sports

After a vote by the league’s seven head coaches, it was announced Tuesday that the UNC field hockey team is the preseason favorite to win the ACC. The Tar Heels have reached the NCAA Semifinals in each of the last eight...

Inside Carolina: Who Starts at Quarterback?

Posted by Staff | Aug 22, 2017 | UNC Sports

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After Hearing, UNC Now Awaits NCAA Ruling in Academic Case

Posted by Associated Press | Aug 17, 2017 | UNC Sports

North Carolina has wrapped up a two-day hearing with an NCAA infractions committee panel that will decide whether the school faces penalties tied to its multi-year academic scandal. Now the case goes into yet another holding...

Tar Heels Add Former UNCW Head Coach Matt Clark to Men’s Golf Staff

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 16, 2017 | UNC Sports

The UNC men’s golf team continued its offseason staff shake-up on Tuesday, when it was announced that former UNCW head coach Matt Clark will join the Tar Heels. Clark will be the top assistant under first-year head coach...

Preseason Poll Tabs UNC Men’s Soccer to Win ACC Title

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 16, 2017 | ACC, UNC Sports

Following a vote by the league’s 12 head coaches, UNC was selected as the preseason favorite to win the ACC. Results of the vote were released on Wednesday, with the Tar Heels receiving five first-place votes to secure...

Top Drawer Soccer Names UNC’s Jessie Scarpa to Preseason Best XI Team

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 14, 2017 | Professional, UNC Sports

Top Drawer Soccer released its annual Division I Women’s Soccer Preseason Best XI team on Monday, with UNC junior forward Jessie Scarpa making the cut. Scarpa sat out last season for the Tar Heels, while she competed for...

Finally Healthy, UNC Defensive End Dajaun Drennon Poised for a Breakout Season

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 11, 2017 | UNC Sports

Last year, injuries caused a black cloud over UNC defensive end Dajaun Drennon’s season–leaving the senior motivated to stay healthy in 2017 and prove to the world what he’s truly capable of. At 6-foot-4-inches...

Opinion: NCAA Setting Dangerous Precedent in UNC Case

Posted by Bradley Bethel | Aug 10, 2017 | UNC Sports

During my interview for a new learning specialist position at UNC in the summer of 2011, I was asked one question that caught me off guard. “Do you write on students’ papers?” “What do you mean?” I replied. “When you’re helping...

UNC Volleyball Ranked 11th in AVCA Preseason Poll

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 10, 2017 | UNC Sports

After being unanimously selected to finish atop the ACC last week, the UNC volleyball team debuted at No. 11 in the AVCA preseason poll released on Wednesday. It’s just the fifth time the Tar Heels have ever been ranked in...

UNC Training Camp: Offense Still Searching for Separation

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 10, 2017 | UNC Sports

Eight days and one scrimmage into UNC’s fall training camp, if there’s one thing clear about head coach Larry Fedora’s Tar Heel offense—it’s that nothing is very clear. Fedora was in peak form following practice on Thursday,...

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