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Growth and Experience Motivating UNC Prior to NCAA Tournament Opener

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 16, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

When top-seeded UNC begins its NCAA Tournament run Friday against No. 16-seed Texas Southern, six of its top contributors from last year’s run to the championship game will be back out on the court again for a good portion of...

Diamond Heels Toss One-Hitter in 9-2 Win Over Maryland

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 15, 2017 | UNC Sports

The 11th-ranked UNC baseball team closed out its 17-game homestand to begin the season on Tuesday with a statement victory over an old-time ACC rival. Four Tar Heel pitchers combined to throw a one-hitter in a 9-2 win over the...

Richmond Delivers UNC Men’s Lacrosse Second Loss in Three Days

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

With rain falling heavily over Navy Field in Chapel Hill on Monday night, the seventh-ranked UNC men’s lacrosse team saw its offense hit a major roadblock in a 6-5 loss to the No. 19 Richmond Spiders. The Tar Heels (4-3)...

UNC Ranked No. 6 in Final AP Men’s Basketball Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 13, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

The AP released its final men’s college basketball top 25 of the season on Monday, the day after NCAA Tournament brackets and seedings were released. UNC finished the season at No. 6 in the poll, despite earning one of...

Tar Heels Jump Two Spots to No. 11 in D1Baseball.com Top 25

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

The UNC baseball team successfully opened up its ACC season this past weekend by taking two out of three games at home against then No. 10 Virginia. After recording their first series victory over the Cavaliers since...

UNC Earns No. 1 Seed in NCAA Tournament South Region

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 12, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

After two days spent waiting to learn their NCAA Tournament fate, the ACC regular season champion Tar Heels found out Sunday they will be the No. 1 seed in the South region. UNC (27-7, 15-5 ACC) is scheduled to take on...

Tar Heel Women’s Lacrosse Crushes Virginia in ACC Opener

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

The second-ranked UNC women’s lacrosse team came out Saturday afternoon for its ACC opener against Virginia with a “take-no-prisoners” mentality–evidenced by the Tar Heels’ 21-11 beatdown of the...

UNC Splits Baseball Doubleheader vs. Virginia, Tar Heels Win Series

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

Hosting a top-25 baseball series at Boshamer Stadium this weekend against No. 10 Virginia, there was plenty of pressure on the 13th-ranked Tar Heels to open ACC play with a bang. After JB Bukauskas helped pitch UNC to a 9-4...

Hofstra Upsets No. 4 UNC Men’s Lacrosse in Chapel Hill

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

Coming off an upset of then No. 1 Denver in Colorado last weekend, the fourth-ranked UNC men’s lacrosse entered its home game against unranked Hofstra riding a bit of a high, so to speak. Whatever it was came to a...

Duke Erases 13-Point Second Half Deficit, Stuns UNC in ACC Tournament Semifinals

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

For the first 25 minutes of Friday’s UNC-Duke showdown in Brooklyn as part of the ACC Tournament Semifinals, it appeared the top-seeded Tar Heels would pound the Blue Devils into the ground with their inside play. Then point...

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