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UNC Baseball Takes ACC Opener Vs. No. 10 Virginia

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

Prior to the start of this year’s college baseball season, UNC head coach Mike Fox reflected on his team’s failure to qualify for the last two NCAA Tournaments by saying there’s truly only 30 games that matter...

Wintry Weather Forecast Alters UNC Baseball Series vs. Virginia

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 9, 2017 | UNC Sports

With the No. 13 UNC baseball team set to begin ACC play this weekend at home against No. 10 Virginia, wintry weather forecasts have already thrown the conference season’s first curveball. Predicted temperatures below...

Hicks, UNC Surge Past Miami in Second Half, Move On to ACC Semifinals

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 9, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Criticized throughout his four-year career as a Tar Heel for an inability to stay out of foul trouble, UNC senior forward Isaiah Hicks stepped up in a big way Thursday in Brooklyn during the team’s 78-53 win over Miami in the...

UNC Falls One Spot to No. 6 in AP Top 25

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

With the program’s 31st ACC regular season championship now in hand–along with a huge revenge victory over Duke on Saturday night–it’s easy to forget UNC is just one week removed from the worst offensive...

Losing Week Sends UNC Baseball Tumbling to No. 13 in D1Baseball.com Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 6, 2017 | UNC Sports

After opening the 2017 season with eight consecutive victories, the UNC baseball finally ran into a road block. The Tar Heels blew out Winthrop on Tuesday, but then dropped a mid-week game at home to then No. 22 St. John’s...

Sporting News Selects Justin Jackson as First Team All-American

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

As the men’s college basketball awards begin to pour in ahead of the postseason, UNC junior wing Justin Jackson continues to have his name called. Not long after becoming the 14th Tar Heel to win ACC Player of the Year,...

ACC Names Justin Jackson Player of the Year, Joel Berry Makes Second Team All-Conference

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 5, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Following the conclusion of the ACC men’s basketball regular season on Saturday, the league released its postseason awards selections on Sunday. UNC junior wing Justin Jackson was selected as the conference Player of the...

Jenny Levy Earns 300th Career Win, as UNC Women’s Lax Defeats Canisius

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 5, 2017 | UNC Sports

The second-ranked UNC women’s lacrosse team capped off a successful trip to the US Lacrosse Complex in Sparks, Maryland with its second win of the weekend on Sunday–taking out Canisius 16-8. Not only was it the...

Five-Run Inning Helps UNC Baseball Avoid Sweep vs. Long Beach State

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 5, 2017 | UNC Sports

Over the first two games of its three-game series with Long Beach State–which both ended in losses–the eighth-ranked UNC baseball team managed to scrape together just five hits in each game. With a chance to avoid...

Berry, Hicks Combine to Carry No. 5 UNC Past No. 17 Duke on Senior Night

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 5, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

With Michael Jordan back in town to announce a partnership between his Jordan Brand and the UNC football team, the greatest basketball player of all time told fans gathered at the Dean Dome that, “The ceiling is the...

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