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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...

Long Beach State Silences Tar Heel Bats, Clinches Series Win in Chapel Hill

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 4, 2017 | UNC Sports

If traveling all the way across the country is supposed to have any effect on baseball players, the Long Beach State pitching staff has yet to show it. The Dirtbags clinched a series victory at Boshamer Stadium on Saturday,...

Wooden Award Top 15 Revealed, Justin Jackson Included

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 4, 2017 | UNC Sports

On ESPN’s College Gameday show Saturday morning–which was hosted live at the Smith Center–the Los Angeles Athletic Club revealed its 2017 National Ballot for the John R. Wooden Award, given annually to the top...

UNC Men’s Lacrosse Upsets Top-Ranked Denver

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 4, 2017 | UNC Sports

The seventh-ranked UNC men’s lacrosse team made a loud statement Saturday afternoon, traveling to face the No. 1 Denver Pioneers in the Mile High City–and coming out with a 13-9 upset victory. Senior attacker Luke...

UNC Tailback TJ Logan Runs Fastest 40-Yard Dash Among RBs at the NFL Draft Combine

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 4, 2017 | UNC Sports

In his first audition for pro teams since finishing his career at UNC, tailback TJ Logan put on quite a show Friday at the 2017 NFL Draft Combine–running a 4.37 second 40-yard dash, the fastest among all running backs...

Carly Reed’s Five Goals Lead UNC Women’s Lax to Blowout Victory Over Albany

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 4, 2017 | UNC Sports

UNC head women’s lacrosse coach Jenny Levy picked up career win No. 299 on Friday, after her second-ranked Tar Heels put together an impressive 12-0 run on the way to a 14-5 win over the Albany Great Danes at the US...

Dirtbags Take Series Opener From UNC, Hand Tar Heels Second Straight Loss

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 4, 2017 | UNC Sports

After losing its first game of the season earlier this week at the hands of St. Johns, the eighth-ranked UNC baseball team dropped another heartbreaker on Friday at Boshamer Stadium–after freshman closer Josh Hiatt’s...

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