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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...

DeAndre Smith Hired as UNC Running Backs Coach

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 3, 2017 | UNC Sports

The UNC football team announced yet another major staff change on Thursday, after having to replace three coaches already in the offseason. Head coach Larry Fedora has brought in DeAndre Smith to be the Tar Heels’ new...

Diamond Heels Crush Winthrop, Extend Winning Streak to Eight

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 1, 2017 | UNC Sports

The eighth-ranked Diamond Heels continued their scalding hot start to the 2017 season on Tuesday afternoon, crushing the Winthrop Eagles 11-0 at Boshamer Stadium behind a home run and four RBIs from junior shortstop Logan...

Naismith Award Includes Justin Jackson in Top 10 Semifinalists

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 1, 2017 | UNC Sports

Justin Jackson came to Chapel Hill two years ago with a thin, wiry 6-foot-8 frame and gobs of untapped potential. Now as a junior wing for head coach Roy Williams, Jackson has blossomed into the player many expected him to be...

No. 23 Virginia Upsets No. 5 UNC, Holds Tar Heels to Lowest Point Total in Roy Williams Era

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 27, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

With a chance to clinch an outright ACC regular season title Monday night in Charlottesville against No. 23 Virginia, the fifth-ranked Tar Heels put together an atrocious offensive performance in a 53-43 loss to the Cavaliers....

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