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Diamond Heels Freshman Luca Dalatri Selected as ACC Co-Pitcher of the Week

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

Just two starts into his UNC baseball career, freshman right-hander Luca Dalatri has made the transition from high school to college look like a walk in the park. After striking out an incredible 15 hitters in eight innings of...

Justin Jackson Named ACC Player of the Week

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

Throughout UNC’s path to the top of the ACC standings this season, junior wing Justin Jackson has firmly established himself as the Tar Heels’ most dangerous threat on the offensive end. The rangy, 6-foot-8 native of...

UNC Jumps Three Spots to No. 5 in AP Men’s Basketball Top 25

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

Convincing wins over then No. 7 Louisville at home and over Pittsburgh on the road this past week were enough to launch the UNC men’s basketball team back into the top five. The most recent AP Top 25–which was...

Undefeated Tar Heels Rise to No. 8 in D1Baseball.com Top 25

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

As the wins continue to pile up for the UNC baseball team here in the earliest portion of the season, so too does its reputation. The Tar Heels moved up one spot to No. 8 in this week’s D1baseball.com Top 25, becoming the...

ESPN’s College Gameday Will Return to Dean Dome for UNC-Duke

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 26, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Prior to UNC’s big win at the Smith Center over then No. 14 Virginia in mid-February, the crowd had been getting ready all day long–thanks in large part to the presence of ESPN’s hit show College Gameday. Well,...

Lights Out Pitching Carries UNC Baseball to 7-0 Start, Dalatri Shines in Sunday Win Over Radford

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 26, 2017 | UNC Sports

Entering its series finale against Radford, the ninth-ranked UNC baseball team had won its first six games of 2017 thanks to some timely hitting backing up a shutdown pitching staff. Freshman right-hander Luca Dalatri did his...

Datres Drives in Four Runs, Leads UNC to Series-Clinching Win vs. Radford

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 25, 2017 | UNC Sports

The 2017 college baseball season is still in its infant stages, but there’s no doubt it couldn’t have started much better for head coach Mike Fox and the ninth-ranked Tar Heels. A day after Brian Miller’s...

UNC Men’s Lacrosse Suffers First Loss of Season vs. No. 5 Johns Hopkins

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 25, 2017 | UNC Sports

As the third-ranked UNC men’s lacrosse team opened its 2017 season with three consecutive wins by a margin of nearly eight goals per game, head coach Joe Breschi’s Tar Heels looked like a well-oiled machine dead set...

UNC Whacks Pitt, Inches Closer to Outright ACC Regular Season Title

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 25, 2017 | Basketball, UNC Sports

The eighth-ranked UNC men’s basketball team came one step closer to repeating as ACC regular season champions on Saturday, going on the road and defeating the Pitt Panthers 85-67. Holding a two-game lead in the conference...

Miller’s Two-Run Homer Lifts No. 9 UNC Baseball Past Radford in Series Opener

Posted by Avery Trendel | Feb 25, 2017 | UNC Sports

The ninth-ranked UNC baseball team improved to 5-0 this season after junior centerfielder Brian Miller’s two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Tar Heels a 2-0 series-opening win over the Radford...

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