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UNC Men’s Tennis Wins Pair of ACC Matches

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 21, 2016 | UNC Sports

The UNC men’s tennis team won the first two matches of its Atlantic Coast Conference season over the weekend. Everything started with the No. 2 Tar Heels sweeping Louisville 7-0 in the home opener on Friday in a dominating...

UNC Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Get Top-25 Wins

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 21, 2016 | UNC Sports

The North Carolina men’s and women’s lacrosse teams continued the strong start to the teams’ respective seasons with a pair of top-25 wins over the weekend. The No. 17 men’s team defeated 19th-ranked Richmond 15-6 on Saturday...

UNC-Indiana Gets Latest Available Start Time on Friday

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 21, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

The Tar Heels will take on Indiana with a tip time set for approximately 10 o’clock Friday night. UNC is the No. 1 seed in the East Region and advanced to the Sweet 16 with a victory over Providence on Saturday night. No. 5...

Diamond Heels Complete Dominating Sweep of Duke

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 20, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

No folks, it’s not illegal what the No. 6 UNC baseball team did to the Duke Blue Devils in Durham this weekend. It just wasn’t very nice. After beating Duke 11-2 on Friday and 12-2 on Saturday, the Tar Heels took...

Carolina-Providence Notes

Posted by Staff | Mar 20, 2016 | UNC Sports

(Courtesy of UNC Sports Information) • Carolina is now 30-6 overall this season and 114-44 all-time in NCAA Tournament play. • The Tar Heels are 52-10 as a No. 1 seed, 33-1 in NCAA Tournament games in the state of North Carolina...

On to the Sweet 16: Tar Heels Blast Providence, 85-66

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 20, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

Late in the first half of Saturday night’s NCAA Tournament second round matchup in Raleigh between top-seeded UNC and No. 9 seed Providence, Tar Heel forward Brice Johnson flexed and roared after swatting an opponent’s shot into...

UNC Baseball Blows Out Duke Again, Clinches Series

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 19, 2016 | UNC Sports

Picking up right where it left off on Friday night, the No. 6 UNC baseball team jumped all over the mistake-prone Duke Blue Devils in a series-clinching 12-2 win on Saturday. Junior center fielder Tyler Ramirez continued his hot...

UNC Facing Tough Task in Providence in Round of 32

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 19, 2016 | UNC Sports

No. 1 seed UNC will enter Saturday night’s round of 32 matchup against Providence as near double-digit favorites to come away with a win, but the Tar Heel players and coach Roy Williams said on Friday they know how tough...

No. 6 UNC Baseball Crushes Duke In Rivalry Series Opener

Posted by Avery Trendel | Mar 18, 2016 | UNC Sports

Another day, another win for the hot-hitting No. 6 UNC baseball team. Friday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, the Tar Heel offense broke a 2-2 tie with a five-run sixth inning–powering UNC to an 11-2 win...

Marcus Paige Finalist for Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Athlete of the Year

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 18, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC men’s basketball guard Marcus Paige has been named one of the four finalists for the 2016 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male and Female Athlete of the Year Award from Diverse Magazine in partnership with the NCAA Office of Inclusion....

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