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UNC Women’s Lax Wins ACC Title in OT

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 1, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

A sudden-death overtime goal from Aly Messinger clinched the Atlantic Coast Conference title for the UNC women’s lacrosse team on Sunday. The top-seeded Tar Heels knocked off No. 2 seed Syracuse by a 15-14 score in the...

Six Tar Heels Sign NFL Contracts

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 1, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC has now gone two consecutive years without having a player selected in the seven-round NFL Draft. Guard Landon Turner earned first-team All-American honors for his play during his senior season for the Tar Heels but,...

UNC Men’s Lacrosse Falls to Syracuse in ACC Tournament

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 29, 2016 | UNC Sports

No. 1 seed North Carolina was knocked off in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinal on Friday night. Fourth-seeded Syracuse led throughout the game, jumping out to a 3-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. UNC...

UNC Women’s Lacrosse Beats Duke in ACC Semifinal

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 29, 2016 | UNC Sports

A 3-0 scoring run over the final 15 minutes of the game led UNC women’s lacrosse to a 7-6 win over Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Friday evening. The top-seeded Tar Heels fell behind early as No. 4 seed Duke...

Women’s Lacrosse Off To Strong Start In ACC Tournament

Posted by Staff | Apr 28, 2016 | UNC Sports

The Tar Heels jumped out to a 6-1 lead early and never looked back as they beat Virginia Tech 19-6 to advance to the second round of the ACC Tournament. With four different players scoring multiple goals, UNC was able to rely on...

Four Tar Heels Named All-ACC Tennis Players

Posted by Staff | Apr 28, 2016 | UNC Sports

Four members of the UNC men’s tennis team have been named to one of the All-ACC teams. For the third year in a row, juniors Ronnie Schneider and Brayden Schnur were named to the first team. Senior Brett Clark was named to...

Diamond Heels Knock Off Campbell

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 27, 2016 | UNC Sports

Shortstop Logan Warmoth started off the scoring for the North Carolina Tar Heels on Wednesday night on the way to a victory over Campbell. Warmoth’s two-run home run was followed by an RBI single from Zack Gahagan for a 3-0 UNC...

5 From UNC Men’s Lacrosse on All-ACC Team

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 27, 2016 | UNC Sports

UNC men’s lacrosse placed five players on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team announced on Wednesday. The five selections are senior short-stick defensive midfielder Jake Matthai, senior attackman Steve Pontrello, junior...

UNC Places 6 on All-ACC Women’s Lacrosse Teams

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 27, 2016 | UNC Sports

Six North Carolina Tar Heels have been named to the 2016 All-Atlantic Coast Conference women’s lacrosse teams, the league announced Wednesday. Of the six Carolina players honored, which was the most among any ACC school, four...

Johnson and Paige Honored at End-of-Year Ceremony

Posted by Blake Hodge | Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC seniors Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige were both honored on Tuesday evening during the men’s basketball team end-of-year awards ceremony. Johnson won the Dean Smith Most Valuable Player award after the forward put together...

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