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Sports briefs for April 13

By From staff and wire reports | April 12

The No. 2 North Carolina baseball team took one win out of a three-game series with No. 20 Florida State over the weekend. Friday FSU got a walk-off sacrifice ...

Baseball: UNC bats catch _¶ re as nine Heels record a hit

April 8

By the time North Carolina starting pitcher Jimmy Messer reached the second inning against Richmond on Wednesday his Tar Heels already were sporting a ...

Baseball: Johnson Tar Heel pitching holds ECU

April 8

It was a chilly night at Boshamer Stadium but Patrick Johnson had plenty of heat for No. 6 North Carolina to beat No. 16 East Carolina on Tuesday night ...

Sports briefs for April 6

By From staff and wire reports | April 6

Baseball - Dustin Ackley hit two homers on top of four runs as No. 5 North Carolina beat No. 3 Georgia Tech 13-10 in the series finale Sunday in Atlanta. ...

Baseball: Tar Heels defeat Odu with ninth-inning run

April 1

Mark Fleury started the rally — and fittingly — ended it too. The junior catcher drove in two runs in the final two innings as No. 6 North ...

Baseball: Heels take series in close-call _¶ nale

March 30

With the sun shining for the first time all weekend more than 1600 spectators came out to see No. 5 UNC take on No. 21 Virginia in its series finale Sunday. ...

Baseball: UNC hitters struggle in loss

March 25

With just two swings of Ryan Rivers' bat No. 5 North Carolina fell to UNC-Charlotte 2-1 in a game as dreary as the Wednesday afternoon rain. The UNC-Charlotte ...

Baseball: Heels drop _¶ rst series to Duke since '01

March 22

The North Carolina players seemed to wear their hats inside out more often than not Sunday.But even with four intense innings of rally caps No. 1 UNC's ...

Tar Heels control strike zone to defeat Princeton

March 18

North Carolina was reminded Wednesday that the team won't score 17 runs every game. But that didn't stop them from defeating Princeton handily 6-1. Lacking ...

Baseball: Freshman's early struggles atoned with grand slam

By Rachel Ullrich" Sports Editor | March 17

It wasn't really surprising that freshman left fielder Seth Baldwin wasn't starting games for the No. 1 North Carolina baseball team. After six appearances ...

Baseball: UNC steamrolls Princeton

March 17

It started just the way coach Mike Fox likes it to — with pitching and defense. Shortstop Ryan Graepel was all over the field including one sliding ...

Baseball: UNC bats lead 12-3 win

March 11

9 P.M. WEDNESDAY -- Pitcher Bryant Gaines set the tone for a defensive game right from the start Wednesday by striking out the side in the first inning ...

Heels blow out Bulldogs

March 4

When you hit just behind the heart of the order for the nation's No. 1 baseball team you're bound to bat with some runners on base. Mark Fleury has made ...

Baseball: Tar Heels sweep rainy series

March 2

Coach Mike Fox has repeated multiple times that his No. 3 North Carolina baseball team needs to find ways to manufacture runs. This weekend against Seton ...

Baseball: Heavy rain Saturday keeps UNC baseball at Boshamer Stadium for 12 hours

March 2

No. 3 North Carolina's Saturday matchup with Seton Hall already had been declared a staff day for its pitchers with several relievers expected to make ...

Baseball: Heels give up late heartbreaker to Coastal

By Rachel Ullrich" Sports Editor | February 24

North Carolina baseball coach Mike Fox knows his team isn't going to outscore many opponents. For weeks he has preached one thing to his players as they ...

Baseball: UNC bats lead three-game sweep of VMI

February 23

Dustin Ackley obviously likes the new Boshamer Stadium. The junior first baseman racked up a career-best five hits Sunday as No. 2 North Carolina (3-0) ...

Baseball: Rookies help UNC baseball team sweep Boshamer Stadium inaugural series

February 23

With his team down by two runs and the bases loaded Jacob Stallings stepped to the plate for the first time in a North Carolina uniform. And at first ...

Baseball: UNC opens in new Bosh today

February 20

The smell of fresh paint still lingers throughout Boshamer Stadium. Everything about the stadium screams brand spankin' new — from the 4100 green ...

Sports briefs for January 26

By From staff and wire reports | January 26

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va. — No. 13 Virginia edged No. 14 North Carolina 156-144 in collegiate dual meet men's swimming Saturday afternoon. Each team won ...