UNC baseball utilizes bullpen in win over Winthrop
Tate Parrish warmed up in North Carolina’s bullpen in the third inning and watched as starting pitcher Cody Stiles allowed a career-high three walks.
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Tate Parrish warmed up in North Carolina’s bullpen in the third inning and watched as starting pitcher Cody Stiles allowed a career-high three walks.
The No. 5 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team thought it had clinched a win when it led 15-7 with three minutes to play against No. 17 Boston College on Saturday, until something struck the team’s players as funny.
The North Carolina women’s lacrosse team had not proved itself a comeback squad, so starting in a 3-1 hole against Georgetown at Fetzer Field on Saturday was a grim forecast for the Tar Heels.
For seven innings North Carolina’s home game against Princeton on Tuesday was a classic pitcher’s duel.
Saturday’s separate meets for North Carolina’s men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams were all about rewriting the record book.
Last season, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton molded the strongest defense in the ACC, which compensated for the league’s 10th-ranked offense and earned them third place overall in the ACC.
CARY, N.C. — Twenty-two seconds after the whistle shrilled to begin the ACC Tournament quarterfinal match between first-seeded North Carolina and Virginia Tech, the Tar Heels collected their first goal.
Correction: Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of the story said UNC ran a 3-5-3 formation. The Tar Heels run a 3-4-3 formation. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
The 0-0 score of North Carolina women’s field hockey lingered on the scoreboard until late in the second half of the game against California.
Boston College fouled and North Carolina retaliated. The Eagles scored and the Tar Heels countered the attack. Play was even and goals were avenged —until the end.
DURHAM — In the first half of North Carolina’s women soccer contest against the University of Florida, UF’s Tahnai Annis tussled with UNC’s Meg Morris.
After a 10-3 season, Virginia Tech hopes to showcase its strengths in its opening game against Boise State.
After a 10-3 season, Virginia Tech hopes to showcase its strengths in its opening game against Boise State.
Minutes into the second half of the North Carolina women’s soccer team’s Friday night match against Stanford, freshman forward Kealia Ohai netted the Tar Heels’ first goal.
CARY — Shinann Featherston tripped hard at the beginning of her singles match Sunday, perfectly mirroring UNC’s fall to Georgia Tech.Even after hurting her wrist in the tumble, Featherston took care of her opponent, 6-0,6-2. But her success was not seen by the rest of the team. On the next court over, Sophie Grabinski was also struggling in singles. She missed returns, faulted on serves and allowed unforced errors.Many Tar Heel mistakes, coupled with rough weather conditions, lost UNC the ACC championship title to seventh seed Georgia Tech.“It was some ugly tennis at times. I can’t put my finger on exactly why,” UNC coach Brian Kalbas said. Coming into the ACC tournament, UNC was No. 1 with an unblemished 11-0 conference record.Top-seeded UNC was poised for victory after defeating Florida State on Saturday afternoon in the ACC semifinals. But a hot Georgia Tech squad, fresh off its 4-2 upset over third-seeded Clemson, quickly stymied the Tar Heels en route to its stunning upset.Sanaz Marand and Katrina Tsang jumped to an early 3-0 lead in doubles play. Then the momentum swung toward the Yellow Jackets, who won six consecutive games to leave Marand and Tsang trailing by three. “Momentum is such a big deal in college tennis,” Tsang said.The duo battled back to win two games but could not reclaim the lead and lost 5-8.Grabinski and Jelena Durisic also lost their doubles match 6-8.“When you lose the doubles point, you can’t have a margin for error,” Kalbas said.The point went to Georgia Tech, even though Featherston and Jocelyn Ffriend were first off the court, winning 8-2.“We’ve been winning (this season), and we took that a little bit for granted,” Featherston said.Gina Suarez-Malaguti landed a 6-1 victory in the first set of her singles match. With confidence she moved into the second set but faded, losing 3-6. The match moved to a third set and a chance at redemption for the freshman, but she lost 3-6 again.As the last player on the court, and facing a 3-3 tie, the outcome of the ACC Championship rested with Marand. The senior leader lost her first set 1-6 but fought back for a 6-3 victory in the second.This victory pushed the match into the third set, and even Kalbas said he was confident Marand could win.“I have so much confidence in her to win any match against any player,” Kalbas said. “Four all and 40-15 (in the 3rd set). Yeah, I’m feeling this is her time.”But Marand couldn’t pull through and lost 4-6. “It was an empty feeling,” Kalbas said. “We’ve been on such a roll since spring break. … Today we just let them off the hook.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
DURHAM — Like a Jenga tower superglued together, North Carolina doubles didn’t fall easily. No. 7 Duke had to claw and tug to get the Tar Heels to break.The Blue Devils (17-3, 5-1 ACC) took the doubles point, and the stench of overconfidence lingered over Duke’s Ambler Tennis Stadium as single rallies began. But No. 2 North Carolina (20-3, 7-0) remained composed and won four singles matches, three of which went to three sets, to take a 4-3 win against its rival.Sanaz Marand, the last player on the court and UNC’s No.1 singles player, was one of the Tar Heels unable to close her match in the second set. “I had to play tough to break her down,” Marand said. “This is the same thing that happened in (National) Indoors (Championships).”In her pivotal third set, with her teammates lining the court in support, Marand came through and won 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. It was the last court to finish, and after much suspense, she delivered.At the beginning of the match, with UNC tied with Duke 1-1 in doubles, Katrina Tsang and Shinann Featherston were down 5-2 early but clambered back to lead 7-6. “We had a slow start, and kinda dug ourselves a hole,” Tsang said.“I don’t know if it was nerves, or just excitement of being there. I knew it was going to come down to the wire.”Duke’s Monica Gorny and Mary Clayton won three of the next four games against Tsang and Featherston to win the tiebreaker 9-7 and give Duke the doubles point.Sophie Grabinski, Featherston, and Gina Suarez-Malaguti all led their matches by a game or more in the early going.Freshman Suarez-Malaguti began with an early 4-1 lead against Clayton.Clayton had a strong doubles game but was no competition for the quicker, confident Tar Heel in singles, who hastily routed her opponent 6-2, 6-1.A boisterous crowd filled the stands, but their hollering and taunts didn’t rattle the Tar Heels.“I’m in my own little world when I play,” Tsang said. “I mean you hear it, but as long as they’re not rude you just have to block it out.” Tsang struggled throughout the hot afternoon, but redeemed her loss in doubles with a convincing 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory.The jeers of Duke fans couldn’t be heard once UNC proved its strength on the tennis courts.“We handled the momentum very well,” UNC coach Brian Kalbas. “We were able to finish strong. We did what was necessary today.”UNC handed the Blue Devils their first loss in the ACC this season and forced them out of a three-way tie atop the conference.The passionate matches displayed the fortitude and heart of the Tar Heels and showed why they deserved to win and be No. 2 in the country.“We fought our hardest,” Tsang said. “Everyone wanted it today.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
A torrent of curses flew from the mouth of frustrated North Carolina tennis player Jelena Durisic when she was losing 3-5 to Wake Forest’s Sasha Kulikova. Her first instinct when down a set is to unleash her aggravation in her native Serbian tongue. “I’m pretty verbal. You don’t even want to know what I say,” Durisic said. “I don’t think Coach wants to know either. I don’t want to get point violations, but you know, sometimes it’s necessary.”UNC’s match against Wake was frustrating for both Durisic and Sanaz Marand, who normally anchor the Tar Heels. But on Wednesday, the rest of the team picked up the slack. UNC (17-3, 4-0 ACC) won the doubles point after thoroughly trampling the Demon Deacons (7-9, 1-3) and went on to take the match 5-2.In doubles, Katrina Tsang and Shinann Featherston won 8-5, and Marand and Gina Suarez-Malaguti won 8-2.This is the second time Marand and Suarez-Malaguti have played together in doubles. They were first paired last weekend against Maryland, and coach Brian Kalbas liked the results. “Today they gelled,” Kalbas said. “Their styles match up well together. We started some different doubles combinations. The two new pairs were off to a good start. That was a real plus for us.” In the third doubles match, Sophie Grabinski and Durisic annihilated their opposition, 8-1.“We matched up well with our opponents,” Grabinski said. “(Durisic) and I have been practicing together, and we were really excited. We’re good friends off the court so it’s fun as well.”Singles play began and key player Durisic lost the set that was frustrating her, 3-6. “She is definitely not one of those players I prefer to play,” Durisic said. “I wasn’t as focused on certain shots especially since she’s fast. I missed a few I shouldn’t have missed.” She battled back with determination and composure and won the second set, but went on to lose the tiebreaker, and therefore the match.Marand, UNC’s top singles player, also lost her match in a tiebreak. For the No. 1 Tar Heels, losing the top two singles matches is somewhat of an anomaly.“Wake Forest has strong singles players,” Kalbas said. “Their top two girls are really good. But we didn’t so much as struggle as persevere.”Grabinski, Suarez-Malaguti, Featherston and Zoe De Bruycker all won their singles matches, giving UNC a 5-2 win against Wake. “We have high expectations of ourselves in the ACC,” Grabinski said. “Our goal this year has been to work hard. We know the harder we play, the more it will pay off. We’re sticking to that.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
A midcourt collision between doubles pair Haley Hemm and Jocelyn Ffriend could not shake the determination of the North Carolina women’s tennis team (14-3) against No. 2 Northwestern (13-2) on Tuesday.At 4 p.m. that afternoon, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced the weekly tennis rankings. Unbeknownst to the UNC players, they went into the Northwestern match as No. 1 after being No. 7 last week.Doubles play began, and Shinann Featherston and Katrina Tsang won their match 8-4.“Kat and I did a really good job of staying focused,” Featherston said. “We tried to finish our match quickly so we could cheer on the other girls.”But Ffriend and Hemm lost theirs 5-8, even though they were able to laugh off their midmatch mistake.That left Sanaz Marand and Sophie Grabinski to fight for the doubles point for UNC. They were up 7-5 but lost the lead, and their match was sent into a tiebreaker.Marand and Grabinski buckled, and Northwestern seized the victory on the second match point.The Tar Heels began singles play in the hole, but they immediately displayed their resilience with aggressive serves and dominant returns.“I am so proud of the team for coming back after losing the doubles point,” coach Brian Kalbas said. “This is the first time all year that we have lost the doubles point and come back and won.”Gina Suarez-Malaguti was one of the last Tar Heels playing, but she continued to push and finally overthrew her opponent 7-5, 6-1.“I was nervous,” Suarez-Malaguti said. “But I love playing out there. Just being on the court makes me feel free.”The strong wind that swept across the courts added yet another element of difficulty for UNC, but the team persevered.“Wind definitely makes it tough, but we had the advantage,” Featherston said. “Coming from Chicago, Northwestern had never played an outside match.”The Wildcats indeed crumbled, losing five of the six singles matches. Junior Jelena Durisic had to play a third set after going 4-6 and 7-5. But she won her third set, which ended the night with a North Carolina victory.“They beat us in the finals of indoors, so we were really pumped to beat them,” Featherston said.After the match ended, the players found out that they were No. 1 in the nation for the second time this season. The win solidified their confidence and their position atop the rankings.“It was a big win” Suarez-Malaguti said. “We are proving ourselves and showing that we deserve to be number one in the country.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
A huge smile cracked the intense face of Katrina Tsang as she pounded away the final serve of her single’s match. She worked unceasingly to clinch the win, but North Carolina’s clean 7-0 score against N.C. State would not hint at the battle its players fought.No. 2 UNC (13-1, 1-0 ACC) bested the Wolfpack for its third straight 7-0 victory, and the 12th consecutive match defeating N.C. State in regular season play.“Iron sharpens iron,” Hans Olsen, N.C. State’s head coach, said. “The ACC is a strong level of competition. The great teams are making the good teams even better.”The afternoon began with doubles matches. UNC’s No. 2 doubles partners Sanaz Marand and Sophie Grabinski won their match 8-4. UNC’s No. 1 doubles team, Tsang and Shinann Featherston didn’t fare as well. Battling back and fourth with N.C. State for the lead, they ultimately yielded 6-8 to Sandhya Nagaraj and Berkeley Brock.Jocelyn Ffriend and Haley Hemm, North Carolina’s third doubles pair, effortlessly won their match 8-1. “We didn’t make any unforced errors,” Ffriend said. “We both stepped up our return game.” The pair played extremely well together, working to cover the court and back each other on defense.“We are best friends, so that definitely helps,” Ffriend said. “We’re very in tune with each other.”The two cemented their win quickly, and, coupled with Marand and Grabinski’s win, earned UNC the doubles point.North Carolina coach Brian Kalbas said he was nervous going into the match because the Tar Heels had not played in 11 days. “I was worried about making sure we were competitively sharp,” Kalbas said. His team eased his fears. Only one loss in doubles play marred UNC’s victory over the Wolfpack, with the Tar Heels sweeping singles play. Sophie Grabinski’s match went 6-7, 6-2, and had to continue into a third set. With the entire team lining the court cheering her on, Grabinski seized the tiebreak 8-4.This match ended the night and the sun set on the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center with the energy from UNC’s victory against its neighboring rival still radiating on the courts.Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
The view from the top is thrilling. Gazing down from it is the North Carolina’s women’s tennis team, No. 1 in the nation.The Tar Heels’ climb culminated Tuesday from No. 18 all the way to the top, a position UNC has never been in before.Coach Brian Kalbas said he was pleased with the success of his team and proud of its work so far.“We are embracing this opportunity and we are even more motivated,” Kalbas said.The Campbell/ITA College tennis rankings track the top teams in collegiate tennis. The national rankings are determined based on average points per match. The Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranks the top 75 teams and standings are published 17 times during the season.After an extremely successful weekend at the National Team Indoor Championship Feb. 12-15, the Tar Heels were positioned to claim first place.They dethroned then-No. 1 Duke in the tournament and lost to Northwestern in the finals.Last week, UNC rose to No. 2 in the nation just under Northwestern, but last Sunday the Wildcats lost to Notre Dame.Sanaz Marand, a senior and a leader on the team, said she was elated with their progress and attributed it to teamwork and spirit.“We know that we can beat any team out there if we stay unified,” Marand said. “A lot of our success has come from supporting each other and keeping the energy up every match.”Marand’s 11-2 singles record in dual match play is a testament to that claim.As a senior, she continues to be a significant factor in the team’s accomplishments.“I’m extremely proud of our success,” Marand said. “We have worked really hard to get here.” Now the Tar Heels (12-1) must defend their lofty No. 1 ranking as they are the top target in the nation, Kalbas said.The Tar Heels begin their ACC season next weekend against N.C. State.They will have to defeat fourtop-15 teams in conference play to maintain their leadership position in the ACC.“The ACC season is just beginning. Our conference is so strong,” Kalbas said. Even though UNC is thrilled to be atop the rankings, getting there was only half the battle.“We still have goals out there that we want to achieve,” Marand said. “We are going to have to work hard and compete harder.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.