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Baseball: Offense explodes in College World Series win

By From staff and wire reports | June 17

Junior first baseman Dustin Ackley went 5-for-6 Tuesday to establish himself as the all-time College World Series hits leader with 27 leading North Carolina's ...

Baseball: UNC dominates in series rout

By Chris Hempson Sports Editor | June 10

It wasn't supposed to be this easy. Hyped as one of the top Super Regionals in the country the North Carolina-East Carolina series seemed bound to bring ...

Baseball: Bottom of lineup _¶ nds success in super regional

June 10

Leading up to the College World Series in Omaha Neb. all the buzz around North Carolina will undoubtedly be on sweet-swinging first baseman Dustin Ackley. ...

Baseball: Heels destined for 4th straight CWS

June 7

It wasn't supposed to be this easy. Hyped as one of the top super regionals in the country the North Carolina-East Carolina series seemed bound to bring ...

Baseball: Healthy pitchers a key for UNC

By Chris Hempson Sports Editor | June 3

The top of the third inning on Saturday started as uneventfully as it gets. With UNC holding a 2-0 lead against Coastal Carolina all-ACC pitcher Alex ...

Baseball team's offense explodes in regional win

June 3

Before the NCAA tournament Kansas coach Ritch Price saw the scouting report on North Carolina: Throw your best left-handed pitcher at UNC and you'll have ...

Baseball: Tar Heels pound Chanticleers 14-5

May 30

It was supposed to be a pitchers' battle — two aces going head-to-head between the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the Chapel Hill Regional. ...

Baseball: Heels set for regionals

May 27

DURHAM — Patrick Johnson pushed North Carolina baseball to the brink of elimination. Then he almost pitched them out of it. With only one out on ...

Baseball: Offense has more power than 2008's

May 27

It was in fact the conventional wisdom at the time. Duke needed a win against No. 4 North Carolina in the opening day of the ACC baseball tournament last ...

Baseball: Tar Heels fall to Virginia in pool play

May 23

The North Carolina baseball team moved to 1-1 in round-robin pool play in the ACC Tournament with a 11-1 loss to No. 14 Virginia on Friday.

Baseball: Moran bails Tar Heels out of jam to earn win

By Chris Hempson Sports Editor | May 13

CHARLOTTE — So it was only the third inning. And granted it is the regular season. But the three outs seen in the bottom of the frame were about ...

Baseball: Miscues doom Heels in series loss to State

May 13

RALEIGH — Kyle Wilson set the tone for N.C. State's Sunday finale against No. 1 North Carolina. The center fielder opened the game with a solo home ...

Baseball: Tar Heels rally to win against Wilmington

April 22

Jimmy Messer was cruising in the early innings of No. 1 North Carolina's 7-5 win against UNC-Wilmington.UNC's freshman pitcher was four innings deep into ...

Michael steps up in _¶ nal two

By Rachel Ullrich" Sports Editor | April 19

Levi Michael couldn't really say what it was that led to his three strikeouts in Friday's matchup against Miami. He wasn't sure if it was the fastball ...

Baseball: Pitch perfect

April 19

North Carolina knew it had missed some opportunities this season. The Tar Heels weren't about to let it happen again. After taking the first two games ...

Seeing the light

April 17

If you didn't know you would have thought March 22 was a bad day for Mike Cavasinni. If you had no idea you might think his ninth-inning strikeout in ...

Baseball: Heels' bats propel huge win against Winthrop

April 15

With two on and two out in the bottom of the seventh inning Wednesday sophomore Brett Thomas entered the game as a pinch hitter. After working the count ...

Baseball: Late hitting woes doom Tar Heels

By Rachel Ullrich" Sports Editor | April 14

Down two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning the top three batters of North Carolina's order prepared to face High Point closer Jeremy Berg. But none ...

Baseball: High Point sneaks past UNC

April 14

It was apparent from the first pitch: Tuesday was not the night for No. 4 North Carolina. High Point started the game with a single on the first throw ...

Baseball: UNC facing tough condensed schedule

April 13

After a difficult series loss to Florida State in Tallahassee Fla. No. 4 North Carolina will try and rebound against High Point today at Boshamer Stadium. ...