North Carolina men’s basketball ran past Virginia Tech, 78-56, in a first-round ACC Tournament matchup on Tuesday that extended its 2020 postseason until at least tomorrow night.
A five-run fourth inning for the North Carolina baseball team wasn't enough for the Tar Heels to match Notre Dame's 14 runs in Sunday's game, leaving UNC with an 0-3 record in the ACC to start conference play.
Despite a poor showing from North Carolina in its weekend series against Notre Dame to start ACC play, first baseman Aaron Sabato hit three home runs in three games to burst out of a slow start to the 2020 campaign.
Senior Tanner Cook jumpstarted the Tar Heel offense with five straight goals in the third quarter to propel UNC to the win.
North Carolina's bullpen continued to struggle against Notre Dame in the second game of the series, an 11-8 loss for the Tar Heels in 10 innings.
Redshirt sophomore outfielder Angel Zarate continued his hot hitting, eclipsing the .400 mark for the season with his two hits on the afternoon.
The No. 7 North Carolina wrestling team took third place at the ACC Championships this weekend, finishing with three individual champions for the first time since 2006.
“Coach talks about it all the time,” Holtzapple said. “Guys coming off the bench just being ready for their opportunity. Today I was fortunate enough to be in the starting lineup, so I just tried to be ready for it, take advantage of that.”
“I’ve said this several times before, and I’m gonna keep on saying it: Garrison’s a beast," Cole Anthony said. "Straight like that, he works super hard, he’s really just coming into himself. He’s a beast.”
Saturday night’s regular season finale against the No. 12 Blue Devils brought a different kind of pain. While the Tar Heels trailed by single digits for virtually all of the game, they tied it just twice and never led in an 89-76 loss.
A deflating loss to the Blue Devils right before the ACC Tournament means that UNC will have to have a quick memory before playing as the No. 14 seed.
Katie Hoeg registered six assists and eight points, both career highs, in the North Carolina women's lacrosse team's 19-7 domination of Louisville.
The 2021 prospect said that UNC coaches Mack Brown, Phil Longo and Dré Bly "have been tremendous throughout my recruiting process" and expressed his excitement to join the program.
The North Carolina men's basketball team takes on Duke Saturday to end the regular season. The Blue Devils won the first matchup in overtime, 98-96, in a heartbreaking last-second finish; here's what members of our sports desk think will happen in the rematch.
With large postseason implications and North Carolina playing its best basketball, the Tar Heels could ride their current momentum into a huge victory over Duke this Saturday.
“After the game, the next day I said, ‘Guys, they made plays,’” Williams said. “We had some opportunities to make those plays not be as big as they were, but we didn’t do it.” Despite a devastating overtime loss to the Blue Devils in February, the North Carolina men's basketball team isn't feeling sorry for itself ahead of its rematch with Duke on Saturday.
Just as one leak gets patched up for these Tar Heels, two more pop up. Doug Halverson’s job is keeping the proverbial ship airtight; suffice it to say that this year, it hasn’t been easy. “It’s absolutely been a trying season, as anyone from the outside would expect,” he said. “It’s tough when you have to come into the office every day and deliver some bad news.” “It’s stressful because I want us to be successful,” Halverson continued. “My priority is the health and safety of our players, but after that, it’s to try to help our team be successful.”
The North Carolina men's basketball team needs to win five games in five days if it wants to get an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Anything less and its season is over.
The No. 2 North Carolina men’s tennis team (12-1, 2-0 ACC) won 4-0 against No. 7 N.C. State (10-4, 1-1 ACC) on Wednesday evening, extending its winning streak against the Wolfpack to seven years.
In its first five games of the 2020 season, the North Carolina women's lacrosse team has outscored its opponents 98-33 behind dominant starts to the year from Jamie Ortega and Katie Hoeg.
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