“I think it went as smooth as it possibly could,” UNC assistant women's soccer coach Damon Nahas said. “It’s more just having fun with it, just interacting with them in a fun way without making it too serious. Not making it feel awkward.”
“You can’t let a loss beat you twice, but you also can’t let a win beat you the next week,” UNC football head coach Mack Brown told reporters in Monday's Zoom press conference.
Before UNC field hockey's 2019 national title run, roommates Meredith Sholder and Cassie Sumfest both went down with season ending injuries. Throughout their respective recoveries, the pair of 'wounded warriors' bond strengthened.
“I focus on things I can control," UNC women's basketball head coach Courtney Banghart said. “...I hope that we can be creative in terms of our fan experience remotely, which obviously for a national recruiting school that’s important."
In their second matchup of the season, UNC women's soccer once again defeated Duke. The sole goal of the game was a result of an own goal when a cross by UNC's Rachel Jones deflected off a Duke defender.
Against N.C. State, UNC's starters were able to take a much-deserved seat on the bench to watch the backups close out the 48-21 victory, the third-largest margin of victory against an AP Top-25 opponent in North Carolina history.
Saturday’s commanding 48-21 win over N.C. State was a different kind of win for UNC, one that, if the trajectory of the program and its forthcoming recruiting classes are any indication, could become more and more common as the second Mack Brown tenure rolls on.
In an earlier-than-usual rivalry matchup, the No. 14 North Carolina football team (4-1, 4-1 ACC) handled No. 23 N.C. State (4-2, 4-2) on Saturday, 48-21. Up 17-7 at the half, the Tar Heels used a dominant run game to put the Wolfpack away, winning the rivalry game in a rout for the second straight year.
The North Carolina women's soccer team (7-0, 6-0 ACC) defeated Duke (5-2-2, 3-1-2 ACC) on Friday night, 1-0, in a closely played match where the only score of the game was an own-goal off a Duke defender.
North Carolina is known to be a fourth-quarter team, and is currently 11th in the nation in fourth-quarter scoring, but N.C. State is ranked 12th by the same metric, meaning that the Tar Heels will have to play a complete game on Saturday.
A self-organized protest on Aug. 29 saw over 200 college athletes and athletic officials walk down Franklin and Rosemary Street in a march for racial justice, before concluding at Morehead Planetarium. The protest’s message and motivation were part of the wave of activism and public demonstrations sweeping the nation after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others due to police brutality. At the same time, UNC’s athletes became part of a different moment — a moment that may prove to be an unprecedented watershed in the history of American college athletics. Today, college athletes have more opportunities to speak about these kinds of issues in the national spotlight.
The North Carolina men's basketball team went out in unceremonious fashion last season, with a loss in the second round of the ACC Tournament. This year, the team is ready to move forward with improvements.
“If I tell you something, you ought to take it to the bank because I’m going to tell you the freaking truth,” UNC men's basketball head coach Roy Williams said. “I think we’ll rebound the basketball this year like North Carolina teams usually rebound the basketball: better than last year.”
After a disappointing first loss of the season to Florida State last Saturday, the UNC football team is looking forward to their next challenge: a rivalry game vs. N.C. State.
UNC head coach Mack Brown said he knew as early as Wednesday that the team wasn't preparing as well as it could have for its game against Florida State.
“I think it was a good lesson for us, but it’s North Carolina soccer," UNC head coach Carlos Somoano said. "We don’t take moral victories here.”
The North Carolina volleyball team defeated N.C. State 3-1 in Raleigh for the second time this weekend, bringing the Tar Heels' record to 4-2 this season.
The No. 1 North Carolina women's soccer team (6-0, 6-0 ACC) kept its undefeated record with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Boston College (0-5, 0-5) on Sunday.
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