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Tar Heels Fend Off JMU Comeback

By Kelly Lusk | April 12

The North Carolina women's lacrosse team resembled Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Wednesday.UNC defeated James Madison 14-9 at Fetzer Field, but not before ...

UNC Demolishes N.C. State in Straight Sets

April 12

RALEIGH -- The North Carolina women's tennis team crushed N.C. State 7-0 Wednesday in Raleigh. UNC didn't drop a set in any match and improved to 13-5 ...

Pitchers Give UNC Edge In Combined 3-Hitter

April 12

North Carolina's offense could finally breathe a sigh of relief Wednesday night, all thanks to the UNC pitching staff. Tar Heel pitchers Daniel Moore ...

Tennis' Mejia Grabs ACC Weekly Honor

April 11

North Carolina's Marlene Mejia earned this week's ACC women's tennis player of the week honor.Mejia, 14th-ranked nationally, finished last week with victories ...

UNC Athletes Pray Before Games, Take Faith to Fields

By Mike Ogle | April 11

Caleb Norkus could sometimes be found reading the Bible at his locker before the North Carolina men's soccer team took the field."I started bringing ...

Ignoring Advice Paid Off for Treiber

April 11

Kim Treiber was always interested in fencing but almost lost her opportunity to explore it.Four years ago, when she and identical twin sister Kyle walked ...

Baseball Blows Lead, Drops Game to UNC-G

April 11

GREENSBORO -- UNC-Greensboro loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Shane Shumaker to defeat North ...

Roberts Snags Weekly ACC Pitching Award

April 10

North Carolina junior right hander Ralph Roberts was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week on Monday after he collected wins at N.C. State and Maryland last ...

Duke Spoils UNC's Last Home Match

By Kelly Lusk | April 10

Senior Day didn't start out well for the North Carolina men's tennis team Monday. And the match quickly went from bad to worse as the Tar Heels lost 5-2 ...

Rowers Finish 3rd in California Cup

April 9

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The North Carolina women's rowing team finished third in the California Cup grand final Sunday afternoon at the San Diego Crew Classic, ...

Recruit's Status OK, Haus Says

April 9

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- North Carolina men's lacrosse coach John Haus addressed the status of UNC recruit Charlie Conkling on Saturday in the wake of ...

Softball Tops FSU, Wins Invitational

By Randy Wellington | April 9

This weekend was supposed to mark the opening of North Carolina's new softball complex.While construction has been delayed on the state-of-the-art field, ...

Sister Act Helps Hoyas Defeat UNC

By Brad Lewis | April 9

A tight game was expected between Georgetown and North Carolina on Saturday at Fetzer Field.

Blindenbacher's 22 Saves Highlight Return as Starter

By James Giza | April 9

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Two shots from Jeff Sonke to the face mask. Two minor concussions.Two games into the season, North Carolina lacrosse goalie Kris ...

Wilkinson's Absence Hurts Tar Heels' `D'

By Jamie Agin | April 9

Blame it on the sweltering afternoon heat at North Carolina's Fetzer Field. Blame it on Georgetown's Stanwick sisters, who terrorized the Tar Heel defenders.Blame ...

Tar Heels Upset No. 4 Virginia

April 9

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- The No.

Women's Tennis Sweeps ACC Foes

By Akilah Nelson | April 9

The North Carolina women's tennis team struggled against Virginia and Maryland last season, losing to both teams in a long weekend away from home.This ...

UNC Splits Up for Weekend Track Meets

April 6

The North Carolina men's and women's track teams will compete at two meets this weekend. Half of both teams will travel to Austin, Texas for the Texas ...

Curley's Breakout Season Bodes Well for Gymnastics

By Brad Broders | April 6

Prior to this season, six freshman gymnasts had qualified for NCAA regionals in the 20-year tenure of North Carolina gymnastics coach Derek Galvin.Maddy ...

Demon Deacons Edge UNC in Final Match

April 5

WINSTON-SALEM -- The 19th-ranked Wake Forest women's tennis team reeled off its sixth consecutive victory and third straight win against a higher-ranked ...