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Pitchers Struggle to Find Control

By Matt Terry | March 20

If you are reading this with small children, are on medication or are otherwise frightened by abhorrent pitching statistics, you might want to avoid the ...

Tar Heel Swimmers Finish 10th

March 19

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. -- North Carolina's women's swimming and diving team merited its best NCAA Championship finish in 14 years Saturday in the NCAA Championships ...

UNC Women's Track Takes 10th at NCAA INdoors

March 19

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The freshmen tandem of Alice Schmidt and Shalane Flanagan led the Tar Heels to a 10th-place finish after the final day of competition ...

Ivory Proves Himself Against UNC

By Bret Strelow | March 19

NEW ORLEANS -- Titus Ivory walked the halls of North Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte hoping to one day play for North Carolina.North Carolina never ...

Wake Runs Over Tar Heels

By Rachel Carter | March 19

Tuesday, Wake Forest's coaching staff told center fielder Cory Sullivan he'd be starting Sunday's game against North Carolina.That normally wouldn't mean ...

Last-Minute Shot Hands Duke Win Against UNC

By Kelly Lusk | March 19

DURHAM - Close games against Duke are nothing new for the North Carolina women's lacrosse team. So it wasn't much of a surprise when Saturday's game between ...

Tar Heels' Season Ends With Loss to Penn State

March 19

NEW ORLEANS -- North Carolina entered the season facing questions about its ball-handling ability.It ended the season being unable to answer them.The ...

Women's Golf Finishes 2nd in South Carolina

March 19

The North Carolina's women's golf team fired a team score of 322 Sunday to finish the weekend at 954 and in seventh place at this weekend's Lady Gamecock ...

Tar Heels Escape in Win vs. Butler

By James Giza | March 19

With a matchup at Duke looming Wednesday night, Butler -- a second-tier Division I program from Ohio -- appeared to be a perfect tuneup for the North ...

Battle for ACC Tourney Title Looks to Be a Free-For-All

By Bret Strelow | March 9

The ACC's two headliners met at the Smith Center last Sunday with the media spotlight shining solely on Chapel Hill.The league's seven other schools only ...

Hathaway's Balancing Act Leads to National Finals

By Kelly Lusk | March 9

After watching North Carolina swimmer Katie Hathaway hoist herself out of the pool and grin from ear to ear, no one would ever guess that there was ever ...

Players Take Extra Practice to Make Sure Dome Won't Affect Shot

March 9

ATLANTA -- One of the hot questions surrounding the ACC Tournament this weekend is how much the Georgia Dome will affect shooting percentages.The preliminary ...

9 Track Athletes Set to Compete in NCAAs

March 9

UNC track and field Dennis Craddock will travel to Fayetteville, Ark. with a total of nine athletes, for the 2001 NCAA Track and Field Championships this ...

`Unselfish' Owens Learns to Embrace Bench Role

By Bret Strelow | March 7

Matt Doherty pulled senior Max Owens aside after North Carolina's win against N.C. State last Wednesday and made a brief, yet meaningful, gesture.Doherty ...

Women's Tennis Wins In Dramatic Fashion

By Brad Lewis | March 7

North Carolina women's tennis player Kendrick Bunn was drenched in sweat, and she was breathing heavily.When South Carolina's Lynn-Yin Tan put a backhand ...

Forte Shoots in Face of Scrutiny

March 7

It's not easy being Joseph Forte these days.Sure, it's great to be recognized as the best player on one of the nation's best teams. But it's not so great ...

Men's Tennis Beats 49ers, Looks Ahead to Texas Trip

March 6

Chad Riley was excited.Excited about the North Carolina tennis team's 6-1 victory against UNC-Charlotte on Monday and excited about a chance to play college ...

Blue Devils Convert Turnovers Into Points

March 6

Without center Carlos Boozer, Duke came into Sunday's game against North Carolina intending to shoot a bunch of 3-pointers.And the Blue Devils followed ...

Duke Wins, Grabs Share of Title

March 5

The mantra adopted by Duke this season has been "to play like a fist."That is, all five extensions of the hand -- representative of Blue Devils on the ...

Clemson Sends Tar Heels Packing

By Mike Ogle | March 5

The North Carolina women's basketball team had a big game Saturday at the Greensboro Coliseum.But the seventh-seeded Tar Heels didn't play big in their ...