This past week, seven athletes from the North Carolina track and field team traveled to Eugene, Ore., to compete in the NCAA Outdoor Championships held at Hayward Field. Graduate Madison Wiltrout placed the highest out of the seven UNC athletes competing after receiving a bronze medal in the women’s javelin.
Read More »This past week, several members of the North Carolina women’s tennis team competed in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship held in Champaign, Ill., contributing two doubles teams and five individual athletes. Sophomore Fiona Crawley reached the singles semifinals as the last Tar Heel competitor standing, before losing to No. 26 Connie Ma of Stanford.
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The UNC baseball team captured its 8th program ACC Championship with a 9-5 victory over N.C. State on Sunday afternoon. ACC Tournament MVP Vance Honeycutt hit two home runs in the game's first two innings to propel UNC to an early 8-1 lead.
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Senior Mikey Madej went 4-for-4 on Saturday for the Diamond Heels, propelling UNC to a 7-2 win over Notre Dame and the ACC Championship title game on Sunday.
Read More »As a star goalkeeper at Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park, N.Y., UNC track and field star Jill Shippee initially had her sights set on playing soccer in college. In the fall of 2017, Shippee came into the UNC track and field program as a first-year on the throwing squad. She staked her claim inside the circle instantly. Now, as a graduate student closing out her last track season as a Tar Heel, Shippee holds the school and ACC women’s hammer throw record of 69.76 meters.
Read More »The No. 1 North Carolina women’s tennis team narrowly defeated the No. 8 Pepperdine Waves, 4-3, to advance to the NCAA Final Four. The deciding factor turned out to be junior Anika Yarlagadda, who claimed a win over Pepperdine’s Nikki Redelijk, who was inserted into the Wave’s lineup after an injury occurred early in the doubles. Coming up strong in the second and third sets on her court, Yarlagadda won 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, to clinch the win for the Tar Heels.
Read More »This weekend, the North Carolina women’s rowing team traveled to Clemson, S.C., to compete in the ACC Championship regatta against some of the top teams in the country. UNC’s First Varsity Eight received the team’s first winning spot in the championship when they defeated both Notre Dame and Boston College to close out North Carolina’s time on the water.
Read More »In baseball, sometimes all it takes is one pitch to open the floodgates of a scoring rampage. For sophomore third baseman Mac Horvath, that moment just happened to be in the bottom of the first inning, in which he hit his first triple wearing a UNC uniform.
Read More »In its second matchup of a five-game homestand, the North Carolina baseball team defeated the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, 12-1, at Boshamer Stadium on Wednesday. Sophomore infielder Mac Horvath went 2-for-3 with a triple and a homer and junior shortstop Danny Serretti was 3-for-3 to headline UNC's offensive production.
Read More »The No. 1 UNC women's tennis team advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals after defeating South Carolina State and No. 28 South Carolina in regional competition this weekend.
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