The U.S. reclaimed the gold in women’s soccer Thursday night, beating Brazil 2-1 in overtime. Kristine Lilly ’92 served a perfect corner kick to Abby Wambach to head home the winner in the 22nd minute of overtime. Fab Five cap off legendary… read more
Team USA will advance to Friday’s semifinals after a 102-94 quarterfinal victory against previously unbeaten Spain. Stephon Marbury, who played college ball at Georgia Tech, set a Team USA Olympic scoring record Thursday with 31 points. “We’re… read more
Marion Jones ’97 qualified Wednesday night for the long jump finals Friday with a jump of 6.70m. Jones also was named to the 4x100m relay team Wednesday night. In the second heat of the 110m Hurdles, Allen Johnson ’93 lost his balance after… read more
Nine minutes into overtime, UNC sophomore Heather O’Reilly scored the winning goal — off a pass from Mia Hamm ’94 — for the U.S. Women’s Soccer team in the semifinal match against World Cup champion Germany. The final score was 2-1. read more
Monique Hennagan ’98 took fourth place in the 400m at the 2004 Olympics with a time of 49.97. Tonique Williams-Darling won the gold for the Bahamas with a time of 49.41, coming off the final curve in front of Mexico’s Ana Guevara who finished… read more
Natalie Anter ’02 was part of the Italian national softball team in the the 2004 Olympics. When she graduated from Carolina, she held four single-season records and six career records. Perhaps most notably, she is the home run leader with 34… read more
Track & Field News These were the first Olympic games for rising UNC junior Laura Gerraughty who competed in the shot put event on Aug. 18. Gerraughty finished 27th in the qualifying round with a throw of 16.47. It was not enough to… read more
The Americans, coached by Larry Brown ’63, are finally showing what they’re made of. They beat Australia 89-79 on Thursday. During the first and second halves of the game the Aussies led by as much as 12 points, again because Team USA had trouble… read more
On Tuesday, the U.S. women tied with the Australian women, 1-1, which was good enough to give the U.S. the first place spot in their group. The U.S. record is 2-0-1. In Tuesday’s game, at Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki, Cindy Parlow ’00… read more
The U.S. men regained some of their confidence Tuesday when they beat Greece 77-71. Although overall the U.S. struggled with its 3-pointers, Allen Iverson played with a broken thumb – suffered in the game against Puerto Rico – and made three… read more