NCAA championships by women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse and five other top-10 national finishes led Carolina to eighth place in the final 2012-13 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, UNC’s fifth consecutive top-10 performance. The… read more
Very little went right for North Carolina Friday night in the College World Series against UCLA, but that didn’t stop the Tar Heels from fighting until the end of the game that became the end of their season. UCLA got good pitching and a few… read more
Hobbs Johnson — those were the first words out of UNC coach Mike Fox’s mouth at the post-game press conference Thursday night at the College World Series. And this left-hander, not N.C. State’s much-publicized left-hander Carlos Rodon, was… read more
North Carolina got what it needed Tuesday from starting pitcher Trent Thornton and clean-up hitter Brian Holberton as the Tar Heels stayed alive in the NCAA College World Series with a 4-2 victory over LSU. Thornton, a freshman, threw 114… read more
N.C. State All-America pitcher Carlos Rodon struck out eight and kept the Tar Heels scoreless for eight innings as the Wolfpack rolled to an 8-1 victory over Carolina in the teams’ first game of the 2013 College World Series in Omaha,… read more
The North Carolina Tar Heels might be ranked No. 1, but it hasn’t been an easy road to Omaha for the NCAA College World Series on or off the diamond. With about 100 fans cheering as the Heels departed Boshamer Stadium, the extra-long… read more
Boosted by NCAA soccer and lacrosse national championships, a runner-up finish in the field hockey championship and a fourth-place finish in the final tennis coaches’ poll, Carolina women athletes pulled away from Stanford and have won this… read more
A star pro football player who developed a reputation for stellar community service off the field has been honored by the GAA with a Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Jeff Saturday ’97, who recently retired after playing center 14 years in… read more
Head women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell has been selected for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2013 class. Hatchell, whose Tar Heels finished 29-8 this year, will officially join the Hall of… read more
Patrick Joseph Short, a junior at UNC, has been awarded a 2013 Goldwater Scholarship. Sophomore Anna-Lisa Doebley and junior Vishwajith Sridharan received honorable mentions. Short is the 40th Goldwater Scholar from Carolina since the program… read more