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Heels outlast Canes

UNC takes 12-4 lead, then hangs on for wild 12-11 victory.

Updated: May. 18, 2008 2:02 AM | Full story

UNC evens series at Miami

The battle between the No. 1 and No. 2 college baseball teams in the nation is all even.

Updated: May. 17, 2008 2:42 AM | Full story

Hurricanes pound Tar Heels

Miami's slugger Yonder Alonso throttled a full-count pitch by North Carolina ace Alex White in the third inning and planted it far beyond the left-field wall for a grand slam against the nation's No. 2 team in a 12-2 victory.

Updated: May. 16, 2008 5:30 AM | Full story






Heels, Pack head to Florida for key series

The Heels and Wolfpack are in Florida for their final ACC regular-season series. While Carolina has all but assured itself of hosting an NCAA Tournament regional, the Pack is out to solidify its bid to bring an NCAA regional to Doak Field.

Updated: May. 15, 2008 5:00 AM | Full story

No. 2 Heels win finale at home

The second-ranked North Carolina baseball team received a tying home run from Kyle Shelton in the sixth inning and scored three runs in the seventh for a 4-1 win over Winthrop on Tuesday in UNC's regular-season home finale at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary.

Updated: May. 14, 2008 5:42 AM | Full story

College batters swing to own beat

Songs played as hitters step to the plate vary from heavy metal to country -- as long as hits follow.

Updated: May. 13, 2008 3:49 AM | Full story

Pack eliminates Heels in ACC

Kristine Bechtholdt hit a solo home run, and Lindsay Campana held one of the nation's top offenses to three quiet hits as N.C. State stunned No. 13 North Carolina 1-0 in the semifinals of the ACC Softball Tournament in College Park, Md., on Saturday.

Updated: May. 11, 2008 5:34 AM | Full story

Tar Heels roll over Cavaliers

Right-hander Alex White struck out eight over six strong innings, and first baseman Dustin Ackley posted his second straight three-RBI game to lift No. 2 North Carolina to a 9-3 baseball win over No. 24 Virginia on Friday night in Charlottesville, Va.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 5:31 AM | Full story

Devils, Heels to team up in Vietnam

Duke and North Carolina are bitter rivals except, apparently, when it comes to reaching out to Vietnamese middle school students to show them the finer points of playing sports.

Updated: May. 9, 2008 6:35 AM | Full story

Coaches turn staffs stingy

Scott Forbes had never been a pitching coach when he told North Carolina's Mike Fox, "I can do this." Three years later, UNC's pitchers are tops in the country in ERA (2.27) and strikeouts (483) because Forbes has convinced them that they can do it, too.

Updated: May. 9, 2008 5:13 AM | Full story

Tar Heels' Spaulding tosses perfect game

Danielle Spaulding lived up to her billing as the ACC Player of the Year on Thursday when she tossed the first perfect game in ACC Softball Tournament history en route to leading North Carolina to a 6-0 win over Virginia in the opening round of the t

Updated: May. 9, 2008 2:42 AM | Full story

Tar Heels take 40th victory

Baseball team needs just 48 games to reach milestone.

Updated: May. 8, 2008 2:41 AM | Full story

Ex-UNC star sets mark

Flanagan outruns Smith at Stanford.

Updated: May. 6, 2008 3:00 AM | Full story

Miller has tall task

Marlins need young hurler to become more consistent.

Updated: May. 6, 2008 3:00 AM | Full story

Heels take series with Noles in a walk

After 10 innings, four double plays, three hits and three errors (by one player) for North Carolina, it may have seemed anticlimactic that the Tar Heels beat Florida State 2-1 on a walk.

Updated: Apr. 28, 2008 6:01 AM | Full story

UNC pitcher Adam Warren suffers his first loss

Third-ranked Florida State knocked out Warren in the third inning en route to a 13-5 victory over host North Carolina, evening their three-game series with the No. 2-ranked Tar Heels.

Updated: Apr. 27, 2008 4:09 AM | Full story

Hokies top Heels in softball thriller

Beth Walker's three-run home run in the 10th inning lifted 18th-ranked Virginia Tech to a wild 5-2 win over the No. 14 Tar Heels.

Updated: Apr. 27, 2008 4:10 AM | Full story

Duke ousts UNC in ACC lacrosse

Zack Greer scored four goals and Matt Danowski added two as the top-seeded Duke men's lacrosse team defeated fourth-seeded North Carolina 17-6 in the ACC semifinals.

Updated: Apr. 26, 2008 4:47 AM | Full story

UNC mascot dies of blow from son, Rameses XVIII

Rameses XVII, the blue-horned ram who led the UNC-Chapel Hill football team onto the field for five years, has died of complications from a wound he suffered at the horns of his own son.

Updated: Apr. 26, 2008 3:36 AM | Full story

UNC gets big inning in 11-4 win

Second-ranked North Carolina scored 11 runs in the bottom of the eighth to rally from a three-run deficit and claim an improbable 11-4 win Friday night over third-ranked Florida State in Cary.

Updated: Apr. 26, 2008 2:24 AM | Full story

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