Dustin Ackley and Tim Fedroff each drove in three runs to lead No. 2 North Carolina to an 11-5 come-from-behind win over North Florida and its 40th victory of the season Wednesday at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary.

At 40-8, this season's Tar Heels have matched the 2006 squad as the quickest in school history to 40 wins.

Carolina, which joins Texas A&M and Florida State as the only nation's 40-win teams, extended its school-record stretch of 40-victory seasons to seven.

UNC rallied from a four-run deficit to match its biggest comeback victory of the season.

Right-hander Colin Bates (5-0) picked up the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.

For the Ospreys (26-22), starter Jonathan Turner (0-3) gave up six runs on seven hits and a walk over 3 2/3 innings.

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UNC-WILMINGTON 3, N.C. STATE 2: Sophomore Rhett Miller scored from first base on a double off the left-field wall by senior Jes Snyder in the bottom of the 11th inning as the host Seahawks defeated the Wolfpack (33-15) in a nonconference game.

Freshman Stephen Harrold (4-2) picked up the win in relief for the Seahawks (36-11-1), who gained a split of the season series.

Junior Jason Zinser (0-1) took the loss out of the bullpen.

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ACC AWARDS: Danielle Spaulding of North Carolina was voted the ACC's player of the year, and coach Donna J. Papa was voted the ACC's top coach for the fourth time in her 23 years with the Tar Heels.

Joining Spaulding on the first team were UNC juniors Breanna Brown and Lisa Norris and senior Cassie Palmer. Earning second-team honors for UNC were pitcher Amber Johnson and outfielder Jennifer Jacobs.

N.C. State's Alyssa Allbritten and Shanna Smith also were honored Wednesday. Allbritten was voted conference freshman of the year and made the All-ACC second team, and Smith was chosen to the first team.

When the ACC Tournament starts today at College Park, Md., UNC will play Virginia at 3 p.m. and N.C. State will play Georgia Tech at 5:30.

(From College News Releases)

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HAMILTON RESIGNS AT GEORGIA TECH: Former Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton resigned from his position at the school Wednesday, a day after he was charged with marijuana possession, driving under the influence of alcohol and hit-and-run.

The charges came about a week after the 31-year-old was hired as the school's assistant director of player personnel.

FSU TACKLE INELIGIBLE: Florida State offensive Daron Rose is ineligible for the season and will attend a junior college. Rose will attempt to regain his eligibility, school officials said.

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STALEY GETS SOUTH CAROLINA JOB: Three-time Olympic gold-medalist Dawn Staley, 38, will leave Temple to become the coach at South Carolina, taking over for Susan Walvius, who resigned after 11 seasons.

Staley will be the school's first black female head coach.

The (Columbia, S.C.) State and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported her base pay will be $250,000 a year and her total pay will be about $650,000.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON PLAYERS DISMISSED: Junior forward Cheyenne Moore, who transferred from Clemson in 2006, and freshman guard Miles Beatty have been dismissed from the George Washington team, the school said Wednesday.

HOYAS GUARD TO TRANSFER: Georgetown sophomore guard Jeremiah Rivers will transfer, making him the second player to leave coach John Thompson III's team since the end of the season. Rivers is the son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers.

FORMER INDIANA CENTER PICKS DETROIT MERCY: Eli Holman, the center who left Indiana last week after throwing a tantrum in new coach Tom Crean's office, will enroll at Detroit Mercy. The 6-foot-9 freshman, one of four players to leave since Crean arrived, will be reunited with former Hoosiers assistant Ray McCallum, who was hired to replace retired Perry Watson.

(The Associated Press)

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ACC MEN'S HONORS: Duke's David Goulet and Reid Carleton; North Carolina's Clay Donato, Stefan Hardy and Chris Kearney; N.C. State's James McGee and Jay Weinacker; and Wake Forest's Steven Forman and Cory Parr were among the players chosen to the all-ACC team.

ACC WOMEN'S HONORS: Ellah Nze of Duke has been voted the ACC's freshman of the year. Also on the All-ACC team from Duke were Amanda Granson and Reka Zsilinkszka. UNC's Sanaz Marand and Katrina Tsang also made the team, as did Sasha Kulikova of Wake Forest.

(From ACC News Releases)