Tyler Ramirez, UNC Tar Heels baseball win 8-7 at Clemson
Tyler Ramirez drove in five runs and smacked his fourth home run of the year and North Carolina held on for a wild 8-7 ACC baseball win against Clemson on Sunday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
North Carolina rallied from a 4-0 hole to lead 8-4 in the seventh after the Ramirez homer, but Clemson got the potential tying runs aboard in the ninth against Trent Thornton. The UNC junior, who got out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth, struck out Reed Rohlman and Chris Okey to end it.
Elon: Six first-inning runs was all the Phoenix needed in claiming a series win against visiting Northeastern, winning 6-3.
Duke: No. 12 Miami’s Enrique Sosa, Daniel Briggi and Ryan Otero combined on a three-hitter and the host Hurricanes defeated Duke 10-0 in the ACC series finale.
Women’s Golf
UNC: The team shot a 314 in the final round of the Bryan National Collegiate to finish 14th with a 934 total. The Tar Heels were led by Lexi Harkins and Leslie Cloots, who both fired a 5-over 77 at the par-72 Bryan Park Champions Course in Greensboro.
Women’s Lacrosse
Elon: Trailing by six goals in the second half, the team rallied to pull within two but was unable to complete the comeback, falling 8-6 to Delaware. The Phoenix (7-5, 0-2) took nine shots in the game, all on goal.
Softball
Elon: The team suffered a 7-1 home loss to Towson.
The Phoenix (23-12, 5-4) saw its chances of capturing its second Colonial Athletic Association series of the year fall to the Tigers (15-16, 2-7) after Towson exploded for five runs in the first two innings.
Alaina Hall went 2-for-3 for Elon and had the lone RBI. Hannah Olson, Aly Quintana and Kara Shutt recorded the other hits for Elon.
Men’s Tennis
UNC: The 19th-ranked team topped No. 35 Notre Dame 5-2 at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. The Tar Heels improved to (16-8, 5-3 ACC), and the Fighting Irish fell to (12-9, 4-5).
Track and Field
Wake Forest: Casidy Callahan set the school record in the women’s discus, and John Maurins broke the meet record in the men’s shot put to win the event at the Florida Relays.
This story was originally published April 5, 2015 at 9:02 PM with the headline "Tyler Ramirez, UNC Tar Heels baseball win 8-7 at Clemson."