Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Here’s what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- The UNC football team fell to Wake Forest on Saturday in its first conference game of the season. Though the Tar Heels were without tailback Giovani Bernard, A.J. Blue and Romar Morris helped make up for his absence, Assistant Sports Editor Brooke Pryor writes.
- This writer says that UNC was fast but not smart on Saturday.
- To prevent further scandal, Chancellor Holden Thorp said that the relationship between academics and athletics must improve at UNC, Assistant University Editor Liz Crampton writes.
- The North Carolina women’s soccer team scored a whopping nine goals in two games this weekend, Assistant Sports Editor Robbie Harms writes. David Adler writes that the Tar Heels have found an offensive rhythm without their best scorers.
- The UNC field hockey team lived up to its No. 1 ranking during its weekend road trip, Andrew Romaine writes.
- With two goals from Martin Murphy, the UNC men’s soccer team took down Virginia Tech on Saturday, improving to 4-0 and on the season, Assistant Sports Editor Henry Gargan writes.
- The strong weekend for UNC olympic sports continued with the volleyball team, which swept the Carolina Classic, Grace Raynor writes.
- However, Matt Laurino writes that the men’s golf team had a rough start to its season.
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