Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Here’s what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- The UNC football team couldn’t complete a comeback against Louisville on Saturday. Senior Writer Kelly Parsons writes that the Tar Heels were doomed by their poor first-half defense.
- Harold Gutmann of the Durham Herald-Sun wonders which UNC team will show up this week.
- UNC basketball player Reggie Bullock is looking to build on last year’s defensive growth, writes Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com.
- The UNC men’s soccer team came out more aggressive but still tied with Wake Forest, Jonathan LaMantia writes.
- A short-handed women’s soccer team tied with Virginia, David Adler writes.
- The volleyball team fell and rebounded in the same weekend, Grace Raynor writes. Emily Fedewa writes that sophomore outside hitter Lauren Adkins provided a spark off the bench.
- Two UNC swimmers took first place in this weekend’s Pier-2-Pier open-water swim, Assistant Sports Editor Robbie Harms writes.
- Sophomore Charlotte Craddock led the field hockey team to two weekend wins, Assistant Sports Editor Brooke Pryor writes.
- The men’s golf team finished second at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate, Dylan Howlett writes. Golfer Patrick Barrett finished second overall in the tournament, Max Miceli writes.
- Lastly, in a bit of sad news, a fan who was struck by a baseball at Boshamer Stadium during the NCAA Regional has died, The Goldsboro News-Argus reports.
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