Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Here’s what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Despite losing last weekend in overtime to Syracuse, the UNC field hockey team earned the No. 1 spot in the polls this week, Assistant Sports Editor Brooke Pryor writes.
- According to News Observer writer Andrew Carter, the North Carolina football team’s new 4-2-5 defensive scheme should not go unnoticed after its debut in last weekend’s Elon game.
- In a recent interview with SlamOnline.com, former UNC basketball swingman Danny Green explains how he considered transferring during his time in Chapel Hill.
- In other basketball news, UNC shooting guard Dexter Strickland, who was recently cleared to play, took to the court with his teammates earlier this week for the first time since tearing his ACL last January.
- Former North Carolina field hockey midfielder Katelyn Falgowski and men’s basketball forward Tyler Zeller are recipients of the 2012 Patterson Medals – the most prestigious awards given to UNC student-athletes.
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