Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Here’s what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- For the third straight season, the North Carolina field hockey team fell in the NCAA title game, Assistant Sports Editor Brooke Pryor writes.
- Assistant sports editor Henry Gargan writes that a penalty stroke cost the Tar Heels the game.
- Senior Writer Kelly Parsons is in Maui for the EA Sports Maui Invitational. Here’s her preview of the basketball tournament, which kicks off tonight. And here’s a primer from ESPN’s Robbi Pickeral.
- Even though the Tar Heels are in Hawaii, the (Raleigh) News & Observer’s Andrew Carter writes that it’s all business for the men’s basketball team.
- UNC men’s soccer goalkeeper Scott Goodwin has never lost a penalty shootout, and he kept that streak alive as the Tar Heels advanced in the NCAA tournament, Sports Editor Brandon Moree writes.
- Meanwhile, Assistant Sports Editor Robbie Harms writes that the women’s soccer team advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Baylor.
- Senior Heather Henry made a rare start and led the UNC volleyball team to a win against Virginia, Grace Raynor writes. Emily Fedewa adds that the Tar Heels are still perfect at home.
- Lastly, in ACC news there was a major shakeup in the conference as Maryland announced its plan to move to the Big Ten.
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