Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Here’s what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- The UNC women’s soccer team is bringing its 21st NCAA championship back to Chapel Hill after taking down Penn State 4-1, David Adler writes.
- Senior Writer Kelly Parsons takes a look at football senior Jonathan Cooper’s career with the Tar Heels in this in-depth feature.
- With Dexter Strickland starting at point guard for the first time, the men’s basketball team blew by UAB on Saturday, Sports Editor Brandon Moree writes.
- Meanwhile, Leslie McDonald made his first career start ever, putting on a show for the Smith Center crowd, ESPN’s Robbi Pickeral writes.
- Unfortunately for the men’s soccer team, the Tar Heels won’t be able to repeat their national championship from last year, as they fell to Indiana 1-0, Matthew Cox writes.
- The volleyball team’s season also came to an earlier end with a loss to Iowa State, Marilyn Payne writes.
- The UNC women’s basketball team suffered its first loss of the season to Tennessee, Assistant Sports Editor Henry Gargan writes.
- The wrestling team’s consistency was tested at Penn State, Assistant Sports Editor Robbie Harms writes.
- Andrew Romaine writes that the UNC swimming and diving teams handled traveling and adversity well.
- Last but not least, the UNC fencing teams kicked off their seasons this weekend, Ben Salkeld writes.
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