Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Here’s what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- The UNC women’s basketball team came out on the attack against Virginia on Thursday night, Dylan Howlett writes.
- Assistant Sports Editor Jonathan LaMantia writes that UNC’s defense stifled the Cavaliers.
- Check out this Q&A with UNC basketball forward Jackson Simmons, who sat down with Sports Editor Brandon Moree to talk about his game at Florida State and more.
- UNC men’s soccer midfielder Mikey Lopez was taken 14th overall by Sporting Kansas City in the MLS SuperDraft.
- The UNC men and women’s swimming teams will squaring off against their fiercest rivals this weekend, Haley Rhyne writes.
- Daniel Wilco writes that the gymnastics team is feeling more confident after getting its first meet of the season out of the way.
- Aaron Dodson writes that a new era of track and field begins at home for UNC this weekend.
- Lastly, check out this mailbag on UNC basketball with ESPN’s Robbi PIckeral.
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