Tracking the Tar Heels, Oct. 7

Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.

Let’s see what the Tar Heels have been up to:

• The North Carolina football team’s defense showed improvement despite a 27-17 loss to Virginia Tech Saturday, Senior Writer Michael Lananna writes.

• Sports Editor Brooke Pryor writes that the Tar Heels fell in what was quarterback Marquise Williams’ first career start, who played in place of an injured Bryn Renner.

• Sticking with football, UNC’s recent trend of 12:30 p.m. games is likely to remain constant, Sarah Moseley writes.

• The Carolina Sport Business Club hosted its first ever Carolina Sport Business and Fitness Expo Saturday, which featured keynote speaker Phil Ford.

• The North Carolina women’s soccer team beat Maryland 3-1 Sunday, ending a three-year drought against the Terrapins, Kevin Phinney writes.

• The women’s soccer team’s senior class defeated Maryland for the first time Sunday, Ben Salkeld writes.

• The UNC men’s soccer team picked up its fifth ACC tie of the season in a scoreless draw against Duke Friday, Senior Writer Robbie Harms writes.

• Freshman defender Colton Storm gave the Tar Heels a jolt of energy against the Blue Devils in just his second career start.

• The UNC volleyball team remains undefeated after its first ACC road trip, Pat James writes.

• Edgar Walker writes that the Tar Heel baseball team enters its fall season looking to fill holes after losing seven players from last year’s team.

• The UNC men’s lacrosse team only had one of its returning attackman from last year’s team — Joey Sankey — play in the program’s annual game against alumni Saturday, Madison Way writes.

• North Carolina field hockey players Abby Frey and Jessica Pereira were injured in a scooter accident Friday, forcing them to miss their team’s two weekend games, Dylan Howlett writes.

• The field hockey team split its weekend games, Assistant Sports Editor Daniel Wilco writes.

• Freshman tennis player Jamie Loeb took the singles title at the ITA All-American championships, writes Ben Coley.

• Andrew Carter of the (Raleigh) News & Observer writes that the North Carolina and N.C. State men’s basketball team’s are trying to catch up to Duke in the ACC.

• Last but not least and sticking to basketball, UNC will play in the 2014 Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, sources told ESPN’s Andy Katz.