Welcome to a jam-packed Tuesday edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Let's see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Senior Writer Dylan Howlett explores how the threat of babysitting unleashed Justin Jackson's aggression in the men's basketball team's 68-53 win over Virginia Tech on Sunday.
- Senior Writer Robbie Harms details the poor play that resulted in an extra practice for the men's basketball team after their sloppy game against the Hokies.
- Senior Writer Danielle Herman discusses the track and field teams' dominating performances in the Carolina Cup on Friday.
- C Jackson Cowart highlights another career performance for breakout performer Jessica Washington in the women's basketball team's 78-56 victory at Clemson on Sunday.
- Andrew Romaine describes the shaky performance by the men's tennis team after sweeping its season-opening doubleheader on Friday.
- Mohammed Hedadji talks about the adversities overcome by the wrestling team in its 22-8 win over Gardner-Webb on Friday.
- Jeremy Vernon and Logan Ulrich dissect the motivations for men's junior varsity basketball players following their 81-72 victory over Guilford College on Sunday.
- Jane Zorowitz explains the narrow margin of victory that eluded the UNC gymnastics team after falling 0.95 points short of first place on Sunday.
- Alexis Barnes outlines how inexperience and mental unpreparedness cost the fencing team in the Penn State Invite over the weekend.
- Brandon Chase writes about the experience that the women's tennis team brought back from Vegas after a strong outing in the Freeman Memorial Tennis Championships over the weekend.
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