Welcome to an absolutely bustling Sports Monday edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Let's see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Assistant Editor Pat James describes Duke's inevitable knockout punch that UNC was hit with in the women's basketball team's 81-80 loss on the road Sunday.
- The loss marred a school-record 14 3-pointers, including the final shot before the buzzer, Assistant Editor Brendan Marks illustrates.
- On the men's side, Senior Writer Daniel Wilco details how UNC finally closed out the close game, defeating Miami 73-64 on Saturday after being up late by just three points.
- The win was highlighted by the high-flying duo of Brice Johnson and J.P. Tokoto, who combined for seven dunks in Saturday's affair, Wilco adds.
- C Jackson Cowart explains how winter weather forced the baseball team to host three games in South Carolina against Rhode Island, winning two on Friday before dropping Saturday's contest.
- Teams wouldn't have to deal with frustrating rescheduling issues if baseball was just played in the summer, argues Assistant Editor Carlos Collazo.
- Patrick Ronan lays out how the men's lacrosse team took down top-ranked Denver with a 12-10 win on Friday.
- For the women' lacrosse team, which was also forced to relocate their game Saturday, vengeance fueled its performance in a 12-11 victory over Northwestern, Ben Salkeld remarks.
- David Adler writes about how Jamie Loeb's bounce-back performance led the way for the undefeated women's tennis team in their 5-2 win over Georgia Tech on Friday.
- The top-ranked team was also fueled by the clinching performance of an injured Hayley Carter, who additionally played well in Sunday's victory over Virginia Tech, notes Kayleigh Payne.
- The men's tennis team relied on the dominant forehead of Ronnie Schneider to lead them to a sweep of Saturday's doubleheader, Chris Haney writes.
- Senior Writer Danielle Herman reviews the 12 All-ACC performances for the men's and women's track and field teams at the ACC Championships over the weekend.
- The men's swimming team broke eight school records of their own at this weekend's ACC Championship but still finished fourth, tells Sarah Headley.
- After starting the day strong, a poor performance on the bars put the women's gymnastics team in third place on Sunday, Jane Zorowitz explains.
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