Welcome to a bustling championship Monday edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Let's see what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Sports Editor Grace Raynor explains why the Tar Heels' Sweet 16 berth means more this time around than their last appearance in 2012.
- The victory over Arkansas marked the return of Second-Half Marcus Paige, who score 20 of his 22 points after halftime, writes Senior Writer Aaron Dodson.
- On the women's side, Logan Ulrich describes how UNC was fueled by "mama bear" Coach Hatchell, who returned to the NCAA Tournament after missing last season battling cancer.
- The Tar Heels were led by the gritty play of Latifan Coleman, whose determined efforts secured a 71-65 win over Liberty, notes Jeremy Vernon.
- Ben Coley details how the women's lacrosse team fell prey to the Eagles in its 10-9 loss to fourth-ranked Boston College on Saturday.
- For the men's lacrosse team, the Tar Heels suffered their first loss of the season by a score of 10-8 to fifth-ranked Maryland on Saturday, writes Ulrich.
- Andrew Tie details how the baseball team rode strong pitching and Korey Dunbar's power for two wins against Georgia Tech over the weekend.
- It was the opposite for the softball team, which dropped two games to Louisville after winning nine of its previous ten, notes Holden Hill.
- The wrestling team relied on freshman All-American Ethan Ramos to place 24th in the NCAA Championships, explains Mohammed Hedadji.
- At the NCAA Championships for swimming, UNC was led by senior Danielle Siverling's near-record performance to finish 19th on Saturday, Sarah Headley writes.
- Another standout senior led her team Sunday, as three-time All-American fencer Gillian Litynski claimed sixth in her fourth NCAA appearance, recounts C Jackson Cowart.
- Evan Chronis reveals how the golf team leaned on standout freshman Ben Griffin to overcome disappointing circumstances.
- For the women's tennis team, it was all about the strength of its "notorious nine" in grabbing its first outdoor home match of the season Friday, tells Kayleigh Payne.
- In the victory, UNC had to overcome the target on its back as the top-ranked team, writes Michael Freije.
- The men's team wasn't as fortunate, falling to Louisville without top player Brayden Schnur due to injury, explains David Adler.
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