“There was a heavy roster turnover when I got the job, and we just had to pick the right pieces," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "We were committed to that both with staffing, with players, with these grad transfers and a combination of the talent we had brought in got so much better. They were ready for the moment.”
“I think you just have to trust the offense and how it works,” senior attacker Nicky Solomon said. “Just give space to other people and just keep doing what we're doing with the ball, which is being unselfish. That's how we're going to win games this year.”
The No. 6 North Carolina men’s lacrosse team (1-0, 0-0 ACC) opened the season with a close win against Richmond (0-1).
North Carolina redshirt first-year Marisol Nugent is the first woman ever listed on an ACC varsity wrestling roster. Nugent, who has wrestled from a young age, transferred from Lehigh University and has high aspirations for herself and her sport. “I want to be a world champion,” she said.
The No. 3 North Carolina women’s tennis team (2-0, 0-0 ACC) opened its match-play season in dominating fashion with doubleheader wins against Elon (0-1) and Appalachian State (0-1).
The undefeated North Carolina women’s basketball team (10-0, 1-0 ACC) opened conference play with a thrilling 76-73 comeback win against Boston College (7-3, 0-1 ACC).
The North Carolina volleyball team (21-8, 10-8), narrowly beat rival Duke (16-13, 7-11) for the third time this year to finish the regular season.
Senior forward Erin Matson led the Tar Heels to a 4-1 ACC semifinals win over the No. 2 Syracuse, lifting No. 2 North Carolina to the championship game Sunday against fifth-seeded Virginia.
The North Carolina men’s soccer team (9-5-1, 3-4 ACC) rallied in the second half to upset No. 13 Virginia Tech (9-3-3, 3-3-1 ACC), 2-0, in Blacksburg.
The North Carolina volleyball team (12-4, 1-4 ACC) defeated Wake Forest (10-6, 1-4 ACC), 3-1, on Friday night to break its four-game losing streak.
