“Basically, it’s just my confidence level,” sophomore guard Caleb Love said. “Through each workout I just gained more and more confidence, and then in the game, I got the ultimate confidence to shoot.”
The North Carolina men’s basketball team (7-2, 1-0 ACC) defeated in-state opponent Elon (2-8) this Saturday night at home in the Dean Smith Center, 80-63.
The women’s team finished in fourth place out of ten teams, while the men’s team placed sixth out of nine.
The North Carolina volleyball team (18-6, 7-6 ACC) lost to Notre Dame (10-12, 7-5 ACC) by a score of 3-0 on Faculty and Alumni Appreciation Night in Carmichael Arena on Friday.
The North Carolina Tar Heel women’s golf team, ranked 47th in the NCAA, traveled to Wilmington, N.C. this past weekend, where they competed for the final time as a team this semester at the Landfall Tradition hosted by UNC Wilmington.
The North Carolina volleyball team (15-4, 4-4 ACC) swept Syracuse (14-6, 3-5 ACC) on Sunday afternoon for its fourth consecutive victory.
From Finland to South Korea, these former Tar Heels have played in leagues all over the world since leaving UNC.
Although her main focus is doing whatever it takes to help her team win, Chapel Hill High School junior Brook Harker is aware of her platform as the school's first female football player. Unlike most of the other small number of women playing football, who usually play non-contact roles like kicker, Brook specializes in playing free safety. In last Friday’s game, Brook managed to kick for two extra points, deflect a pass, catch an interception and even play a few snaps on offense.
“Both (Matson and Sumfest) have earned day in and day out this level of respect from the rest of the team,” said Karen Shelton, the head coach of UNC field hockey. “So it was no surprise to me that they would be elected captains.”
The No. 1 UNC men’s lacrosse team (7-0, 1-0 ACC) defeated the No. 8 Virginia Cavaliers (5-2, 0-2 ACC), 16-13, in front of a small-but-lively crowd during the team's ACC season-opener on Thursday night.
