Breanna Brown took off in a dead sprint to steal second base. As Brown slid into second the throw from UNC-Charlotte catcher Tenaya Tucker bounced off Brown's hand and into the outfield. The errant throw allowed her to keep running as she rounded the remaining bases and scored the team's first run en route to a 2-0 victory against the 49ers.
It wasn't until a national tournament on an Oklahoma club team that Danielle Spaulding realized she could be a top-tier pitcher. There are certain moments when an athlete's skill and potential merge; this was hers. Spaulding a junior spent the summer after her freshman year with her sister in Oklahoma playing club softball.
The eighth loss of the season for the North Carolina wrestling team might carry the most substance moving toward the ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels fell 24-15 to No. 4 Nebraska on Saturday night in the Smith Center in a match that was closer than the score indicated.
The difference might be as little as a few feet. With a strong showing in its last tournament of the fall season the UNC men's golf team enters the offseason with one thing in mind: putting. The team finished in sixth place at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate at the Ridges tournament which ended Sunday led by senior Robert Riesen who finished ninth individually.
What a debut. Though both North Carolina swimming teams fell to Georgia on Wednesday UNC's rookie class stole the show for the Tar Heels.
For the North Carolina women's golf team patience isn't just a virtue. It's a lifeline. Coach Sally Austin said she has stressed the importance of patience from the start of the season for a Tar Heel team that didn't finish in the top three of any tournament last year. And already it seems to be paying off.
