After a dominant 16-3 victory over Pitt last week, UNC ventured into Greenville hoping for a smooth-sailing game. However, the ECU matchup exposed the same offensive issues that have plagued the Tar Heels at points this season.
These two teams are prepared to go until the last buzzer sounds on Jan. 19. They’ve been doing it all season.
The UNC women's tennis team's wins started off spring play with a 4-0 record on the season and secured Brian Kalbas’ 500th win as UNC’s head coach.
After impressive second and fourth set wins, the North Carolina Tar Heels volleyball team (9-6, 1-3 ACC) lost 3-2 to the Florida State Seminoles (10-5, 2-2 ACC) in Carmichael Arena on Sunday afternoon.
A foul allowed fifth-year midfielder Milo Garvanian to score a penalty shot that ended up being the game-winner.
In the first meet of the 2022 season, then-junior UNC gymnast Hallie Thompson stepped up to compete in the bar routine and suffered the second ACL tear of her collegiate athletics career — sidelining her for yet another season. After working hard to get back to the mat and put together an all-around meet her junior year, she’s prepared to work even harder to meet those same goals her senior season.
On Monday, the Collegiate Women Sports Awards presented UNC women's lacrosse fifth-year attacker Jamie Ortega with the Honda Sport Award for lacrosse. Ortega was selected for the prestigious award by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools.
Former UNC women's soccer star Crystal Dunn, who played soccer for the Tar Heels from 2010-2013, is one of the most high-profile athletes to come out of Chapel Hill within the past decade. With her 2021 CONCACAF Women’s Player of the Year accreditation after her past season with the Portland Thorns, and a 2019 World Cup win with the US Women’s National Team, Dunn’s success at the professional level parallels her time at UNC.
Jeni Shannon, the director of the Carolina Athletics Mental Health and Performance Psychology Program, is one of three full-time providers at UNC pioneering the athletic department’s approach to sports psychology. Shannon, alongside Dr. Brendan Carr and Dr. Bradley Hack, work directly with a number of athletic teams at UNC through sessions, outreach, and programming.
After turbulent singles play and multiple weather scares moved play indoors, the UNC women’s tennis team failed to beat the Texas Longhorns, losing 4-2 in the NCAA semifinals. After multiple singles matches went into a third set, UNC ultimately fell short on three key singles courts after Tran, Morra and Tanguilig all dropped their matches.
