November 21, 2008
The University of North Carolina men’s and women’s swimming teams placed 19 swimmers into Friday night finals at the 2008 Gamecock Invitational at the Carolina Natatorium in Columbia, S.C. Altogether, 31 UNC women’s swimmers and 30 Carolina men’s swimmers qualified to swim in tonight’s superfinals, championship finals and consolation finals.
November 21, 2008
The North Carolina volleyball team holds a one match lead in the race for the ACC Championship with three matches remaining in the season, including Thursday night’s showdown with second place Miami (24-5, 12-5 ACC) at 7 p.m. in the Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels (19-9, 13-4 ACC) enter the weekend on an eight-match winning streak dating back to a 3-1 setback in Miami on Oct. 18, while Miami enters by winning seven of their last 10 matches. Carolina will close out the weekend by hosting Florida State (19-8, 11-6 ACC) at 7 p.m. Friday night where the four Tar Heel seniors will be honored before one of their final matches in Carolina blue.
November 21, 2008
North Carolina men’s golf coach John Inman announced the signing of two of the country’s top golfers, Michael McGowan, from Southern Pines, N.C., and Clark Palmer, from Augusta, Ga.
November 21, 2008
North Carolina senior forward Brian Shriver and freshman defender Sheanon Williams were each honored by TopDrawerSoccer.com Friday when the website released its annual Team of the Season. Shriver was named to the site’s third team, while Williams was a second-team All-Rookie selection.
November 21, 2008
Ten games into the 2008 football season, the Tar Heels have posted a 7-3 record, have had a solid shot at landing a spot in the ACC championship game (and still retain a slim one), have made noticeable improvement in most every position over a year ago and appear on track to having an outstanding recruiting class. And they are better in week 11 than they were in week two, which is the bottom line goal of any sporting season.
November 21, 2008
Thirty-two of the nation’s top women’s college soccer players have been named finalists for the Soccer News Net Player of the Year Award. Among the 32 finalists is University of North Carolina junior forward Casey Nogueira.
November 21, 2008
- Zeller Breaks Left Wrist
Roy Williams takes his Tar Heels back to California, a fairly regular occurrence since he became head coach but a rarity prior to his tenure. Get all the matchups, stats and trends for the game–the first one Carolina will play without freshman Tyler Zeller–in the Game Guide.
November 21, 2008
The North Carolina volleyball team moved one step closer to the ACC Championship Thursday night in Chapel Hill as the Tar Heels claimed a 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 25-21, 25-16) win over second place Miami (24-6, 12-6 ACC) to pull within one win of their first ACC title since 2005. Suzanne Haydel and Ingrid Hanson-Tuntland tallied 15 kills apiece in leading Carolina (20-9, 14-4 ACC) to its first 20-win season since 2005. The Tar Heels will look to claim a share of the ACC title on Friday when they host Florida State on senior night.
November 20, 2008
Sophomore Tyler Harris of Richmond, Va., shattered the University’s short course record in the 200-yard individual medley that had stood for 18 years as the North Carolina men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams sped to a big lead after the opening day of the Gamecock Invitational at the Carolina Natatorium.
November 20, 2008
The University of North Carolina softball program has announced the signing of six student-athletes to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period head coach Donna J. Papa announced Wednesday. The six newest Tar Heels will enter school in the fall of 2009 and will begin their college softball careers on the diamond in 2010, while the 2009 Tar Heels will also welcome a newcomer as Ally Blake will be joining Carolina at the beginning of the new semester in January.
