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Cross Country Season Opener Cancelled

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:43:05 -0400

Cross Country Season Opener Cancelled: The North Carolina cross country teams will have to wait a week to make their 2008 debuts as Tropical Storm Hanna has cancelled the Campbell Invitational scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 6. The Tar…

Nike/Carolina Classic Begins Friday

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:42:39 -0400

Nike/Carolina Classic Begins Friday:

Free Admission All Weekend

2008 UNC Statistics

Nogueira Named To Top Drawer’s Team of the Week

Boneparth’s Blog at NCAA.com

UNC No. 4 in Soccer Buzz Poll

Three of the top 12 teams in the nation…

Volleyball To Open Home Slate With Carolina Classic

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:42:37 -0400

Volleyball To Open Home Slate With Carolina Classic:

Carolina Classic Tournament Central

After one of the most competitive opening season tournaments in recent memory the North Carolina volleyball team returns home to host the annual Carolina…

ACC Select To Deliver Comprehensive Video Content

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:42:36 -0400

ACC Select To Deliver Comprehensive Video Content: Raycom Sports, CBS College Sports Network, and theAtlantic Coast Conference, announced today an agreement that makes CBSCollege Sports Network the exclusive broadband streaming partner for theACC….

No. 15 Carolina Faces Gamecocks, No. 14 Bruins

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:42:32 -0400

No. 15 Carolina Faces Gamecocks, No. 14 Bruins:

No. 15 North Carolina will look to build on an unbeaten opening weekend when it faces South Carolina…

Lucas: Thompson's Focus On Hoops, Not Home

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:04:05 -0400

Lucas: Thompson's Focus On Hoops, Not Home:

Mini-Season And Exhibition Tickets Available
Save The Date - Late Night Scheduled For Oct. 24
Hubert Davis Auction And Golf Tournament
Coaching Clinic Set For Nov. 1

Last summer, Deon Thompson…

Lucas: Thompson's Focus On Hoops, Not Home

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:41:58 -0400

Lucas: Thompson's Focus On Hoops, Not Home:

Mini-Season And Exhibition Tickets Available
Save The Date - Late Night Scheduled For Oct. 24
Hubert Davis Auction And Golf Tournament
Coaching Clinic Set For Nov. 1

Last summer, Deon Thompson…

Podcasting Lacrosse All-America Ben Hunt

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:41:06 -0400

Podcasting Lacrosse All-America Ben Hunt:

Complete Podcast With Hunt

TarHeelBlue.com enjoyed the opportunity Wednesday to podcast with senior midfielder Ben Hunt of the Tar Heel men’s lacrosse team. A third-team All-America last year,…

Blocked Kick Turns Defensive Momentum

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:11:07 -0400

Blocked Kick Turns Defensive Momentum:

Tate, Wilson Named ACC Players of the Week

Butch Davis stressed special teams throughout Carolina’s month-long training camp. That emphasis paid off in the season opener, as a seemingly…

Blocked Kick Turns Defensive Momentum

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:39:19 -0400

Blocked Kick Turns Defensive Momentum:

Tate, Wilson Named ACC Players of the Week

Butch Davis stressed special teams throughout Carolina’s month-long training camp. That emphasis paid off in the season opener, as a seemingly…

Forword Named ACC Player Of The Week

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:38:51 -0400

Forword Named ACC Player Of The Week: North Carolina’s Danielle Forword, a junior from East London , South Africa, has been selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Player of the Week following the season’s first weekend of…

Schedule Released For 2008-09 Women's Basketball Campaign

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:38:49 -0400

Schedule Released For 2008-09 Women's Basketball Campaign:

2008-09 Schedule (PDF)

The University of North Carolina women’s basketball team opens its 2008-09 season on Nov. 14 against Western Carolina in the first round of the Women’s National…

Wescoe Takes ACC, National Honors

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:38:42 -0400

Wescoe Takes ACC, National Honors: North Carolina senior goalkeeper Jacob Wescoe picked up Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Player of the Week honors and was named to Soccer America’s National Team of the Week Tuesday after leading No. 18…

Podcasting With Women's Swimming Captain Lindsay McIlvain

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:38:42 -0400

Podcasting With Women's Swimming Captain Lindsay McIlvain:

TarHeelBlue.com podcast with McIlvain

TarHeelBlue.com had a chance Tuesday morning to sit down and chat with Lindsay McIlvain, one of the tri-captains of the 2008-09 University of North Carolina…

Extra Points: Dealing With Reality

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:36:49 -0400

Extra Points: Dealing With Reality:

Lucas: The Tate Effect
Photo Gallery
Postgame Notes
Postgame Quotes
Box Score

It was not the best of opening games, not the appetizer you would have whipped up to the 2008 season to quell…

Extra Points: Dealing With Reality

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:07:21 -0400

Extra Points: Dealing With Reality: It was not the best of opening games, not the appetizer you would have whipped up to the 2008 season to quell the hunger pangs of a long summer waiting for some football. The third quarter was…

Callahan Lifts No. 24 Tar Heels Past VCU In OT

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:36:41 -0400

Callahan Lifts No. 24 Tar Heels Past VCU In OT:

Carolina Nike Classic Page

Senior captain Michael Callahan scored with 4:31 remaining in the first overtime Sunday to give No. 24 North Carolina a 1-0 win over VCU on the final day of the…

Top-Ranked Tar Heels Fall To No. 5 Iowa

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:36:40 -0400

Top-Ranked Tar Heels Fall To No. 5 Iowa: Fifth-ranked Iowa handed the North Carolina field hockey team its first loss since the 2006 season on Sunday, winning 3-2 in ACC-Big Ten Challenge play at Wake Forest’s Kentner Stadium. The…

Tar Heels Improve To 3-0 On Washington's Goal

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:36:36 -0400

Tar Heels Improve To 3-0 On Washington's Goal: The University of North Carolina women’s soccer team got a goal from junior forward Nikki Washington 27 minutes into the match and made it hold up as the No. 2 Tar Heels shut out No. 14 Tennessee 1-0…

Tate's Record-Setting Night Leads Tar Heels Past McNeese State

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:35:59 -0400

Tate's Record-Setting Night Leads Tar Heels Past McNeese State:

Postgame Notes
Postgame Quotes
Box Score

Brandon Tate put on a dazzling one-man show, scoring on an 82-yard punt return and putting North Carolina ahead for good with a 57-yard catch to help the…