By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina is a season-high No. 10 in the latest D1 Baseball poll after going 4–0 last week and sweeping a three-game weekend series at Wake Forest, extending the Tar Heels’ win streak to nine games.

The Tar Heels (25–4), who moved up four spots in the poll, are tied for the ACC Coastal Division lead with No. 11 Virginia Tech (21–5) at 10–2.

The Demon Deacons (17–10, 4–8), the preseason No. 1-ranked team, fell nine spots to No. 21 after losing to UNC 6–5, 10–6 and 14–10.

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In Sunday’s victory, freshman catcher Luke Stevenson belted a 431-foot three-run home run to right-center field in the ninth inning to break a tie game. It was his second three-run homer of the game as he drove in six.

Carolina also beat N.C. A&T 10–5 on Tuesday.

UNC, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech are among eight ACC teams in the poll. Also in the poll are No. 2 Clemson (24–3, 7–2), No. 9 Duke (20–8, 6–6), No. 14 Florida State (22–4, 5–4), No. 15 Virginia (22–6, 7–5) and No. 19 N.C. State (18–7, 8–4).

The Tar Heels don’t have any mid-week games, and visit Virginia for a three-game weekend series. UNC faces the Cavaliers at 7 p.m. Thursday (ACC Network), 6 p.m. Friday (ESPN3) and 1 p.m. Saturday (ESPN3).

The Cavaliers lost two of three games at Duke over the weekend, winning 7–3 on Friday but losing 9–4 on Thursday and 7–4 on Saturday.

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D1 Baseball Top 25

Rank	Team	Record	Last week	Previous
1	Arkansas	23-3	4-0	1
2	Clemson	24-3	2-1	3
3	Texas A&M	25-3	4-0	4
4	Tennessee	24-5	3-1	5
5	Oregon State	21-4	0-2	2
6	Florida	16-11	2-2	6
7	Vanderbilt	23-6	4-0	7
8	Dallas Baptist	23-4	4-0	10
9	Duke	20-8	3-1	11
10	North Carolina	25-4	4-0	14
11	Virginia Tech	21-5	3-1	13
12	East Carolina	20-6	4-0	15
13	Alabama	21-7	3-1	16
14	Florida State	22-4	3-1	17
15	Virginia	22-6	2-2	9
16	UC Irvine	22-3	4-0	20
17	Kentucky	24-4	4-0	24
18	LSU	20-9	1-3	8
19	N.C. State	18-7	3-0	22
20	Coastal Carolina	20-7	2-1	19
21	Wake Forest	17-10	1-3	12
22	South Carolina	21-7	2-2	18
23	Mississippi State	19-10	2-2	21
24	Nebraska	20-5	3-0	NR
25	UCF	18-7	3-1	NR

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UNC scores

Date(s)	Day/ month	Times	Opponent (current rank)
	February
13–15	Fri.-Sat.	4, noon, 1	vs. Indiana
17	Tuesday	4 p.m.	vs. Richmond
18	Wednesday	4 p.m.	vs. Longwood
20–22	Fri.-Sun.	4 (Greenville), 2 (DBAP), 2 (CH)	vs. East Carolina
24	Tuesday	4 p.m.	vs. N.C. A&T
25	Wednesday	4 p.m.	vs. VCU
27–28	Fri., Sat.	4 p.m., 2 p.m.	vs. Le Moyne
	March
1	Sunday	1 p.m.	vs. Le Moyne
3	Tuesday	4 p.m.	vs. Elon
6–8	Fri.-Sun.	4, 2, 1	vs. Virginia
10	Tuesday	4 p.m.	vs. Bucknell
13–15	Fri.-Sun.	9, 5, 4	at California
18	Wednesday	4 p.m.	vs. UNCG
20–22	Fri.-Sun.	8, 2, 1	vs. No. 8 Louisville
24	Tuesday	6:30	vs. South Carolina in Charlotte
27–29	Fri.-Sun.	6:30, 3, 1	at Notre Dame
31	Tuesday	8 p.m.	vs. Campbell
	April
2–4	Thur.-Sat.	6, 6, 2	vs. Boston College
7	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. Charlotte
10–12	Fri.-Sun.	6, 2, 12:30	at No. 19 Clemson
14	Tuesday	6 p.m.	vs. UNCW
17–19	Fri-Sun.	6, noon, 1	vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech
21	Tuesday	6 p.m.	vs. High Point
23–25	Fri.-Sun.	7, 6, 3	at Duke
28	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Coastal Carolina
29	Wednesday	6 p.m.	vs. Queens
	May
3	Sunday	2 p.m. (non-conference game)	vs. Duke
6	Wednesday	6 p.m.	vs. Winthrop
8–10	Fri.-Sun.	6, noon, 1	vs. Pittsburgh
12	Tuesday	6 p.m.	at UNCW
14–16	Thurs.-Sat.	7, 6, 1	at No. 17 N.C. State
19–24	Tues.-Sun.	ACC tournament	Charlotte
29–31	Fri.-Sun.	NCAA Regionals	Campus sites
	June
5–7	Fri.-Sun.	NCAA Super Regionals	Campus sites
12–22	Fri.-Mon	College World Series	Omaha, Neb.

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