Tar Heels’ youth, pressure defense and poise have them back in national championship game

North Carolina’s latest step toward another national title looked like it would be a semifinal between heavyweights. On the field Friday, it looked like a team that knew exactly what it wanted to be and how to impose it.

The reigning NCAA champion Tar Heels dominated Maryland 16–6 at Martin Stadium in Evanston, Ill., closing the game on a 13–3 run and holding the Terrapins to one goal over the final 27 minutes.

Levy says daily work foundation of reigning champion UNC’s return to Final Four

North Carolina has spent the past two seasons setting a championship standard, and the reigning national champion Tar Heels are back in the Final Four with another chance to add to it. No. 2-seed UNC (18–1) meets No. 3 Maryland (18–3) at 3 p.m. Friday on ESPNU in a national semifinal in Evanston, Ill., with the other semifinal matchup pitting No. 1 Northwestern (17–3) against No. 4 Johns Hopkins (17–4).

UNC’s football coordinators have highest base salaries on campus

North Carolina’s two football coordinators have the top two base salaries of any employee on the UNC campus, according to the UNC Salary Information Database. The database, updated on June 30, shows that Carolina’s defensive coordinator Geoff Collins (top photo) and offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey are the only employees on the Chapel Hill campus earning a base salary of more than $1 million.

Field hockey title game, Davis’ 42-point night highlight UNC’s ACC Network takeover

Set your DVRs! It will be all Tar Heels victories on ACC Network on Friday topped by the thrilling victory over Northwestern in the NCAA field hockey championship game and RJ Davis’ Smith Center-record 42 points in a men’s basketball victory over Miami.

Davis, Vazquez take top honors at Rammys

Carolina honored the best athletes and performances of the last year at the annual Rammys on Monday night. The top male and female athletes were no surprise, as All-American guard R.J. Davis and four-time NCAA championship diver Aranza Vazquez took home the top honors.