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CHAPEL HILL — No. 3 Carolina is on a roll and packing a consistent offensive punch that will be needed as the national spotlight focuses on Boshamer Stadium this weekend. “Obviously, a great win and a really big weekend ahead,” coach Scott Forbes said after the Tar Heels dispatched UNCW 14–5 on Tuesday when a tweak in the batting order produced immediate results.
North Carolina snagged its second catcher from the transfer portal, and didn’t have to go very far to get him. After two seasons at Duke, Macon Winslow is transferring to UNC. He made the announcement Monday afternoon on his Instagram account, calling it a “New Chapter.”
CHAPEL HILL — Two damaging errors and the inability to come up with big hits ended top-ranked North Carolina’s dreams of back-to-back trips to the College World Series and only left the Tar Heels with heartbreak.
Here are images from top-ranked UNC’s season-ending 4-3 loss to No. 21 Arizona.
Here are images from No. 21 Arizona’s 10–2 victory over top-ranked UNC in Saturday’s Chapel Hill Super Regional Game 2, a game attended by Bill Belichick.
CHAPEL HILL — It’s just not in the cards for aces trying to challenge top-ranked North Carolina.
CHAPEL HILL — Scott Forbes played the long game with beautiful results for his top-ranked Tar Heels.
CHAPEL HILL — Oklahoma saved Kyson Witherspoon for Saturday, and top-ranked UNC saved its best first-inning run output of the season for the Sooners’ ace.
If there was any doubt that No. 4 North Carolina deserves a national seed in the NCAA tournament, the Tar Heels eliminated it Thursday night in Tallahassee, Fla.
CHAPEL HILL — Tyson Bass came to UNC with a reputation as a dangerous power hitter, and showed that off during the fall season. That’s been slow to come this spring, but after hitting only four home runs in his first 40 games, the graduate right fielder has three homers in the last four.
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina’s offense has piled up runs at an impressive rate of late, particularly in Tuesday non-conference games.
CHAPEL HILL — No. 6 North Carolina picked up right where it left off, coming off a College World Series appearance with an impressive start on a chilly February afternoon.
Two North Carolina players are projected first-round 2025 MLB Draft picks, and a third is in the top 100 of a list D1 Baseball released on Friday.
Three North Carolina pitchers — left-handers Dalton Pence and Shea Sprague and right-hander Aidan Haugh — were drafted Tuesday on the final day of the MLB Draft, but none could have been more pleased than Sprague.
Scott Jackson is expected to return to the North Carolina baseball coaching staff. Jackson resigned Thursday after eight seasons as Liberty’s head coach and, according to multiple reports, will join Coach Scott Forbes’ staff at UNC.
