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.
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Jackson resigns as Liberty baseball coach, will reportedly join Forbes’ UNC staff
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.
Fireballing pitcher Seagraves, N.C. Baseball Player of Year, commits to Carolina
Right-handed pitcher Camron Seagraves, the Gatorade North Carolina Baseball Player of the Year and the nation’s No. 160 prospect with a 94 mph fastball, has committed to North Carolina.
With most of everyday lineup gone, Forbes must restock roster
OMAHA, Neb. — The lineup will look drastically different when North Carolina opens the 2025 baseball season in February. Coach Scott Forbes must replenish his roster with transfers and freshmen for the Tar Heels to return to Omaha because most of his 2024 lineup will be gone. Even before UNC’s first Men’s College World Series opener, Forbes said that he had already secured a couple of transfer commitments and was working to get more.
Offensive struggles catch up with UNC against Vols
OMAHA, Neb. — For most of the season, Carolina’s prolific scoring made it tough for anybody to beat the Tar Heels. They haven’t been able to replicate that recently in the NCAA tournament against top-level pitching, and it finally caught up with them against No. 1 Tennessee’s explosive hitting.
Forbes securing transfers, seeking others while trying to lead UNC to national title
OMAHA, Neb. — North Carolina coach Scott Forbes got his fourth Tar Heels team to the Men’s College World Series, thanks in no small part to working the transfer portal. Three of his regular position players and two of his starting pitchers transferred to UNC last offseason. Knowing that up to seven regular starters will finish their careers in Omaha, Forbes has already begun luring another talented transfer class while trying to win a national championship.
UNC’s top-level outfield defense will be huge in spacious Omaha ballpark
OMAHA, Neb. — Charles Schwab Field Omaha’s spacious dimensions can turn long drives into long outs that might be home runs in other venues. When No. 4-seed North Carolina (47–14) gets a rematch with No. 12 Virginia (45–15) in Friday’s 2 p.m. Men’s College World Series opener (ESPN), the dynamics will be a lot different from when the Cavaliers won two of three in Charlottesville, Va., in early April.
Video, transcript from UNC’s Men’s College World Series press conference ahead of Friday’s opener
UNC head coach Scott Forbes, pitcher Jason DeCaro, first baseman Parks Harber and center field Vance Honeycutt addressed the media at a Men’s College World Series press conference in Omaha on Thursday.
Honeycutt named first-team All-American; six other Tar Heels earn honors
Dynamic UNC junior center fielder Vance Honeycutt made the Perfect Game First Team All-America team on Wednesday and was one of two Tar Heels picked by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association as Second Team All-American.
UNC only got limited number of MCWS tickets, but they’re available elsewhere
It’s tough for a team to earn a spot in the Men’s College World Series, and it might be even tougher for fans of No. 4-seed North Carolina to get tickets if you want to make sure you are sitting with Tar Heels fans.
Honeycutt dazzling in Bosh finale, sending Heels to College World Series
CHAPEL HILL — Vance Honeycutt made his likely Boshamer Stadium finale memorable from the first pitch. The junior center fielder reminded North Carolina fans of a few of the many reasons they’ll miss him at The Bosh with his power, speed, fielding range and throwing arm.
Redemption from three Tar Heels was huge in igniting Bosh Magic against WVU
CHAPEL HILL — A big part of fuelling more Bosh Magic on Friday night was powerful redemption for three Tar Heels.
Honeycutt, Heels deliver more Bosh Magic; UNC win away from CWS
CHAPEL HILL — Once West Virginia ace Derek Clark was done, so were the Mountaineers, another victim of Bosh Magic. Junior center fielder Vance Honeycutt finished them off with a game-ending two-run home run to left field with two outs as No. 4-seed North Carolina rallied for an 8–6 victory in the opener of the Chapel Hill Super Regional on Friday night before a packed Boshamer Stadium.
Forbes has all his pitching ‘horses’ available for deciding game against LSU
CHAPEL HILL — Two years after winning a deciding Monday game to win a Chapel Hill Regional, No. 6 North Carolina will have to do it again to extend its season.
Heels will have to beat Deacs, ACC Pitcher of Year, to make semifinals
CHARLOTTE — Wake Forest saved the best pitcher in the ACC for top-seeded North Carolina, and he can’t wait to face the Tar Heels. The No. 7-ranked Tar Heels’ ACC tournament opener at 3 p.m. Thursday against No. 12 seed Pittsburgh (26–28) will be a meaningless tune-up. Win or lose on Thursday, UNC will make the tournament semifin