Heels counting on big game from Shaeffer after dropping opener to Arkansas

By R.L. Bynum CHAPEL HILL — A hot pitcher can often overcome a team on an offensive roll and Arkansas … More

UNC-Arkansas Super Regional starts with Saturday morning game

How about some morning baseball this weekend? The North Carolina-Arkansas Super Regional begins at 11 a.m. Saturday (ESPN) at Boshamer Stadium, with Sunday’s game at 1 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2). The time and TV for Monday’s game in the best-of-three series (if needed) are not set.

Heels roll past VCU, to host Super Regional vs. Arkansas

By R.L. Bynum CHAPEL HILL — A postseason power surge like no other in recent Carolina history has blasted the … More

Heels power into regional title game with rout of VCU

CHAPEL HILL — Vance Honeycutt and Alberto Osuna powered into the UNC history books and led an offensive assault that earned the Tar Heels a winner-takes-all clash with VCU. Carolina, which defeated Georgia 6–5 in an elimination game earlier in the day, avenged a Saturday night loss to the Rams with a 19–8 victory Sunday night to end their 17-game win streak.

UNC escapes elimination game, now must beat VCU twice

By R.L. Bynum CHAPEL HILL — Carolina’s margin for error is still small but the path to a regional title … More

Missed calls, missed chances create rough road for UNC; Forbes suspended

CHAPEL HILL — Missed calls and missed opportunities have North Carolina facing a rough road to the Chapel Hill Regional title. And now they’ll miss their head coach for two games. After a pair of questionable umpire decisions ended early Tar Heels scoring threats, repeated failures with runners on base helped Virginia Commonwealth pull out a 4–3 victory Saturday night before 3,843 fans at Boshamer Stadium to extend the Rams’ win streak to 17 and end UNC’s streak at eight.

Heels blast 5 HRs, start regionals with rout

CHAPEL HILL — Underdog Hofstra was no match for Carolina’s power-driven offense Friday. Mac Horvath hit two of the Tar Heels’ five home runs as they rolled to a 15–4 win over the Pride in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional opener for their eighth consecutive win and 13th last 14 games.

Georgia, VCU head to UNC’s Chapel Hill Region

By R.L. Bynum CHAPEL HILL — For the 12th time in program history, North Carolina will be an NCAA regional … More

UNC’s runaway baseball train flattens Pack for ACC title

Carolina’s incredible 35-day run from 8–13 in the ACC with five consecutive league series losses to conference champion is complete. And the Tar Heels capped it with complete domination. The unstoppable No. 8-seed Tar Heels won their seventh consecutive game, beating No. 10-seed N.C. State 9–5 in the ACC Tournament championship game Sunday in Charlotte for their first league title since 2019. UNC (38–19) is playing like a runaway train and flattened the Wolfpack (35–21), which came into the game with lots of momentum.

Streaking Heels advance to ACC championship game

By R.L. Bynum CHARLOTTE — North Carolina hasn’t made an ACC baseball tournament championship game since Danny Serretti’s freshman season. … More

Hot Heels thump Hokies, earn berth in semifinals

It doesn’t seem to matter who the red-hot Carolina baseball team faces, the Tar Heels are going to take care of business. And they’re doing it convincingly and got one of the best pitching performances by a Tar Heel in recent memory on Friday. Against Virginia Tech, the No. 2-ranked team in the country, UNC poured on the offense early with four home runs in the first four innings and rolled to a 10–0 Friday win in Charlotte to earn a trip to the ACC Tournament semifinals.