UNC women’s soccer, field hockey fall out of No. 1 spots; men’s soccer slips in poll after first loss

Two Carolina women’s teams that have won multiple national championships — field hockey and soccer — fell Tuesday from No. 1 to No. 3, and the Tar Heels slipped in the men’s soccer poll.

UNC players Murphy, Maye, Allen and Lampkin talk about the Miami game

Hear what UNC players Myles Murphy, Drake Maye, Marcus Allen and, Willie Lampkin had to say ahead of Saturday’s big clash with Miami.

No. 1 UNC has to settle for draw after No. 22 Duke’s late score

DURHAM — An irritating pattern for North Carolina women’s soccer struck again, leaving them fit to be tied. It happened in the national championship game against UCLA last season, two weeks earlier against Florida State and Sunday at Duke — a win booted aside by a late opponent goal. There were 16 seconds left against the Bruins and one second left against the Seminoles.

After decisive win, UNC surges again in both Top 25 polls

After a dominant 40–7 home victory over Syracuse on Saturday, North Carolina moved up in the AP Top 25 for the fifth consecutive week. The Tar Heels (5–0, 2–0 ACC) jumped two spots to No. 12, their highest rank since they were No. 10 in the 2021 preseason poll and their best ranking this late in the season since they were No. 5 on Oct. 11, 2020.

Easy Louisville schedule could help UNC in an ACC tiebreaker

Should North Carolina need to win a tiebreaker with Louisville to make the league championship game, the Cardinals’ easy ACC schedule could be helpful for the Tar Heels. In the first ACC football season without divisions since 2004, the teams finishing first and second in the ACC standings will play in the ACC championship game.

Video: UNC’s Maye, Fox, Walker and Gray talk about the Syracuse game

Hear what UNC’s Drake Make, Tomari Fox, Tez Walker and Cedric Gray had to say about the Tar Heels’ game with Syracuse.

Video: Watch Mack Brown’s postgame press conference after convincing win over Syracuse

Hear what UNC coach Mack Brown had to say after the Tar Heels’ win over Syracuse.

Good, Bad and Ugly Report: Syracuse

Sometimes things happen in college football that are simply unexpected. UNC’s dominating 40-7 win over Syracuse in Chapel Hill certainly falls in that category. It’s not that Carolina won the game; the Heels were an eight-point favorite and had a 61% chance to win, according to the ESPN FPI index. But I don’t think anyone anticipated such a dominating performance on both sides of the ball, leading to UNC’s biggest margin of victory since beating Georgia State 59–17 in 2021.

Cadeau has ‘two-year plan’ with no pressure to be one-and-done

CHAPEL HILL — Whatever comes to pass for Elliot Cadeau after a season sure to be full of eye-popping passes is fine for the precocious freshman.
When the five-star Class of 2024 guard with outstanding court vision reclassified last summer to join Carolina this season, many assumed he’d play one season and then move on to the NBA. While that’s still possible, the 6–1, 180-pound Cadeau says there is no urgency for it to play out like that.

Watch: UNC’s men’s basketball practice Friday

Watch the first part of Carolina’s men’s basketball practice on Friday during media day when Cormac Ryan and R.J. Davis show off their perimeter shooting.