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Duke lacrosse continues thrilling run in NCAA tourney

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Duke scored the game’s final three goals to rally from an 11-9 deficit to a 12-11 victory over Notre Dame in the NCAA quarterfinals. The win was the 14th of the year for the Blue Devils and second one-goal victory in this year’s NCAA postseason.

Duke advances to its seventh straight NCAA Championship Weekend and ninth overall appearance in the final weekend. David Lawson headlined Duke’s comeback with a career-high five goals, including the game winner, while Jordan Wolf dished out four assists. The game was nip and tuck throughout the 60 minutes, featuring nine ties and five lead changes and neither team leading by more than two goals.

Duke is making its seventh straight appearance in the NCAA semifinals and ninth overall. The Blue Devils have qualified every year under head coach John Danowski and also did so in 1997 and 2005. Duke joins Syracuse as the only programs since 1990 to advance to seven straight final weekends – the Orange earned spots in 15 straight from 1990-2004.

Saturday’s semifinal between Duke and Cornell will be a rematch of the thrilling 2007 semifinal between the Blue Devils and Big Red. Duke edged the Ivy League power in 2007 with a Zack Greer goal with just three seconds left in the game. Cornell erased a seven-goal deficit to tie the game 11-11 with 17 seconds remaining before Duke won the ensuing faceoff and Greer fired home the winning tally. The victory over the Big Red pushed Duke into the championship game for the second time in three seasons. Duke and Cornell also met in the 2005 quarterfinals, with Duke edging the Big Red 11-8 in Princeton, N.J.

Senior captain David Lawson had quite the day against the Fighting Irish with a career-high five goals, including the game winner. Lawson became just the fourth different Blue Devil to have at least five goals in a NCAA Tournament game with his five only being surpassed by Zack Greer, who had six and seven during his career. With 17 points during his career in the NCAA Tournament, Lawson ranks tied for 12th in Duke history.

Duke head coach John Danowski made history Sunday afternoon when he became the first coach in Division I lacrosse history to take his team to the NCAA Championship weekend in each of his first seven seasons. John Desko of Syracuse advanced to six consecutive from 1999-2004 before his streak was snapped in 2005. Danowski’s 21 NCAA Tournament victories are tied for fifth all-time in NCAA history. He is 21-13 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 17-5 at Duke in the postseason.

With three goals against Notre Dame, junior attackman Josh Dionne became the latest Blue Devil to join the century club with 101 career points. Dionne owns 86 career goals and 15 assists in his three seasons with the Blue Devils, including a career-best 40 goals and 45 points overall in 2013. He joins classmates Jordan Wolf and Christian Walsh on the 41-man list. Senior David Lawson is just one point shy of reaching the 100-point benchmark after his five-goal outing against the Irish.

Sophomore goaltender Kyle Turri made perhaps the biggest save of his career in the fourth quarter when he stopped Sean Rogers’ shot and sparked the fastbreak that tied the game at 11-11 for the Blue Devils. That save turned the game from being 12-10 to 11-11 with 3:18 to play in the fourth quarter.

Junior Jordan Wolf couldn’t find the back of the cage for the Blue Devils against Notre Dame, but he provided plenty of offense with a career-high four assists. He dished out the game-winning assist as well as the helper that made it 9-9 with one second left in the third quarter. For his career, Wolf has 20 points (9g, 11a) in NCAA Tournament action to rank ninth in Duke history. His 11 assists are fifth in the Duke records book.

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Weather delays, Volunteers do in Wolfpack softball team in NCAAs

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statesoftballACC-champion NC State’s impressive debut season under first-year head coach Shawn Rychcik came to an end on Sunday as the Wolfpack fell 7-0 to No. 5 host Tennessee in the title game of the NCAA Knoxville Regional.

On a rainy weekend that saw multiple weather delays, the Wolfpack (35-20-1) got an outstanding performance over three days from sophomore pitcher Emily Weiman, who threw the Pack’s first 24 innings in the four-team regional without relief, including a 10 2/3-inning outing in a 1-0 loss to the Volunteers on Saturday that matched the longest of her career.

Weiman (33-18) took both losses against the Volunteers, but also both wins against James Madison, a 2-0 win in the opener on Friday, and a 6-4 win in a elimination game that was started on Saturday evening and was completed on Sunday morning, advancing the Pack to the title game against Tennessee.

In all, Weiman threw 423 pitches, going a total of 28.1 innings, while giving up 27 hits, 10 earned runs and three walks. She struck out 12 batters in the four games.

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UNC women’s tennis upset by UCLA in quarterfinals

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No. 2 North Carolina saw its NCAA run come to an end Sunday as the Tar Heels fell to seventh-seeded UCLA, 4-1, at the Atkins Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Illinois. Carolina ran out to an early lead thanks to a pair of dominant doubles wins before the Bruins rallied to take four singles matches.

For the second match in a row, Carolina (28-4) played one of its best doubles points of the year to take a 1-0 lead. On court one, No. 58 Caroline Price and Whitney Kay traded breaks with No. 25 Robin Anderson and Skyler Morton before breaking at love to take a 5-3 lead. From there, the Tar Heel tandem took control, dropping just one more game on the way to an 8-4 win.

Carolina will now turn its attention to the NCAA singles tournament, where four Tar Heels will compete starting Wednesday. Suarez-Malaguti, De Bruycker, Kay and Price are all in the field, while Suarez-Malaguti is the event’s No. 7 seed. Draws for that event will be available later in the week.

Against UCLA, with Lauren McHale and Ashley Dai battling No. 38 Courtney Dolehide and Pamela Montez, Gina Suarez-Malaguti and Tessa Lyons were on the verge of victory on court three. The No. 3 UNC pair raced out to a 5-1 lead on the strength of two breaks and never looked back, winning 8-2 over Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips to clinch the point for the Tar Heels.

The first singles sets were extremely close, and at one point all six matches featured scores of either 5-4 or 5-5. Carolina appeared to have the early advantage on courts one, two and four, while UCLA (20-5) led on three, five and six. But the Bruins had a late surge, and claimed five of six first sets. UNC’s lone opening set win came on court five, as McHale won four straight games to top No. 93 Harrison, 7-5.

The Bruins got their first point of the afternoon on court two, as No. 20 McPhillips turned around a 4-2 first set deficit to beat No. 49 De Bruycker, 6-4, 6-1. UCLA took its first lead next, as No. 3 Anderson used the momentum from a tight first-set win to defeat No. 7 Suarez-Malaguti at the top position, 7-5, 6-1.

On court three, No. 39 Kay erased a two-break deficit in the second to make it 4-4 against Montez. But the UCLA senior broke for 5-4 and held on to avenge her loss to Kay in the ITA National Team Indoor final, 6-4, 6-4.

From there, UCLA was on the verge of victory as the Bruins were up on courts four and six and Harrison had forced a third set on court five. But this time it was Carolina’s turn to start winning games in bunches, as Price and Lyons both got key late breaks to force third sets and extend the dual.

UNC fell behind early breaks on all three remaining courts before UCLA got its first chance to win the match on court five. Harrison won the first three points from McHale, who then saved a pair of match points. On the third match point, a Harrison ground stroke struck the tape and fell over for an agonizing winner to seal the victory for the Bruins.

UCLA will face third-seeded Texas A&M in Monday’s national semifinals. Stanford will face Florida in the other semi.

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Heels lacrosse loses in NCAA quarterfinals after blowing six-goal lead

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Fourth-seeded Denver outscored fifth-seeded North Carolina 5-1 in the fourth quarter to rally past the Tar Heels 12-11 in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Pioneers advance to the NCAA Final 4 and will play top-seeded Syracuse next Saturday in Philadelphia.

ncaalacrosseUNC saw its 10-game winning streak come to an end as the Tar Heels were unable to protect a six-goal lead, falling to a spirited Denver comeback. The Pioneers improve to 14-4 on the campaign.

Joey Sankey, Davey Emala and Mark McNeill each scored a pair of goals for UNC while Steve Pontrello, Chad Tutton, Evan Connell, Ryan Kilpatrick and Pat Foster each scored goals. Jimmy Bitter, Ryan Creighton, Marcus Holman, Greg McBride and Sankey each had assists for UNC.

North Carolina Coach Joe Breschi said, “We fought hard all year long and broke great ground for this team and these seniors did a great job in providing great leadership. The whole group was terrific. We had great energy the first half for sure. We didn’t necessarily match their intensity and the pace of their offense at the end of the day.”

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Tar Heel women make it to NCAA lacrosse semis Friday

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Third-seeded North Carolina scored three times in the first minute of the game, pouncing on unseeded Virginia and winning, 13-9, in the NCAA Tournament lacrosse quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon at Fetzer Field. With the victory, Carolina (16-3) advances to the NCAA semifinals for the fourth time in the last five seasons.

The Tar Heels will return to action Friday (May 24) at 5 p.m. in the NCAA semifinals against No. 2 seed Northwestern, which beat Penn State on Saturday night. Carolna beat the Wildcats, 11-8, earlier this season on Feb. 22 in Chapel Hill.

Against Virginia, Carolina jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first three and a half minutes, led 10-2 at halftime and won despite five consecutive Virginia goals in the final 16 minutes of the game that made the final score 13-9 after UNC had built a commanding, 13-4 lead.

The Tar Heels got five goals and six total points from Abbey Friend in the game, tying her career highs in both categories. She also had six points in last weekend’s NCAA second round win over Loyola. UNC also got three goals, two assists and five ground balls from Kara Cannizzaro. Emily Garrity had a fine all-around game, controlling a career-high seven draws, forcing three turnovers and scoring twice.

Brittney Coppa had two goals and an assist. Freshman Aly Messinger set a season high with three assists, Morgan Rubin scored a goal and Sam McGee had an assist.

Kelly Boyd scored three times to lead Virginia. Ashlee Warner and Casey Bocklet both had a goal and two assists for the Cavaliers, who also got two goals each from Courtney Swan and Liza Blue.

UNC has won eight games in a row over Virginia and 10 of the last 11 installments in the series. The Tar Heels are 6-1 in NCAA Tournament play against the Cavaliers. Carolina has beaten UVa in the NCAA Tournament four times in the last six seasons (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013).

The Tar Heels will be making their seventh appearance in the NCAA semifinals. (1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), all under head coach Jenny Levy.

“Obviously, we’re very excited,” Levy said afterward. “Every program in the country wants to play on the last weekend with the opportunity to advance and play for the national championship. I thought the key to the game was how we started. I looked up and we were up by three goals less than a minute into the game.

“The second half was really sloppy for us,” Levy continued. “We had some chances to widen the lead but didn’t, so credit their goalie [Kim Kolarik] for making some big saves. I also thought Emily Garrity was a key today for us. She had seven draw controls, three caused turnovers and two goals, which is great.”

Kolarik played all 60 minutes in the cage for Virginia and finished with five saves. UNC freshman Megan Ward (5-2) started her fifth consecutive game, playing all 60 minutes and recording seven saves.

Carolina improved to 7-7 all-time in NCAA Tournament quarterfinal games, winning its fourth quarterfinal in its last five tries. UNC also improved to 15-1 at home in NCAA Tournament play and has won 14 home NCAA games in a row.

The start of the game was delayed for 15 minutes for field maintenance after a heavy rain.

Carolina dominated the draw all day, controlling 16 to Virginia’s eight overall. Earlier this season on March 9, UVa won 12 of 17 draws to keep the score close throughout an 8-7 Tar Heel victory.

UNC scored 10 first-half goals on 10 shots, finishing with 13 goals on 24 shots on the day. UNC also won 23 ground balls to Virginia’s 18. The two teams combined for 50 fouls, 30 by the Cavs.

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Apex boys, East Chapel Hill girls lacrosse teams win state titles in dramatic fashion

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Senior attackman Derek Sweet’s dramatic goal in the final second lifted Apex to a 12-11 triumph over Lake Norman for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s state boy’s lacrosse championship Saturday at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary.

Sweet had four goals to lead the Cougars to the exciting win, their first state championship in two trips to the NCHSAA final, and finished the season with 49 goals. Luke Sieber had the assist on the game-winner, which came with one second on the clock.

Apex junior goalkeeper Tyler Nesbitt, who came up big several times and was credited with nine saves, was named the Most Valuable Player of the championship.

Lake Norman held a 7-3 lead at the half. The Wildcats got four goals apiece from senior attackman Austin Grassey and senior midfielder Eddie Hendrickson.

Apex finished a 19-2 season while Lake Norman, the defending state champion, was 20-4. Both teams have participated in postseason play with in all four years the NCHSAA has offered a lacrosse championship.

The lacrosse state championships are currently conducted as an “open” tournament, with all classifications competing for a single crown.

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Holman leads East Chapel Hill to victory

Senior Sydney Holman scored five goals and added four assists to lead East Chapel Hill to a 15-13 victory over Charlotte Catholic in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s fourth annual state girl’s lacrosse championship Saturday afternoon at WakeMed Soccer Park.

Holman was named the Most Valuable Player of the championship match as the Wildcats won their first NCHSAA women’s lacrosse title and finished 17-2 overall. East finished the season on a 12-game winning streak.

East held an 8-6 advantage at the half before Catholic scored the first three goals after intermission to take the lead and set the stage for the Wildcat rally.

Holman, who tallied 13 goals in the East semifinal victory over defending state champion Cary Green Hope, unofficially ended the season with 128 goals, the most in NCHSAA history.

Catholic, in the finals for the third time in the tournament’s four years, ended the campaign 17-3 overall. The Cougars lost to Green Hope in last year’s final.

(Editor’s Note – The NCHSAA calls these “men’s” and “women’s” tournaments but our policy is that teams with players under 18 are called “boy’s” and “girl’s.”)

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Report: Charlotte Bobcats in process of changing to Hornets

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charlottehornetsCBSSports.com reports that the Charlotte Bobcats are in the process of changing their name to “Hornets,” the franchise’s original nickname.

This should be a done deal but it probably won’t be done until after next season. The move is likely to be a popular one as many Charlotte fans have been clamoring for the change.

Many fans suspect that the name Bobcats was chosen because of previous owner “Bob” Johnson.

Charlotte’s NBA team was known as the Hornets from its 1988 inception through 2002 when then owner George Shinn moved the team to New Orleans. When the New Orleans franchise changed its nickname to Pelicans last season, the name “Hornets” became available again for Charlotte.

Current owner Michael Jordan said earlier this year that a national polling organization was determining how fans would feel about a change back to the Hornets. Jordan said the reaction to the poll was mixed.

It must not have been too mixed.

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UNC women whip Nebraska to reach Elite 8 of NCAA tennis tourney

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tennislogoThe UNC women’s tennis team advanced to the round of eight of the NCAA Tournament with a 4-1 victory over Nebraska Friday night. The Tar Heels will face the winner of Michigan and UCLA.

#2 North Carolina 4, #15 Nebraska 1
Women’s Round of 16 // May 17 //
Doubles
#58 Price/Kay (UNC) vs. #3 Weatherholt/Veresova (NEB) 7-6 Unfinished
McHale/Dai (UNC) def. Weinstein/Weinreich (NEB) 8-2 Order of finish: 1
Suarez-Malaguti/Lyons (UNC) def. Lehmicke/Zgierska (NEB) 8-3 Order of finish: 2

Singles
#11 Mary Weatherholt (NEB) vs. #7 Gina Suarez-Malaguti (UNC) 3-6, 6-1, 3-2 Unfinished
#49 Zoe De Bruycker (UNC) vs. Patricia Veresova (NEB) 1-6, 6-1, 1-1 Unfinished
Stefanie Weinstein (NEB) def. #39 Whitney Kay (UNC) 6-4, 6-1 Order of finish: 1
#46 Caroline Price (UNC) def. Janine Weinreich (NEB) 7-6, 6-2 Order of finish: 3
Lauren McHale (UNC) def. Maggy Lehmicke (NEB) 6-0, 7-6 Order of finish: 2
Kate Vialle (UNC) def. Izabella Zgierska (NEB) 6-1, 6-3 Order of finish: 4

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Rodon strikes out 15 as Pack stays alive for Atlantic Division crown

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rodonCarlos Rodon struck out 15 batters, one shy of his career high, as No. 5 NC State clawed back from a 4-0 deficit to force extra innings and edge Duke 7-6, clinching the series and staying alive in its hunt for the Atlantic Division crown on Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

NC State returns to action on Saturday at noon for its regular-season finale at Duke. The Pack needs a win over Duke, coupled with a win by the loser of Friday night’s Clemson-Florida State matchup, to secure the ACC’s Atlantic Division crown.

The Wolfpack (41-13, 18-10 ACC) fell behind 4-0 in the third before rebounding with three runs in the top of the fourth. Duke (26-28, 9-20) extended its lead to 6-3 in the fifth. State chopped its deficit to 6-5 in the sixth and tied the game in the eighth, before plating the game-winning run in the top of the 10th to escape with a 7-6 victory.

Rodon’s 15 strikeouts fell one short of his career high, 16 set this year against Florida Atlantic on March 2. The sophomore took over fourth place on NC State’s career strikeouts leaderboard with 272 through 31 appearances. He also passed Vern Sterry, Terry Harvey and his own 2012 campaign on the single-season strikeouts leaderboard, moving into a tie for third with Cory Mazzoni at 137. Rodon needs 10 to tie the program record for a single season and 114 to equal the career record.

State picked up its 41st regular-season win for the first time since 1996. The school record for regular-season wins is 43, set in 1988. The Pack’s .759 regular season winning percentage is tied with the 1992 squad for sixth best in program history.

Rodon (8-2) claimed the victory on nine innings of work by allowing six runs, four earned, on six hits and three walks. The win puts him within one of matching his freshman year total.

Bryan Adametz scored the game-winning run after a single in the 10th, part of a 3-for-5 night with two runs scored. Adametz extends his current hitting streak to 11 games with the effort. Grant Clyde made a spectacular grab falling into the stands on the third base side to seal the victory and went 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored.

Jake Armstrong had one of two extra-base hits on the night for State, going 2-for-3 with a double, three RBIs, one run and one walk. Brett Austin had the Pack’s other double in a 2-for-5 outing with a run and an RBI. Jake Fincher improved to 52-for-54 on reaching base at least once in games this year, submitting a 1-for-5 performance with a run.

Grant Sasser recorded his seventh save of the year by inducing the foul ball that Clyde snagged on the only batter Sasser faced. Chris Overman worked the first 2/3 of the ninth, allowing one hit and one walk with a strikeout.

Duke reliever Andrew Istler (3-6) ended up with the loss on 2 2/3 innings. Istler allowed one earned on three hits and one walk. Starter Trent Swart gave up six runs, five of them earned, on eight hits and two walks over 7 1/3.

The Blue Devils stormed out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the third after loading the bases with nobody out on a pair of singles and walk. The first run came home on a wild pitch, then another pair scored on Jordan Betts’ one-out double down the left field line. Betts scored from third one batter later on a wild pitch.

Fincher started the rally that cut the Pack deficit to 4-3 in the top of the fourth with a single to center field as the leadoff man. Austin doubled off of the top of the high wall in left to score him. Two outs later, Tarran Senay walked to put runners on first and second. Adametz singled to second base to load the bases for Armstrong, who singled up the middle to score a pair.

Duke stretched its lead to 6-3 in the bottom fifth, started by Andy Perez reaching on a passed ball for the third strike. Perez stole second and a pair of walks loaded the bases with nobody out. A fielder’s choice brought the first run in and a sac fly to center plated the second.

State wasted no time in responding, scoring a pair in the top sixth on a two-out rally. Adametz started it with a single up the middle. Armstrong doubled to the left center gap to plate him and scored when Logan Ratledge reached on a throwing error by the shortstop.

The Wolfpack sent the tying run to the plate in the eighth. Clyde singled through the left side to start the comeback, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and moved to third on a groundball for the first out. A swinging strikeout left him stuck at third with two away, but Ratledge singled through the right side to knot the score at 6-6.

Adametz reached on an infield single to start the decisive 10th frame. Armstrong moved him to second on a sac bunt. Ratledge moved him to third with a fly to right. The first pitch of the next at-bat went wild to bring Adametz home.

State needed some last-minute heroics to seal the deal. Perez started the Duke 10th with a single through the right side and moved to second on a sac bunt. Jeff Kremer walked to put the winning run aboard, but Overman dealt a swinging strikeout to the next batter to put two down. Sasser entered there and induced a foul pop down the third base line. Clyde went ranging to the wall and dove over a rolled up tarp to snare the game’s final out.

– News release

Boxscore

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Six-run inning propels Tar Heels to ACC regular season title

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TarHeelsBaseballA six-run eighth inning propelled No. 2 North Carolina (47-7, 21-6 ACC) to its first ACC Regular Season Championship since 1990 Friday night as the Tar Heels downed No. 7 Virginia (44-9, 21-8 ACC), 8-5.

Trailing 5-2 entering the bottom of the eighth inning the Tar Heels were facing an uphill battle as Virginia entered the contest 37-0 when leading after seven innings and had closer Kyle Crockett on the mound.

After a fly out put one out on the board, Brian Holberton hit a ball that short-hopped the shortstop as the junior reached first base on an error.

Michael Russell then turned on a Crockett offering and sent it into the left center field gap for a RBI triple as the Tar Heels pulled within two at 5-3.

A hit by pitch would put runners on the corners for Mike Zolk who laced a pitch to right center that one-hopped the wall. Russell would walk home to score and Cody Stubbs raced around from first to tie the contest at 5-5 before Zolk slid around the tag at third for his first triple of the season.

Parks Jordan would work a full count before drawing a walk to put runners at the corners once again, this time for Chaz Frank.

The senior outfielder lined a ball past the third baseman and into right field to push the Tar Heels in front, 6-5.

Carolina would not stop there as Landon Lassiter dropped an offering from reliever Josh Sborz down the right field line to add another run ahead of a Colin Moran RBI fielder’s choice. The run batted in for Moran was his 80th of the season as the junior third baseman joined Marshall Hubbard (2004) and Scott Johnson (1985) as the only Tar Heels to reach the RBI plateau.

Freshman closer Trent Thornton came on for the top half of the ninth inning and struck out all three Cavaliers he faced to earn his sixth save of the year.

Sophomore right-hander Chris McCue improved to 6-0 on the year as he kept the Tar Heels in the contest by allowing one run over 2.1 innings of work out of the bullpen.

Carolina fell behind 3-0 after three and a half innings of action Friday night as Mike Papi doubled in a run in the third inning against starter Benton Moss and the Cavaliers used a Brandon Downes solo home run followed by a Kenny Towns RBI single in the fourth.

Zolk came through with his first big hit of the night in the bottom of the fourth when he doubled off the right field wall scoring Michael Russell who singled and Cody Stubbs who walked with two outs in the frame.

A solo home run off the bat of Mike Papi opened the fifth inning for Virginia before the Cavaliers used a Reed Gragnani sacrifice fly in the eighth to add to their lead before the furious comeback by the Tar Heels in the bottom half of the frame.

Michael Russell finished the night a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored and a RBI, while Landon Lassiter contributed three hits and a RBI. Zolk matched a career high with four RBIs in the win for the Tar Heels.

The win assures the Tar Heels of the top spot in next week’s ACC Tournament as Carolina claimed their fifth ACC Coastal Division title since 2006 and first ACC Regular Season crown since 1990.

– News release

Box Score

2013 NORTH CAROLINA BASEBALL
#7 Virginia at #2 North Carolina
May 17, 2013 at Chapel Hill, N.C. (Boshamer Stadium)

Virginia 5 (44-9,21-8 ACC)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
——————————————————
Mike Papi lf…………. 4 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0
Jared King 1b………… 5 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 0
Joe McCarthy rf………. 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Brandon Downes cf…….. 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0
Derek Fisher dh………. 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Howard ss……….. 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
Reed Gragnani 2b……… 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 1
Kenny Towns 3b……….. 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2
Nate Irving c………… 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1
Scott Silverstein p…… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austin Young p………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kyle Crockett p……… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Sborz p………… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals………………. 35 5 11 5 1 8 24 12 6

North Carolina 8 (47-7,21-6 ACC)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
——————————————————
Chaz Frank cf………… 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0
Landon Lassiter dh……. 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Colin Moran 3b……….. 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
Skye Bolt rf…………. 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Brian Holberton lf/c….. 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0
Michael Russell ss……. 4 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0
Cody Stubbs 1b……….. 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 1 0
Mike Zolk 2b…………. 4 1 2 4 0 0 4 2 2
Matt Roberts c……….. 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 1
Parks Jordan ph/lf…… 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Benton Moss p………… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris McCue p……….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trent Thornton p…….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals………………. 35 8 11 8 3 4 27 5 8

Score by Innings R H E
——————————————-
Virginia………… 001 210 010 – 5 11 1
North Carolina…… 000 200 06X – 8 11 0
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E – Howard, N.(14). DP – UNC 1. LOB – Virginia 6; UNC 8. 2B – Papi, M.(13);
Fisher, D. 2(12); Zolk, M(7). 3B – Russell, M(3); Zolk, M(1). HR – Papi,
M.(6); Downes, B.(8). HBP – Stubbs, C. SH – Howard, N.(3); Frank, C(3). SF –
Gragnani, R.(6).

Virginia IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
————————————————–
Scott Silverstein… 6.0 7 2 2 1 4 24 26 80
Austin Young…….. 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 12
Kyle Crockett……. 0.2 3 6 4 1 0 6 8 18
Josh Sborz………. 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 10

North Carolina IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
————————————————–
Benton Moss……… 5.2 8 4 4 0 4 25 25 96
Chris McCue……… 2.1 3 1 1 1 1 7 10 36
Trent Thornton…… 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 13

Win – McCue, C (6-0). Loss – Crockett, K. (4-1). Save – Thornton, T (6).
HBP – by Crockett, K. (Stubbs, C). Pitches/strikes: Silverstein 80/57; Young, A.
12/5; Crockett, K. 18/9; Sborz, J. 10/7; Moss, B 96/67; McCue, C 36/21;
Thornton, T 13/9.
Umpires – HP: Olindo Mattia 1B: Doug Lee 3B: Jacob Asher
Start: 7:04 PM Time: 3:09 Attendance: 4100
Weather: Partly cloudy, low 80s
Game: NCBS54