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All 135 ACC league games to be televised

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All 135 Atlantic Coast Conference regular season league games and each of the 14 ACC Tournament games are slated to be televised on an ESPN network, the ACC Network, CBS Sports, or on one of the league’s 10 regional cable networks in a schedule released by Commissioner John Swofford on Thursday.

Of the 149 games, 83 will be aired nationally. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will televise 78 contests, including all 14 ACC Tournament games while CBS Sports will televise five contests. The ACC Network will carry 52 league matchups, including the ACC Tournament in its entirety, while the Regional Sports Network will air 28 games.

The schedule also includes two Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV telecasts and stops by College GameDay Covered by State Farm: Duke at Syracuse (February 1, at 6:30 p.m. ET) and North Carolina at Duke (March 8 at 9 p.m.), both on ESPN.

All conference games carried on an ESPN network will also be available on WatchESPN. Conference games carried on the ACC Network or a regional sports network will also be available on ESPN3.

The 2013-14 slate of conference games marks the inaugural ACC campaign for Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. The ACC’s new membership further enhances a league that has historically been college basketball’s strongest.

The 15 schools that will comprise the ACC in 2013-14 have made 51 trips to the Final Four and have captured 13 NCAA National Championships. Current league members have won 22,151 games, including 532 in NCAA Tournament play and have had 681 NBA draft picks, including 221 first-round selections.

Additionally, three of the top five, four of the top 10 and five of the top 25 winningest programs in NCAA Division I basketball history currently reside in the ACC.

Three of the five active Division I coaches that have been selected for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim – are in the ACC. When Louisville’s Rick Pitino joins the league’s coaching ranks in 2014-15, the ACC will have four of the five active Naismith Hall of Fame coaches.

Starting with the Virginia at Duke game in Durham, N.C. on January 13, ESPN will showcase eight ACC games basketball on its weekly “Big Monday” telecast. Each “Big Monday” game is set for a 7 p.m. tip and will be televised nationally by ESPN.

The 61st annual ACC Tournament on March 12-16 will continue to be televised on a variety of ESPN platforms and the ACC Network. The Championship will begin with three first-round games on Wednesday, followed by the second round, quarterfinals, semifinals and title contest in successive days.

The ACC’s regional sports network (RSN) consists of Fox Sports South, Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox Sports Florida, Sun Sports, Fox Sports Indiana, Comcast Sports Net Mid-Atlantic, New England Sports Network (NESN), the YES Network, the Madison Square Garden Network (MSG) in New York and Root Sports in Pennsylvania.

A complete 2013-14 ACC basketball schedule, including non-conference games for all 15 league member institutions, will be released at a later date.

2013-14 ACC Basketball Conference Schedule
ESPN/2 denotes either ESPN or ESPN2
ACCN denotes ACC Network
RSN denotes Regional Sports Network

Sunday, Dec. 8
Virginia Tech at Miami ESPNU 12:30

Thursday, Dec. 12
Maryland at Boston College ESPNU 7:00

Saturday, Jan. 4
Pittsburgh at NC State ACCN 12:00
Georgia Tech at Maryland ACCN 2:00
Miami at Syracuse ACCN 2:00
Duke at Notre Dame CBS 4:00
Clemson at Boston College RSN 4:00
Virginia at Florida State ESPN2 5:00

Sunday, Jan. 5
North Carolina at Wake Forest ESPNU 8:00

Monday, Jan. 6
Maryland at Pittsburgh ESPN2 7:00

Tuesday, Jan. 7
Georgia Tech at Duke ESPNU 7:00
NC State at Notre Dame ACCN 9:00
Syracuse at Virginia Tech ACCN 9:00

Wednesday, Jan. 8
Wake Forest at Virginia RSN 7:00
Miami at North Carolina ESPN2 9:00

Thursday, Jan. 9
Florida State at Clemson RSN 7:00

Saturday, Jan. 11
North Carolina at Syracuse ESPN 12:00
Notre Dame at Georgia Tech ACCN 12:00
Wake Forest at Pittsburgh ACCN 12:00
Boston College at Virginia Tech RSN 12:00
Duke at Clemson RSN 2:00
Virginia at NC State ESPN2 5:00

Sunday, Jan. 12
Maryland at Florida State ESPNU 8:00

Monday, Jan. 13
Virginia at Duke ESPN 7:00
Syracuse at Boston College ESPNU 9:00

Tuesday, Jan. 14
Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech ESPNU 9:00

Wednesday, Jan. 15
Notre Dame at Maryland ESPN2 7:00
Clemson at Virginia Tech RSN 7:00
Florida State at Miami ACCN 9:00
NC State at Wake Forest ACCN 9:00

Saturday, Jan. 18
Florida State at Virginia ACCN 12:00
Boston College at North Carolina ESPN/2 12:00
NC State at Duke CBS 2:00
Miami at Georgia Tech RSN 2:00
Pittsburgh at Syracuse ESPN/2 4:00
Wake Forest at Clemson ACCN 4:00

Sunday, Jan. 19
Virginia Tech at Notre Dame ESPNU 6:00

Monday, Jan. 20
North Carolina at Virginia ESPN 7:00
Maryland at NC State ESPNU 9:00

Tuesday, Jan. 21
Clemson at Pittsburgh ACCN 8:00
Notre Dame at Florida State ACCN 8:00
Georgia Tech at Boston College ESPNU 9:00

Wednesday, Jan. 22
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech RSN 7:00
Duke at Miami ESPN2 7:30

Saturday, Jan. 25
Florida State at Duke ESPN/2 12:00
Syracuse at Miami CBS 1:00
Notre Dame at Wake Forest ACCN 3:00
Virginia Tech at Virginia ACCN 3:00
Pittsburgh at Maryland ESPN2 6:00

Sunday, Jan. 26
Georgia Tech at NC State ACCN 1:00
Clemson at North Carolina ESPNU 6:00

Monday, Jan. 27
Duke at Pittsburgh ESPN 7:00

Tuesday, Jan. 28
Virginia at Notre Dame ESPNU 9:00

Wednesday, Jan. 29
North Carolina at Georgia Tech ESPN2 7:00
Virginia Tech at Boston College RSN 7:00
Florida State at NC State ACCN 9:00
Miami at Maryland ACCN 9:00
Syracuse at Wake Forest RSN 9:00

Saturday, Feb. 1
Maryland at Virginia Tech ACCN 12:00
Boston College at Notre Dame ACCN 12:00
Georgia Tech at Wake Forest RSN 12:00
NC State at North Carolina ESPN/2 2:00
Clemson at Florida State ESPN/2 4:00
Duke at Syracuse ESPN 6:30

Sunday, Feb. 2
Virginia at Pittsburgh ESPNU 12:30

Monday, Feb. 3
Notre Dame at Syracuse ESPN 7:00

Tuesday, Feb. 4
Maryland at North Carolina ACCN 8:00
Georgia Tech at Clemson ACCN 8:00
Wake Forest at Duke ESPNU 9:00

Wednesday, Feb. 5
Boston College at Virginia ESPN2 7:00
Pittsburgh at Miami RSN 7:00
Virginia Tech at Florida State RSN 9:00

Saturday, Feb. 8
North Carolina at Notre Dame ACCN 12:00
Virginia at Georgia Tech ACCN 12:00
Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh RSN 12:00
NC State at Miami RSN 2:00
Florida State at Maryland ESPN2 3:00
Duke at Boston College ESPN 6:00

Sunday, Feb. 9
Clemson at Syracuse ESPNU 6:00

Monday, Feb. 10
Maryland at Virginia ESPN 7:00
Miami at Florida State ESPNU 9:00

Tuesday, Feb. 11
Wake Forest at NC State ESPNU 7:00
Clemson at Notre Dame RSN 7:00

Wednesday, Feb. 12
Syracuse at Pittsburgh ESPN/2 7:00
Boston College at Georgia Tech RSN 7:00
Duke at North Carolina ESPN/ACCN 9:00

Saturday, Feb. 15
Virginia at Clemson ESPN/2 12:00
Pittsburgh at North Carolina CBS 1:00
NC State at Syracuse ACCN 3:00
Maryland at Duke ESPN/2 6:00
Miami at Virginia Tech RSN 6:00
Florida State at Wake Forest RSN 8:00
Sunday, Feb. 16
Notre Dame at Boston College ESPNU 6:00

Monday, Feb. 17
North Carolina at Florida State ESPN 7:00

Tuesday, Feb. 18
Wake Forest at Maryland RSN 7:00
NC State at Clemson ESPNU 7:00
Duke at Georgia Tech ACCN 9:00
Virginia at Virginia Tech ACCN 9:00

Wednesday, Feb. 19
Boston College at Syracuse ESPN2 7:00
Notre Dame at Miami RSN 9:00

Saturday, Feb. 22
Boston College at Miami ACCN 12:00
Wake Forest at North Carolina ACCN 12:00
Clemson at Georgia Tech RSN 12:00
Notre Dame at Virginia ESPN/2 2:00
NC State at Virginia Tech RSN 2:00
Syracuse at Duke ESPN/2 6:00

Sunday, Feb. 23
Florida State at Pittsburgh ESPNU 6:00

Monday, Feb. 24
Syracuse at Maryland ESPN 7:00

Tuesday, Feb. 25
Virginia Tech at Duke ESPNU 7:00
Clemson at Wake Forest RSN 7:00

Wednesday, Feb. 26
Georgia Tech at Notre Dame ESPN2 7:00
Miami at Virginia RSN 7:00
North Carolina at NC State ACCN 8:00
Pittsburgh at Boston College ACCN 8:00

Saturday, March 1
Miami at NC State ACCN 12:00
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame ESPN/2 2:00
North Carolina at Virginia Tech ACCN 2:30
Syracuse at Virginia ESPN/2 4:00
Boston College at Wake Forest RSN 4:00

Sunday, March 2
Maryland at Clemson ACCN 1:00
Georgia Tech at Florida State ESPNU 6:00

Monday, March 3
Notre Dame at North Carolina ESPN 7:00
NC State at Pittsburgh ESPNU 9:00

Tuesday, March 4
Georgia Tech at Syracuse RSN 7:00
Virginia Tech at Maryland ACCN 8:00
Miami at Clemson ACCN 8:00
Florida State at Boston College ESPNU 9:00

Wednesday, March 5
Duke at Wake Forest ESPN2 7:00

Saturday, March 8
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech ESPN/2 2:00
Wake Forest at Miami RSN 2:00
Pittsburgh at Clemson ACCN 4:00
North Carolina at Duke ESPN 9:00

Sunday, March 9
Virginia at Maryland CBS 12:00
Syracuse at Florida State ACCN 2:00
Boston College at NC State ESPNU 6:00

61st Annual ACC Tournament
Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum

Wednesday, March 12 (First Round)
Game #1 ESPN networks/ACCN TBA
Game #2 ESPN networks/ACCN TBA
Game #3 ESPN networks/ACCN TBA
Thursday, March 13 (Second Round)
Game #4 ESPN networks/ACCN 12:00
Game #5 ESPN networks/ACCN 2:00
Game #6 ESPN networks/ACCN 7:00
Game #7 ESPN networks/ACCN 9:00
Friday, March 14 (Quarterfinals)
Game #8 ESPN networks/ACCN 12:00
Game #9 ESPN networks/ACCN 2:00
Game #10 ESPN networks/ACCN 7:00
Game #11 ESPN networks/ACCN 9:00
Saturday, March 15 (Semifinals)
Game #12 ESPN/ACCN 1:00
Game #13 ESPN/ACCN 3:00
Sunday, March 16 (Finals)
Game #14 ESPN/ACCN 1:00

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UNC basketball schedule released; season starts at home Nov. 8

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uncbasketballcourtThe University of North Carolina men’s basketball team begins regular-season play on Friday, November 8th, at home against Oakland University, one of 32 dates announced today by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Tar Heels have a possible matchup against defending national champion Louisville in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament in Uncasville, Conn., and play 2012 NCAA champion Kentucky at the Smith Center on December 14th.

In addition to 18 ACC games, the Tar Heels play 13 non-conference games and an exhibition (Nov. 1) against UNC Pembroke.

Carolina plays Holy Cross and Belmont at home in the Hall of Fame event and faces Richmond on November 23rd in Uncasville. Fairfield and Louisville are in the other bracket and UNC will play one of those schools on November 24th in either the championship or consolation game.

UNC begins December with a trip to East Lansing, Mich., on December 4th to play at Michigan State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Tar Heels then play their final six non-ACC games in Chapel Hill, beginning with an in-state matchup against UNC Greensboro on December 7th and culminating with a New Year’s Eve game against UNC Wilmington.

ACC play begins on Sunday evening, January 5th, when UNC travels to Winston-Salem to play Wake Forest. The Deacons are one of four opponents the Tar Heels play home-and-away. The others include Duke, NC State and Notre Dame.

Each of the 15 ACC schools will play four opponents twice and 10 opponents one time.

The Tar Heels will play host to Boston College, Clemson, Maryland, Miami and Pittsburgh and travel to Florida State, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

Carolina plays at Syracuse on January 11th, is host to Pittsburgh on February 15th and plays Notre Dame twice (in South Bend, Ind., on February 8th and Chapel Hill on March 3rd).

Duke visits the Smith Center on February 12th; Carolina plays at Duke on March 8th, a game that will be featured on ESPN’s Gameday.

The ACC Tournament is March 12-16 at the Greensboro Coliseum.

A number of games have times and television designations still to be determined. Those times and designations are expected to be announced by mid-September.

The 11th annual Late Night with Roy Williams is Friday, October 25th. More details about Late Night will be announced in the next few weeks.

Schedule (PDF)

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Carolina field hockey selected as preseason favorite, Duke third

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fieldhockeyNorth Carolina received six first place votes and is the preseason favorite to claim the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Championship, according to a vote of the league’s seven head coaches.

The Tar Heels, who won the 2012 ACC Championship and advanced to the national championship game, claimed the maximum 36 possible points. Maryland, which has won two of the last three national championships, was picked second with 31 points. The ballot awarded six points for each first-place vote, five points for second place, etc., and coaches were not allowed to vote on their own team.

Duke was picked third, just ahead of league newcomer Syracuse in fourth. Wake Forest, Virginia, and Boston College rounded out the preseason voting.

All seven league programs are represented on the Preseason All-ACC Team, led by the Terrapins with three players selected. North Carolina and Virginia have two players apiece, followed by Boston College, Duke, Syracuse, and Wake Forest with one player recognized.

Eight of the 11 on the preseason squad were named Longstreth/NFHCA All-Americans in 2012, including North Carolina’s Charlotte Craddock and Syracuse’s Laura Hahnefeldt, who were selected to the first team. Eight were named to the 2012 All-ACC Team, and Tar Heel Emily Wold was voted as the Freshman of the Year.

Three current league teams – Maryland, North Carolina, and Syracuse – advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 NCAA Championship. ACC squads have won 17 of the 32 NCAA titles, including 10 of the last 11, and at least one ACC team has advanced to the national championship for 14 straight years.

All seven ACC programs finished the 2012 season ranked nationally, including four teams in the top 10. The 2013 season gets under way the weekend of Aug. 30.

2013 Predicted Order of Finish

North Carolina (6) 36
Maryland (1) 31
Duke 23
Syracuse 22
Wake Forest 15
Virginia 13
Boston College 7

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Bulls clinch division with blowout over Charlotte

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bullswindivisionThe Durham Bulls clinched their sixth International League South Division title in seven years, and eleventh in their 16 years in the IL with a 9-2 victory over the Charlotte Knights at the DBAP on Wednesday.

It matched the earliest that the Bulls have clinched a division title since joining the Triple-A classification. The 2010 team also clinched on August 21.

The Bulls will open the playoffs at home against the IL West division champion on September 4.

For more on the game from the Durham Bulls, please click here.
Play-by-play
Box score

– Release

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Tar Heel men picked to finish second in ACC soccer

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uncsoccercleatsMaryland is the preseason favorite to claim the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Championship, according to a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches.

The 2012 ACC Champion Terrapins, who return MAC Hermann Trophy winner Patrick Mullins, amassed 142 points in the balloting. North Carolina, which reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship last season, placed second with 122 points in the conference poll.

Maryland led with 10 first-place votes. Wake Forest and Notre Dame, selected third and fourth, respectively, each received one first-place vote. The ballot awarded 12 points for each first-place ballot, 11 points for second place, etc.

Virginia was picked in fifth place, followed by Clemson in sixth, Duke in seventh, and Boston College in the eighth slot. Syracuse, NC State, Virginia, and Pitt rounded out the preseason voting.

Seven current league squads earned a bid to the NCAA Championship in 2012. Maryland reached the Men’s College Cup, marking the 12th straight year that an ACC team has reached that round. Conference teams have won five of the last eight NCAA titles.

Six ACC teams were ranked in the 2013 NSCAA Men’s Soccer Preseason Top 25 released last week, led by Maryland at No. 2. No. 4 North Carolina, No. 7 Notre Dame, No. 17 Wake Forest, No. 20 Syracuse, and No. 25 Virginia will also enter the 2013 season ranked.

The 2013 season gets under way Aug. 30, with all 12 teams in action. Conference play begins the weekend of Sept. 6.

1. Maryland (10) 142 points
2. North Carolina 122
3. Wake Forest (1) 114
4. Notre Dame (1) 110
5. Virginia 106
6. Clemson 69
7. Duke 67
8. Boston College 63
9. Syracuse 54
10. NC State 44
11. Virginia Tech 27
12. Pitt 18

– ACC release

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Fleury to join UNC baseball staff

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Mark Fleury.
Mark Fleury.
Former standout catcher and 2009 MLB Draft pick Mark Fleury will serve as an undergraduate assistant for the 2013-14 school year, North Carolina head baseball coach Mike Fox announced Tuesday. Fleury, who was a three-year letterman from 2007-09 and a fourth-round pick (No. 119 overall) by Cincinnati, will assist with the Tar Heel batters in addition to focusing on the catchers.

“We are excited to have Mark back in Chapel Hill and on our staff for this season,” Fox said. “It’s a tribute to the kind of person he is that he wanted to come back to school and finish his degree. I think he will be a great addition to our program.”

Fleury had his finest season at Carolina as a junior in 2009, batting .309 with 12 home runs and 60 RBIs while handling a pitching staff that included future Major Leaguers Matt Harvey, Adam Warren and Alex White. The 2009 Tar Heels finished 48-18 and advanced to a fourth consecutive College World Series.

As a professional, Fleury advanced to Double-A, with his most recent stop coming with the AA Arkansas Travelers in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim system.

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Chipper Jones honored as Bulls retire Number 10

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Chipper Jones.
Chipper Jones.
In front of a sold out crowd Tuesday night, Chipper Jones’ jersey number 10 was retired by the Durham Bulls organization in a pregame ceremony. Jones became just the 4th player ever to have his number retired by the Bulls, joining Crash Davis (8), Joe Morgan (18), and Bill Evers (20).

A fresh-faced prospect on the then Single-A Braves affiliate, Jones played in 70 games with the Bulls during the 1992 season. His stint in the Bull City was dwarfed however by a Hall of Fame career with Atlanta, where he anchored a Braves team that won a World Series championship in his rookie season (1995) and a remarkable 11 straight NL East titles (’95-’05).

In his 19-year Major League career, the beloved third baseman became one of the most prolific switch hitters ever to play the game, ranking behind only Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray in career homers (468). He won an MVP award (1999), a batting title (2008), and was an eight-time All-Star.

WRAL and the News & Observer have complete coverage of the night. WRAL article and News & Observer article.

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It took all of Japan to defeat West Raleigh in Cal Ripken baseball

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japanbaseballIn a tournament that favors foreign teams, West Raleigh, representing the United States, fell to Japan 11-1 in the Cal Ripken World Series.

The tournament features the top 11- and 12-year-old Babe Ruth League players from around the world. The American teams are always at a disadvantage because Japan, which has won three times in a row, draws players from all over their country. The West Raleigh team draws players from West Raleigh, Cary, Holly Springs and Apex.

A U.S. team hasn’t won the title since 2009 and have only won four times in the 11 years the tournament has been held. Yet, the best professional baseball is played in the United States. The best players in the world play in Major League Baseball and there aren’t many from Japan playing.

Despite a championship final being stopped by a ridiculous 10-run rule after five innings, the West Raleigh team fought to the end with a pair of hits in the fifth. But West Raleigh, the Southeast U.S. representative, could only muster four hits on the day and committed two key errors.

The Japanese meanwhile rapped out 15 hits and turned a pair of important double plays to keep West Raleigh at bay.

Japan, aided by a home run and a run-scoring error, opened up a 4-0 in the second inning. In the third, the West Raleigh U.S. team cut it to 4-1 but did it on ground-out double play that quelled the rally. Japan tacked on four in the fourth and three in the fifth to wrap it up.

Both teams played fundamentally sound baseball but the favored Japanese team played better and deserved to win.

However, there were highlights for West Raleigh including center fielder Tucker Jackson gunning down a Japanese runner at second base in the first inning and catcher Sam Highfill throwing out a Japanese runner trying to steal third in the third inning.

The West Raleigh team’s biggest accomplishment was defeating all the other U.S. teams, who come from similar geographic areas. If Cal Ripken wants a true World champion, the best idea would be for the U.S. championship to be held separately and a week or so earlier. Then four regional U.S. all-star teams would be selected from those teams and play to determine who will face the International team in the World championship.

The only other fair way to do it would be to limit International teams to a particular population base, rather than national all-star teams.

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West Raleigh wins U.S. Cal Ripken baseball championship

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westraleigh2Victor Vargas went 1-2 and Kyle Mott pitched four strong innings sparking West Raleigh, representing the Southeast Region, to a 7-3 victory in six innings over New England on Saturday to win the U.S. Cal Ripken Championship in Aberdeen, Md.

The team, with players from Raleigh, Cary, Apex and Holly Springs, will now play Japan Sunday at 2 p.m. on CBS Sports Network for the World Series. The tournament features the top 11- and 12-year-old Babe Ruth League players from around the world.

New England managed just two hits off of West Raleigh’s pitcher, Kyle Mott, who allowed one earned run, walked two and struck out six during his four innings of work.

The bottom of the second saw West Raleigh take an early lead, 2-0. A single by Adam Stuart, scoring Vargas started the inning off, followed by a run by Stuart off of a sacrifice fly by Jeff Griffin. New England tied the game in the top of the third with two runs by Kendall Greene and Austin Swanson.

West Raleigh didn’t relinquish the lead after scoring two runs in the fourth on an RBI double by Vargas and an RBI single by Stuart. After pushing across one run in the top of the fifth, New England faced just a 4-3 deficit. A solo home run by Austin Swanson sparked New England’s rally.

West Raleigh quickly matched New England’s strong inning with a three-run inning of its own in the fifth. West Raleigh scored on an RBI single by Mott, a walk by Vargas and an RBI single by Sam Highfill. West Raleigh closer Ryan Sholar put away the final six outs to record the win.

“It feels great to win, the boys played a great game today,” said West Raleigh manager Tyler Highfill. “Kyle [Mott] just had his good stuff, his breaking ball, it was working well. His fastball, he had good movement on it. Adam [Stuart] is a gem; he hurt his arm at the end of the regular season but he stuck with us at every practice and every game. Adam got back healthy to where he could hit and he really came through for us today. We are going to relish tonight but we will be ready for tomorrow.”

The CRWS is the culminating tournament of the Babe Ruth League’s 12u Cal Ripken Division. The World Series unites the 10 best teams from across the United States, with six international teams from Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, and the Republic of Korea.

Games are played on innovative fields at The Ripken Experience complex, including the one-of-a-kind Cal Sr.’s Yard, a two-thirds replica of Camden Yards.

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College students to get discounted tickets for Hurricanes games

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canesThe Carolina Hurricanes have announced that the team will offer two college ticket programs for the 2013-14 season.

Similar to past seasons’ college nights, ‘Canes College Select Nights presented by SciQuest will offer students with a valid .edu email address the opportunity to guarantee their seats in advance by purchasing discounted tickets for six pre-selected Friday night games.

Student tickets for the pre-selected games start at just $15 in the upper level. Lower-Level North and South end-zone seats will be available for $30, and Sideline Premier seats will cost $40. Each of the lower-level options offer $70 savings per seat. The first ‘Canes College Select Night is scheduled for Oct. 11 against Los Angeles, and discounted tickets will be available when tickets for the game go on sale on Sept. 6.

The five other ‘Canes College Select Nights are Nov. 15 against Anaheim, Dec. 20 against Washington, Jan. 24 against Ottawa, Feb. 7 against Florida and March 7 against the New York Rangers.

New for 2013-14 will be the ‘Canes College Rush, which will allow students the opportunity to purchase deeply discounted day-of-game tickets. Any remaining inventory will go on sale to students at the PNC Arena box office one hour before faceoff. At that time, all lower-level tickets will be priced at $25 and all upper-level Rex Wing tickets will cost $10.

To take advantage of the ‘Canes College Rush, students must show a valid college identification card at the box office window and immediately enter PNC Arena after purchasing their ticket. There is a one ticket purchase per student limit. Club level, club ledge, Lenovo Champions Club and standing-room only tickets are not available via the ‘Canes College Rush.

The Carolina Hurricanes open their 2013-14 season on Oct. 4 at PNC Arena against the Detroit Red Wings. Individual game tickets for all Carolina Hurricanes exhibition and regular-season games will go on sale to the general public on Sept. 6. For information on 2013-14 Hurricanes ticket packages, please visit www.CarolinaHurricanes.com, or call 1-866-NHL-CANES.