North Carolina to start ace Woodard vs. Jacksonville in day's second game

Robert Woodard will step onto his favorite spot on North Carolina’s campus today when he returns to the pitching mound in the NCAA baseball tournament’s first round at Boshamer Stadium. North Carolina will turn to Woodard, its ace right-hander and a senior from Charlotte, in its first tournament game for the third consecutive season. North Carolina, 48-12 and the Chapel Hill Regional’s No. 1 seed, will play Jacksonville at 6 p.m. in the second of two games. (Winston-Salem Journal)