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Carolina Blue Tint To 2024 Paris Summer Olympics

Carolina Olympians include Crystal Dunn, Emily Fox, and Katie Bowen (New Zealand) in soccer and Ashley Hoffman, Meredith Sholder, and Cassie Sumfest in field hockey. Rinky Hijikata (Australia) in tennis, Ethan Ramos (Puerto Rico) in wrestling, and Kristen Siermachesky (Canada) in rowing. Four members of UNC swimming and diving will compete. (GoHeels.com)

Here is Every Tar Heel Heading to Paris for the Summer Olympics and Paralympics

A sizable contingent of current and former Tar Heel standouts is headed to Paris for the Summer Olympics, which begin July 24. Former NCAA champions Ashley Hoffman and Meredith Sholder will take the field with Team USA in field hockey. Former UNC tennis star and Australian Open doubles champion Rinky Hijikata will represent his native Australia. (Chapelboro.com)

UNC’s ACC Network Takeover to air on Friday

While the action will begin right at midnight, Carolina’s biggest success of the year will air at 4:30 PM ET with the field hockey National Championship Game. After a legendary playing career at the school, Erin Matson took over as head coach before last year and immediately kept things rolling with a national title in her first season. (Tar Heel Blog)

ACC Network Shares Complete Schedule for UNC Takeover on July 12

The ACC Network will present 24-hour coverage of highlights from UNC’s 2023-24 athletic year on Friday, July 12 as part of its annual School Takeover event. The schedule features replays of events from 11 different sports between 12 a.m. on Friday morning and 11:59 p.m. on Friday night. Among the highlights include R.J. Davis’ 42-point performance. (Chapelboro.com)

Ashley Hoffman follows her mother’s footsteps, reaches Summer Olympics

It sounds like hyperbole that former UNC star Ashley Hoffman had a field hockey stick in her crib. Then again, maybe it’s not. Hoffman has not surprisingly followed the footsteps of her mother, Brenda, who starred at Penn State. This month, Ashley will represent the United States on the women’s field hockey team in the Olympics, like Brenda did 40 years ago. (MSN.com)

R.J. Davis' 42-point night, Field Hockey title game highlight UNC’s ACC Network takeover

Set your DVRs! It will be all Tar Heels victories on ACC Network on Friday, July 12, topped by the thrilling victory over Northwestern in the NCAA field hockey championship game and R.J. Davis’ Smith Center-record 42 points in a men’s basketball victory over Miami. Here’s a rundown of the featured games and the times that they will air on July 12. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC earns fifth straight top-10 Directors’ Cup finish

UNC’s tradition of athletics excellence continued as the Tar Heels earned their fifth consecutive top-10 finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings. UNC’s run to the College World Series and fourth consecutive top-five finish in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships helped the Tar Heels finish seventh for the eighth top-10 finish in the last nine seasons. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Best and Worst Moments of the 2023-24 UNC Sports Season

The 2023-24 UNC sports season has officially come to an end. In a little more than a month, the next season will be underway with the first official practices for the football program. But before then, let’s look back and reflect on the season that was, and its best and worst moments. Best: Erin Matson Leads UNC Field Hockey to 11th National Title. (Chapelboro.com)

Ten UNC Field Hockey Players Selected For Nexus Championship

Ten current and future UNC field hockey players have been selected for the 2024 Senior Nexus Championship to be held July 14-16 at the Virginia Beach Regional Training Center. Tar Heels selected are Charly Bruder, Molly Catchpole, Coco Courtright, Katie Dixon, Avery Donahue, Hope Haynes, Alli Meehan, Ava Meehan, Abigail Taylor and Melea Weber. (GoHeels.com)

UNC finishes school year with ACC-high six conference titles

North Carolina finished the ACC’s final athletics year as a 15-school conference with six conference titles, the most of any school in the league, ending a 44-year drought in fencing and a 39-year drought in men’s cross country. The Tar Heels won titles in men’s cross country, field hockey, men’s indoor track & field, fencing, men’s golf and women’s tennis. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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