If you watched any college baseball over the weekend, chances are the North Carolina Tar Heels caught your eye.
UNC welcomed Staten Island’s Wagner College for a 3-game set, with the two schools playing one game each Friday, Saturday and Sunday. North Carolina was expected to win all three matchups, but they absolutely dominated.
The Diamond Heels scored a total of 46 runs this weekend, which concluded with a 20-6 drubbing on Sunday. Bats were hot, as players combined to hit six home runs, including one from reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year Vance Honeycutt. Folger Boaz, the younger brother of former UNC football player Jefferson Boaz, showed he might just be the new staff ace with a 5-inning, 1-run start on Friday.
Despite all of these highs, UNC remained at 15th in the 2024 season’s first installation of D1 Baseball Rankings.
Nine teams in front of the Diamond Heels also went undefeated in Opening Weekend, including reigning national champion LSU, archrival Duke and fellow ACC school Clemson, so it’s no surprise to see North Carolina remain put.
UNC will host Elon University on Tuesday, Feb. 20 and ECU on Friday, Feb. 23, before playing ECU in Fayetteville, NC on Saturday and in Greenville on Sunday.
Maybe another strong performance from the Diamond Heels will move them further up next week’s rankings.
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