University of North Carolina NCAA News

The Tar Heels spent Thursday in the Philadelphia area preparing for Friday's NCAA semifinal vs.

Kara Cannizzaro scored four straight goals in a 7:20 span in the second half to help third-seeded North Carolina beat two-time defending national champion Northwestern 11-4 on Friday in the NCAA women's lacrosse semifinals.

"I can be lined up on a tight end or a fullback that's split out and there are some plays he goes straight up the field and I'm right there with him," he told me on this week's "Jets Talk LIVE" installment.

The third-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels will try to repeat what they did earlier in the season against the second-seeded Northwestern Wildcats - they beat them.

In 2011, at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the Wolfpack ripped Florida State 7-0 in its tournament opener, then lost the next two games in pool play.

North Carolina's Gina Suarez-Malaguti and Caroline Price advanced to the round of 16 with second round wins in the NCAA Singles Championship Thursday at the Atkins Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Illnois.

This is Amelia Rayno's second season on the Gophers' basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

UNC's Colin Moran slides safely home as Miami catcher Garrett Kennedy waits for the late throw during the ACC Tournament at Durham Bulls Athletic Park Thursday.

JANUARY 26: Rodney Purvis #0 of the North Carolina State Wolfpack encourages the crowd to get loud during a game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at PNC Arena on January 26, 2013 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The ACC announced starting times and television network assignments for the first three weeks of the 2013 football season on Thursday and from the looks of the schedule, fans of North Carolina and N.C. State will have to be early risers this fall.

The North Carolina Baptist Men are sending three teams with heavy equipment to Moore, Okla., to help with the cleanup from the tornado that damaged tens of thousands of structures there Monday and claimed 24 lives.

ACC college football fans got a little more catnip on Thursday, thanks to the league releasing an early season television schedule.

Oct 6, 2012; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels running back Giovani Bernard runs as Virginia Tech Hokies linebacker Alonzo Tweedy defends.

But this much is true: Without the extraordinary vision of people like Bill Ellis and Danny Rice, there'd be nothing but a closed factory sitting on the land where tens of thousands of visitors will glide down waterslides and float on a lazy river over the next few months and years.

The eighth-seeded Miami Hurricanes begin play in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament at 3 p.m. Thursday against No.

N.C. State baseball coach Elliott Avent gave the impression that beating rival North Carolina might be higher on his list of priorities than winning the ACC tournament when he decided to hold his ace Carlos Rodon back for Saturday's matchup with the Tar Heels.

DU junior goalie Jamie Faus is scheduled to play the second half Saturday against Syracuse in an NCAA semifinal game at Philadelphia.

Indiana basketball has lost out on one of the nation's top recruits. Theo Pinson has chosen North Carolina over Indiana.

The objective for North Carolina and North Carolina State will be reaching Saturday night's matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with something to play for.

The playoffs are all about performing under pressure, and in Ashland High baseball coach John Wallace the Grizzlies have somebody who knows exactly what that takes and what it looks like.